Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor Reviews

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3.64 of 5 (by 88 users)

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Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor Review Summary

As one of the most reviewed baby monitors, the Fisher Price Light and Sounds Monitor receives mixed reviews from parents here at Viewpoints. With batteries that last quite a while, the Lights and Sounds Monitor lets you hear what baby is doing and provides a “soothing light” for baby. In general, users of the Fisher Price Baby Monitor are “amazed at its clarity” where you can “hear every little squeak and coo.” Though many parents comment on their Lights and Sounds Monitor picking up interference from electronics, other monitors in the neighborhood and the house in general. Although the Fisher Price Lights and Sounds does start out wonderfully “as time went on it became harder to hear baby” or the monitor quit working all together after 4-6 months. Make your comparison by reading what parents think of other baby monitors.

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Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor Comparison

Most Helpful
Favorable Review

It does everything I wanted a monitor to do.

DEC

2008

I don't know why this monitor has received such mediocre reviews on this site. I have been using mine for 10 months now and haven't had any problems with it yet.

The Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor comes with two receivers and one base for the baby's room. I put one receiver in my bedroom and...

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a first-time parent

this2shallpass19
Spring Valley, CA

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Critical Review

I wanted to hear my baby, not the neighbor's phone calls!

AUG

2007

We purchased this monitor for our first child. It had everything I thought I wanted. Two channels to switch between, it lit up so I could turn it down and watch TV without the sound, and it had a night light. The only thing I still like about it is the night light.

Every little thing is picked...

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A Concerned Parent, mother of 2

slenkey
Haskins, OH

Fisher Price Sounds and Lights Monitor Ratings and Reviews

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Works alright.... for about 6 months

Light sleeper, married, a protective mom, cost-conscious, Safety conscious

APR

2008

I bought this monitor while pregnant with my third child, because I had always trusted Fisher Price products. The first couple of months all went well, and everything worked outstandingly. They were fairly clear, and worked pretty well.

A couple of negatives: you can hear AM radio stations very low, but clearly! There are only 2 channels, and if your neighbors have one, you hear their conversations, vice-versa. Keep these AWAY from other electronic products (alarm clock, cell phone charging, tv's...) or you will get a tremendous amount of feedback.

About 5 months into use, the receivers antenna...

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watsonsinsav
Springfield, GA

don't waste your money or time.

Mother of 1, a first-time parent, married, a protective mom, A Concerned Parent, Safety conscious, cost-conscious

AUG

2008

This is the most horrid monitor I have ever come across. Not only did it break within 1 week, before that, all it did was make static noise. I called the fisher price hotline, and they were extremely nice, wanting to replace anything they could. Long story short, they ended up sending out about 6 different parts, 6 different times. This process took about 2 months. After all this, the monitor still made static noise, and some of the parts were actually broken in the boxes when they arrived. I finally just sent everything back to them, and they sent me a gift certificate for a replacement. We bought... read full review »

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jennyisaacks
Willis, TX

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Can't sleep over the static

Mother of 1, not rich, A Concerned Parent, a first-time parent, budget conscious, a protective mom, married, Light sleeper

NOV

2007

I purchased this monitor while I was still pregnant. We had a very tight budget in which we could use towards baby stuff and I thought we would need a monitor. It was very easy to set up and the price tag was perfect but I hate it. I wish I had saved the packaging because if I had, I would have been able to return it and put the $25 towards a different, better quality monitor. The microphone is great. So good in fact that I can hear when the cats walk past his closed door but I can't sleep over all the static. After using it only twice it has now just because a night light for us. We live in a... read full review »

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ejlautz
Kent, WA

If you want all static and nothing else, then this is for you.

willing to pay more for quality, not rich, Open-minded, a busy person, pro-breastfeeding, cost-conscious, experienced parent, willing to pay for quality

DEC

2007

After having our second child, and in a much bigger house this time around, we decided we needed to invest in a baby monitor. I bought this one, because the price was right, but once I brought it home, I realized why it was so cheap.

All we could ever get on it was static, that or the neighbor's (they have a baby monitor), or the radio. I tried both channels, I tried putting the monitor and receiver in different areas of the house, nothing worked. I finally packed up back up and returned them--they were not worth the hassle. It has been much easier to not have a baby monitor, then to... read full review »

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pauladecaria
Logan, UT

Lights and Sounds to know what baby is up to!

