Cheap Onaroo Night Owl Portable Night-Light with OK to Wake!

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Wow, what a disappointment this little night owl is. The concept is so cute -the little guy sits on his nest, glows three different colors, and can be taken off his nest to cuddle or go sit next to the bed.

BUT the design is just flawed in some silly, thoughtless ways.

Ok first: the packaging tries to sell the fact that this guy is *not* rechargable as a benefit ("No rechargable battery to run down!") which is totally hooey. If something sits on a base that looks like a charger, you should NOT have to put three (*THREE!!*) double-A batteries into it.

Second: the controls are all via ONE button... a button that doesn't work if the batteries have run down. In other words, if the battery dies, you can't change the light color or set the wake-up time. Fail.

Third: let's talk about the green light "OK to Wake!" feature. You can't actually set the time. Instead, at the time of day that you want to set (say, 7am) you hold the button down for 5 seconds to set. This is totally non-intuitive and odd.

Fourth: When you take the owl off its nest base, the base has small orange lights that illuminate. The owl itself turns off after 30 minutes off the base, but the base itself seems to stay illuminated. FAIL. This means that my son's room is always basked in this creepy orange glow. Near as I can tell, the only way to turn the base off is to unplug it completely.

Look: I realize this is a plastic owl nightlight and I should probably save my outrage for something more important, but I was super excited about this little guy, and he's left me hooting sadly over poor design.

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This is such a clever concept, so it's a shame that the technology behind it isn't a little more sophisticated. I was disappointed that the first time I used the lamp, I had to set it in "real-time" (i.e. run into my son's room at 6 am to set this as the "go time.") The other major lack in functionality is that the green light only stays on for 30 minutes, so on the rare occasion that my son does sleep past 6:30, he lays in bed waiting for his owl to turn green. That said, he seems to get the concept and has fun switching his owl from red to blue to yellow. It's very cute and clever but would benefit from more flexible timer features.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program really cute and larger than i expected. It is well made and feels like it will last. I just wish it had a rechargable battery that would give me the option to have it stay on longer than 30 min. when off the base. When my 5 yrold brings it to bed with his book, the lite turns off too soon, but it has to to save batteries. As it is i expect to run thru batteries. But the timer green light is a great help, especially on week ends. Its much easier for him to understand when its ok to wake me for breakfast. It says its for 3 yrs and up, but i dont know why you couldnt use it on a dresser as a night light for babies. I think its just not made for the crib. Its a cute night light and would make a nice gift. Im glad i got it.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This owl is a good idea in theory, but there are other products that do the same thing, only better. The first issue I have is that if it isn't sitting on the base it completely eats through batteries. I wish that it were rechargeable (I'm using rechargeable batteries, but they don't last long at all). We have a MOBI Tykelight GloMate that recharges on it's base and lasts a long time between charging.

My second problem with this product is that there is one button. It makes using it too hard for adults and too easy for kids to goof up. What kid isn't going to find all kinds of ways to press buttons. So effectively, it's NEVER set to wake up at the right time. Add to that the fact that I can't set it ahead of time, really. You have to set it at the time you want it to go off. We also bought a Kid'Sleep Classic, Blue and it is much easier to set and works much better. Of course, kids can't take that off and snuggle it (though who wants to snuggle a plastic owl whose batteries always run out) and the light is much dimmer, but at least you can set it more effectively.

So now we mostly leave the owl on the charger and it is used like a night light. Pretty expensive for a night light, though.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program My son is four and I've been having a lot of issues with him getting up in the middle of the night, thinking it is morning, and coming downstairs and watching television while waiting for everyone else to wake up. I was thrilled to try this product and it has worked perfectly. Setup was a breeze. I did have to be standing there at 6:45 am to set it the first time, but I got over that. The light it gives off isn't too much so it doesn't light up his whole room at night, but it is definitely enough to be used as a small nightlight. There is no question about when it turns green compared to the other colors. My only complaint is that it only stays green for 30 minutes and then goes back to the original color when it is time to get up. I'm a little concerned that if he sleeps in on the weekend that he'll think at 7:30 am that it is still time to be in his bed.