Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

Two stages; First it?s a cot mobile, then the 4 main characters detach for baby to play with as soft toys. Plays two lullabies, one soothing and one stimulating plus the sounds of 100 Acre Wood. It has a soft glow night light, volume control and attaches firmly to a cot.

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

busy mobile, 24 Jun 2007
The toys are bright and colourful. The music is not as good as it might be but i feel the mobile is busy and there are plenty of things to keep baby occupied

Looks better than it is, 03 Jun 2007
This item is huge! honastly!

I was going to put it on my sons crib, but couldn't get him in or out as it too up too much room, so I had to fix it onto the cot instead.

The characters are well made, and can be reused, which is a great idea.

The built in night light is a bit naff, it glows a sort of street lamp glow, and you can't see your childs beautiful face, which is a shame.

When it is switched onto turn the toys, it makes a sort of buzzing sound, and can be heard over the music, and seems to get cought and stop for a few seconds now and again.

Ahhh, the music...

Well, I thought that it was supposed to be relaxing? erm.. no! I find the the music is more sort of "upbeat" rather than relaxing.
There is one on there where it is "relaxing" water sounds, and a bird in the background, but I find it boring!

When my son grabs a toy, the thing starts to click, and doesn't like it (a bit like when you hold a rotating fan).

I thought this was quite pricey too. It's all in the "disney" name...

This beautiful night light/Dreamshow will enchant and fascinate baby

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

busy mobile, 24 Jun 2007
The toys are bright and colourful. The music is not as good as it might be but i feel the mobile is busy and there are plenty of things to keep baby occupied

Looks better than it is, 03 Jun 2007
This item is huge! honastly!

I was going to put it on my sons crib, but couldn't get him in or out as it too up too much room, so I had to fix it onto the cot instead.

The characters are well made, and can be reused, which is a great idea.

The built in night light is a bit naff, it glows a sort of street lamp glow, and you can't see your childs beautiful face, which is a shame.

When it is switched onto turn the toys, it makes a sort of buzzing sound, and can be heard over the music, and seems to get cought and stop for a few seconds now and again.

Ahhh, the music...

Well, I thought that it was supposed to be relaxing? erm.. no! I find the the music is more sort of "upbeat" rather than relaxing.
There is one on there where it is "relaxing" water sounds, and a bird in the background, but I find it boring!

When my son grabs a toy, the thing starts to click, and doesn't like it (a bit like when you hold a rotating fan).

I thought this was quite pricey too. It's all in the "disney" name...

my baby loves it, 17 Dec 2008
My 2 month old baby loves the nice, calming melody, and she happily falls asleep while watching the images on the ceiling. Money well spent.

Rubbish!, 15 Nov 2008
I received this as a present for my son for his first Christmas when he was 4 months old.

I immediately had trouble strapping it to the cot as the plastic straps were just not up to the task of attaching to the sides of our cot. I worried about them coming undone and landing on my son in the night as the item is quite heavy.

Like most people have said on here, it's just too noisy to actually soothe your baby. I ended up using it as I was changing his nappy and getting him into his sleeping bag on his changing table rather than in his cot. He enjoyed the lightshow and the tunes like that, but I just didn't want to risk trying to leave it on the setting where you leave it switched on and a noise would start it as like others have said, the smallest noise from him or a cat in the room and it'd trigger it to start up. I'm sure it'd wake him up with a start.

Also, after less than 12 months of using it once a day (and despite checking the batteries) the light show 'disappeared' and all we would get is the tune.

Would NOT recommend this product at all!

Winnie The Pooh Moonlight Dreamshow, 13 Oct 2008
i got this for my little girl as she was having difficulty in sleeping and it has helped as it keeps her entertained and everything as we put her to the bottom of the cot and she wiggles her way up so she can mess with it but there is some dissapoint ments with this item and they are that it is too loud and the sensor is too sensitive and any noise can set it off (even my son can set it off even when he is down stairs playing and my partners snorring) so once my daughter is asleep we turn it off so it dose not start up and wake her up, but i think it is a good item as my daughter dose like it and it dose make her fall asleep but only by making her want to play and coo at it which dose make her sleeping due to reaching for the main box of it
thanks for your time and i hope this review helps in someway or another

Rubbish, 15 May 2008
It sounds great on paper - soothes your baby to sleep and should they awaken during the night, it is sound-activated and should soothe them back to sleep. But as the other reviewers have said, this was far too loud and the slightest noise reactivated it - it woke the baby up and us in the next room! Aside from this the projected image is unclear (had no idea what it was meant to be) Looking at the box gives you the false impression that all sorts of wonderful images are projected round the room...

