I’ve reviewed quite a few video monitors, some way more expensive than others, and having a video monitor definitely beats an audio monitor as baby becomes mobile. I love being able to spy on Micah after I put him to bed, it’s fun to watch him read to himself or play with his stuffed animals. And it’s the only reason I knew he was using wipes to “clean” the floor a few nights in a row (before I removed the wipes from his room). The Gynoii video baby monitor is a fantastic video monitor, especially for my soon-to-be-mobile baby girl! The Gynoii video baby monitor is under $100 with two perks I haven’t worked with before: a connection to social sharing right in the app, and the ability to make a time-lapse video!
Gynoii video baby monitor: The Good
The Gynoii video baby monitor is awesome. Period. The set up is quick and easy, with a password for security. The app can be downloaded to multiple phones or tablets.
Gynoii Monitor Connection Speed: Great
The best part: the Gynoii video baby monitor loads up quickly. I mean quickly! I was impressed. It loads up within seconds on my home WiFi. It takes slightly longer over 4G, and even longer on the hospital WiFi (a slow connection), but it still loads up faster than any other video monitor I’ve used. Sometimes it skips or drops the connection, but it reloads easily and quickly.
Gynoii Monitor Picture: Great
The Gynoii video baby monitor picture is crisp and clear, the colors are right on! It takes a lot of light to get it in color day mode (light on and curtain open to a sunny day), but night mode is also very clear. Night vision is not in color, but my mind already knows what color my baby is, I just need to know what she’s doing! Even better, the Gynoii video monitor has pinch-zoom so I can really easily zoom in and move around, it works smoothly and is awesome!
Gynoii Monitor Options: Everything necessary and more!
Like most video monitors, you can hear and see baby, mute baby, talk back to baby through the monitor, play lullabies or your own music, or take pictures and video. Plus you can view the videos and snapshots right in the gallery in the app or find them saved to a folder in your phone. A cool feature: you can record a chunk of time which then compresses itself into a quick time-lapse video or baby in action! This is fun to watch baby moving in the crib or Micah playing in his room. And I don’t have to keep the app open for it to record, I can do other things while it records, go to the app to stop it, then do other things while it compresses to a time-lapse video until it alerts me that it’s complete.
The Gynoii video baby monitor also has sound and movement notifications, which are fairly standard in video monitors, with one cool perk: when they are turned on, I get push notifications on my phone even if the app is totally closed. As in, not even in my task bar. I don’t make use of the notifications with other monitors because the app has to be running, at least in the background, to get the notification, which wears the battery down. So this ability to have the app totally closed and still get notifications renders my audio-only monitor useless. And this doesn’t seem to have much effect on my battery life! Maybe 1-2%, but nothing real noticeable. I can also set the sensitivity so it can be sensitive enough to hear Micah in the next room or less sensitive to just hear baby.
I can also put it in audio-only mode to be able to hear baby through my phone without the picture up, just like an audio monitor.
Here’s the big new feature: you can take your images, videos and time-lapse recordings and share them! There are tons of options including Facebook, email, Pinterest, messaging, messenger, Skype, Twitter and more! It’s awesomely easy!
Oh! Another perk: it comes with a typical mounting stand, or you can switch it out for the included padded (and strong) clip! Which mean I can securely clip it to the shelf above E’s crib and not worry about screwing or falling.
Gynoii video baby monitor: The Bad
The Gynoii video baby monitor can’t be remotely moved, so to change the space it is looking at you have to physically go in the room and move it. Not a big deal for watching baby in her crib, I can easily see the whole crib. I can also see enough of Micah’s room to keep track of him. It doesn’t work as well for a big living room or playroom space because you won’t be able to see the whole room.
The big, drawing feature is the ability to share over social networks, and at this time that option only works on Android phones. So if you have an iPhone, you won’t be able to use that feature unless that upgrade to include that in the future. iPhone users can still take pictures, find the picture on the phone, then share like a normal picture and the company is working on adding the instant share feature to iPhone in the future.
As far as the instructions: there is just a two-sided piece of paper for an instruction guide and the grammar isn’t quite right. The instructions are totally understandable and you really don’t need anything more than what’s provided, it’s super easy to setup and operate.
Oh, and the grammar isn’t perfect. Totally understandable, but don’t be surprised that a few of the tenses are wrong and a few insignificant little words are missing. Don’t let it sway you though, the monitor is awesome!
Overall, I love the Gynoii video baby monitor and would definitely recommend it. It loads faster than any other video monitor I’ve used, I love the push notification option, and the picture is clear. Check it out online for yourself or…
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We love our baby monitor but can’t do anything as near as high tech as this one! Sounds cool!
Favorite baby memory: the moment they were born.
I want this!
We are expecting our first baby this summer and are so excited to have lots of baby moments so far our favorite has been viewing our baby on the ultrasound! This baby monitor will come in handy, for our little one!
I know our favorite babes moment will be introducing out new little luv bug to her big brother for the first time! This is AMAZING, thanks for the sweet chance!
Love this–favorite memory—when they are just so tiny and snuggly when they first come home… i was always amazed that they fit. 🙂
Favorite moment is probably that first moment they lay the baby on you. Just nothing like it
It is reassuring to watch baby on the monitor while they are sleeping. If they call out, you can see if they are really awake without disturbing them by going into their room. Often, they will still be sleeping.
