The best baby monitors available in Australia

The Cubo AI Plus has some truly outstanding features that make it one of the most expensive baby monitors on the market.

The included stand, humidity and temperature monitoring, a crisp 1080p stream that works day and night, in-built lullabies, white noise and night light. Many of these accessories and features are things you’d typically have to pay extra for but the Cubo AI Plus is an all-inclusive purchase, but an expensive one at that.

There are a few notable omissions for its price too, like a standalone monitor or rechargeable battery. We wouldn’t recommend it for anyone shopping on a budget, but if you’re willing to splash out, the Cubo AI Plus (mostly) makes up for its premium price with its suite of advanced features lullabies) and a brilliant app that even offers sleep tips based on your tot’s tracking information.

There’s a lot to love about this innovative, quirky-looking monitor. The Lollipop’s attention-grabbing design, essentially a malleable stick with a camera, allows you to attach it to most surfaces so you can keep an eye specifically on the baby, rather than the entire room. Beyond its distinctive design, it doesn’t disappoint when it comes to the Smart stakes.

The picture is very clear thanks to the excellent video quality and its camera is Alexa-enabled. You can pair it to a smartphone to view a live feed, and it’s a cinch to check in with the app for notifications if the baby is crying or if the air quality plummets.

The high-tech iBaby M7 offers all the bells and whistles you could possibly imagine. It has uber-high quality video with a whopping 1080p camera. There’s no worry of missing anything as it offers the ability to remotely zoom, tilt and pan via an app, and when it does so it’s thankfully quiet. Speaking of sound it detects the most minuscule peep and movement in your little one’s room and sends an alert to your phone. Wi-Fi streaming means you can monitor bub from afar, allowing you to enjoy that much-needed dinner date night minus the anxiety.

What blows our mind though are the many extras; air quality control alerts, a pre-loaded playlist of soothing lullabies, white noise and even smell-o-vision via its clever TVOC smell sensor) feature. Yep, you read that right -the iBaby lets you know when it’s time for a nappy change. If it could make the smell disappear it would be a perfect 10.

The VTech OWL Baby Monitor not have as many features as many other models but it’s just as capable of monitoring and quite popular. The cute and stylish owl design easily blends into the décor of most nurseries.

The sensor shows you the temperature in baby’s room, the camera monitor can be moved remotely and it plays of choice of five lullabies to help soothe baby to sleep.

It’s a little expensive at roughly $190 considering its limited feature set. But if simplicity is what you’re after, VTech’s baby monitor is a hoot.

If you’re the kind of parent who can only achieve peace of mind by keeping tabs on baby’s vital signs the wearable Owlet Smart Sock is the bee’s knees.

Wrapping comfortably around the child’s foot it can track oxygen levels, heart rate and sleep using clinically-proven pulse oximetry.

This is perfect if your baby is on oxygen and you want to make sure everything is okay when bub isn’t right by your side. For some people, the oxygen tracking and heart-rate monitoring could be a little too much information; especially with the potential of false alarms.

It comes with a base station that glows green when everything is fine, and notifies you with lights and sounds if oxygen levels or heart rates leave preset zones. If you also like to peek in no matter where you are, it’s able to stream HD video and audio to an app.

The slick Nanit Smart Baby Monitor model may be eye-wateringly pricey (roughly $500 at its cheapest), but if money is no object it really does offer absolutely anything you could want in a baby video monitor. You can watch and listen to what the baby is up to 24/7 with HD live streaming and crystal clear night vision.

The white camera’s distinctive design allows you to position it right on top of where baby sleeps, where it can detect motion in the crib and beyond. The power cord is housed in a metal pole so there’s no fear that a curious baby will be able to tug at it.

We love that it works over Wi-Fi even if the Internet is down. Other smart functions include a temperature gauge, two-way audio to speak with your baby, nature sounds (but no lullabies) and a brilliant app that even offers sleep tips based on your tot’s tracking information.