Do yourselves a favour and buy the Tomy Starlight Dreamshow, we've been using it 6 months now and it still brings a smile to our babies face when we switch it on for bedtime.

I don't understand how Tomy got it so wrong with this one.

Loud - no volume control, 22 Apr 2008
My parents bought this for my son when he was about 6 months. He likes the lightshow and the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh theme it plays is actually quite nice but as many of the other reviewers have said, it is too loud. There is no volume control. The only setting is whether the music/lights time out after 5 or 10 min. There is no option to just have the lightshow without the sound. The unit is also voice activated so if your baby cries, that sets it off. We do use the unit but I've had to attach a lot of padding over the speaker to reduce the volume so the unit itself looks a bit odd with all the padding I've put on it. This at least makes it usable though.

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

busy mobile, 24 Jun 2007
The toys are bright and colourful. The music is not as good as it might be but i feel the mobile is busy and there are plenty of things to keep baby occupied

Looks better than it is, 03 Jun 2007
This item is huge! honastly!

I was going to put it on my sons crib, but couldn't get him in or out as it too up too much room, so I had to fix it onto the cot instead.

The characters are well made, and can be reused, which is a great idea.

The built in night light is a bit naff, it glows a sort of street lamp glow, and you can't see your childs beautiful face, which is a shame.

When it is switched onto turn the toys, it makes a sort of buzzing sound, and can be heard over the music, and seems to get cought and stop for a few seconds now and again.

Ahhh, the music...

Well, I thought that it was supposed to be relaxing? erm.. no! I find the the music is more sort of "upbeat" rather than relaxing.
There is one on there where it is "relaxing" water sounds, and a bird in the background, but I find it boring!

When my son grabs a toy, the thing starts to click, and doesn't like it (a bit like when you hold a rotating fan).

I thought this was quite pricey too. It's all in the "disney" name...

my baby loves it, 17 Dec 2008
My 2 month old baby loves the nice, calming melody, and she happily falls asleep while watching the images on the ceiling. Money well spent.

Rubbish!, 15 Nov 2008
I received this as a present for my son for his first Christmas when he was 4 months old.

I immediately had trouble strapping it to the cot as the plastic straps were just not up to the task of attaching to the sides of our cot. I worried about them coming undone and landing on my son in the night as the item is quite heavy.

Like most people have said on here, it's just too noisy to actually soothe your baby. I ended up using it as I was changing his nappy and getting him into his sleeping bag on his changing table rather than in his cot. He enjoyed the lightshow and the tunes like that, but I just didn't want to risk trying to leave it on the setting where you leave it switched on and a noise would start it as like others have said, the smallest noise from him or a cat in the room and it'd trigger it to start up. I'm sure it'd wake him up with a start.

Also, after less than 12 months of using it once a day (and despite checking the batteries) the light show 'disappeared' and all we would get is the tune.

Would NOT recommend this product at all!

Winnie The Pooh Moonlight Dreamshow, 13 Oct 2008
i got this for my little girl as she was having difficulty in sleeping and it has helped as it keeps her entertained and everything as we put her to the bottom of the cot and she wiggles her way up so she can mess with it but there is some dissapoint ments with this item and they are that it is too loud and the sensor is too sensitive and any noise can set it off (even my son can set it off even when he is down stairs playing and my partners snorring) so once my daughter is asleep we turn it off so it dose not start up and wake her up, but i think it is a good item as my daughter dose like it and it dose make her fall asleep but only by making her want to play and coo at it which dose make her sleeping due to reaching for the main box of it
thanks for your time and i hope this review helps in someway or another

Rubbish, 15 May 2008
It sounds great on paper - soothes your baby to sleep and should they awaken during the night, it is sound-activated and should soothe them back to sleep. But as the other reviewers have said, this was far too loud and the slightest noise reactivated it - it woke the baby up and us in the next room! Aside from this the projected image is unclear (had no idea what it was meant to be) Looking at the box gives you the false impression that all sorts of wonderful images are projected round the room...

