Child safety devices

TappyTaps Baby Monitor 3G review

TappyTaps Baby Monitor 3G

CHOICE Expert Rating

85%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  •   Viewer is an app on your smartphone
  •   2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi connectivity: reception range is excellent (as wide as your home network)
  •   Very good picture quality in daylight and dim light conditions
  •   Excellent maximum sound level at the carer end
  •   Good ease of use
  •   Can be viewed by a number of concurrent users
  •   Remote viewing access to camera via 3G
Bad points

Bad Points

  •   A smartphone is required as camera, it may be hard to position it to view the baby
  •   Audio was breaking up a lot and the sound sensitivity was borderline
  •   No night vision capability, although you can turn the smartphone light on, which may wake the baby
  •   No motion detection
  •   No temperature monitoring
  •   No remote pan control for the camera

Type

Monitor type
App – audio/video

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Recommended
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Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
85%
Sound performance score
87%
Ease of use score
79%
Overall picture performance score
87%
Daylight picture performance score
85%
Dim light picture performance score
80%
Dark light picture performance score
5%
Sound range score
100%
Sound sensitivity and sound quality score
45%
Immunity from interference score
90%

Related products

Availability
Tested model

Cost

Price
$9.00

Specifications

Weight of carer unit (g)
N/A
Dimensions of carer unit (H x W x D, cm)
N/A
Country of origin
Not stated
Website
babymonitor3g.com

Features

Motion monitor
Visual sound indicators
Baby room temperature monitor
Night light
Belt clip on carer unit
N/A
Plays a tune
Two-way audio communication
Low battery indicator on baby monitor
N/A
Low battery indicator on carer unit or smartphone
Carer unit

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