Otamatone Japanese Electronic Musical Instrument Portable Music Synthesizer from Japan by Maywa Denki Studio Award Winning, Educational Fun Gift for Children, Teens & Adults - Black

This is the cutest thing ever! It was a huge hit as a gift for one of our nieces. In fact it was a bit too big of a hit as our other nieces who we had gotten different gifts all decided they wanted one of these too! I’m not sure their parents appreciated all the sounds that were coming from it, but the kids seemed to be having a blast looking up videos of others playing songs on these and trying to duplicate them. The kids seemed we got it for is on the spectrum with adhd and we had read that it is especially good for kids (and adults) who are into fidget toys and such. Either way, I highly recommend it for any kid of any age. Look up some videos of people playing literally any song you can think of on these things. It’s amazing. Also the look of the face when you play it is so entertaining and I love the various ways you can play notes on it. Super fun to use or just to watch.

I stumbled upon this by chance and bought it to entertain the kiddies at a holiday visit. I thought it was so neat that I tried it out myself but found it to be really small and that I couldn’t work it too well, but it quickly became evident that the difficulty was with my larger fingers of my adult size hands that barely fit on its tiny fret board because when put it in the much smaller hands of my ten year old niece, she instantly took to it, could play it much better and liked it a lot. Although it still seems more like a toy than an instrument, I like that it was unique and cute enough to keep her and her younger sister entertained for a bit and that it gave them something to play with that stimulates some kind of artistic creativity. To me the sounds it produces are a little annoying, but the kids seem to like it. If I had to guess, the average age range for this is probably between 7 and 11 (I say this because my 6-year-old wasn’t nearly as interested as my 10-year-old) and that’s just basing it on the size factor of how the larger your hands and fingers are, the harder it’ll be to use (but still have to be large enough). Any older and especially for adults, I’d say that the larger more expensive deluxe model would probably be much better and that I myself am interested in trying out and might order soon. I recommend it because it’s cute, unique, affordable and that it did make a great gift for my 10 year old niece.

Cool item, fun for the kids. Durable but cannot be thrown around. Noise level good be better but is good. Battery life seems to be okay so far.

I purchased this for my son's 13th birthday and he loves it as does my 10 year old so I'd say a person of any age would enjoy this instrument. He's been playing it non-stop for over a week now and he's getting pretty good at it. It's very intuitive so for those who don't like to read directions you can jump right in to playing it. It requires 3 AAA batteries and as will most battery operated things you will need a tiny screwdriver to get it open. The quality is good and it looks just as pictured.

My son who is 8 loves it! It’s not cheaply made, it’s very nice.

Pretty disappointing. Way to take a really cool and fun idea and just cheapen it into the dirt. First off, it is about 1/4 as loud as you would think it should be when it is on high. You have to be in a quiet room and even then you just want to turn it up. The internal hard body that is inside in the bulb/mouth are very large so the mouth is mostly full making it hard to manipulate it much. And since the speaker(s) is/are right near the front, when you do Manipulate the mouth, it makes almost no difference in the sound. It does not change the resonance much if at all. The box is covered with warnings about how the unit may not play all 12 notes... I mean really? Who's idea was it to skip quality control and instead print on the box that you just might be getting a dud? I am not going to return them, but had I known what I know now, I wouldn't have bought them. There are much higher quality toys out there for 40 bucks.

My grandson loves it!

My family is so annoyed that I bought this but I don’t care, I love it.

The notes are loud and its fun to play around with! but sometimes when you slide your finger across the otamatone you need to apply more pressure for it to activate the sound. But other than that It was a great product! the material is high quality which makes it feel more better to hold.

Great

Excelente producto. Una aletee nativa para quienes quieren experimentar en la música. Lo que se ofreció se obtuvo y antes del tiempo reportado.

my 14 year old daughter love this soo much..it is so cute and sounds so nice..there’s also a manual so you can start playing some songs

not high quality. is small