Do yourselves a favour and buy the Tomy Starlight Dreamshow, we've been using it 6 months now and it still brings a smile to our babies face when we switch it on for bedtime.

I don't understand how Tomy got it so wrong with this one.

Loud - no volume control, 22 Apr 2008
My parents bought this for my son when he was about 6 months. He likes the lightshow and the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh theme it plays is actually quite nice but as many of the other reviewers have said, it is too loud. There is no volume control. The only setting is whether the music/lights time out after 5 or 10 min. There is no option to just have the lightshow without the sound. The unit is also voice activated so if your baby cries, that sets it off. We do use the unit but I've had to attach a lot of padding over the speaker to reduce the volume so the unit itself looks a bit odd with all the padding I've put on it. This at least makes it usable though.

Great Baby Monitor, 27 Aug 2008
We bought this baby monitor for use while staying with my parents. We went for something cheap but have been very impressed with the quality of sound and range of this one. Worked well even though we were downstairs and several rooms away. Baby unit needs to be plugged in but parent unit can be plugged in or used in battery mode. You need to buy 3 AA batteries for it though.

mostly works well, 19 Aug 2008
I've had this monitor for 2 years, and it has definitely done it's job. I have it on 'sound activated' when it's on. I would recommend buying one as for the low price you get a product that works. Two drawbacks;

- sometimes parent monitor doesn't 'connect' to baby one when switching on - meaning you have to retry the whole switching on process. (Some channels seem to work better than others on this problem). NB: On mine there is a slight crackle on parent monitor after they have connected so you can turn off then back on etc till you hear the crackle.

- Its a bit fiddly to take the batteries in and out so I tried leaving them in and reconnecting to the mains (to save batteries) but the batteries ran down anyway. (I didn't contact manufacturer about this so maybe they could have helped.)



Reliable monitor, glad I bought it, 14 May 2008
Bought this for when my nephew comes to stay. As far as features go, it's not particularly complex, but for £30 you get Tomy quality and a decent monitor. You have the ability to take your unit outside into the garden and the choice of four channels gives you more chance of finding one that is free of interference.
I like the fact that the monitor has two-way communication, so you can talk to your baby with soothing sounds or whatever. This is probably something that we can make use of in later years when my nephew can communicate with us.
There is an in-built scrambling device which has 65,000 combinations ensuring that the chances of anyone listening-in are quite remote!
There is an option to switch the parent unit to `sound activated' which will then only start to pick up sound beyond `background noise'.
You will need 3xAA batteries for the parent unit which Tomy estimate will last for about 8 hours. You can use the parent unit by plugging directly into the mains.

The Premier Advance monitor is a feature packed monitor that benefits from Tomy's advanced system technology plus a whole host of other features

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

busy mobile, 24 Jun 2007
The toys are bright and colourful. The music is not as good as it might be but i feel the mobile is busy and there are plenty of things to keep baby occupied

Looks better than it is, 03 Jun 2007
This item is huge! honastly!

I was going to put it on my sons crib, but couldn't get him in or out as it too up too much room, so I had to fix it onto the cot instead.

The characters are well made, and can be reused, which is a great idea.

The built in night light is a bit naff, it glows a sort of street lamp glow, and you can't see your childs beautiful face, which is a shame.

When it is switched onto turn the toys, it makes a sort of buzzing sound, and can be heard over the music, and seems to get cought and stop for a few seconds now and again.

Ahhh, the music...

Well, I thought that it was supposed to be relaxing? erm.. no! I find the the music is more sort of "upbeat" rather than relaxing.
There is one on there where it is "relaxing" water sounds, and a bird in the background, but I find it boring!

When my son grabs a toy, the thing starts to click, and doesn't like it (a bit like when you hold a rotating fan).

