Mobi TykeLight Portable GloMate
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Baby Products Reviews of Mobi TykeLight Portable GloMate
Customer Review: Excellent product, wonderful company!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this for my 4 year old son when he was having a hard time falling asleep. We were also looking for something that he could take to the bathroom with him at night when the house and bathroom are dark. We instantly fell in love with "Mobi" once he arrived. My son loves the color options and snuggling with Mobi while he falls asleep. It provides just enough light to illuminate the bathroom for him at night, but not so much that it keeps him awake.
We did have an issue with the light after about a month. It simply stopped working. My son was very disappointed, as was I. There is a 90 day warranty on the light, but I fully expected to have to pay shipping back and forth, which didn't sound appealing. Instead, I simply called the company one afternoon, spoke with a rep who told me to forward a copy of my Amazon receipt, and viola . . . not 30 minutes later I had a personal e-mail from the company stating that they would ship out another light the following morning. Sure enough, 2 days later the new light was our mailbox completely free of charge, shipping or otherwise. The smile on my son's face was enough to make me happy, but truly I couldn't be more pleased with the Mobi company.
While the product did prove defective initially, the company's willingness to so quickly and "painlessly" stand behind it speaks volumes. We have our new "Mobi" charging (works fine!) and ready to go for tonight. My son will no doubt willingly hop into bed when that time rolls around. Any parent can appreciate that!
I highly recommend this product, not only because it is fabulous in and of itself, but because the company that stands behind it has proven reputable and worthy of your time and money. It literally took just a few minutes of my time to quickly get the new light . . . I couldn't be happier.
Customer Review: Did yours stop working? Try banging it around...
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this nightlight for my baby's nursery, intending to use it myself whenever I didn't want to disturb baby with the overhead light. I fell in love with the design of it, but unfortunately the quality is not up to par.
I set the GloMate on the charger a few months ago and have used the item intermittently since then, usually replacing it on the charger when done. A few weeks ago, the light itself stopped working for no reason, even though the red light would come on when the item was on its charger base. I called the company and was told that my product was outside of the 90 day warranty - true, I purchased it over 90 days ago, but it had been used for about 1.5 months. The girl on the phone explained that you're supposed to let the light completely discharge first before putting it back on the charger... like many other rechargeable products I figured it wouldn't make much difference. In addition, one of the features of the nightlight is that it's supposed to turn on when the power goes off - how will it know that the power is off if it isn't on its charger? The only resolution offered for my defective product was sending the "Glo Man" portion back to the company along with a $6 check, and the company would send me a replacement. So with the cost of sending this item back, I'm still paying them another $10 for a product that barely lasted 2 months in the first place. I don't think so.
I found a suggestion from another reviewer to bang the Glo Man on a hard surface to get it working again - I tried it and lo & behold it turned back on! I have serious doubts about how long it will actually last again, but will try to enjoy our numbered days together anyway. I want to love this product, but unfortunately I think it's just another case of a company with cheap products and poor customer service.
Customer Review: Why redesign something that was great? Prefer the original!
Summary: 2 Stars
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I purchased one of the originals of this product for my daughter when she was around 2 1/2, she's about to turn 6 and still uses "glowy guy" every night even though now he only holds a charge for an hour or two at most. Her original was solid pink, no fancy dimming features, no color changing... but also in my opinion vastly superior to the new design.
The biggest difference, other then the color changing & dimming feature is that with the original there were NO exposed parts... no metal anything exposed on the actual glomate and nothing on the charging base... with a product designed for small children I can't for the life of me figure out why they would change the design of the glomate and charger so that components/metal are exposed. I've included photos showing the differences so you can see for yourself. I also love the original charger so much more, you simply put the glomate on the charger and he charges... easy peasy. The new one has to be positioned just right, bumping it can switch the light from red to green or off all together and another bump can cause him to light up when you don't even want it on which drives my daughter crazy.
After only one night of having the new glomate she asked to have her "glowy guy" back, saying that she not only preferred his solid pink color (no pink option with the new one, only blue, green, red, or color changing) even if he only stayed on for an hour or two. I wish they still produced the original, I'd buy several! I have a feeling this new mate will be hanging out in his box on a closet shelf for some time to come.
Customer Review: Great light *if* you get one with a good charger
Summary: 4 Stars
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This is a nifty light. It has a 15-minute auto-off (blue only), alwasy blue, always green, always red, and always changing (where you get the colors mentioned plus yellow, orange, purple, and a bunch of interesting shades in between. The lamp has stayed on over 10 hours on a single charge.
There's also a "hidden" feature that if you leave the thing in the charger and the power goes out it comes on. (Unfortunately, it comes on ine th 15-minute auto-off (blue-only) mode so it's not much of an emergency light.
The light itself is farily durable. There is a single button on the bottom. You keep pressing it to cycle through the modes. There's also a red led whose sole purpose is to flash when the light is in auto-off mode. When you lift the light from the charger it automatically turns on in 15-minute auto off (blue only) mode. If you're happy with that then you'll never have to touch the button.
The problem is the charger. It appears to be a great design. A weighted disk and you drop the light into the center. An led glows red whjile the lightis charging and turns blue when it's done. However, the two contacts on the charger don't always "mate" with the metalic sections under the lamp. I have two of these. One never worked, despite considerable fiddleing. The other has yet to fail. When it does everything becomes useless and I may re-think the rating I gave. Until then my daughter has an interesting light to keep her company as she's falling asleep.
Customer Review: Fun for a 2-year old
Summary: 4 Stars
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This review is based on my initial impression of the product. I understand that some people had problems with the light not holding charge after several months of use, but after a few weeks I have not experienced that yet.
The light was easy to unpack and to charge. My two year old son likes the toy and enjoys pushing the button on the bottom and see it change color. When he asks me what it is, I am having a bit of the trouble explaining it to him other than saying that it is a toy with a light.
He plays with it before falling asleep. He brings it to different objects in a dark room and he likes how this toy lights them in different color. He turns it off himself before falling asleep. I like seeing my child enjoying this toy, so I rated it "good".
UPDATE (4/21/2010): For no apparent reason something strange was happening with the toy's switch two days ago and then yeserday it went back to normal. The switch was not functioning as expected. As we pressed it the toy was changing colors not as expected: colors were skipped or the toy would turn off instead of changing color;, the toy would stay on after the switch press that was expected to turn it off. I finally turned it off and the next day it was functioning normally. Makes me wonder about the quality of construction.
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