Lollipop Smart baby camera – review.
I was so thankful when Lollipop said they wanted to send out a baby camera for us, I thought I could trial it and if I didn’t like it I could always trial a different brand, but I honestly love it. Although Lollipop gifted us this baby camera, the review below is of my own thoughts and opinions.
The Lollipop
baby camera comes in lovely pastel colours, ‘Cotton Candy’ (pink), ‘Pistachio’
(Yellow) and Turquoise (of the images I’ve
seen it’s a lovely shade of blue). With Isabelle’s room being pinks and greys
we opted for the Cotton Candy.
When
it arrived, I couldn’t get over how well presented it was! The packaging was
simply beautiful, this definitely got my hopes up for the product – if so much
thought and effort can go into the packaging, the product must be just as wonderful!
Being
a bit of a technophobe I had concerns that the baby camera would be difficult
to set up and manage on the app on my phone – But I was very wrong, the
instructions which came in the box were very clear that even someone like me
would have no difficulty at all with the set up.
It comes with everything you will need to easily mount the camera to a wall or your little ones’ cot. As Isabelle will be going into her room in a bed rather than a cot, we opted for the wall mounted option which has worked out perfectly as it also gives us a full view of her bedroom as well as a perfect view of her in bed.
It comes with everything you will need to easily mount the camera to a wall or your little ones’ cot. As Isabelle will be going into her room in a bed rather than a cot, we opted for the wall mounted option which has worked out perfectly as it also gives us a full view of her bedroom as well as a perfect view of her in bed.
Once
the app is installed onto your phone you can begin to use your camera
immediately and the baby camera links to your phone’s app via Wi-Fi. My instant
reaction was pure amazement – how on earth was the picture so clear? It is
fab!! The night vision on the camera is also second to none. Over the next few
days we noticed even more wonderful little things about the lollipop baby
camera – such as the crying detection feature… it can actually distinguish
between your baby crying or just making gurgles/babbles.
As the
Lollipop is viewable via their app, I find comfort in the knowledge that if
ever for some unforeseen circumstance I wasn’t home at night, I can still check
up on her and receive alerts if she wakes or cries. The app can be on more than
one phone too, so my husband can also download and check in if ever he’s not
home which is perfect. (You can also talk through the camera and play music too
to help settle baby if you aren’t there).
There
is also an option to have a wall sensor in addition which will send the
Lollipop information about the room such as its temperature etc. We don’t have this,
but I can imagine it is really useful to some parents, especially in cooler or
warmer climates than West Yorkshire.
My favourite
things about the Lollipop camera:
1. The camera offers smart data – it highlights
any events.
2. Ease of set up/installation
3. The crying detection feature
4. The Clear image and ability to view when I’m
not home.
5. It actually looks nice!
6. The app is brilliant, and more than one user
can access it.
7. Two-way Communication.
Now,
the things I don’t love about the Lollipop camera:
1. I had to lower the noise sensitivity on the
camera, It would tell me the environment in Isabelle’s room was too noisy whenever
myself or my husband were leaving/returning home in our cars. (Although they do
both have aftermarket exhausts on which are louder).
2. This one isn’t the cameras fault – but our Wi-Fi
at home isn’t the greatest so the camera can sometimes have a delay, however
not by much – usually only about 1 second at most.
Overall,
we LOVE the Lollipop baby camera and would highly recommend it to all my friends
and family – This camera has definitely eased my anxiety and does everything
you would expect from a video baby monitor and more!
You can purchase the Lollipop Baby camera via Amazon which offers a speedy delivery service here: Lollipop Smart Baby Monitor - Amazon