Toniebox Review - Best Screen-Free Toy for Kids

[@dadverb]

And for those interested, there are Labor Day sales on Tonies so be sure to check that out: bit.ly/3AJmblo

[@enfusraye]

We have a Yoto for our 1.5 year old and love it! We also wanted to have a new white noise machine and the ability for our child to start music when he wants. We love the Make Your Own cards (and have recordings of his grandma and grandpa singing to him!) and he can easily pick a card and put it in and out. He loves it so much ! We chose a Yoto over a Tonie because 1) we didn't want to encourage him to hit/tap the box or his technology (Yoto uses buttons) 2) The Tonies are effectively toys and we didn't want to get them mixed into toys. 3) Make Your Own cards are easy to label with pictures to build a catalog of them (rather than a lot of the same Tonie) 4) Yoto seems aimed for older kids so we're hoping to keep it for a while (or at least our card collection!) and add a Yoto Mini for when our son is older. 5) Cards are WAY easier to store and transport! lol 6) THE SCREEN!!! We love the screen on our Yoto and our toddler already knows the pictures for one card and what songs they relate to (more like he knows the one song he's looking for and can twist the button to find it!)

[@dadverb]

Thanks for sharing the thought process behind your purchase. Definitely agree about #2 though because they have gotten mixed up with other toys. Kind of annoying trying to track those down.

[@hastiestone3951]

This is a fake comment to sell the YOTO lol!

[@serwahadom6158]

Stop trying to be an Advertisement

[@jimmieberguin4062]

We were considering getting one for our kiddos and this video is exactly what I needed to say. Appreciate you man!

[@stevenaguilar8331]

I’m so glad you did a review on this! I’ve contemplated buying one for my 3 year old daughter, but I think I’m sold!

[@dadverb]

Initially our boys were meh about it, but over time it's been one of the most used toys we have. A great buy for sure.

[@betajotalilly]

Dude, Andrew, great video and great review! My wife was at a friend’s house today and they showed her their Tonie Box. Your review was one of the first that popped up. Thanks for all the good info! Cheers.

[@NinjaElephant]

Tonie recommendations from a father of a 3yo daughter: 1. creative tonie - put on whatever you like, best if you sing something for your kid 2. Christmas tonie 3. Frozen - the songs are shortened massively but it’s basically the movie with the original voices. 4. The Little mermaid Does anybody have a recommendation for us?

[@dadverb]

Dude, thanks for sharing!

[@RunzWithGunz7]

I was so confused when I first got the Toniebox that skip ahead was a left tap (NOT a right) and vice-versa. I actually sent back the Tonie figure because I thought the songs were loaded in the wrong order. I later realized what I was doing wrong, and fortunately this can be changed in the app.

[@andreasobral9231]

Off topic - but could you post a video on your thoughts of the Graco modes nest 2 grow travel system? Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! Expecting our first and your videos have been a godsend 🙏 we appreciate it.

[@yasdiolola]

Dude unrealated. Did you take down your old vlogs? Like those of when Henry was newborn or pre baby vlogs??

[@Themasterofrandom_]

Are they easy to set up?

[@mariarangel1747]

This is such a great informative video. I received a tonie in a gift bag for the kids and not sure whay to do with it. Now I know!! Thx

[@kfebres66]

I’ve brought 5 sets …… My daycare My granddaughter My step granddaughter My grandson N just today, one for my niece

[@lidicce]

Would you consider comparing this to the yoto?

[@elizabethnovak4951]

Thanks for your review. My sister bought this for her great-niece and -nephew (my Grands) at Christmastime. I could NOT understand what she was talking about when she told me. I only now thought to look on KZbin to see what I could learn. And then I found YOU! Thank you for the explanation and review. The three year old really enjoys it. (The one year old is along for the ride at this point.) I noticed in their Easter photo today that each little one had a Tonie bag in their baskets. Thanks again! (With the grands having a 96 year old great grandmother I’ll be sending my daughter a Creative Tonie so she can get a recording of Grammee for the future. Great feature!)

