Baby: Home Safety

Great camera and easy to use.I had an issue with it and customer service was quick and helpful.

Compact and cute, easy to set up and use, safe technology for baby Show details

Disappointing – Facts: - Battery life terrible - Picture quality average - The battery on the unit swelled and was unusable without the charging cable after about 9… Read more

months of use - Zoom function not really beneficial at all. - Range was ok

Purchased after reading reviews from this site and others. Wouldn't recommend.

Useless - thinks a baby is there when it isn't – Useless - you can remove the baby and it still thinks the baby is there. Just sits there flashing away happily. Worst purchase I've made for our child. Show details

Customer service is amazing, sent us a new camera as our original one stopped showing the temperature. However, our monitor has now stopped working after being dropped from a very low height. Show details

The device doesn’t even last a year and constantly triggers false alarms. I used a Snuza years ago with another child, and the quality back then was… Read more

far better—this version doesn’t compare. It’s falling apart, the buttons barely work, and the false alarms never stop. Customer service is awful too; they don’t bother reading your email or asking about the problem to improve their product. Instead, they just offered me a discount on another poorly made device. Both the quality and support are a letdown.

Don’t waste your money and time.

Totally worthless product, my 7 month old who is not even standing up can push it around , defeating it purpose. Communication is the worse one. The seller is refusing to take it back and refund . Show details

Don’t waste your money – Bought a baby monitor from oricom which I discovered was faulty within a couple of days. Tried to return and their returns process is absolutely… Read more

shocking, customer service non existent. Even though the item is faulty I still have to pay for shipping plus a restocking fee. Waiting weeks for them to respond to simple emails to arrange the return and when you call them the line disconnects before you can talk to anyone.

We just have the ankle bracelet and base unit. Unfortunately it just doesn't hit the mark for value. If you forget to pair it each time, you can… Read more

guarantee youll have to go and wake your bubs up. Also I think they could have done far better with the app, you can not set upper and lower limits for alarms so if youre monitoring you can almost be certain youll be up all night watching. Also it takes sometimes 40 minutes to calculate a skin temp baseline which absolutely sucks for those arvo naps. Honestly I would look elsewhere. The lady at baby bunting actually gave me the number for oricom when I purchased it assuming im not the only person that can't predict the missing information from the instruction manual

5 replacements all with similar issues Cheap, Tinny Rubbish! I did a lot of research into baby monitors before deciding on Oricom. What a mistake… Read more

that was. Wish I had someone to talk me out of it.

A few points to keep in mind * Faulty strobing/flickering night light. Disruptive to child’s sleep. (Strobing/flickering not a feature)(Would occur without nightlight feature being used at all) This issue occurred within a few months of receiving each replacement.

* Temperature sensor is extremely inaccurate. Ended up using a separate Bluetooth thermometer. Regular warnings of High Temperatures when it was not even close.

* Motion detection was hit and miss at best. For example, Child fell out of bed a couple of times and it wasn’t captured at all.

* Monitor speaker - is very poor quality. Suppose to play lullabies and noises. Comes out as a very static sounds. The ability to speak to your child through the camera is incoherent, if heard at all.

* Separate monitor display has a poor battery life and if slow to turn on.

Oricom will not provide a refund despite reoccurring issues with every replacement. They continue to push their rubbish product until your warranty is up.

Do yourself a favour avoid Oricom entirely. You will not get the support you would expect when the time comes from such a big company.

Essential! – The Dream Baby extra-tall swing closed baby safety gates are a must have. They’re so easy to install and are perfect for containing children and pets. We have two in our home and they still keep my 3yo out of too much mischief.

DO NOT BUY. Get another brand. I used to love it and recommended to lots of people, but after a few issues my experience with customer service was… Read more

APPALLING (and is all handled offshore so no regional support, and US customer service is the absolute worst, they literally do not care). They were zero help, and refused to offer any solutions other than purchasing a new device at $500 (and refused to even offer a discount). They discontinue their products frequently then refuse to provide support for them and force you to buy a new one. If the customer service is this bad I hate to think how inaccurate the device actually is. Zero customer service at this price point is not acceptable. I am honestly astounded I’ve never had such a bad customer experience in my life.