A Concerned Parent

AUG

2007

The Fisher Price Light and Sounds monitor works great. It was easy to set up - you just need 4 aa batteries and you are set. It comes with a base for the baby's room that has a built in night light that is great. It also comes with two receivers. They are ac adaptable or battery operated. Either way the sound is good. The lights are interesting, but you have to be awake to see them. A down side to the monitor is the amount of light the receivers put off when in use in your bedroom at night. My husband complains about how bright the lights are. They are a little annoying. ... read full review »

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Daphyne
Madisonville, KY

Great for apartments, small yards.

budget conscious, pro-breastfeeding, a bargain hunter, Practical, Experienced Parent, married, value conscious, a busy person

MAR

2008

This is great if you live in an apartment or a small house. It's clear and i love the lights, so if you think you heard something, the lights will reassure you. I lived in a moderate sized 3 bedroom one bath and when I would go out to our quater acre yard and the baby in the room it would get distorted. I like the fact that the reciever plugged in and took batteries. The choice was mine. It lasted a while, and held up to a lot of abuse. It did turn yellow, and NO ONNE smoked in my house the plastic just gor brittle over time and discolored. Overall I am very happy for the price I... read full review »

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iluvmyjay
Zephyrhills, FL

Such a clear sound, higly recommend!

newborn necessity, a first-time parent, married, Mother of 1

MAR

2008

My husband and I are new parents and we were given an old monitor to use for our newborn. We learned quickly that some pick up other noises (such as nearby phone lines) and also have a lot of feedback noise. This got on our nerves as it kept us up more than the sound of our crying baby. We went looking for another monitor asap. When we found the lights and sounds one I was interested and decided it HAD to be better than what we were using. Sure enough, we used it the first night and were amazed at it's clarity and that soothing light made it nice for the baby as well. We couldn't be... read full review »

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Lita0429
Inverness, FL

Awesomly great monitor

Experienced Parent

JUL

2008

I needed a new monitor for baby #5, and decided on this one. I am very pleased with it, and get no interference from anything. It is perfectly clear in reception. Also, my model has a vibration setting so that you can have the volume down but still know when baby gets to crying. Also, you can take it outside with you when doing yard work or something, and it works then as well. I also like that you can have the monitors plugged in, or you can have them just run on batteries. It is a nice compact monitor system and it works well. I also love that it has 2 receivers so I can leave one with... read full review »

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mzfam99
Salt Lake City, UT

Works great!!

Light sleeper, a first-time parent, married, Mother of 1, a multi-tasker

MAR

2008

When I first sarted using this monitor, I lived in a house. The monitor worked great without any interfearance. It picked up every little sound that my son would make. We have since relocated to an apartment and it still picks up my sons movements pretty good, but it also has some light static interfearance. It is not enough to keep me awake at night, but it is quite noticeable at higher volumes. I even had to use it without the power adapter for the monitor for a couple weeks after the move (we lost the adapter). Batteries lasted for 1 week, using it for 10-11 hours every night!!!

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nitnat
Overland Park, KS

Works for us!

a first-time parent, A Concerned Parent, married

FEB

2008

We got this monitor for our new baby, and it's amazing the things you can hear on it. I like the fact that we can plug it in next to our bed, and we can hear everything. If he moves his leg, we can hear the fabric ruffle. Any little cough or noise, even the dog walking in his room, we can hear. We turn it down pretty low, but we can still hear everything. I like being able to clip it to my pants if I need to do something outside, and it's range is far enough for me to go to the end of the driveway and still hear him. Occasionally, we do hear static, but when repositioned, it goes away.... read full review »

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ashlea729
Derby, KS

A wonderfully relieving unit for my wife.

a protective mom, budget conscious, Light sleeper, pro-breastfeeding, married, safety conscious

NOV

2007

Good sturdy product that helped ease the worries that my wife has when it is time to sleep, whenever we are afforded that luxury. It is a great gift to yourself whenever you can give yourself a sense of comfort and safety. Without this my wife would be unable to sleep soundly. It works well as you can even hear your infant breathing or even mumbling to him/herself. Plus when the kids get older they can use them as walkie-talkies. Maybe even for communication with your spouse while in different areas of the home -- we haven't used it in this manner but it should work fine. We'll try it out and update... read full review »

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JCPM555
Fresno, CA

We got the 2 receiver version & are very happy with it.

someone that sleeps soundly, Working mom, newborn necessity

NOV

2007

When we put our son in his own room we constantly wanted to check on him. This monitor set has saved us from many sleepless nights. We can hear him breathing, turning, talking in his sleep, etc. It has been wonderful. We have not had any problems with picking up phone conversations. There is feedback when our cell phone rings nearby, but this also happens with radios, etc, so it was not a surprise. The volume works well, as does the sensitivity of the light display in comparission to the sounds being picked up. We probably keep ours on for 15 hours out of the day.

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fantastica
Robertsdale, AL

Unreliable

A Concerned Parent, a first-time parent, safety conscious, Mother of 1

NOV

2007

I have both purchased and returned this product within a week. I was on my porch, just outside the window to the room that my baby was sleeping in (thank god) and I had the monitor on...mind you, it was working just an hour before this incident and it is 2 days old... I could hear my child cry through the window, but not over the monitor! After calming the baby, my boyfriend and I tested the monitor and it did not work on either channel. The next day we tested it again and it did work... what is the point of a monitor if you can't rely on it actually working.

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giannas-mommy
Hershey, PA