Hexbug is well known for their famous robotic expertise. They provide children a much positive experience to play with the robotic toys at a young age. The fascinating bug like attributes and the eye catching designs of these tiny robots are so animated for kids. Recently, I got to review their Hexbug Aquabot remote control angelfish, which is water-activated robotic fish with nine lifelike swimming patterns.
I had earlier brought a nice goldfish for my kids as their first pet. Unfortunately, that one died as we had no large tanks or fancy filter to take care after it. It was so sad to see the kids in despair. And this angelfish from Hexbug was a great idea to cheer them up. Kids were super exited and restless to open the package as soon as I received it. It was a nice orange cylindrical package which included the remote device and the robotic fish.
The color of the fish is just translucent and very bright. The one I got had the cyan body with orange fins and tail which appeared great in the bowl. The tail is made movable to allow it function at different speeds. The inner machines in the fish is clearly visible and my son most of the time tries to explore the inner part of it but I am really scared of damaging the toy. It has nice good stripes with bright colors on the side of the body and this is what makes it impossible to completely see the robotic stuff that is present inside.
When the fishy robot stays in the water it just feels as if it is alive. It starts swimming on its own when placed in the water source and it can be operated to control the speed and direction. There are direction buttons and speed button on the remote control with three swimming speed symbols to control speed, right and left arrows for directions through which kids can make their fish swim at different depths. The operation is just made easy so it suits the kids above age 4.
The sound it makes is exactly what we can hear from the aquarium. It was indeed thrilling to operate them with the remote. My daughter who is 7 placed these Angelfish in the bathtub so allow the tiny robot to explore a larger surrounding. The lively swimming patterns were great to look at. As my son is still close to 3 years, the choking hazard always reminds me to stay with him while he plays with it.
The fish automatically goes off to sleep mode if it is inactive for 5 minutes. This is in fact good as the device preserves the two button cell batteries that comes included with the whole package. But when we ran through our fingers in the water the fish immediately got reactivated and started its play once again.
For parents who fear of their kids hurting the real fish, this simple toy is a great idea to be gifted. The upkeep robotic toy fish was really a great alternative I could get for the dead goldfish. So I really recommend it!