I thought this was quite pricey too. It's all in the "disney" name...

my baby loves it, 17 Dec 2008
My 2 month old baby loves the nice, calming melody, and she happily falls asleep while watching the images on the ceiling. Money well spent.

Rubbish!, 15 Nov 2008
I received this as a present for my son for his first Christmas when he was 4 months old.

I immediately had trouble strapping it to the cot as the plastic straps were just not up to the task of attaching to the sides of our cot. I worried about them coming undone and landing on my son in the night as the item is quite heavy.

Like most people have said on here, it's just too noisy to actually soothe your baby. I ended up using it as I was changing his nappy and getting him into his sleeping bag on his changing table rather than in his cot. He enjoyed the lightshow and the tunes like that, but I just didn't want to risk trying to leave it on the setting where you leave it switched on and a noise would start it as like others have said, the smallest noise from him or a cat in the room and it'd trigger it to start up. I'm sure it'd wake him up with a start.

Also, after less than 12 months of using it once a day (and despite checking the batteries) the light show 'disappeared' and all we would get is the tune.

Would NOT recommend this product at all!

Winnie The Pooh Moonlight Dreamshow, 13 Oct 2008
i got this for my little girl as she was having difficulty in sleeping and it has helped as it keeps her entertained and everything as we put her to the bottom of the cot and she wiggles her way up so she can mess with it but there is some dissapoint ments with this item and they are that it is too loud and the sensor is too sensitive and any noise can set it off (even my son can set it off even when he is down stairs playing and my partners snorring) so once my daughter is asleep we turn it off so it dose not start up and wake her up, but i think it is a good item as my daughter dose like it and it dose make her fall asleep but only by making her want to play and coo at it which dose make her sleeping due to reaching for the main box of it
thanks for your time and i hope this review helps in someway or another

Rubbish, 15 May 2008
It sounds great on paper - soothes your baby to sleep and should they awaken during the night, it is sound-activated and should soothe them back to sleep. But as the other reviewers have said, this was far too loud and the slightest noise reactivated it - it woke the baby up and us in the next room! Aside from this the projected image is unclear (had no idea what it was meant to be) Looking at the box gives you the false impression that all sorts of wonderful images are projected round the room...

Do yourselves a favour and buy the Tomy Starlight Dreamshow, we've been using it 6 months now and it still brings a smile to our babies face when we switch it on for bedtime.

I don't understand how Tomy got it so wrong with this one.

Loud - no volume control, 22 Apr 2008
My parents bought this for my son when he was about 6 months. He likes the lightshow and the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh theme it plays is actually quite nice but as many of the other reviewers have said, it is too loud. There is no volume control. The only setting is whether the music/lights time out after 5 or 10 min. There is no option to just have the lightshow without the sound. The unit is also voice activated so if your baby cries, that sets it off. We do use the unit but I've had to attach a lot of padding over the speaker to reduce the volume so the unit itself looks a bit odd with all the padding I've put on it. This at least makes it usable though.

Great Baby Monitor, 27 Aug 2008
We bought this baby monitor for use while staying with my parents. We went for something cheap but have been very impressed with the quality of sound and range of this one. Worked well even though we were downstairs and several rooms away. Baby unit needs to be plugged in but parent unit can be plugged in or used in battery mode. You need to buy 3 AA batteries for it though.

mostly works well, 19 Aug 2008
I've had this monitor for 2 years, and it has definitely done it's job. I have it on 'sound activated' when it's on. I would recommend buying one as for the low price you get a product that works. Two drawbacks;

- sometimes parent monitor doesn't 'connect' to baby one when switching on - meaning you have to retry the whole switching on process. (Some channels seem to work better than others on this problem). NB: On mine there is a slight crackle on parent monitor after they have connected so you can turn off then back on etc till you hear the crackle.

- Its a bit fiddly to take the batteries in and out so I tried leaving them in and reconnecting to the mains (to save batteries) but the batteries ran down anyway. (I didn't contact manufacturer about this so maybe they could have helped.)



