Irrevocable Trust
18 de noviembre de 2015
Toddler really enjoys it, and well built.
One thing to note: I purchased this on a 40% off sale. (about $25). For that price, this is worth it. At 35-40, I think this is over priced. $30 seems like a fair price, but $25 really is more appropriate in my opinion.The toy itself is great. My child loves it. It makes a starting and stopping noise when turned on/off. It then makes moderately realistic "chugging" sounds for about 30 seconds. Then those sounds stop, but the engine keeps going for another 4-5 minutes. It will run for about 4-5 minutes or so then turns off, so it doesn't just run until the battery dies. The remote is an Infrared remote, it has to point at the engine to work. Though he doesn't use it, I will sit across the room (about 10-12 feet/ 3-4 meters) and start it up sometimes.We are using it with wooden tracks from Ikea, and it works great. It is about twice as large as the Ikea cars, but the magnetic connections work fine. It is too tall to go under the bridge that comes with the Ikea set, it's about a centimeter too tall to fit cleanly.My child is too young to use the remote, he just isn't interested in it right now. (He was 1 1/2 when I bought it). Eventually it will interest him, so I figured I would get the remote version. The three yellow buttons on top work perfectly for his needs. (forward, stop, and back)You'reThough it fits on the Ikea tracks, he normally ends up running it on the floor. On tile, wood, and short pile rugs it works perfectly. A thicker, or loose carpet would bog it down. It's fairly strong, on a tile floor it can easily pull more than a dozen and half of the Ikea cars, assuming the batteries are not too worn out. I've found that rechargables, like the Eneloops, work better, they have better energy densities and provide more power. But, standard AAs work fine also. The battery door is held on with a screw, so children can't open it and get to the batteries. The batteries lasted longer than I thought they would, probably giving 10-12 hours of run time before they became too weak to work well. The rechargables were longer.It's well built, and has suffered many drops onto hard tile without any damage.Ver másVer menos
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