Hey guys I'm Ben from authentech and just a couple months ago my wife and I had
our second baby now if you know me I love researching products and finding
the very best gadgets and that even comes to baby gear so in this video here
are ten of our favorite baby gadgets and products that we've found some of them
techy like these smart rocking bassinets different baby cameras compared but then
other essentials as well whether you might have your firstborn on the way or
you're knee-deep in kids and you're just looking for something cool and a new
invention you've never seen before hopefully this video helps you out all
links and products of the gadgets will be down below and let's jump right in
starting with sleep as when you have children you'll know sleep is like a
rare precious jewel now here's to new smart sleep bassinets
that might help you get some extra sleep the first one is the Graco sense to
snooze bassinet number two is the 4moms
mama Roo sleep best on that both of them are taking the idea to help you rock
your baby to sleep which is basically genius now I've seen the snooze sleeper
before but it's price tag is kind of outrageous at $1,300 it's so expensive
that they give you the option to rent the thing for over a hundred dollars a
month now I'm sure it has its advantages and it looks super cool but for my
budget and I think the average consumer I like these two newer options that come
in at a much more affordable price I purchased both of these and the Graco is
the cheaper option at around $300 though I have seen it drop down to 250 on
Amazon so keep an eye out for that the for moms is a bit more expensive I paid
330 online but it looks like they raised the price up to 350 as of now setup is
straightforward on each though I found the for moms was a tad easier and faster
as it was a tool-less assembly which I always liked the Graco
took just a little longer and felt a little bit more assembly was needed plus
it wasn't totally toolless as I needed a screwdriver for just this one single
screw both designs are nice and the for moms has a little bit more of a clean
and minimal look however it's off-white greyish color kind of looks sort of
outdated and I prefer the clean white on the Graco with the accent of gray
looking nice both have a pad insert with washable cover now my wife and I like
the Graco pad just a little bit better it feels a bit more padded and the
texture feels softer while the 4moms has that slightly noisier sounding fabric
the Graco has one motion with three speeds Swain head-to-toe motion and he
can still rock it when powered off the floor mom's instead has five different
motions each with five different speeds Swain side to side and up and down in
different movements though it won't rock when powered off the Graco has tactile
clicky buttons which I actually usually prefer over the better looking
capacitive touch but like I mentioned the display makes the 4moms more
modern-looking both have vibration built in and a sound machine which is really
cool now hands down the 4moms white noise option sounded much nicer and it's
volume got much louder over the Graco
possibly not a big deal for most like us for example we use other sound machines
as well on top like the Marr pack dome which is hands-down the best white noise
machine ever made I have more of these little things in my house than I'm proud
to admit so we use both of these smart sleep bats nuts for at least one week
straight on our newborn and they're both really sweet each time we place our baby
in one of these smart sleep bassinet she wouldn't cry very much and would slip
into a really good sleep it was pretty amazing
now I'll stress it again if you can get any extra sleep at night with a newborn
literally feels like a straight-up miracle and hopefully either of these
could work out for you well now could we tell a clear difference between the two
in terms of effectiveness honestly not really now the big disclaimer though as
obvious as it is every single baby is totally different so it might work for
one might not work for another we're finding that our second baby is a much
better sleeper than our firstborn so would he have been sleeping better with
these I'm not sure it's sort of impossible to say but man I sure wish we
had these around a few years ago to try oh and the cried detection technology on
the Graco is a little cheesy for us it basically just clicked on an assortment
of motion vibrate and sound settings when it heard loud crying and I've
a few failed attempts we never really use it again your mileage may vary now
which one are we personally keeping we're sticking with the Graco for two
key reasons first is the price seen as it's the more affordable option while
still working awesome and secondly our 4moms units started making some bad
vibrating sound and funny enough when I found multiple reviewers online saying
they had the same issue I knew I wanted to return ours my contact at for mom
said that they're aware and working on the issue and the bassinet comes with a
12 month warranty and they'll replace any unit that's not working properly so
there you go either way I'm really glad to see some healthy competition with
these smart bassinets that help rock and soothe your baby to sleep and if you
don't want to shell out $1,300 for the snoo well now there's too much more
affordable options next up our cameras and baby monitors and here's four
options for you to check out first is our dumb offline motorola baby minor
that we bought for our first child but it's still working pretty well a few
years later we like the large LCD screen for watching baby however the cameras
very narrow field of view which is major downside I wish it was much wider angle
as you'll see in my next camera options the key benefit of an old-school baby
monitor with no Wi-Fi built-in you don't have to worry about as much for security
less hackers trying to get into it Plus battery life is usually pretty good on
the wireless monitor you can use it just as an audio monitor as the volume gets
really loud range and night visions pretty good too we did find the room
temp monitoring to be pretty inaccurate and there's this terrible beeping sound
of Pontus connection or booting up that's sort of ear piercing and you
can't even mute it and the micro USB connections sort of got Wiggly and loose
over time its price feels a little expensive but overall it's worked fine
for us over the years the next three cameras are Wi-Fi cams and the first is
wise cam which i've reviewed on this channel before it's one of the very
cheapest home security cameras you can find at just 25 bucks it's a great
looking 1080p HD video night vision ultra wide-angle field of view two-way
talk and listen there's a sweet magnetic base and swivel plus microSD
card slot for recording video it's a great option for the cheap price tag
next on the other side of the spectrum this thing is packed with some
impressive features it's the Nana smart baby camera what you've probably
seen around there very popular I was impressed with unboxing very clear
instructions multiple mounting options good cord safety their app is
beautifully designed image quality of superb and crisp super wide angle
against squeezing the whole crib in the camera frame it has all the standard
baby camera stuff like night vision and 2-way talk temperature and humidity
