Customer Reviews

Tiny Love Symphony in Motion Farm Animal Mobile (Styles May Vary)

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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

When we put together our nursery we bought a very charming little mobile with a wind-up mechanism. The baby loved it, but she began to start screaming when the music stopped after about a minute. I found myself constantly winding the thing in order to keep her quiet, which seemed to defeat the purpose of the mobile. These Symphony-in-Motion mobiles seem to be some of the only battery-operated mobiles out there. Compared to our other little mobile, it is huge and garish. It is also kind of sinister looking because the way it moves and the black-and-white spirals on it give it the appearance of a 1950's brainwashing tool. I don't know if that description makes sense, but if you saw it you would understand.

When the baby is in a good mood she can be transfixed by the mobile for about 5 or 6 minutes. Then she starts screaming. If she is in a bad mood she whimpers and won't even look at it. When I put her to sleep I try to keep the mobile as far from her line of vision as possible, because it is too stimulating and will keep her up. This isn't easy, because it's enormous.

Although I don't like how it looks I'm holding on to it because I have a feeling that the mobile will ultimately be capable of yielding 10-15 minutes of baby bliss. At only 2 months, it's understandable that the baby would be a little freaked out by it.

This mobile looks neat, but make sure it fits your crib before you buy it. The control panel is made to hang off of the railing in your baby's crib, but if your railing is to thick, then you will not be able to secure it to the crib.

If you want to see what I'm talking about, look at the picture of the mobile. Go down to the control pad and just above it you can see a yellow hanger that goes over the railing. You need to have a railing that is small enough to let the unit hang on top, while also letting you screw the panel on in the back.

This mobile is great! It is age appropriate, FUNctional and not a clone of all the other "whimsical" mobiles that are out there. This quirky one fit the bill for us. Our baby loves it! After he could reach it, we removed the mobile portion and he still listens to the music. And since the buttons are easy to press, he can turn it on himself! I guess this feature could also be considered a drawback!;)

In my opinion the bright colors would be appropriate for a boy or a girl (the animals do have pink accents but not an overwhelming amount). We were a little concerned that our baby would have a somewhat distorted understanding of animals since the animals look so funky - definitely not the traditional Old Macdonald stuff! But that doesn't seem to be a problem and he was mesmerized by it, so that works for me! The batteries last a long time and the volume control is another nice feature. Also, the classical music has a relatively good sound quality.

This was also very durable, because even with moving the "arm" of the mobile around several times a day and my baby pulling on the animals before we moved it out of his reach, all was still well on the farm!

This mobile is amazing. From the time she was 6 weeks old, my daughter was mesmerized by the motion and the music. She loves watching the animals and can be left in her crib for up to 45 minutes simply glued to the mobile. Although it can be noisy, it doesn't seem to bother her and she often falls asleep at night to the sights and sounds. A MUST for any nursery.

Really attractive animals and great mobile. Also, for those of you complaining that you can't turn off the volume I figured out that if you stick the volume right in between high and low the volume turns off and it still spins. There is no setting for this but it works like a charm. Its otherwise simple, cute and easy to install.

My baby loves this mobile! He has been totally riveted by it since the beginning. So much so that in the beginning, I would put him down in the crib when he was sleepy and with the mobile off, he was so busy looking at the colors and shapes that he wouldn't go to sleep and would get re-energized! Now that it is "old hat", (he's 6 months) he still loves to look at it and watches it closely but he will go to sleep. The only thing I would change about this mobile is the height. Since it is a rather large mobile and the critters hang down pretty far, it is a little tricky to maneuver the baby to get him in and out of the crib without hitting his head on the mobile pieces. If the pieces didn't come down quite so low or if it had adjustable height, that would make things a little easier.

It's a really interesting mobile. You can almost see the little minds growing! It may not match the nursery colors or theme (kinda looks like Dr. Seuss) but the baby will love it and that's what it's about!

The mobile is wonderful! I love the fact that you can control the volume of the music so that it's not overwhelming. I also love the bright colors and the contrasting colors and multiple shapes. It absolutely keeps the baby riveted! I also like that you can chose the music selection as well. It's a wonderful product, very safe, very padded, and very well made. We love it!

I returned 2 Fisher Price mobiles because they either broke after a month or were defective from the start. SO, my little one was in desperate need of a good, working mobile. I paid a little more for this one, and it doesn't have lights or a remote but it WORKS, she is mesmerized and it only takes a few AA batteries (not the 4 D batteries the FP ones require)! This is a great product as it does what its supposed to do.

Our 11 week old loves it. We highly recommend it. The only problem is there is no off switch for the music. The music is pretty loud, the lowest setting is plenty loud enough. We wanted to play our own music at our own volume or use no music at all, but the mobile's music could not be shut off. I had to hack it for our own needs. This is what I did to switch off the music when I wanted to (try at own risk):

remove batteries

remove the 4 triangle head screws on back of mobile (usually a small enough flathead will work with the triangle screws)

remove cover carefully not damaging any wires (There is plenty of slack in the wires to provide access to the volume switch)

look for 3 wires connected to the side volume switch, cut the blue wire (connected to circuit board labeled "H" for high volume, the other wires are labeled "G" for ground and "L" for low volume.

replace cover screws and batteries.

Now the mobile's high volume setting is disabled and will run in silence. The low volume setting will run normally.

We bought this seven months ago. The mobile no longer turns and i wrote to the manufacturer for help. we were completely ignored. for two hundred dollars... you would think they would make good on their product. i bought tiny love products for my now eight year old (back when he was a baby) and had good experiences, so i thought it was a safe bet although it was expensive. But after some research, i find that apparently the quality of not just this product, but other Tiny Love products has gone way down-hill in the last few years. i guess this is why the manufacturer/seller of this product did not respond or try to help in any way. sad... i really thought it would be a great mobile. Highly suggest you pick another mobile and brand for that matter.