Customer Reviews

Educational Insights Let's Pretend Coffee Maker

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Our daughter bought this coffee maker. We had trouble with it from the start. It leaked water from the base and made a huge mess wherever we put it. She was so disappointed, and so were we.

My daughter was only 2 when we purchased this toy, so we didn't want to mess with letting her put liquids in it (it doesn't come with pretend "coffee" already trapped inside). We did, however, want a coffee pot that made noise. I wasn't sure if the sound effects only worked when there was liquid inside it, but they do! It makes a gurgling/brewing sound when you push the buttons--very cute. We've had this toy for a year without any issues--still works great! It looks really cute sitting on the counter of her pretend kitchen. My husband and I have been served many cups of "coffee" from it! Well worth $20. The company that makes it sells it for much more!

If you want a great set of dishes that matches this (bold primary colors), search for "Learning Resources Kitchen Set". Those are great too.

My 6 year old & 3 year old LOVE this coffee maker. They like that it's more than pretend, but that you can use water to "make the coffee" and watch it "brew"
The only downside is it can be messy!

I am on my second coffe maker. The toy is designed to put water into it, however the battery compartment on the bottom does not have a gasket and does not stop water from getting in. Guess what - a 4 yr old putting water in a toy MIGHT spill some and it MIGHT get into where the batteries are on the bottom of the unit. They kids love it, but after a few uses it stops everytime. Too bad - its a cute toy, but it stops pumping water in a month or two. Don't buy this toy.

This was great fun until it stopped working maybe about 6 months. You're better off with the wooden version of this toy. The wooden coffee maker is worth the money. Yes, the plastic elecronic makes cool sounds & lights, but kids can use their imagination. Now that it's broken, it's no longer played with.

This was one of the best toys my two kids had in their play kitchen area--however it broke after 6 months and it was NOT misused. I just called the company and it only had a 90 day warranty. It should have lasted a lot longer. I'm very, but not as dispappointed as my 3 and 4 year olds b/c I am not buying a replacement. If you want to buy it as a disposable toy then great- otherwise don't waste your money.

This toy is overpriced garbage. It is meant to hold some water then "makes" coffee with it. Great. Problem is the Manufacturer failed to put a rubber gasket around the battery compartment on the bottom, so as soon as the child pours water it seeps into the battery compartment and I found battery acid oozing out the bottom. Great job with the $25 play coffeemaker for kids folks. To add insult to injury when I called the company "educational insights" they were non-responsive, didn't care, and advised me to 'take it back to where I bought it'. Forget this brand, dangerous toys.

The Educational Insights coffee maker and the blender are both fairly well made, considering they involve water. It's easy to imagine that if they were not so well designed we'd have water all over, but that has not been the case. They've done a good job with the seals, the sizing, and the motors, to make them actually "work" without making a mess (or any danger to fingers). The motors are sized appropriate to the toys -- safe for fingers, yet strong enough to look and sound real -- and the sound effects on the coffee maker are fun. Durable; colorful; very few pieces to get lost.

This purchase actually replaces our first one, which stopped pumping water after about five years (pretty reasonable I think). At age 9, my daughter shows no sign of tiring of them.

My daughter wanted this coffee maker so badly. We have the matching blender and were pleased with it, so I went ahead and bought the coffee maker for her birthday. Big mistake. It leaks water out the base and onto the counter, creating a huge mess. I returned it for a replacement (which was done quite quickly) only to have the exact same thing happen with the second one. Don't waste your money and time on this product!

We were very disappointed and felt the pictures were misleading on this coffee maker. Who in their right mind would let a child play with real coffee? It appears that the coffee pot has real coffee in it (that would not spill out) and there is actually nothing in it and recommended you put water in it. I chose this pot specifically because I thought it was realistic looking and had pretend coffee in it.
The only thing that it does that we like is make sounds like a real coffee pot.