[@vikkibabeh]

Have you reviewed this with the Yoto player? We’re tossing up which one to get out 3YO

[@dadverb]

Haven't reviewed it yet but I'd like to pick one up soon.

[@YotoPlay]

@@dadverb Hey! We'd love to get your thoughts on a Yoto Player or Yoto Mini too. We'll drop you an email

[@jennynguyen1000]

Hello! Are you able to share where you bought your toddlers tables and chairs 😇

[@dadverb]

They're from the brand Lalo - meetlalo.com/products/theplaykit

[@ldm7532]

So poor 2023 and this takes hours to try to set up still won't connect to the Internet. 50 comments on the tonies page all who's christmas has been ruined because of the set up

[@liltiggergirl316]

My daughter loves this. She’s 1.

[@dadverb]

That's awesome!

[@liltiggergirl316]

@@dadverb she doesn’t know how the functions works but loves the music.

[@dadverb]

@@liltiggergirl316 Which Tonies did you scoop up?

[@liltiggergirl316]

@@dadverb the little puppy that comes with the starter kit that has all the children songs. Cinderella, little mermaid , Moana and Dr. Sues

[@kfebres66]

My grandson is 2 n half months n da baby lullaby puts him right to sleep ….. mama use to play it right on da side of her belly during her last trimester 🤓😊

[@debkroske121]

Does it have to have wifi? Why can't you just charge it and play it 🤔

[@timdrake4951]

Why wouldn’t these come with a book so the kids can read along too?

[@Mrshyguy775]

Son loves his Yoto player. even at 2 years!

[@dadverb]

Would love to review that.

[@neb-roqket8739]

They are 20$ a pop now 😩

[@earlgendron4893]

They are still $14.99 at target. In fact some of the younger ones are in clearence for 3.99 last week

[@droneblake8968]

Almost guaranteed that all the songs are already in the box, btw, and the little toys just “unlock” them

[@dadverb]

There's gotta be a way to hack it.

[@NinjaElephant]

The tonie sends a short code to the box and the box connects to your wifi downloading it the first time you use the tonie.

[@enfusraye]

The card tells he box to connect to the internet and download the file. That's how Yoto works as well

[@timdrake4951]

I bet they sell something to unlock on Etsy, like amiibos

[@pgup333]

Sucks don’t work do NOT buy

[@chi_dezz]

Why not? And what about it does not work, cant you just exchange if you got a defective one?

[@pgup333]

@@chi_dezz it won’t connect to WiFi or hotspot MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE THE COMPANY IS SO SLOW AT REPLYING. I’ve seen so many people say they just tossed it after so long it won’t work I’ve don’t everything possible (hedgehog) included the box won’t work and it was a gift so I can’t horrible not worth the trouble Even if it does work you need like three devices just to connect it (the correct way) happy Thay have you one that worked but the actual off the shelf product is faulty

[@chi_dezz]

@@pgup333 thanks for the feedback, yeah we see a bunch of them for sale online used for super cheap so I'm glad I did my research before pulling the trigger. thanks!

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

Here’s the problem: 1). You are NEVER really finished buying this toy. 2). You are forced to spend your limited time SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT to make this TOY work. 3). You are forced to share your email address with this TOY to make this thing work. I can already hear my phone ringing with NEVER ENDING marketing crap. 4). I am then forced to CONFIRM CODES in this stupid NEVER ENDING email game and then pretend this doesn’t matter. I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY EMAIL WITH A TOY. I DO NOT WANT TO SET UP A GOD DAMNED ACCOUNT FOR A TOY! I DO NOT WISH TO SIT AND WAIT TO CONFIRM CODES FOR A TOY! DO NOT BUY THIS TOY FROM HELL!

[@innergeee]

You can always buy the Fisher-Price record player, from what I saw it's completely offline. The TonieBox is obviously not a TOY toy, it's a wifi music box that kids can manipulate LIKE a toy. Jeez. you know you can set up an account and not click on the mailing list checkbox, right?

[@serwahadom6158]

I got a different experience

[@jamestoni]

pile of shite that will not connect, broken product, no one can tell me any different, go read the reviews.