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Baby monitors advice guides

7 articles

Need-to-know baby monitor safety advice, the Best Buy baby monitors, and find out whether audio or video is best for you and your baby

How to buy the best baby monitor

Video or audio baby monitor? What about smart wi-fi monitors? And do you need analogue, digital or DECT? We help you to choose the best baby monitor for you.

22 December 2020

Top five baby monitors for 2021

A top-scoring baby monitor won't lose signal or run out of battery quickly. We reveal the best – and worst – audio, video and smart wi-fi monitors you can buy

22 December 2020

Which baby monitor brand to buy in 2021

Find out which is the best baby monitor brand. See whether Angelcare, BT, Philips or Motorola baby monitors do well in our testing, and which brand parents would recommend.

12 January 2021

How we test baby monitors

We find the best baby monitors by testing signal strength, battery life, sound/picture quality, set-up speed, security and any added extras.

12 January 2021

Best video baby monitor buying guide

How much you need to spend to get a Best Buy video baby monitor, plus which features are worth splashing out for.

22 December 2020

Best audio baby monitor buying guide

How much a Best Buy audio baby monitor will cost you, and the extra features it's worth splashing out on.

22 December 2020

Could my baby monitor get hacked?

Protect your baby monitor from hackers and find out what happened when we investigated how easy it is to hack into three wi-fi baby monitors

12 January 2021