readings but then they won up everything like the two-way audio you can pull it
up on your phone and you can turn on background audio so that means if you're
using other apps or your screen is turned off you can still hear the audio
and on top of all that you can even turn on sleep sounds like white noise with
timer settings and there's even this little nightlight on top very nice
details another sweet feature that nana is known for is their sleep tracking and
guidance so you can see your baby's sleep stats and time-lapse video and
other insights Nanette was very kind and sent me the camera and a breathing where
starter pack which include the swaddle and breathing band now basically these
have no batteries or wires which I like but instead sort of genius allows the
camera to motion track these little tracking points on the sleepwear and
then in the app it can monitor your baby's breathing motion breasts per
minute send alerts and alarm you if your baby needs you kind of clever
I appreciate they give us a free year of these analytics which is nice though of
course I sort of wish they didn't charge at all for the service during the app
sign up I like that they didn't force me to enter in my credit card info there's
so many other companies that still do this nowadays and then you get charged a
year later for something that you didn't want lots of alerts and customization in
the settings I like the different stands that they offer and since all the camera
brains reside in this little tiny puck to move the camera as easy as popping it
out of one stand then snapping it into another like this multi stand for
on-the-go the video feed seems to load fast and there's huge kudos to this
camera having both 2.4 and 5 gigahertz Wi-Fi built in overall that nanoq cam
has been pretty sweet so far and for sure I'll admit it's pretty expensive at
3 hundred dollars but it comes with lots
of bells and whistles that a lot of parents want in keeping an eye on their
baby the last camera option is a quick one and that's the nest cam from Google
now it's not super cheap at around 200 bucks but it has two or three features
that I think are really amazing first is the 24/7 continuous cloud
recording so you'll never miss the moment but yes that comes at a
subscription fee but the second feature that none of those other cameras have is
the uber smooth timeline scrubbing of your footage we have one of these
cameras in the kid's playroom and there's been so many times that our
two-year-old will do something crazy and we can quickly scrub back find the
moment save it to download or share Nannette records video clips as well but
unfortunately it doesn't have the smooth timeline scrubbing feature yet and wise
can record footage as well but it's far from smooth scrubbing and much harder to
find those exact moments I really like scrubbing through the night to see how
our little guy moves around and another benefit of investing in the nest cam is
the camera can then transition from the baby crib to the kids playroom so then
maybe as a normal security camera for your home sort of extending that
investment which is sort of a nice perk number 7 on our list is a clean and
modern looking highchair this one was sent to us from for months now it's
lightweight and slides around we like how easy it is to remove the foam seat
insert for cleaning or wiping down there's three high positions to trade
positions and probably my favorite feature is the magnetic tray top now I'm
obsessed with magnets and this is sort of genius they have these different
bowls and plates that magnetically sort of snap into place and help prevent
possible spills now of course it's not gonna grip on like glue but it's a very
clever idea and it should help in preventing some things sliding around I
like that I can remove the tray and it lays flat on a table plus we often like
to slide the chair right up to our dinner table so our two-year-old can be
right next to us number eight and nine are strollers which we love first is the
Doudna which we bought a few years ago for our first port and it's basically an
infant car seat that transforms into a stroller in just seconds now it's pretty
dang expensive but honestly both my wife and I
it was probably the very best money we spent on our baby I can't tell you how
many people have stopped to ask us what this magical device is because it's
simply brilliant effortlessly switching between a stroller gliding around
anywhere then folding the wheels up into itself and clicking right into the car
seat base when we place our baby in the Doudna at the hospital on discharge day
we had a swarm of nurses all around us why not check out what this thing was
we've flown across the country with it and makes airports and travel so much
easier it's maneuverable and Clyde's around super smooth I can go on and on
about this thing but if you don't believe me it looks like there's tons of
raving reviews on Amazon so go check it out and if you have any questions let me
know down in the comments the second stroller is from Zoe and this
is the twin plus Lux Edition huge thanks to those guys for sending this one to us
now funny enough for our first child we purchased a Zoe stroller after lots of
research and it was their everyday single model we loved it so much now
that we have two kids we wanted their tandem model as well it's super
lightweight and portable to collapse and fold or unfold is very easy and fast
literally takes just a couple seconds it gets down compact which is great for
travel and our other favorite feature is this four panel expandable canopy and
it's surprising how few strollers have this feature it pulls almost all the way
down to block the Sun and wind at almost any angle this luxe model looks and
feels super classy with these leatherette handles nice fabrics
moisture wicking Sun blocking canopy the Zoe also has a deep hundred and
sixty-five degree recline which is easy to raise and lower with these simple
pull tabs magnetic peekaboo windows and the back flap rolls up if you want some
good cross breeze nice and large netting underneath for storage semi modular
accessories like these snack cups and cup holders and belly bar that snap on
and off the footrest independently raise and lower they even sell some nice
add-ons like this parent organizer that has zippered pockets I like to keep our
phones in there and there's drink holders as well we leave this on all the
time and it doesn't get in the way when folding down they also sent me the
storage back which is nice too the soy stroller fits
in there just snug and it would be perfect if we were tossing the Zoey on
an airplane for example keeping it sanitary and protected from cargo damage
plus the carrying straps good for portability it's honestly a really
impressive stroller system and we recommend checking it out last item
number 10 is called the cloud from those same guys that Zoey huge things for
sending one over now it's the super lightweight and portable travel crib
it's sort of a two-in-one it can convert from a standard sleep and play crib to a
zip in bassinet perfect for the little ones
the pad is cozy and water-resistant and I know that we'll be using this for our
future family vacations so there's ten of our favorites baby and toddler gear
for 2020 are there any others that you want us to check out let us know and
thanks so much for watching until next time let's live