Lil playpen, easy to move around – This playpen was so easy to put together. It isn't big but it worked well for me as I had it in the TV room so didn't take up to much room. I… Read more

picked it because it came with he plastic playmat, bright colours also easy to move around when we had guests over. Also the price was good. Bright, and easy to move around

Easy to use and adjustable – The gate was very easy to fit and quite secure. Our two little ones are not shy about trying to get where they shouldn't but could not work this gate… Read more

at all. It was easy to fit to the door frame and it was easy to adjust as well, with the easy to use sliders helping it and holding very tightly in the door frame. easy to use, strong not the cheapest

Really happy with this playpen - and it doesn't feel like 'baby jail'! – We're really happy with our Jolly KidZ Magic Panel Playpen. We bought it second hand, and the plastic is really easy to clean. The bright colours are… Read more

great and it doesn't feel like you're putting your little one in 'baby jail' because there's lots of space for them to look through (no bars or mesh). Ours has the extension pack, and we have it set up in a rectangle 7 panels x 4 panels (about 188cm x 111cm) with a couple of panels left over. It creates a decent sized space for our mobile-but-not-yet-walking son to play in, and we use it with a foam play mat underneath. Not having a gate has been the only drawback, as you need to be able to climb over the panels to get in to the playpen or bend over them to lift your little one out if they're not standing yet. The panels are about 2ft or 61cm high, which is actually quite difficult if you have a bad back or knees. Other than that, we're very happy and would recommend the playpen to friends and family.

Well thought out product – Bought this to help contain our puppy within a section of the house. We previously tried a retractable gate, but she was able to squeeze under the… Read more

flexible material and escape. This gate also has transparent windows which allow her to see through; we think this helps her feel less anxious about sounds coming from the other side of the gate.

We have it hinged on one end and pressure-fit on the other, as it was cumbersome to manually place/remove the gate every time when using pressure-fit on both ends. It's easy to remove from the hinge mounts though should it be temporarily needed in a doorway.

Adjusting the width of the gate requires a bit of practice, but holds the chosen width setting very securely.

The only shortcoming I've found is that there can be quite a gap when the latch-side pressure pads are fully extended. This gap (between the upper and lower pads) is wide enough for a puppy to escape, but as this is a product designed for babies, it can't be considered a design flaw.

Finally some sleep – This thing is just the best investment ever. Honestly, it really is. Our 4 week old baby stopped breathing, ambulance, hospital stay, unexplained… Read more

absence of breathing... Snuza Pico is the only reason we sleep. It is currently ticking away next to me, and the sound is so soothing.

Easily attaches to bubs nappy, I attach it to her front, right to the side and it works perfectly, also works better with a onsie than top and bottoms, I suggest tucking shirt into pants if you go this route as clothes can get in the way of the monitor. Turn on and off with my phone from the very easy to use app, monitoring her breathing rate, temperature, sleep state and position, you can set your own alarm boundaries, you can chart their temp, breathing, position and sleep state all from the app.

It has alarmed a few times for her not breathing, so I can tell you its definitely worth the investment. She's nearly 6 months old now, and we will definitely be using Pico for a long time to come.

This Pico has also roused her a dozen times when she had no movement for 15 seconds. Very long battery life, easy click in charging in the secure charging unit. I bought hers second hand, and it is ticking on no worries.can be used without the app too. One downside (if there is one) is that the connection is soft, it can drop out easily, but links back up asap.

Can’t buy extra gate extensions if needed!!! – Thought this would be great. Figured I could move it. Turns out every other brand sell extra extensions for this reason except target! They wouldn’t… Read more

even refund me on same day purchase due to box being opened. I’d wish a spent a bit extra and bought somewhere else. Also for something so simple, the instructions were terrible.

Not worth it – Very overpriced thermometer and I don’t believe the temperature is accurate (three other thermometers show a different temperature). I ended up… Read more

purchasing a heatermate which seems to be much more accurate and reliable. My son has been sleeping so much better after purchasing the heatermate.

Purchased in September 2021 for $276. The battery pack expanded and the battery case did not fit on to close the battery. Oricom replaced the battery… Read more

in December 2022. The same thing happened again and the battery lasts less than 10 minutes. The product page advertises it can last up to 6 hours. I don't think this is an acceptable standard of quality for an expensive product from a reputable brand. I don't think it is fit for purpose. If I had know this was to be expected I wouldn't have bought this product and now have to find a suitable product. We are currently using the product on mains power only, since the expanded battery is not safe. That does not allow us to go outside or move around the house as we normally would. We have just bought a Tweetycam after reading lots of reviews. I expected a baby monitor would last until I no longer needed it.

