Ecotronics Eco Phone

by Ecotronics

Product Features

• Unlike Mom's phone, this take along telephone never loses its charge
• Simply shake to power, no cranking or batteries required
• 4 buttons feature lights and 4 different ringtones
• Push a number button to see the lights blink that many times
• Bio-degradable packaging too

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 2.4 x 1.4 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BYFGPC
• Item model number: ET50038
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,907 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Ecotronic Toys are planet friendly techno fun. Did you know there are billions of batteries sold in the US every year - many of them for toys - but only about 1% of them are recycled? The rest end up in our landfills and are poisoning our planet. The world's resources are diminishing quickly and we can't afford this kind of waste, financially or ecologically. But you know what? Energy doesn't have to cost anything. Ecotronic Toys bring electronic lights and sound to toys without the need to use traditional batteries. How's that work? Part of the fun of Ecotronic toys is actually bringing them to life. Give it a shake or wind it up. The energy used to perform these simple motions gets converted to electrical energy by dynamo technology. This is then used to power the toy. The best part about Ecotronic Toys - they never run out of juice.

Product Description

Unlike Mom's phone, this take along telephone never loses its charge. Simply shake to power, no cranking or batteries required. 4 Buttons feature lights and 4 different ring tones. Push a number button to see the lights blink that many times. No batteries needed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great, Cute Phone, but Battery Issues, September 20, 2010

By 

Katie3473 - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Ecotronics Eco Phone (Toy)

We had this phone for several months and our baby loved it so much, but then the battery died, and since then we have not been able to shake it enough to get it back to its original sound-making potential. My husband will sit there shaking it for ten minutes, and all we will get is a couple button pushes and the battery is gone again. Perhaps we have a lemon, or perhaps the eco-battery is not all it's cracked up to be.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Eco Phone is Garbage, August 18, 2010

By 

J. Flanigan (St. Charles, IL) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ecotronics Eco Phone (Toy)

Simply put, the Eco Phone does not work as advertised. The batteries lose their power very quickly. Shake, shake, and shake some more for several minutes, and you may get a few seconds of charge from the batteries. In addition, my daughter held the Eco Phone next to our TV and the TV glowed green. Then when she took it away, several large colored spots remained on the TV. Not only doesn't the product work, but it ruined our TV. Stay away from this piece of junk.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute, Functional, and Eco-friendly, December 30, 2010

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S. Henry - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Ecotronics Eco Phone (Toy)

My son loved this toy every time we visited a local store so I purchased it for him for his birthday. He still loves it. We have several different types of phones and the batteries die very quickly and then we are left purchasing expensive batteries (not to mention left with old batteries which need to be recycled). We have had the phone for a few weeks and it still works perfectly. I love that the phone uses energy from shaking the phone to keep it working and not a typical battery. If it doesn't last longer than six months (the average length that the other phones I have purchased lasted), then I will probably contact the company before writing a negative review on the product. For the price I paid, and the amount of fun my son has had with it thus far, I am very happy with the purchase.