Warning – Serious design flaw in this product, May 27, 2010

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J. Lawson – See all my reviews

  

I purchased this product a couple months ago for my children. They thought it was fun and it seemed to work fine. I recently discovered, however, that when we submerged it in water, orange water came out of the product. I discovered upon removing the battery lid that the liquid was from the batteries. I have pictures of this that I could attach if there was the option to do so here. There is no seal, so the battery compartment is not airtight. I believe this product should be recalled.

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I had such high hopes…, May 19, 2010

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Barbara Lanz-Mateo (Santa Barbara, CA USA) – See all my reviews

  

My grandchildren come to my house frequently. I bought this bath toy because it looked like fun. It was. Twice. Then it quit working. I changed batteries. Nothing. My daughter bought this toy, too, and it also broke after a couple of uses. Don’t bother.

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Wonderful, until it leaks, December 5, 2010

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L. Parsons “GameGuy” (Washington, DC United States) – See all my reviews

  

Both my 4 year old and 1 year old loved this toy when we got it. had fun with the boats separately and with the whole thing together, but there is a serious flaw in the design (as others mention). The battery compartment door is held in place by 3 screws, but that isn’t sufficient to keep the water out of it after a while. The tighter you screw down the door, the longer it will last, but there’s always the corners that aren’t directly held down that can and will leak.

Things to keep in mind:

if you have one, or decide to get one anyway, really tork down the screws to make it as tight as possible. They did put metal sleeves for the screws, so you shouldn’t crossthread them or pull them out.

OR

go ahead and silicone or caulk the battery compartment closed after installing the batteries. I think a thin bead around the edges would keep them in place. You don’t want to do it inside, because then you couldn’t cut it open easily.

Don’t let it run without sitting in water, most pumps will burn out very quickly if you do.

If they had a working website (it says, Under Construction) I would have asked them to replace ours based on the flaw.

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