The picture isn't particularly clear and the touchscreen is fiddly.

Really handy and helpful – I bought this online after when my second baby was about a week old. I took my Itzbeen with me everywhere - the size is perfect for a nappy bag or… Read more

handbag - and it lived on my bedside table of a night time to help with night time feeds. The night light was perfect to quickly check on bub while he was sleeping and also for me to get myself organised for feeds and expressing.

This is one handy little gadget that I wished I had with my first son! Size - although at first it was smaller than I expected, it was actually a great size

Annoyingly the camera doesn’t charge, it has to be plugged in to work. This really limits portability and where you can use it and isn’t reflected on the website or in the photos on the walkabout website. Quality seems good however. Show details

Great support – Using it for more than 18 months already. Won't lie that there were no issues with the camera, but the support was very responsive and most importantly quick in resolving. Shout to Janet in particular. Show details

Oricom support – I have contacted Oricom twice about my unit and Janet Salama has given me the best service replying quickly and fixing the problem fast. I have twins… Read more

so rely on that monitor greatly. She is so very helpful and I appreciate her amazing service so much we need more people in customer service like her and I hope she gets recognised for this Thankyou Allanah

Lindam Numi Gate – I am writing this review because we think this gate is brilliant. (In our case for the dog) and several toddlers. My husband really liked the… Read more

design and the table showing set-ups for different opening widths was very helpful. When installing, remember in Plan View, the mounting brackets are offset (10mm approx).

Unlike the pressure mounted gates, it is so good NOT having a bar to trip on, on the first step. We really like the quality and ease of use. Unlike most OTHER gates, where you have to push the stiff button at the top, while you lift the gate - (I have a sore shoulder, so this hard to do), by comparsion, this gate is sooooo easy to use. Easily squeeze the top and underneath trigger button with one hand and open gate. To close, pull firmly behind you to automatically close (you will see 2 yellow latches in pic below). Because we constantly use both levels of our house, we are up and down the stairs numerous times per day, so we wanted the simplest and easiest gate to use and we found it.

Highly recommend this gate for ease of use and quality.

HINT: Also, we found a cheaper price for this gate, yet Baby Bunting matched the price and then beat it by 5%.

Great playpen – Great playpen for little ones. It is quite big and roomy enough for mommy and daddy to get inside and play with our daughter. It feels very sturdy… Read more

and safe. Once I figured out which way around it goes, it was easy to assemble. I would highly recommend. We bought it with the play mat and the only downside is that the mat is a bit thin. It would have been great if it had a little bit more padding. We had to put a blanket between the mat and playpen to help soften it. But being able to remove the mat makes cleaning so much easier.

Great product one shortfall – I have an M7 & M8 and love them, the lights, music and story features and playlists can buy precious time in the morning. I don’t use the various… Read more

alarms, dirty nappy detect air quality etc but these work well with sone variance of course.

But the white noise depends on an internet connection, this is a major flaw as if you use white noise every night as we do, sooner or later any internet connection will falter overnight resulting in waking the children, when they get used to white noise and it gues off it wakes our children. Happened about three times a year for us so we bought separate devices for white noise. The temperature sensor is off my 3 degrees also, no big deal once you get used to it.

Worst baby monitor – Only works in range within 1 metre direct line of sight. Out of range even if you turn around and block by your body.

Several faults, poor customer service – Worked fine at first. Easy enough to install. After a while the night vision stopped working. Contacted support and got a replacement with minimal… Read more

effort. Soon after that the screen started faulting. Customer support never responded at all. Now the replacement camera has faulty night vision also.

I don't recommend this product or supplier.

I have owned this camera for 1 year, & have had constant issues with a) the battery never charging past 2 bars, b) the battery depleting after 2… Read more

hours and c) the parent unit randomly turning itself off at night when plugged into the mains - sometimes after a few hours, sometimes after just 20 minutes. We replaced the battery with a new one and it made no difference to any of these issues at all. All in all, a very flawed and ultimately useless product. We replaced it with a Uniden BW2511 for the same price and it's a night and day difference in reliability and quality.