Reliable monitor, glad I bought it, 14 May 2008
Bought this for when my nephew comes to stay. As far as features go, it's not particularly complex, but for £30 you get Tomy quality and a decent monitor. You have the ability to take your unit outside into the garden and the choice of four channels gives you more chance of finding one that is free of interference.
I like the fact that the monitor has two-way communication, so you can talk to your baby with soothing sounds or whatever. This is probably something that we can make use of in later years when my nephew can communicate with us.
There is an in-built scrambling device which has 65,000 combinations ensuring that the chances of anyone listening-in are quite remote!
There is an option to switch the parent unit to `sound activated' which will then only start to pick up sound beyond `background noise'.
You will need 3xAA batteries for the parent unit which Tomy estimate will last for about 8 hours. You can use the parent unit by plugging directly into the mains.


a mid range product, 29 Dec 2008
If you are looking for a cheaper but effective baby monitor then this would probably be the best on offer. It has its pitfalls, but basically I think the monitor is a good deal for the price you pay. I have tested it in various locations - on holiday, at home, at parent's homes, etc, and it always worked. Through this I found a few gremlins, but at home it's always been dependable. I am not sure what it's cause was, but I found in other properties it would regularly reset and try to find the "mother ship" monitor, or would just sit bleeping like I was constantly placing the handset back in the charger. I've found the temperature gauge to be fairly accurate and the range of the monitor really good, while the light function is also handy for finding your way in darkened rooms, something you can control remotely from the handset. Beware, however, of switching off the mother ship before either turning down the handset or being ready with it - the static could just wake your baby!

I hate this baby monitor!!!!!!!!, 28 Dec 2008
We have been using this baby monitor for about 2 months and I have been tempted to throw it out of the upstairs window on several occasions. It looses the signal and has interference almost every half an hour even though we live in a small semi-detached house and the 2 units are almost never more than 20 feet apart ( far from the 300 meters promised). The baby and parent unit also have difficulty ' finding' each other when they are next to eachother!!!!!! So far the worst baby purchase we have made!

More troubles with this monitor, 07 Dec 2008
We bought this 9 months ago for our first child. Having done a sterling job for first 8 months, it has just started playing up. When i read the review by Antoine "AMS196" it was like reading what I would have written (had they not written it!). We have had identical problems (and we live in countryside, so no interference issues). also, the baby unit has taken to switching itself off.

I would not recommend this device - it seems to have a short life before it starts playing up. I agree that a move to a digital one is on the cards. Very disappointing for one of the more expensive monitors. be warned!

COULD BE A LOT BETTER!, 30 Dec 2007
WE HAVE AN OLD TOMY WALKABOUT DIGITAL THAT HAS JUST STARTED TO PLAY UP, WELL IT HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT USE FOR 5 YEARS, AND IT NEEDS A SQUEEZE TO CORRECT IT, WELL NOW WE HAVE OUR 3RD BABY WE DECIDED TO PURCHASE WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A MORE ADVANCED MODEL - NOT THE CASE. THE CONCEPT OF THE TALK BACK FACILITY WAS GREAT BUT THE CONSTANT INTERFERENCE ON IT WAS UNBEARABLE, WE CHANGED THE SETTINGS ON IT SO WE DIDNT HAVE IT ON SUCH A SENSITIVE SETTING BUT THEN THE TALKBACK FACILITY DIDNT PICK UP CLEARLY WHAT WAS BEING SAID. WE NEEDED IT ON SENSITIVE AS WE HAVE A 2 1/2 YEAR OLD WHO FALLS OUT OF BED AND OBVIOUSLY NEEDED TO HEAR THE BUMP! SO IN THE END WE'VE PLUGGED BACK IN THE OLD BOY AND JUST GIVE IT A SQUEEZE NOW AND AGAIN WHEN IT PLAYS UP, I'M VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH TOMY NOT PRODUCING A MORE ADVANCED MODEL. I HAVE NOW RETURNED THE NEW ONE, BUT WILL LOOK FOR A BETTER ONE AND READ REVIEWS ON IT BEFORE HAND!

