Scott Lopez

Solid picks. One tip: range through floors depends a lot on what’s in the floor - ductwork metal lath, or plumbing can kill signal - so even sliding the parent unit a couple of feet, angling the antenna, or getting it off a metal shelf can make a big difference so yeah set VOX sensitivity to medium if you use a white-noise machine and dim the screen; both noticeably extend battery life. If you can, do a quick whole-house range test on day one so you can swap it if your layout is tricky.

From experience - Under $100, VTech’s VM819/VM923 and the HelloBaby HB66 are the most consistent for range and sane battery life; expect roughly 8–12 hours in VOX with the screen off and solid night vision. Mount the camera high on an interior wall and angle it down to cut IR glare set VOX to medium and and lower the parent unit brightness to stretch runtime. If you still get dropouts, keep the parent unit’s antenna vertical and park it near the stairwell; a small USB power bank helps you do that without being tied to an outlet.

Good point - Nice. What pushed me through was the same maintenance + deload plus two tweaks: shifted most carbs to the 4–6 hours around lifting and added a 10–15 minute incline walk after each session to bump weekly burn without extra fatigue. I also tightened weigh-ins by doing them only in the morning after the bathroom and keeping sodium and fiber in steady ranges so water swings stopped masking progress. combo took me from stuck to down about 2.8 pounds and three-quarters of an inch in 3 weeks while still adding a rep here and there.

On a 27 inch 1440p screen some systems that rely on grayscale antialiasing will look a bit softer than others. Enable font smoothing, use a slightly heavier editor font, keep default scaling, sit a touch farther back, and lower brightness to reduce fringing.