Lollipop Baby Monitor (Turquoise) – Full-Featured Smart Wi-Fi Camera of True Crying Detection with Extra in-App Plan of Breathing Monitoring/Sleep Tracking-Accessories Free/7 Days Trial Period

Good, reliable camera
I love this camera! It has the best resolution and a very stable app. I am able to see clearly my baby in a way that other cameras don’t allow. It also catches small noises that my baby makes, while blocking out the white noise, so when I get a notification it is truly because my baby needs me. I’ve had it now for 2 years and had a minor issue which was resolved. Essentially, I reached out to customer support due to a clicking noise which I heard on my phone (but inaudible in my baby’s room), and was advised to update the firmware on the camera, which resolved my issue immediately. I am pleased with the camera and feel that it is a great value for its money.

Very impressed…read further. Uh-oh UPDATE
I have a confession to make, I fell victim to the “top selling” “most popular” item on amazon. I bought the……infant optics monitor.Now, had I done my job properly, which I generally do with every tech/gadget/tool/anything I buy, I would have researched properly and found WiFi monitors are the way to go.After a week of issues, I decided to go for the lollipop camera.It arrived this morning, next day – thank you Amazon.So the packaging is slick, like a giant iPhone almost 😁.It neat, sturdy and feels like a quality product.This is stage 1 of the review – initial setup and thoughts, though I will post an update after a few weeks of living with it.The setup via the app was freakishly easy. To get the camera up and running was simple – the settings that you may want to change will require some brain power but it’s no different from any other app.The USB power lead is lonnnngggggg, which is great as having a 1m cable would suck and be pointless.Video quality is a huge step up from the other brand I had, wide angle view and maybe a 2 second max delay. Pan and tilt is not a feature and I was a little worried about this until a saw how much more picture you get with this thing.The bendy arm is great and I’ve attached ours to the pack and play corner with ease. And when the time comes for the little monster to move to his own room, I’ll wall mount it above the crib.So when we originally looked at cameras, we thought why get WiFi, don’t need it on our phones etc etc. BUT after the arrival of our pride and joy, my thoughts have changed. I go back to work next week and being able to look in on the little man eases any negative feelings about leaving my family and going off to work. You may not think that now, but for you men saying “I’ll enjoy going back to work for some peace and quiet” you’re wrong, after 2 weeks with our baby, your heart melts and you WILL want to see him during the day while you’re sat in your office, in your truck, or wherever you are.Stage 1 review done – summary – great initial setup, impressed with video and the app. No issues so far.UPDATE.So it’s been a couple of weeks and I have to say….it’s awesome. Notifications if the little man is crying, crying loud are great. The picture quality is also great.I’ve not had any connectivity issues but then my WiFi is solid as I installed it all myself.One minor complaint – when you use the built in sound generator (sea breeze, vacuum etc) it overpowers the audio feature on the app. Our little monster has to be really crying to hear him. We have a separate sound machine which we will use to get over this, but having the speaker and mic so close with no filtering seems like a design flaw.But not a deal breaker for such a great monitor.Update – 09/08/19So the connectivity issues have started. Drops almost every other hour. Will be fine for a while, then a firmware update is sent out and it’s almost unusable. Seems lollipop are their worst enemies, great product that is ruined by terrible patch releases. The QA team should be ashamed to be honest. If it was within the return window, I’d send it back and try the more expensive one I was looking at….let’s see what lollipop will do for us.Rating dropped to 2UPDATE 3 – 19/12/30So the WiFi is a little more stable but the android version of the app is a disaster. We moved the little one into his own room, hoping this monitor would do the job we paid for. Unfortunately the audio stream we have running stops anywhere between 2-5am. The app hasn’t crashed, network is fine…app is just useless.Almost ready to pay more and get a smart monitor that actually works as this is terrible. The support is woeful – a screenshot of the network test is what they asked for to prove the network was down?? Really, do they think we’re lying.