Initially excellent but......, 28 Dec 2007
We have had this monitor for about 2 years now and for the first 6 months it was excellent, then suddenly we started experiencing random loud feedback and screeching sounds from the parent unit. Interestingly enough these only happen when it is out of it's cradle and not charging??? About a year ago the talk back button broke so we can't talk to my daughter and this last week there seems to be a problem with the charger.
This may all sound negative but on a whole we have been fairly happy with the monitor (once we figured out that replacing it on the charger stopped the feedback).
If asked would I buy it again?? The answer is considering the price I'd probably pay a little more and go for a digital one in preference but if it was on sale I probably would buy a new one.

A practical, easy-to-use nursery monitor, giving you reassurance as baby sleeps

Not fit for purpose, 27 Dec 2008
I agree with the comments about static and buzzing, but my main problem is with the very poor design for the connector from the power adapter to the monitoring unit (the one you carry around). Just moving the wire will stop the power getting to the unit so you spend your time checking the monitor to make sure it is still on and working! How this wasn't designed to be more robust is beyond me. Anyway, out with this one and I'll spend a few more pounds on something of better quality.

Lilly Clarke, 14 Dec 2008
Don't bother with this one! There was always a buzzing sound, no matter where in the house it was placed, and made it difficult to sleep with it on! Lots of people told me not to spend tons of money on a monitor, but I wish I'd splashed a bit more cash and not wasted my time on this one.

Great value for money, 11 Dec 2008
I bought this so that I would hear the doorbell in my home office when all the doors in between are closed to keep the heat in.
It does exactly what I need and the sound is nice and clear. Can't go wrong for the money.

I had expensive Tomy baby monitors when my kids were small, and for more than three times the cost I can't say that the build quality was much better really. (They did have room temperature indicators though).

basic and does the job, 01 Dec 2008
we find the monitor does its job. can hear baby clearly. needs to be away from mobile phones though.night light ideal and enough to change a nappy by and check the small person! basicly you could spend alot more on something that will do the same job a bit more clearly but you get what you pay for!

NO NO NO, 19 Nov 2008
DONT GET IT yes its cheep but the buzzing never stops as its our first baby its on all night even beside my bed, so i can hear her if she needed me but the buzzing wont let me sleep unless its turned down so low that i cant hear her anyway. So for that reason its not a good buy.

Brilliant, no complaints, 09 Dec 2008
I was given a Grobag Egg free when I purchased two grobags online and it was only after I had one that I heard about the poor reviews on Amazon. I personally think the egg is fantastic. I'm not sure it's worth £20 but mine is accurate (I have a BT monitor which I also recommend) and the egg agrees with the other room thermometers I have. It is great the way it changes colour as you know when you wake up if the temperature is suitable. I would recommend it highly.

Looks great and shows exactly the right temperature... is everyone elses broken?, 29 Nov 2008
I was in two minds whether or not to buy this because of all the bad reviews about it being inaccurate, but I thought 'What the heck, I can always send it back'. I'm so glad I took the risk because this little gadget is great! It looks brilliant, giving a lovely soft glow to the nursery and the colours are a great visual indicator of the temperature which save you stumbling around in the dark trying to peer at a non-light up one. On the subject of the thermometer being inaccurate, I have to say it is definately not a problem with my egg as I have compared it to an extreamly accurate thermocouple thermometer and they always read no more than 0.1 of a degree apart. I don't know whether there has been a bad batch of these eggs going out to cause them to give the wrong reading, but it's definately not all of them. One of the best things I've brought for the nursery.

I love my egg!, 21 Nov 2008
If I had to pick a nursery product that I couldn't do without, it would be this one. I have never had any problems with the temperature reading, it is always accurate. Can only assume the people who've experienced problems have eggs that maybe had a manufacturing fault.

Works for us!!, 05 Nov 2008
We purchased this item a week ago and have found it to be extremely accurate (It correlates with readings from two other thermometers).

The colour coded output is also very handy as you only need to glance into babys room to check that the room temperature is OK.

I understand that the latest Grobag Eggs have a relocated temperature sensor (moved from top of connector to rear of connector) which reduces incidence of false temperature readings - maybe its just the older units that have the problems ??

We are very happy with our purchase.

