Mobi TykeLight Portable GloMate
by MOBI
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MOBIBrand: Unknown
Model: 70175
Product features:
- Perfect portable night light
- Built in rechargable battery offers over 10 hours of usage
- Smart timer turns light of automatically after 15 minutes
- Cycle through a rainbow of colors or set to one color by pressing the black button on the bottom
- Kid friendly grab-n-go design
Baby Products Reviews of Mobi TykeLight Portable GloMate
Customer Review: different kids like different things, so i'll just do a design analysis
Summary: 3 Stars
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As with almost anything else designed for kids, you won't know if your kid likes this until you buy it. Lots of kids seem to. Mine, however, is so excited by it that it can't be anywhere near bedtime, but it's great for playtime. He especially loves taking it off the charger, because it immediately lights up.
Either way, a design critique:
First, in the product description it claims to be "soft to the touch". I'm not sure what they mean. This thing is hard. When a child bangs it on the ground, it goes 'clack', not 'whump'. It has a sort of matte surface, rather than glassy smooth, but that's a long way from "soft".
Second, when it's in 15-minute-fade mode, a little red light on the bottom blinks to tell you that it's in that mode instead of always-on-blue. The little red light is extremely distracting for little eyes.
Third, you can only do 15-minute-fade mode in blue. We use a blue light on a timer to tell our son when it's wake-up time, so a blue light at bed time could be confusing for him. (And not really a separate point: on rainbow mode, you see colors like yellow, orange, and purple, but you can't select those as static colors. Why not?)
Fourth, while the light is very soft (you can't even tell if it's on if you take it outside, even on a cloudy day), it's not dim. In a dark room, it's downright bright. Some kids will love this, others will hate it. I wouldn't be able to sleep with it on in my bedroom, but then, i'm not afraid of the dark.
Fifth, i wish they'd found a better way to set up the contact charger. As it is, there's a metal ring flush with the bottom of the TykeLight, and i get just a bit nervous when i see my son chewing on it.
And a few positive observations: i love that it turns on if the power goes out. That'll be a lifesaver some day. Also, as they claim in the product description, it's cool to the touch no matter how long it's illuminated. You don't have to worry about it burning your child.
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So far, it's pretty sturdy, having withstood some rough-and-tumble play. I've not verified the 10-hour battery life claims, as i can't put it anywhere that i can see it without my son asking for it, and it's hard to keep an eye on when it shuts off when he's put it behind the sofa or under the bed. Likewise, it'll take some time before i can speak to the battery stamina issue, as we've only had ours for a few days.
For us, the TykeLight is a great toy, but a lousy nightlight. Dozens of other parents say it's a great nightlight, though, so if you're in the market for such a thing, this might work well.
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A note for people who have trouble charging the TykeLight: After a few weeks of play, our TykeLight required a little jiggling when set on the base to charge. Today, it stopped charging entirely, no matter how much i jiggled or twisted it. Since i know my kid chews on the TykeLight, i got an alcohol wipe (like they sell in drug stores to clean small injuries) and wiped down the metal contacts on the base and on the bottom of the TykeLight. It charges perfectly again. So, if you have increasing difficulty charging, try wiping down the metal bits on the TykeLight and the base (though do unplug the base first).
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RIP, TykeLight. After a few weeks of being a toy instead of a nightlight, poor little TykeLight has given up the ghost. Even when charged for a day and a half until the charge light turns green to say the battery is full, TykeLight won't light up (and after being off the charging base for less than a minute, it takes another day and a half for the indicator to turn green again). It's very sad to watch my son pick up the TykeLight and put it back in the base, again and again, waiting for it to light up like it used to. Very sad.
So... definitely not sturdy enough to be a toy.
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