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(More customer reviews)The sunglasses part of this are supersturdy. My son's have been thrown around, stepped on, and toted everywhere with no durability issues. The hearing device, however, it notably nonfunctional. It seems like it might just be a cheap microphone connected to an earpiece. You have to be really close to something quiet in order to pick anything up. I'd say for whispers you would have to be in the same room or at least near the door of the room. Even then, it would be hard to make out whispers that were very quiet or quick. The worst part is that the batteries are EXPENSIVE and kids NEVER remember to turn it off because the switch is so small and almost hidden. The batteries ran down after about an hour of play and about an hour of sitting in the room before he remembered to go turn them off. By then, they were dead. We replaced, and then the next time he played with them, it happened again. After it happened four times in a row, the microphone part got stepped on and broke to bits. This is a frustrating toy because it looks cool, and might even be worth the price if it weren't so easy to forget to turn off and had a bigger switch that is clearly marked "on" and "off." I couldn't tell if they were on or off without picking them up and sticking the ear piece in. I would spend the money on something better, unless you don't WANT your kids to have strong eavesdropping ability, in which case, this might be the way to go if you can remember to remind them to turn them off when not in use. Storage for these needs to be protective due to the earpiece part being delicate. They can't be thrown in the toy box. They need their own pencil box or other sturdy and small storage container. I would recommend this toy for really responsible seven year olds and most 8-9 year olds. My son was five when he got it, and it lasted about four months. He played with it about 6 times. It was always out of battieries due to the forgetting issue, or he would have played with it more. I was almost relieved when it broke because I couldn't afford the time and money to keep buying the batteries for it. He thought it looked really cool and was very upset about the microphone piece breaking, but he learned a lesson about leaving toys on the floor. It's definitely a toy for responsible kids.
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