Customer Reviews

Franklin Pagemark Dictionary with Booklight, 80k words

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

well my kids got them for christmas and they love it. dont even really think of this as book light as its primary function. it has an excellent dictionary, games, word scrambles and more. For the person who wants nothing to do w/ a game boy. my 12 year old daughter and 14 year old son love this..they can read and get definitions immediatly. Keeps my daughter occupied all over the place. I enjoy using it to waste time while in airports, road trips. Great find, bought one for sis in law. book lite function is okay other functions are great

This is a waste of time and money. The light "included" doesn't light up anything. Don't bother -- you will only strain your eyes.

I thought this would be just the thing to have handy when reading and come across a new word. As others said, the built in light is not very bright and the bigger problem I had was when I was keying in the word I needed a definition for, I had to press down hard to get the letter to register. One word took 3 tries!! Didn't keep this one-certainly not worth the money.

IT DOES A GOOD JOB GIVING THE DEFINITIONS AND SPELLING THE WORDS IT DOES WHAT A DICTIONARY IS SUPPOSE TO DO. MY 10 YEAR OLD USES IT ALL THE TIME FOR SCHOOL. WHO CARES ABOUT THE LIGHT, IF YOU WANT A LIGHT BUY A FLASHLIGHT. I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ONE IF I HAD TOO.

Our 7th grader had his heart set on this, so despite the bad reviews we bought it.
He loves it and uses it all the time during his reading.
We haven't had any problems with it.
Very pleased!

I ordered this in spite of some of the bad reviews about the light; I didn't need the book light so I wasn't concerned that it wasn't bright enough. However, when the dictionary arrived, many of the buttons didn't work, such as L, M, and other letters in that corner of the keybord. The on/off button only works sporadically. I'm returning this product.

Never bother to look at it. I ordered recently (March 20, 2011) and three keys (I, K and L)do not work at all. The other keys work but I have to press them really hard and lay the dictionary body flat on a book. If I hold the dictionary in hand, most keys would not work. It is cheap but why should we waste money and time for nothing? It is not even worth the time to return it. However, I still decided to return it for refund as I could not let the vendor make money from junk.

For the first time i turn in on, and i can only use 1 of the buttons, so i tried to turn in off to remove the batteries and try it again but obviously the button "off" don't work, the concept is great and i really want it, but seriously this advice just don't work, don't waste your money

bought 2..the first one died after a month...the second never did work, and came with corroded batteries..

I don't like this at all. The light comes across the page instead of down onto the page. The flat board-like shape makes typing in words and having it register nearly impossible unless on a hard flat surface, and even then it barely works. I'd look for another one.