Little Tikes Beach Ball Sprinkler
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Toys and Games Reviews of Little Tikes Beach Ball Sprinkler
Customer Review: Disappointed...
Summary: 2 Stars
This was purchased for us as a gift for my son's birthday and we couldn't wait to use it. I used a plug-in air pump to fill it with air which worked very well. We tried it out this afternoon and my son, his friend and I taking turns running past it which felt wonderful in this 100 degree weather. But, as the others have noted, it began to fill with water within 10 minutes of use and we turned off the hose. We tried to let the water out and realized that it is in the air compartment and it only slowly leaks out. In fact, once we disconnected the hose the ball started to roll away from the weight of the water that had filled the inside and we had to chase it into my neighbors yard.
I got on here to check the other reviews to see if we were the only ones with this problem, and I am disapointed to see so many others. I wanted to contact Little Tykes to complain and see what they would do, but now after reading the other reviews... I will probably complain to them anyways, but it is ashame that I don't think there will be anything they will do for us. Please don't buy this sprinkler since it looks like a blast, but really disappointed us all. And I guess I will be using scissors to puncture it to let the air and water out so we can toss this in the trash before it grows mold.
Customer Review: Do not waste your money on this!
Summary: 1 Stars
My 4 children received this ball as a gift. They were very excited to try it out. The first issue was blowing it up. The hand pump I had was taking forever, so I switched to a motorized air pump that plugged into my car and it took a good 15 minutes to blow this thing up.
We then eagerly brought it outside to attach to the hose and realized that it was missing the connector piece that allows the hose and ball to attach. We checked to make sure it had not fallen off and was not in the packaging. It was not.
We immediately contacted Little Tikes for a replacement part. They told us that the whole ball needed to be replaced as that was not a part available. However, they required the purchase receipt for the sprinkler in order for them to replace it. I explained that it was a gift and we didn't have the receipt, but would be happy to send in the box with preprinted gift card attached and the obviously unused ball. No luck. They have refused to replace the defective item, which I find completely unethical. Not only would I not buy this, I would not buy any additional Little Tikes items.
Customer Review: BaD VerY Baddd!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this ball this summer, I live in Orlando, fl, so you know it was hot. I bought it for my little daughter who was 28 months old at that time, but though she loves water, she hated this toy. THe ball was stady the whole time and when the water came out the holes it shooted without moving around. To make matters worse, I had just used it around 3 times for the most, and when I tried to use it again after being ignored for a while (this is now late summer not too long ago) the ball just broke from inside and it started to fill with water inside not the conducts to the sprinklers (it claims that you can use it as a ball or as a sprinkler). I had to trash it, it was not use not even if I just inflated it to be use as a ball because the air was leacking from some where. Bottom line, regular sprinklers are probably more fun, or some other toy.
Customer Review: Lasted about 20 minutes.
Summary: 1 Stars
My 4-year-old daughter got this toy for her birthday, and we got it out for the first time on a nice hot day. It pumps up easily if you have an electric pump, and the hose attaches easily to the ball. My kids had a great time with it for about 20 minutes, at which point I heard it making some weird noises. About 5 minutes later, the water stopped coming out of the sprinkler holes and the inside of the ball (in the compartment that is supposed to hold air) filled up with water.
Now the water trapped in there will not come out, and we scarcely got 20 minutes of fun out of this toy, before having to throw it in the trash.
I would never recommend this product to anyone, especially after reading the other reviews that mention the exact same problem.
Customer Review: Disappointment!
Summary: 1 Stars
My son got this for his birthday, as we had put it on his amazon wish list. I should have read more reviews first! It was a ton of fun for the few minutes it worked, then the inside lining popped (same problem other customers mentioned) and the ball filled almost half way up with water before I figured out what the problem was.
Little Tikes should recall this item, a ball who's lining pops and fills with water is not safe for kids... If the interior isn't as strong as it's supposed to be, how do we know the exterior is? What are they going to do if the exterior pops while the ball is filled with water? Sprinkler toys are fun, but exploding water balls are dangerous.
Don't buy this item until Little Tikes fixes the defect.