Great Camera! Would recommend.
I’ve had this camera for 3 months now and figured I’ve used the camera long enough for an accurate review. FYI – I’m a first time mom and a software tester, so I will be speaking about the camera/app from both angles.I absolutely LOVE this camera. When I was pregnant, I had done a lot of research and was going through reviews of all of the top, expensive monitors. I wanted to get something that had it all, but was extremely hesitant on the big price tags.Then, I came across this camera! I had read mixed reviews, especially with the app, but wanted to give it a chance. I break software for a living anyways and figured I could find some work arounds.I don’t use everything that the app offers, but below are my opinions of what I do use.PROS:- Very easy to connect to the wifi and get everything set up. Very rarely do I have connectivity issues, even with the camera multiple rooms away from the wifi router- Both my husband and I can be looking at the monitor at the same time on our phones- Excellent camera quality – both during the day and night. Other moms have commented on this and were impressed when they saw it- Able to use the camera as a sound machine through the app which came in super handy when I didn’t have one- LOVE that I can pop out the video pane and browse elsewhere on my phone while still seeing/hearing baby.- Love having recordings saved of events on the timeline- Cute camera that is very easy to place anywhereCONS:- Not the most user friendly interface – can be confusing figuring out what each symbol means and only certain functions can be accessed based on whether the camera’s detailed/simplified view is selected. Once I figured it out it is fine, but takes longer to do what I want at times- Restarting the sound timer is cumbersome – I had to go reselect the desired timer for the specific sound so it would restart instead of having a restart button. There was also no option to just let it run infinitely until I tell it to stop. I don’t use this anymore now that he is in his own room, but this would have been nice in the beginning- The sound machine aspect overwhelmed the mic once he moved into his own room and I needed to hear him (not much you can do about that and now I just use another device farther away)- The auto night vision sometimes shuts off and displays a black screen. However, this doesn’t last longer than a few seconds and usually I do not need to see the video at night- If the camera loses connection while you have the camera in standby mode (camera off), it’s very difficult to turn off standby mode once it reconnects. Nowadays I just keep the camera on always to avoid this, otherwise I have to toggle the mode, back out, go back and toggle again, and back out again. Very annoying.- The biggest con for me is when the camera loses connection and I had the background audio setting on (letting me still hear the audio when the app was closed or my phone screen is off), the setting is not retained when it reconnects. This is not a big deal during the day but is vital at night. I have once had the power blip off in the middle of the night and the app audio shut off. My son woke up and was crying for 30 minutes before I woke up to my silent phone (normally white noise is playing) and 10 crying notifications. Felt like the worst mom ever and baby was pretty shaken. This thankfully has only happened once, but it happened when I needed this most. This app really should retain the last used settings/set up the user had, even if it temporarily loses connection with the camera. I am docking a star for this alone as the other cons I have workarounds for.For me personally, the pros outweigh the cons as the big negative has only happened once. I enjoy the convenience of having the app on my phone, the video quality, and the features it has. The only connection issues I’ve had appear when the power goes out (we live in Florida and it is currently the rainy season)I love this camera and, looking back, would have bought it again. If this changes I’ll be sure to update this review.

I regret purchasing this baby camera. The Wi-Fi reception is extremely weak, making it practically useless in my home. For the price, I expected much better performance. Unfortunately, it fails to deliver on reliability, and I find it to be a poor investment. I won’t be buying from this brand again, and I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

We set this up last night and we are so impressed! Easy setup and the app is great. The night vision is SO good. I was worried about the video quality since it’s not 1080, but you know what – you don’t need that in a baby cam! The video is more than clear enough and again – superb night vision, which is one of the most important features for us. Other baby cams did not provide such great night vision.I also really like these features:- built in noise machine (white noise, womb noise, etc) that you can adjust/control from the app (and customize the duration!)- assembly/setup options (so many creative ways to mount it on or around the crib)- continuous audio output option (they call is “background play”). So in other words, your device can act like an old- school one way audio baby monitor. You’ll still hear the audio from baby’s room while your device’a screen is off (charging over night).The packaging and product quality is great too.I’m really happy with this product – Lollipop thought of everything. An excellent baby monitor with a slick design.