Customer Reviews

H2go Hydrogen Powered Radio Control Car Standard Set

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This car is awesome!
It has all the aspects of a great piece of machinery.
I would highly recommend this to a friend.
I have nothing bad to say about this car. I got it at TRU, the Solar model but the two are the same basically.
I would only say that Corgi or Popco or Colani needs to change the way the wheels work because hair is easily spun and is hard to get out. Vacuum before you play!
Other than that this is great!
Get one, have fun, learn!

This car is great. It is very educational and can be used in the classroom or at home. I STRONGLY recomend this product for all ages.

Didn't work. Never worked. Feel really bad that my 10-year-old got all excited about this. Huge disappointment. (Gave one star because the review link wouldn't let me submit without one.)

Just like the title of this review: It's an awesome toy, but it's a pain in the rear to get it working.

If you are considering buying this gadget, don't be discouraged by negative reviews on Amazon! It's a huge pain to get it to work, and the instructions are very confusing. But once you get it working, it's awesome.

Overall, I'd say this is not a good toy for most kids. Don't buy your kid this toy if he/she is not interested in science or electronics. If your child doesn't care about those things, then he or she will be very bored by this toy. On the other hand, if your child likes doing science projects and has a decent level of patience, then this might make a good Christmas gift. This is even a great gadget for adults!

But you need a heck of a lot of patience. These days people want instant gratification, and unless you are using this toy on a regular basis, that isn't what you are going to get out of this gadget. Keep in mind that this is what is referred to as a science toy; that means that rather than producing it with instant gratification in mind, it is made to do something innovative and because that is challenging it needs to be used by someone who has an appreciation for that kind of innovation. It's not going to run in seconds by pouring water into it! If you don't have the patience, then don't bother. And don't just leave negative reviews on this product after a short time of trying to get your car to work. I think this company gets a lot of flack for creating a completely unique toy that doesn't exactly work the way a Tyco RC car does.

Does it actually run on hydrogen? YES. Some people think it's just a trick and it's actually running off of a lithium ion battery, but it isn't. The charger unit actually uses hydrolysis to split the water into oxygen(a byproduct) and hydrogen(the fuel that goes into the car). This is why you MUST use distilled water and NOTHING ELSE! If you use water that has minerals, your car probably won't run at all and the charging station will have a tough time generating hydrogen. That really shows that the car is actually running on hydrogen! Distilled water is very cheap and can be found at virtually every supermarket.

The main problem with getting this car to work is when you first have to do the "warm up". A warm up must be done whenever you haven't used the car in a while, and of course when you first take the toy out of the box. The instructions make it sound simplistic, but it doesn't always do it. During the warm up, the light is supposed to turn on on the car and it should cycle hydrogen through the fuel cell. But the light wouldn't come on and it would do absolutely nothing. If this happens to you, you must keep pumping and releasing hydrogen into the car until it works. Pump some hydrogen into the car; if the warm-up light doesn't come on when you have the warm-up switched on, then turn it off, press the release button to release the hydrogen from the car, and repeat. IT WILL eventually work. Once you get it working, you will then be able to easily use it repeatedly. Occasionally you will have to warm it up again but it won't be a hassle to get the warm up light to come on. That is unless you haven't used the car in months.

This car does work, and it's very fun to use! Don't be disappointed and give up when you realize the car isn't going to come flying out of the box! This IS NOT a Tyco RC car! Keep trying, and you will get it to work! If it still doesn't work, contact the company through the email on their website! Their support is very friendly and they helped me get it to work and even offered to send me a new fuel cell for the car(free of charge!) in case the car still didn't work. But then it did! :)

This car only worked 5 min and couldn't get it running there after. Disappointed at this otherwise good educational tool for the kids (myself too).

My 11-year-old son received this for Christmas, and was very excited, saying it was the coolest gift ever. After diligently reading and rereading the instructions, neither of us could get the car to work. We were able to produce the hydrogen gas, and fill the tank, but the light in the car never came on. There is absolutely no support on the internet, and the troubleshooting was section on the instructions was not helpful either. We will be sending this back. My son was very disappointed, as was I :(

Car doesn't work. Remote and Hydrogen unit seems to work, but who knows? My son is extremely disappointed, especially when it takes so long and so many steps to set it up. Real buzz kill.

This car dosent work i wasted my money and hope you dont!It was so cool at first but it didny work!