I remember the first time our son pee’d on my husband I thought he was going to throw him and the whole time I was laughing at the fountain going up my husbands arm !
I take care of my new grandson during the work week and this monitor would give me peace of mind when he is sleeping! Plus he won’t wake up like he does when I check on him constantly – worried Nana!
My favorite baby moment would be the first time they opened their eyes and looked at me.
My babies are older but I am expecting my very first grandbaby and am looking forward to many new baby moments!! I can’t wait! There are so many great new products that weren’t around when mine were young. Like video monitors. How awesome these are!
My favorite moments are hearing my baby laugh.
One of my favorites. My son was feeding his 11 month old. He turned his back for a second and grandson had turned over the food and was happily feeding himself with it all over himself from the top of his head to the tip of his toes.
My best baby memory is breastfeeding my babies!
My granddaughter recently started laughing out loud at 3 months. I’d forgotten how wonderful a baby’s laugh is.
Mt favorite is first steps.
One of my favorite “baby moments” was when I held my first grandchild for the first time. Talk about overwhelming emotions!
One of my favorite baby moments was when he first learned to walk.
When she was first laid on my chest and she stopped crying.
My favorite baby moment is when they sleep through the night.
In a few months, my son and his wife will have 3 kids under 4. Their current monitor is a 1 at a time monitor!
My niece just learned how to walk and now she’s everywhere! Its fun chasing after her.
I just love that very first smile!
my girls just learned to climb onto furniture
I just had my baby two months ago and I love to watch her sleep! It is the cutest thing!
Watching my kids transform from wrinkly faced infants to beautiful babies is so amazing to me 🙂
I love the first laugh!
My daughter was 18 a few years back and became pregnant. It was of course not what we had envisioned for her. She felt very self conscious and scared, having to suffer through the stares and whisperings at the end of her senior year at school. The situation was not the best, but she foraged on…keeping her job, taking care of herself, and just having faith. There were some complications. We knew having a new baby in our house was gonna change things. Well, she handled it all like a trooper. When we were home the first night it was in the wee hours of the night. I was on Grandma duty and went in the bedroom to see my daughter feeding her little girl, lovingly looking at her and just amazed by this creation. I asked her “was it all worth it”. She just smiled and said. Every bit, forever. It was then that I knew she would be OK, be a great mom, and all the worry was in vain. I had faith in God, but my worry made me question my faith in my daughter. I knew then that then, BOTH of us grew as mothers.
I love babys first words always so special. The first smile also always so so special. I love so many firsts if I could change one thing it would be they didnt go way to quick.
My favorite baby moment is when the are asleep and you watch and really see how great of a blessing they are.
Babies are best sleeping =)
I’ve never used a baby monitor, but soon I’m going to be a grandmother and I think it’s time we utilize one.
One of my favorite moments is our home birth and first tandem nursing session.
I love watching my baby sleep, she looks so peaceful!
I need one to use with my new granddaughter I’m so proud of her!
My favorite memory was our little guy’s first smile. We have a lot of great memories but seeing him happy was the most precious.
I’m due in August and I’ve been looking into all the necessary baby gear….such as a monitor. thank you!
sitting up first time
I wish monitors were available when I had kids. As a grand parent I think its a must have. I remember when my kids began crawling and walking.
One of the best baby moments is when you are rocking and they reach up and touch your face with their hand for the first time. thanks
Three grown children; eleven grandchildren. I’d love to win this for my daughter-in-law who will have her baby next month. Wish they had this technology when mine were babies!
Well, I’m going to become an Uncle in the next month so I will have lots of baby moments then!
My favorite baby moment is whatever just happened. Today, we were in a thrift shop, and I found a baby toy tambourine. Sweet Elizabeth LOVED it, and played it as though it were second nature to her.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
Favorite moment was the birth.
Right now is a wonderful time with my granddaughter. She has just started saying mama and it is so cute. Now it is always mama, mama, mama. I can’t get enough of it.
My favorite baby moment was this January after the birth of my grandbaby and seeing my baby hold her baby.
Mine would have to be seeing him say his first word for that first time!
My baby moment was when he first started to crawl.
My daughter just said mama for the first time a few days ago, on the same day she turned 6 months old. 🙂
I just loved when my little man started to read books. It was so cute.
My niece and nephew are only 9 months apart and Athena loves her big brother. They go to bed in separate beds but come morning she will be in his bed sleeping with him. I know I have to enjoy this time while they love each other because it’ll soon change 🙂
My favorite moment was when my daughter realized that she had toes. She was so amazed at them and just kept wiggling them and giggling while she did it.
I don’t have any babies of my own yet. I’d love to win this for my cousin who’s expecting her first child.
oh man, my favorite moment is probably everyday…but if i were to pick i would say the second time i brought my son home from the hospital after he had surgery to open the valve in the bottom of his stomach which was completely closed made me realize how fragile life can be.
My baby moment was seeing my grandson on the ultrasound, I am so excited he will arrive in June.
Thanks for the review!
awesome machine
loved watching my son rollover for the 1st time
My favorite baby memory is the first time I saw my twin nephews smile.
Congratulations for article.
A Baby monitor is very important to safe and see our baby! I have and its very util.
My favorite is baby monitor of motorola.
Hi, not sure if you bought a monitor yet, but we bought this one:
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It performance is great. I really liked it.