Served us well for years, 07 Oct 2008
We have had an egg for a couple of years now. Our daughters bedroom is subject to extreme temp changes and we needed to be able to see what the temperature was in the dark. The egg seemed to be the perfect solution, and it has been. It has a lovely glow as a night light, and it has always been accurate enough to warn us when we need to open her windows (summer time!) or put extra blankets over her (sometimes her room becomes so cold that we have to put the heating on in the middle of the night!).
If you live in a modern home with proper central heating and insulation, then you probably don't really need a bedroom thermometer (or perhaps you'll be one of these people worrying about a thermometer being one or two degrees out!), but if you are worried that your child's bedroom will not hold it's temperature well at night, then the Egg really is the best thing on the market.

sound cuts out- don't buy it, 05 Jan 2009
Great for first few weeks then developed same fault mentioned above- sound cuts out without warning. We can't hear our son easily from our bedroom at night so this was a disaster for us. Only realised when our new baby woke me for a feed and I could just make him out screaming at the top of his lungs. Really upsetting. We will be trying to return the monitor for a refund and, especially after realising we are not alone, have lost trust in BT monitors so will buy another brand.

Very worrying fault, 17 Dec 2008
Awful product. It was fine for the first 3 months, and then developed an intermittant fault which meant that periodically no sound was coming through and the unit had to be switched off and on again, but worse than this there was no indication that it wasn't functioning. We only realised when we heard our baby crying during a pause in conversation, and we don't know how long she had been crying for. This fault became increasingly frequent and now we have had it for 4 months and it doesn't work at all. Monitors are bought for babies' safety and this product is not safe. The BT 100 Digital Baby Monitor is rubbish rubbish rubbish.

Very disappointed, 14 Dec 2008
Purchased this monitor and the on / off button didnt work at all well, was a real fight to get it to switch on, and then again to switch off - I rang the manufacturers, who have obviously had a number of complaints about this as they didnt even question me and just said to return it to Amazon, I was hoping to do an exchange, so that I could try again, but Amazon advised me that I had to do a refund and rebuy - due to a technical fault - I am assuming that this is a technical fault with the product - do decided to go for a refund and will buy another brand.

So wouldnt recommend this one at all



Great features, but risk of faults too high, 21 Nov 2008
After the great success of the old BT digital monitor we bought 3 years ago for our daughter, we did not hesitate to buy the new version for our baby son.

Whilst all the features are great and we cannot find another monitor with everything this monitor has to offer at such a reasonable price, after a few weeks the monitor developed a fault - the parent unit will now only link to the child unit when held directly next to it!

BT were of no help (they ignore emails to their help address and the adviser on the phone just told us to swap for a new model).

However, reading other reviews I think we will be looking elsewhere for something more reliable.

very disapointed, 08 Nov 2008
This product works very well, the sound is clear all the features are great BUT there is obviously a problem with this item as I purchased the old version which broke down after six months (same problem as everyone keeps pointing out, the sound stops working)then I bought twice the new version and both broke down after a few months. So i am very disapointed and a stunned that BT has been able to solve this problem before the launch of their new version.

busy mobile, 24 Jun 2007
The toys are bright and colourful. The music is not as good as it might be but i feel the mobile is busy and there are plenty of things to keep baby occupied

Looks better than it is, 03 Jun 2007
This item is huge! honastly!

I was going to put it on my sons crib, but couldn't get him in or out as it too up too much room, so I had to fix it onto the cot instead.

The characters are well made, and can be reused, which is a great idea.

The built in night light is a bit naff, it glows a sort of street lamp glow, and you can't see your childs beautiful face, which is a shame.

When it is switched onto turn the toys, it makes a sort of buzzing sound, and can be heard over the music, and seems to get cought and stop for a few seconds now and again.

Ahhh, the music...

Well, I thought that it was supposed to be relaxing? erm.. no! I find the the music is more sort of "upbeat" rather than relaxing.
There is one on there where it is "relaxing" water sounds, and a bird in the background, but I find it boring!

When my son grabs a toy, the thing starts to click, and doesn't like it (a bit like when you hold a rotating fan).

I thought this was quite pricey too. It's all in the "disney" name...

my baby loves it, 17 Dec 2008
My 2 month old baby loves the nice, calming melody, and she happily falls asleep while watching the images on the ceiling. Money well spent.

