Infant Optics DXR-8 Add-on Camera (Not Compatible with DXR-8 PRO)

Very good picture quality, self contained electronic signal and system. It works on the strength of its own signal so a WIFI system is of no use to this system. That means you can use the system where ever there is 110 outlets. I tried other camera systems which use various APP's and for the senior citizens using this system the app was too complicated. This system uses its own monitor, which is very portable, very user friendly and has a goof picture quality, Being able to speak to the person on the camera end is very helpful. You can always hear them when you have the monitor volume turned up but they can't hear you unless you push the button to talk. The cameras are truly plug and play. Very easy to use. The remote control unit being it's own unit and not an APP on the cell phone is very handy as often, the app on the phones would mean having the phone in the same room and it could ring and there goes your opportunity for peace and quiet. You can connect up to 4 cameras and I did for the system I installed to help friends. Cameras are numbered based upon how they are initially activated. The entire system is very easy to use, works even better than I had hoped and makes this incredibly difficult job my friends have of caring for their 97 year old sister in law a little easier. This product is incredible and easy to use. Many of the other systems and cameras I tried for their needs were not easy to use and didn't work as marketed. Thank you for providing a system which works, works very well and does what its supposed to, and is easy to use. It shocking how many systems can't or don't do this......

Update on 12/15/2020: The replacement monitor that was provided by the company, under warranty, failed at just 1 year, the screen freezes and I have to remove the battery and disconnect the power to reset it before putting it back to turn on again. Imagine your child crying and you have no idea because the monitor froze in the middle of the night. Customer service says its out of warranty, fair enough, but don't expect to buy this and use it for more than 1 year, 3-ish years max if it failed in the warranty period and they replace it for you. They offer me either to pay 45 to repair it, which includes shipping or 50% off to buy the new monitor. Imagine buying an Iphone and it fails after the warranty period is over and you have to pay to repair it or buy a new one at a discount, without assurance that it will last more than 1 year. This unit is not cheap and $165 for monitor and camera, then another $100 for an additional camera. I paid close to $300 for this thing and now its worthless. Correction to my initial review, not worth buying anymore. Original review: I purchased this about a year and a half ago when my twins were born, plus the additional camera so I could have one camera on each child. Recently, the monitor unit would not turn on and I was outside the warranty period. I contacted customer service and they walked me through a couple of steps to test the unit and see if we could reset it, that failed. They were so kind to provide me a replacement unit, I had to ship the broken one back. Kristine was very helpful throughout the whole process and walked me through everything step by step. One of the features I particularly like about this unit is the temperature monitor, since temperatures can differ from room to room, it allows me to adjust the thermostat accordingly so it doesn't get too hot for them in the summer or too cold for them in the winter. Picture quality is really good, quality is affected by the distance, so test how far you want to place the camera before mounting it, mine are mounted on the wall pointing downward. This is an expensive unit, but good product and good company. Worth buying.

I really love this camera. The night vision on it is great as this is what we see the most. During the day when the lights are on in my kids rooms the picture quality is really great it shows the colors of the crib sheets and other objects well. Having multiple children i love that there is a "scan" setting and every 10 seconds or so it switches rooms thus allowing overnight observation of all rooms. It does have the talk back feature which can be utilized but we do not very often unless we are playing around. we have not tried out the different lenses but will shortly be switching out to the wide view lens. Overall we LOVE this camera, definitely worth the money. it also does not run off of wifi which means it can’t be hacked (bug plus for us) and the battery life has on average lasted 6-8 hours or so (this is hard to say as i'm not always super close when it dies) the volume can also be turned up fairly loud. We really love the infant optics products. Another added bonus to all infant optics products is their customer service is out of this world amazing! My parent unit quit working and they replaced and had the new unit to me within 2 days of shipping the old one. They are very friendly and even after receiving the new parent unit they ensured to email me to check that everything was working appropriately and I didn’t have any dither needs (this was awesome)! I will continue to buy their products and I am constantly recommending them to friends!

I don’t often write reviews, but this company has blown me away with their stellar customer service. A few days ago, my monitor screen begin to freeze when scanning from one camera to the other. I checked, and saw that I was out of warranty for replacement. I emailed the company, and notified them of the problem. They gave me a quick fix to try; unfortunately the problem persisted. I notified them again, and even though I was out of warranty, they offered to send a replacement at no charge due to the nature of my problem! As if that weren’t enough, after I sent an email to thank them, they notified me that they were able to give me two-day expedited shipping on my replacement! I am seriously blown away. I haven’t experienced such great customer service in recent memory. Special thank you to Renee B with Infant Optics. I will certainly remain loyal to this company, and recommend them to any mom I know. As for the product itself, we were ready to purchase a new one if need be. It has clear sound and visual quality, excellent range, pan tilt, two way speaker, scanning between multiple cameras, and temperature monitoring; all highly important features.

