What should I look for when buying a baby monitor?

What should I look for when buying a baby monitor?

Kimberlee Mitchell (National Child Safety Expert ) gives expert video advice on: How can I prevent my baby from injuring himself while he is inside the crib?; Where is the most effective place to put a baby monitor?; How do I childproof my windows? and more...

When buying a baby monitor, be sure to keep your receipt because some work like a charm and some don't. What you need is the best audio possible. And you need to make sure that the channel is set for your home, because you might be picking up the frequency from your next door neighbor's home. They also pick up cell phone frequency or landline frequency, so you need to be mindful of that. There's several different channels, so if you think it isn't working when you bring it home, just change the channel on your home landline and then on your baby monitor landline. And probably another important thing to assess is how far you can take the monitor. Does it work with one of the monitors being up in the baby room, and, say you want to be out on the front porch, does it work all the way out there? So I would think that the audio quality is extremely important, and then the range.