Customer Reviews

Digital Coin Counting Money Jar. Not Your Average Loose Change Jar.

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1 star:		(5)

 

 

I love this product. I initially bought one for myself and my 13 year old son. The intent was to save coins all year and cash in at year end and slurge on something for ourselves. My husband saw the technology and wanted one too. Great product. Accurate coin counting system!

This bank is very well made - the display is large, clear, high contrast, and viewable from any angle. You have to give the coins a firm push, but the mechanism feels nice and solid. After you insert each coin the display briefly flashes the value of the coin you just inserted, then returns to displaying the sum. The lid and jar are rugged and well made. I tested a number of coins - $1s, quarter, pennies, nickels, dimes and all were counted correctly. Uses 2 AA batteries, not included. The underside of the lid has a reset button and battery compartment. It takes a small screwdriver to change the batteries. I gave this as a present, and included batteries and some coins to top off the gift.

I got this for Xmas and I was amped about using it. At first it was fine putting a few coins in it a day. Then I wanted to count all the change I've saved over the years, and noticed that it would miss counting some of the coins I inserted, even at a slow pace. Ok, that was an easy problem to deal with... So I had about $110 of coins counted and it was almost full. While adding more coins to it, I looked again after a few minutes, and it read $4.27! I was not happy about that after spending the time and not knowing exactly how much money was in there! So maybe I have a defective one, but I am looking for another one right now, and seeing that for a few dollars more, I can get one that counts & sorts too, I think I'll go with my other options. Good luck to you all!

At first I didn't know if the bank would work or if it would work for a
little while and then stop counting. But we've got nearly $100 in it and it is still counting. I love the bank. Now we know how much money we have
put in it and don't have to count it. I don't know who came up with this idea, but it is a great one. I think it would be a great gift for kids and give them the incentive to save.

this item worked very well up to a certain point. It counted my change, coin by coin, however, after a while, I had to slip many coins back through the slit because they were not counted the first time. Maybe I've overworked the money jar because I was trying to count up to $600.00 in one day. (I do have a life;because I have a large amount of coins, I was just trying to get this tedious task over and done with. thank you). After a while dimes were not counted at all and pennies were counted as dimes.
Apparently, the money jar works well with a smaller amount of coins and even then, I believe it would probably malfunction after a length of time. I noticed in other reviews there were problems with the money jar with less coins. But after a while I was able to count all quarters and nickles. In the future, if I find myself accummulating this amount of change again, I'll probably invest in one of the high end models or just take the coins to a bank.

It's not flashy...looks simple, like it would do the simple job of counting coins one by one, right? After about a month or two it stopped working correctly. As someone said in another review..it misses counting some of the coins. When you put in a coin...it will blink the amount you put in (put in a quarter, it blinks $0.25), and then displays the total again. After about two months of use (only putting in about $40) it would frequently miss counting a coin, and just display the total even though I put two quarters in. I'm still using it for storage, but I could have saved my money and used a cereal bowl. Do yourself a favor, spend a little extra if you really want a quality coin counter. I'd recommend Sam's Club, they have some great counters very reasonably priced.

I was a bit disappointed that the jar was made of plastic. Also, the battery doesn't last very long. So if the battery is out before you fill the jar up, you loose the count.

I purchased this digital coin jar as a gift for my husband's birthday. He absolutely loved it, as we are both really into saving our change. Every day he'd come home from work, add his coins, then proudly announce what the grand total was up to. Then, a mere month and a half after use began, the jar stopped working. The l.c.d. display started registering coins incorrectly. We replaced the batteries, and dropped in a quarter. The display read "$0.30," then just started flashing "$0.00." I have ordered him the Sharper Image digital coin jar and hopefully we will not be disappointed again!

I bought this item for my first grandchild's first birthday. I placed all of my change I had around the house to start her "college fund". Also, I felt it would be fun for her to learn about money as she grows older. The digital bank works perfectly and because the bank is clear, she will be able to watch her money grow. Everyone at the birthday party loved it and asked where I purchased it. Oh, I also bought one for me I liked it so much!

This jar ia a convenient way to store loose change and actually know how much you have in it. It is a neat way to see how quickly it adds up. It would be great to use with kids if they are saving for a particular item or goal.