Sphero Mini
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28 reviews
A dispensable gadget
Fun and attractive at first sight, this object will quickly bore you and will find its place in the drawer where we put everything and anything to never get out. The reason: the lack of functionality.
Pro
- attractive design
- fun and simple
Contra
- boring and tiresome
- too few functionalities
- the ball quickly loses its bearings. You have to constantly recalibrate the direction
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Thumbs up for the small, round robot
I find "the sphere" really very funny. Fast, manoeuvrable, easy to operate.
You can argue whether the price for a controllable ping pong ball is justified, but everyone can decide that for themselves.This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Would have expected more for the price
Size like a ping-pong ball. Is controlled with the help of an app.
Pro
- Entertaining at the beginning
- Good for coordination
Contra
- limited use - after a short time you have enough of it
- High price
Hours of fun guaranteed
Smaller and more fun than Sphero BB-12. I also discovered Sphero Edu to learn to program: opens new horizons.
Pro
- Compact (golf ball)
- Practical storage box
- Good autonomy (~1h)
- Fast charging (~1h)
Contra
- Not waterproof (not a real disadvantage)
playful and fun
Pro
- price
- ease of use
Contra
- battery life
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Kind of pointless, but fun!
Pro
- Quite nimble
- Control
- Adjustments (light, speed, etc.)
- Fun despite everything
- Connection to the control (smartphone)
- Very good and easy to steer
- Small
Contra
- It's very mini after all ;-)
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Fun for big and small - except for some cats
I had actually bought it for my pet dogs. They found the "thing" funny-maybe after a longer period of getting used to it, they will warm up to it too.
I had a lot of fun with it, even our godfather couldn't get enough of it. The "Töggeli" and the bowling pins were the absolute highlight.
The only problem is that the fun is over after 15-30 minutes, depending on how long you use it. Charging is also a bit time-consuming.
Otherwise "mega cool" (quote from my godfather).Pro
- Various gadgets
- Colour change
- Easy handling with the app
Contra
- Mains plug is not included
- Battery life very "low
- long charging time
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Use as a cat toy
Contra
- Connection only works when enabled with location sharing for the app.
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Short joy
Nice gimmick, should also keep my cats a little happy. The Sphero but so not interested. Is too creepy ...?
Actually a funny part, makes fun with it to curve around but it loses too often the BT connection. That is then quickly times annoying.
Price / performance I find a little too highPro
- Quickly ready for use
- colorful
Contra
- Connection (BT)
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Good but with some connectivity issue
Fun toy, but the connection drops very often even if in a range of 2 meters (it should be bluetooth so it’s strange). When the connection drops you have ten seconds to reconnect in the easy way, otherwise you need to go with an app restart and performing the task to reconnect at beginning (longer and slower procedure). The thing is that while you are driving, you won’t realize the connection dropped and it’s easy you pass the ten seconds.
It’s not easy to control it, even with the accelerometer in the iPad...
And you need to calibrate the position every time otherwise it will not go forward when you incline the iPad forward and so on...
In conclusion, nice toy, but just a a toyPro
- Fun
- Fast
Contra
- Connection drops often
- Not easy to control
- Needs to calibrate every time
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Absolute favourite toy of my cats
Pro
- Lights up
- Makes (mechanical) noises
- Flits around
- I can sit lazily on the couch &' the cats are busy
- Easy to use
Contra
- Could be faster
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
You cannot ask more to a little ball
it is fun, the software updates make it even more interesting.
I do not think you can get much more from a single ball.
Of course it's a little ball, so do not expect much more.
They might come up with team games, but not sue they can.This review was created for a different variant: Mini
is funny for 5 minutes. Had bought this as a toy for the cats..they are not interested....
This review was created for a different variant: Mini
Very good product, not suitable for active and impetuous playful pooches
Cute, fun and very interesting. A little difficult to use it to entertain my little dogs because every time my little dog picks it up the shell opens.
This review was created for a different variant: mini soccer
