If you need to watch your little one while sleeping in a different room, then a baby monitor can be a parent’s best friend. Some parents, however, need a little more from their baby monitors. Some parents have found that the ability to record and store the video of their baby monitors is a valuable tool, so does the HelloBaby monitor record video?
HelloBaby Monitors do not record their video feed. An older, no longer available model of HelloBaby Monitor was capable of recording video because it had an expandable storage SD card slot. However, the current ones made after 2021 do not have expandable storage.
The HelloBaby brand of baby monitors is a line of budget baby monitors, so many of their baby monitors come with the most basic features. To record the video on your baby monitor, you must move up a tier on the type of baby monitor. A move up in features is also a move up in price. If you want to record, you will have to pay for it.
Which Baby Monitor with Video Recording to Purchase?
There are numerous baby monitors capable of recording video. These models will offer the best features for the price. They are:
- Motorola Connect40VTech VM901Nanit ProMotorola Halo+
Below is a breakdown of the different brands. The list is formulated from the cheapest to the most expensive so that you can select the one that fits your budget. Of course, the higher the price, the more features that come with the baby monitor.
The Motorola Connect40
The downside is that you will need a subscription plan to record videos. The Hubble Connected plan automatically saves any motion-activated video stream on your camera to a cloud account you can access from their app anywhere with an internet connection. The subscription prices are listed below.
There are other benefits of the different levels of subscriptions that can be viewed on the Hubble Connected website here.
VTech VM901 Upgrade Smart Baby Monitor
On top of not needing a subscription to record video of your baby monitor, you are only limited by the storage on your device. The VTech baby monitor app records video directly to the device’s installed storage. It can also be set to record motion-activated videos that will be recorded directly to the local device storage.
Nanit Pro Smart Baby Monitor
The Nanit Pro Smart Baby Monitor retails for $299.99 with a 4.5 rating. But with that price jump comes some significant upgrades in features. The app can track infant breathing patterns via an included breathing band and has nightlights.
As one might expect, you’ll need a subscription with all the features. The Nanit series of baby monitors do more than just record videos in their app, such as sleep analysis and sleep coaching advice. The low-tier plan offers no days of video history, with the mid-tier offering only two. The top-tier plan offers only seven days of video history.
There are other benefits of the different levels of subscriptions that can be viewed on Nanit’s website here. You can also use the Nanit in a hotel, even though the HelloBaby might be a safer option.
Motorola Halo+ Video Baby Monitor
The same Hubble Connected subscriptions as the Motorola Connect40 apply to the Motorola Halo+. Most of the price difference comes as features of the camera and extra lighting and mounting features. The different Hubble Connected Subscriptions are listed below.
Conclusion
As you can see, it is hard to come by a video recording baby monitor with local storage. None of the popular models include them anymore. There has been a significant push toward cloud storage and, with it, a subscription-based model.
