*this article was updated August 2022*
Like many baby products are on the market, it can be incredibly challenging to research an item and ultimately decide on which one is best for you and your family. Baby monitors are no exception. In fact, they seem to be one of the most researched baby products on the market with some of the highest rated YouTube views. When it comes to baby monitors, people are searching for questions and answers related to why, what, who, are, can, which, will, and when.
With over 990,000,000 Google search results for ‘Baby Monitor,‘ the top Googled questions within these 8 categories are: Why do I need a non-wifi baby monitor? What is the best baby monitor to buy? Who can access the baby monitor? Are baby monitor apps safe? Can a baby monitor be hacked? Which baby monitor has the longest range? Will I need to buy a baby monitor? When do I start using a baby monitor?
As expecting parents, my co-founder Tamiz and I both spent countless hours researching hundreds of baby products. We built Poppylist so other parents wouldn’t have to suffer through that experience by providing a personalized list of what every new parent needs, and what they don’t. So, no more suffering through endless, contradictory reviews and opinions for baby monitors.
Moms and dads, you can take a deep breath and stop Googling the best baby monitors of 2022. We’ve done the work for you.
How? We polled our community of 5,000-plus parents and aggregated the top recommendations from moms and dads. We followed up with individual submissions to ask additional questions, and we furthered our research by dissecting non-bias reviews and forums from publications such as Wire Cutter and Reddit. Below are the best baby monitors from VTech, Nanit, Owlet, and more.