Not great for a baby monitor... Security camera or for pets, it would be great!

So I purchased this because it's advertised as a 'baby monitor'. We bought this because the range on our handheld monitor just wasn't far enough to reach the backyard and the battery life was short so we had to bring the plug everywhere. We figured we'd get a camera we could monitor from our phones. This has AMAZING picture quality and I can clearly zoom in and see the baby breathing. However, you can't just leave the sound on all the time so you'd know if baby was crying at night and hear them. You have to physically open the app, make sure the sound is on and then you'd know if they're crying. That's a HUGE flaw for me... I'd prefer it continually run in the background so you can hear sound (don't need the picture all the time, just the sound)... I suppose you could possibly leave your phone on all night long and leave it on for sound but I'm sure that's not good for your phone...

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