Crackled loudly all night and kept me awake. Took it back and bought a Johnsons one instead!!!! - Advantages: cheap - Disadvantages: bad reception

We bought a baby monitor for our first child and used it quite a lot. When we moved her cot out of our bedroom then we used it pretty much all the time through the night. The Tomy Walkabout 2000 is good for this because it comes with two mains adaptors, but you can also run it with batteries if necessary. The sensitivity is OK and its easy enough to use. With our second child, it has hardly been taken out of the box. For one thing, we now have a 2 year old toddler wandering around the place, and its not a great idea to have leads plugged into mains sockets. They are just an invitation to be played with. Its just not something that you need. If you have ...  Read the complete review

Shortly afer the birth of my son I was bought a 'Tomy Walkabout' baby monitor. After several journeys up and down the stairs I realised, the strange sounds coming from the monitor were not my baby crying, but it didnt end there.... After weeks of listening to these unusual sounds, myself and my husband realised that it was the baby five houses down the road that we could hear crying over our monitor! We could actually hear the parents talking to the child. I would hate to think all those special bed time stories could be heard by anyone near by with the same monitor. We were also getting next doors tv! Now we are trying for our next child we ...  Read the complete review

When my cousin was born I’d thought I’d buy her a present that would come in handy whilst she was growing up, and after taking time to chose I came up with the walkie talkies that you can put one upstairs and one downstairs and you know if she wakes up or cries. It was from Tomy and called the ‘Tommy Walkabout’ and I think it was a good choice as her mother always seems to be using it, it has various features that made it all the more impressive, firstly it had a range about 100m, so you could leave the baby upstairs and you could hear if she was in distress or if she needed you. It also give you peace of mind and I think ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Tomy walkabout 2000 when I was pregnant with our daughter who is two years old. At the beginning I admit I didn't use it much as she slept downstairs and went up when we did and into our room. Only time it was used was during the daytime whilst sleeping if I popped into the garden to hang out the never ending supply of washing. Since she has been in her own room and goes up earlier I now use it every evening and take it up to bed with me when I go. Even though she is nearly three she doesn't sleep through the night and it gives me peace of mind. I like the fact that it picks up every sound and if the room is totally quiet I can even hear her ...  Read the complete review