We have an infant optics monitor and camera for our first daughter that has worked seamlessly for 3 years now. We had a second child so needed another camera. This is camera is an inexpensive solution, as you can easily set it up to use your existing monitor. Set up takes about 2 mins, by pressing the “add” setting on the monitor, and holding down a small button on the back of the camera. It pairs and you’re done. After that, you can easily switch between camera views through the monitor, or have it scan between the two, which switches the view every 10 seconds or so. Both cameras maintain full functionality with night vision, pan, temperature display, and ability to talk through the monitor. Awesome price and quality. Easy set up.

I have generally been happy with this baby monitor, so I purchased the extra camera for it when my wife and I had our second baby a few weeks ago. I wanted to share some thoughts about something I DON'T like about this monitor, particularly as it relates to add-on cameras. First I'll explain briefly the issue we had with our previous monitor, then I'll explain how that ties into what we don't like about THIS monitor. My wife and I loved our previous baby monitor, but we ran into issues when our second child was born and we started using the monitor with a second camera. That was when we discovered a quirk with the monitor's software. With a single camera we had liked the "Eco mode" in which the monitor's screen and audio would both shut off after about ten seconds of inactivity in our daughter's room, then turn back on as soon as sound was detected. The monitor was silent unless our daughter was making noise, and this probably contributed to the monitor's fantastic battery life. My wife and I liked this feature especially if were watching a movie or something; we would turn the monitor's volume up so that we would easily hear it if our daughter started crying, but it was completely silent otherwise. But when we added a second camera we discovered that when you put the system into "scan mode" (where the monitor alternates between two or more cameras) Eco mode is no longer a possibility. Instead, the monitor cycles through the cameras for ten seconds each, with the screen ALWAYS on and the speaker constantly emitting a white noise. Aside from the noise being annoying, this also meant that the monitor's battery drained MUCH more quickly than before. That was enough to put me back on the search for a new baby monitor. I selected this one on the basis of a huge number of positive reviews, and overall my wife and I are quite pleased with it. Setup was easy, the image quality is great, and we love the ability to pan the cameras. I also like the ability to select, at the touch of a single button, whether to view one camera, the other camera, or to scan between them. What I DON'T like is the way the audio works in scan mode. Unlike our previous monitor, the screen on this one can be set to turn off after either 3 or 5 minutes of inactivity, even in the scanning mode. The speaker, however, does NOT turn off, so it is always emitting a white noise. With 2 cameras, this means the speaker alternates between two slightly different white noises every 12 seconds or so. This may not seem like a big deal, but when you are a light sleeper like me, it's really annoying! Also, if one of our little ones starts making noise, a monitor gets our attention much more readily if the speaker was formerly silent than if it was already emitting some white noise. I'm not sure why the Infant Optics monitor was designed this way. If my children are sleeping quietly, I don't need to hear static white noise transmitted from their rooms. Having said that, I otherwise like this monitor very much, and I can see why it is so popular. I notice Infant Optics responded to customers' complaints about the "out of range" alarm; I wonder if anyone else besides me wishes the speaker could be set to be silent when the screen is off?

I got this camera on cyber Monday while I was pregnant for a great price. They aren't on sale every year but I paid full price to add an additional camera to the circuit, it's worth it. I read so many reviews and the quality and customer service seemed to be the best. The battery is decent but you'll want to leave it plugged in if you are using it overnight when baby is in another room. If used just for naps we charge the monitor once or twice a week. It has a good range, it's still connected 3 floors down. The only weird thing is if your phone is close to the monitor, the wifi messes with the signal I think. Reasonable camera cord length. We've had this system for 6 months and it works great, I highly recommend it.

Ordered a second camera for my toddlers room. We already had one and added a second. Easy to add and love the no wifi!

Excellent battery life. Great night vision quality only when using the regular lens. Sound great. Love that I can I stall multiple cameras. We have three in various rooms.

performs well just like the first

I haven’t had any problems, had the camera for one year. Works great as a second camera... you can “scan” between cameras every 5 secs... so far so good infant optics!

Second camera purchased. First one lasted 3.5 years and still going

I have tried these two cameras in 2 kids rooms for 2 weeks. (A 19 months boy and a 3.5 years old boy) they are working well. I always use the SCAN function to have the auto switch view to each room every 10 secs. I plan to get a 3rd one for my future baby girl’s room too.