Customer Reviews

Radica Password Journal

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My 10 year old daughter was thrilled to receive this diary for her birthday -- she's at the age where privacy is increasingly important. A few notes for parents:
1. It is accessible by opening the battery compartment and inserting a paperclip into the reset button. The journal then automatically resets and a new password must be entered. Therefore, a concerned parent can access the contents; but your child will know that the journal has been opened. Seems a fair deal.
2. It is a piece of plastic. A nosy brother (as mentioned in an earlier review) who prys it open will break the lock. Seems some discipline and the penance of paying for a new diary would be the solution in that case. This journal is not going to overcome problems with lack of mutual respect within a household.
3. Long passwords overwhelm the software and result in the frustration with the journal refusing the password. I recommend a one or two syllable password. It took some patience, but my daughter got the hang of it. For this, it gets a "3" in durability.
4. My daughter and I have very similar voices, but in playing with it with her, I have been unable to "spoof" the password.
5. Yes the diary is short, but it is simple and inexpensive to add new notebooks.

Well,I like this toy alot but it has it's ups and downs. Like when I got it on my birthday,May 6,I was so exited I wanted use it right away. So I opened it and read the directions and got it working and then I put some stuff in it. The next day I went to open it again and it did not open so I waited till the evening and tried again. I got a little frustrated and so I went in a quiet room and tried again and it worked. So I Have a few ideas that you might want to try if you have been having some troubles with your Password Journal 3,1.ALWAYS BE IN A QUIET ROOM.2.ALWAYS USE A LOW VOICE WHEN YOU SAY YOUR PASSWORD.3.WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PASSWORD BE SURE YOU SAY A SHORT ONE. I still have a few problems with it but when I use these tips I have an easier time with it and I have faith in it to work perfectly soon!!!!!!!

THIS TOY IS FABULOUS - A MUST-BUY!

Most of the reviews I have read for this toy are terrible - telling you not to buy the Password Journal 3. I own one, and it is such a wonderful thing to have! The only reason everyone hates the journal is because they don't know how to handle it quite properly. I know all the secrets to owning it, and here are a few for your benefit:

OPENING:

When setting a password for your journal, sit next to a piano. Hit a key on the piano that is easy for you to sing, and pick a one-syllable word to sing to that note. For example, my password was "Dog" on middle C. Then, when asked for the password, simply hit the chosen key on the piano, sing the word, and voila! It opens like a charm. Once this is done, I highly recommend that you leave the security setting on low - unless you or your child is an advanced user of the Password Journal.

NO MORE WRITING ROOM:

When you have run out of writing room in the journal, flip over the note-pad - you'll be writing on the back of your previous entries, but it saves the hassle of buying a refill.

THIS PRODUCT WAS WONDERFUL (if you know your way around it). IF YOU ARE LOOKING INTO PURCHASING, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

P.S. I hope these tips helped!

We did have trouble getting the journal to operate correctly at first. We e-mailed Radica Games Customer Support and they e-mailed us back with helpful hints and an "800" number to call. We took their advice and now the journal works like a charm. AND our 8-year-old is thrilled! And it does have very cool features like a light for writing at night and a compartment for storing pens and pencils. We are all happy.

You might want to buy this journal that claims to keep your secrets safe and only opens to the correct owner's voice and password, but it has very poor privacy. Not only that, but I also agree with ivanx that it almost never opens to your voice (and often will open to someone else's voice, even when you have it on "high privacy" mode).

Any no-brainer would be able to open the object by opening it just enough to hit the 'change password' button with a pencil or pointed object, and change the password and hack in. Or, they could just stick the key that goes with it in, and it unlocks. With just a regular diary, you only need the KEY to get in.

Don't go for this type of journal, if you want your secrets safe. You're better off with a regular diary. But me? I won't write my secrets anywhere now that I've learned--as you can never be sure that they're 100% safe and someone will blab them out! :)

Both my daughters have a password journal and once you set the password good luck ever getting it open again. My girls have to break into them with a screwdriver since the password option NEVER functions properly. This is by far the biggest waste of money on a product I have ever spent!

The Password Journal 3 is an awesome toy for girls 8-?? I told my brother my password to see if someone could get in.At first it didn't work but then he tried it again and he got in.So I had to change my password so that he can't hack in.Other than that this is a very fun toy.It has full privacy,so that you can write down your personal secrets.

I got Password Journal 3 for my birthday and it was the best present I got! At first it was kind of hard to open, but now I'm used to it. The great thing about this is when its locked you can just leave it out in the open and no one can read it. It looks like its good for writing at night, but I share a room so my sister would be able to hear my password. Overall, I love Password Journal 3!!!!!!!

Hi. I just got my Password Journal 3. I am 8 years old. I think the Password Journal 3 is awesome! It will wish me a happy birthday. And it has voice recognition. It was a little hard to do at first but read the directions really carefully. And you'll get it. I am having no problem with it recognizing my password as in other reviews. I love it!

I really like this toy, although if I don't say my password the right way, it won't open. Sometimes it calls me an intruder!! I've been wanting this toy for a long, long time and am now glad I finally spent my money on this journal.