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Portugal, Lisbon
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672 Review
39 Karma

Review on 2.4GHz RC Drift Race Car For Boys Girls - SGILE Remote Control Toy, 1:16 Scale Fast Crawler Truck With 2 Batteries For 50 Mins Play! by Joe Greiner

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Looked good. didn't last

I got this for my son's birthday, and it looks great out of the box. However, the experience ended up being less than satisfactory. The truck performs very well. But. battery life isn't great (15 minutes of continuous use). That might be acceptable at this price point, except that the charging process is pain. You can't charge the battery in the car, it must be removed. This requires removing a small screw, and messing around with a tiny plastic wiring harness. Then the USB charger doesn't tell you when the battery is fully charged, and I don't think it shuts itself off, so the battery gets overcharged (you can feel it get hot if you forget about it and leave it on overnight). So the recharging process is not user friendly. Again, this may be acceptable for the price point, so I wasn't planning on sending it back because of that (and the inclusion of a 2nd battery pack kind of makes up for some of it). However, on the second day of using it lightly (you can't really use it hard because the batteries don't last), it stopped moving forward. Reverse and steering worked fine, but not forward. So it became useless after 2 days. I returned it and will be looking for something else, unfortunately.

Pros
  • Enhances spatial awareness and problem-solving skills
Cons
  • Limited availability or distribution in certain areas or regions