Rubbish!, 15 Nov 2008
I received this as a present for my son for his first Christmas when he was 4 months old.

I immediately had trouble strapping it to the cot as the plastic straps were just not up to the task of attaching to the sides of our cot. I worried about them coming undone and landing on my son in the night as the item is quite heavy.

Like most people have said on here, it's just too noisy to actually soothe your baby. I ended up using it as I was changing his nappy and getting him into his sleeping bag on his changing table rather than in his cot. He enjoyed the lightshow and the tunes like that, but I just didn't want to risk trying to leave it on the setting where you leave it switched on and a noise would start it as like others have said, the smallest noise from him or a cat in the room and it'd trigger it to start up. I'm sure it'd wake him up with a start.

Also, after less than 12 months of using it once a day (and despite checking the batteries) the light show 'disappeared' and all we would get is the tune.

Would NOT recommend this product at all!

Winnie The Pooh Moonlight Dreamshow, 13 Oct 2008
i got this for my little girl as she was having difficulty in sleeping and it has helped as it keeps her entertained and everything as we put her to the bottom of the cot and she wiggles her way up so she can mess with it but there is some dissapoint ments with this item and they are that it is too loud and the sensor is too sensitive and any noise can set it off (even my son can set it off even when he is down stairs playing and my partners snorring) so once my daughter is asleep we turn it off so it dose not start up and wake her up, but i think it is a good item as my daughter dose like it and it dose make her fall asleep but only by making her want to play and coo at it which dose make her sleeping due to reaching for the main box of it
thanks for your time and i hope this review helps in someway or another

Rubbish, 15 May 2008
It sounds great on paper - soothes your baby to sleep and should they awaken during the night, it is sound-activated and should soothe them back to sleep. But as the other reviewers have said, this was far too loud and the slightest noise reactivated it - it woke the baby up and us in the next room! Aside from this the projected image is unclear (had no idea what it was meant to be) Looking at the box gives you the false impression that all sorts of wonderful images are projected round the room...

Do yourselves a favour and buy the Tomy Starlight Dreamshow, we've been using it 6 months now and it still brings a smile to our babies face when we switch it on for bedtime.

I don't understand how Tomy got it so wrong with this one.

Loud - no volume control, 22 Apr 2008
My parents bought this for my son when he was about 6 months. He likes the lightshow and the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh theme it plays is actually quite nice but as many of the other reviewers have said, it is too loud. There is no volume control. The only setting is whether the music/lights time out after 5 or 10 min. There is no option to just have the lightshow without the sound. The unit is also voice activated so if your baby cries, that sets it off. We do use the unit but I've had to attach a lot of padding over the speaker to reduce the volume so the unit itself looks a bit odd with all the padding I've put on it. This at least makes it usable though.

Great Baby Monitor, 27 Aug 2008
We bought this baby monitor for use while staying with my parents. We went for something cheap but have been very impressed with the quality of sound and range of this one. Worked well even though we were downstairs and several rooms away. Baby unit needs to be plugged in but parent unit can be plugged in or used in battery mode. You need to buy 3 AA batteries for it though.

mostly works well, 19 Aug 2008
I've had this monitor for 2 years, and it has definitely done it's job. I have it on 'sound activated' when it's on. I would recommend buying one as for the low price you get a product that works. Two drawbacks;

- sometimes parent monitor doesn't 'connect' to baby one when switching on - meaning you have to retry the whole switching on process. (Some channels seem to work better than others on this problem). NB: On mine there is a slight crackle on parent monitor after they have connected so you can turn off then back on etc till you hear the crackle.

- Its a bit fiddly to take the batteries in and out so I tried leaving them in and reconnecting to the mains (to save batteries) but the batteries ran down anyway. (I didn't contact manufacturer about this so maybe they could have helped.)



Reliable monitor, glad I bought it, 14 May 2008
Bought this for when my nephew comes to stay. As far as features go, it's not particularly complex, but for £30 you get Tomy quality and a decent monitor. You have the ability to take your unit outside into the garden and t