Customer Reviews

Animal Tape Measure

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I ordered two of these, thought they were going to be exactly what I've been looking for. My son has been begging for his own tape measure, and I don't trust the regular sharp metal ones. I ordered two hoping I would get two different animals, instead I was sent identical dinosaurs. Open the first, and go to see how easily the tape pulls out, and the little plastic end IMMEDIATELY came off, causing the tape to roll back up into the dispenser with no hope of being able to retrieve it. I'm just glad I wanted to test it before giving it as a Christmas present. I decided to return both, since I couldn't trust the quality, and I needed something reliable. Then I realized Christmas was getting too close to try and find something else, so I tried the second one. EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED! I don't know if I just happened to get 2 defective dinos, but I was extremely disapointed with the quality. And left to try to find a decent toy tape measure that isn't bundled with an 85 piece tool set.

Got this for my 2 1/2 very rough and tumble son. He loves to measure things and I too was afraid he was going to cut himself or drop the heavy one on a toe. So I got this and my son wanted it with him all the time, even for naps. I had to limit the use since the cat is very fond of chasing it too. However after much use and abuse it did give when my son decided to wedge the dinosaur into something and pull the tape end with all his might. The tape just pulled out. Not the products fault, my son is just rough. Over all for the price it is a great toy!

My daughter carefully opened one of the two tape measures I bought for her (hoping for two different designs but got two identical dinos) and it broke within a minute of VERY careful use. (The tip popped off the the ruler coiled, unreachable, into the dino's mouth) The second lasted a little longer--a few minutes-- before the tape ruler popped out of the dino. These are junk.

Just a cheap plastic toy that jams as soon as the tape is pulled all the way out, which every child will do.

Lasted one day before breaking from normal, intended use. Was a great toy but even for the $2 I spent on it, I don't feel it was worth the cost for one afternoon of play. I had a similar product that I used for sewing (not animal shaped) that lasted me for nearly 10 years of use. This shows me that it's not a matter of the product style, but simply cheap products and construction that caused it to fail so quickly.

Waste of money.

My son's doctor had this tape measure and he loved it. When I found them sold on Amazon I was very excited, but once I received it I wasn't so excited anymore.

It does not pull out smoothly and doesn't retract easily either. You have to pull the tape out while holding the button and snap it back in order to get the tape measure to retract.

I don't recommend buying this poorly made product!

Great little tape measure which my 4 year old just adored. It's hard to find a 'real' tape measure for kids. It only lasted a few weeks before it broke but honestly that was more than I was expecting based on the price. I would still recommend it.

This was an inexpensive toy and turned out to be cheaply constructed. I was abesently fiddling with it and the pull tab came off. The tape zipped into the housing of the tape measure and was lost. The toy no longer functioned. We tried to open it up and retrieve the tape, but it wouldn't close again. My son never got a chance to play with it because it broke in the first 10 minutes.

I also would not recommend it because it is does not resemble a "grown up" tape measure. I bought it for my four-year-old so that he could "be like dad" and measure and build pretend projects. I guess it could have seen that in the picture, but it was more goofy looking in real life than the picture.

Do not recomment this toy.

My 3 year old was always finding our heavy duty measuring tapes to play with, measure with, and scare me with (I just knew she was going to cut herself). So, I purchased these to put in her reward basket. I was so glad when she picked one out right away. She started playing with it and started to leave the heavy duty one alone. Thank goodness!!!