At a time when many baby monitors rely on smartphones to stream video, the Levana Banana1 takes a more traditional approach – an actual handheld monitor to use when checking up on sleeping babies, with buttons on its face that enable you to tilt/pan camera control as well as navigate menus and settings.

Levana Banana1 offers many features to make life simpler for parents. Starting at just $199 for one camera and monitor, with packages including two starting from $279. The 1080p camera offers sharp images even under less-than-ideal lighting conditions; when darkness falls or your child naps it automatically switches into night vision mode for maximum convenience.

A smaller antenna protrudes from the base, and detects temperature in your child’s room, overlaying it on video you view on the handheld monitor and sounding an alarm if things become too hot or cold. Three preloaded lullabies — Rock-a-bye Baby, Twinkle Twinkle and Brahms Lullaby — play through cameras as well; however you should carefully calibrate their volume so they are soothing rather than disturbing. Having an 8 hour continuous-on mode battery and more than a day when used only for sound detection is also nice!