onies Toniebox Starter Set incl 1 Creative Character, Audio
onies Toniebox Starter Set incl 1 Creative Character, Audio and Music Player Speaker for Audiobooks Songs for Kids Age 3-7, Screenfree, 7 Hours Battery, Easy to Use Toy for Boys and Girls, Blue
Contents
1x Toniebox, 1x Creative-Tonie, 1x charging station, 1x UK plug, 1x instruction manual & 60 mins of free content
1x Toniebox, 1x Creative-Tonie, 3x characters, 1x charging station, 1x UK plug, 1x instruction manual & 60 mins of free content
The Gruffalo Audio Book for Toniebox, Includes one Gruffalo Tonie Figurine
Paddington Bear Audio Book for Toniebox, Includes one Paddington Tonie Figurine
Peter Rabbit Audio Book for Toniebox, Includes one Tonie-Figurine
Disney Audio Book for Toniebox, Includes one Moana Tonie Figurine
I bought this product for my granddaughter’s birthday (3). She absolutely loved it from the start and picked up the controls very quickly. I added a Peppa Pig story character and a song character to get her started as I wanted her parents to be able to use the creative with her. She spent the end of her birthday afternoon lying on the floor, eyes closed, listening to the stories and using her imagination. Perfect!
It’s great for use in the car or getting a child to relax when going to bed/sleep.
The battery is supposed to last for seven hours but we have not had it in use long enough to test it out yet. It takes 3 hours to fully charge but I couldn’t see how to tell when it is fully charged.
The sound is good but not too loud or bass-y. We wouldn’t want it to get too loud both for the child’s safety and parents’ comfort!
My 3 and half year old loves her Tonie. It’s a good quality item but the individual storybook characters are quite pricy – so can get expensive quickly. some can also be hard to get hold of.
The Tonies box is one of the best things I’ve bought my child. If like my house is super busy and struggling to read a bedtime story for them then Tonies is your go to. Ours gets used morning, noon and night. My daughters favourite story is stick man and you 100’s to choose from. My other daughter wants one now.
I can’t say enough how amazing this is for our little boy. Great bit of kit and amazing value for money. I couldn’t tell people enough how brilliant these Tonie boxes are as they do a lot more than just tell story’s etc.
great buy and would buy 10 times over again.
Our little girl loves this, We use it as a music box more than for the story aspect. Love that each character comes with content but has room to add your own using the app, we add on all her favourite songs, so she can swap to the characters she wants. If you get a new character simply put it on the box wait for it to sync and it pulls the character through to the app. So easy to set up and use. Very child friendly. Charges up quickly and has good battery life. Can be used on charge or portably.
Really like the simplicity of this product. Place the character and hear the story. Sound quality and battery life seem really good but time will tell. Expensive for what it is but granddaughter happy so I am to
Kidproof!! Seriously it really is, it’s the type of toy a child will never tire of, the starter pack ( my purchase) blown away with it!! Thank you Tonies xx
Bought for my grandson, who resists bedtime, this has been a boon in calming him. Sometimes he listens to the songs but usually he likes the stories. As I can record onto the device I record stories for him and he likes to hear my voice. The box can also be taken on journeys so keeps him entertained in the car. I’ve bought a couple of the character tonies too which he loves.
This was a great gift for my nephew for his 3rd birthday. Got the whole family to record stories and send them to me. Then I uploaded them and sent it to him so he could hear his Mam’s side of the family, who he doesn’t get to see very often. Have maintained access to the character (online account) so I can upload more stories from afar when I want to. He was thrilled to hear everyone.
My daughter loves this box. There are so many tonies that you can purchase for this and they are great you can even upload your own audio books to the creative tonie. My daughter has this on the go all the time. I haven’t found out how long the battery life is on a full charge as it hasn’t run out and is on the charger at nights.
My two grandaughters, ages 6 and 2, love this. They got loads of Christmas presents but apparently this was the winner. I purchased it for the two year old but the older one likes it just as much. The downside is that my daughter and son-in-law get woken up far too early in the morning by a story or song being played full volume! I do think some of the stories are expensive for the running length and there needs to be a much wider choice. There are some great childrens authors out there that need to be made available (less Disneyand fairytales). I have been looking for a new story for the little one’s 3rd birthday but found only one that I really thought she would like. However, this is easier to use for little children than a cd player.
I am able to read a story and send it to the device. Any book can be read or message sent with the app.For Grandparents who are living away or isolated this is a great way to be involved in your little persons life
In my family there are 3 and soon four tonieboxes and many many tonies. I read stories for my seven grandchildren, put the recordings on the figures and the only concert is, that they like it too much and listen all day It works very well, reliably, and practically. Great fun for everyone, especially if living wide apart.
We bought this for.one of our grandkids and were so impressed we bought another for others. Amazong that we can read a story at our house for them and then they can upload to their Tonie. Its just fabulous!!!
Grandson loved it, but his attention to it was quite short lived.
Supposed to get the child away from “screens”, it may be too late for the over two’s who are now screen orientated?
Best advice would be to never introduce your child to “screen” devices. Get this first !
But easy to use, great idea. Especially if you don’t have time to read to your child in the first place?
This story cube is brilliant. Nice soft fabric around the cube just incase of any knocks, a good size, brilliant features regarding downloading and the app just too much to mention. The figures are magnetic so no worries of them falling off the top. Very clever volume controls so your child can do it themselves. Fantastically clear sound, it’s also mains powered which is good, so many different stores to choose from. So worth the money, my granddaughter couldn’t wait to go to bed to listen to the stories and she’s only 3. If your thinking about it but it.
Our 3 year old son LOVES his Tonies box. After his bed time story he gets to pick which Tonie he wants to fall asleep to (usually Pinocchio, Peter Rabbit or Fireman Sam). The battery is fab and really lasts, durability we haven’t had too much experience with as it usually lives on his book shelf, but it is made very well. All in all a life saver.
Bought as a birthday present for my 3 year old son. Along with the Peppa Pig character he loves it. The character that comes with it can also be customised with your own story book, songs etc. Sound quality is really good and the tactile controls didn’t take long for him to learn.
This is a great product.
Bought this for a 4th birthday present and it’s absolutely brilliant. Sound quality and battery life don’t disappoint, and the variety of Tonie’s available to buy is fantastic. Love that it’s screen and wifi free meaning it can be taken anywhere.
One of the best purchase for my 1.5 old toddler. She loves it sooooo much. In morning she runs to put the music before anything else. During the day she puts a story to listen. We have it for a few weeks already, and she is not bored yet, even if we have just 4 of toniest.
I would say only only minus, how expensive tonies are. But in the same time, they are business and they created something really emazing for kids.
This is a excellent product… But didn’t read that the character was blank that came with it.. Have now purchased extra characters.. Great sound and very robus
Love love love our tonie boxes! This is the 2nd one we’ve got- one in each of our daughters bedroom. So easy to use and the children love choosing a character at bedtime to decide what stories to listen to.
I love this it’s great my blind autistic son loves Julia Donaldson story’s and with this he can pick and listen to which one he wants to listen to HE NEEDS MORE JULIA DONALDSON TONIES LOL MAKE MORE (super worm,Tiddlers late) are two of his favourites but unfortunately they don’t have them x he loves gruffalo which he has n also room on the broom x worth every penny X
It’s basically a sturdy material enclosed speaker that you put characters on that play music, songs, games and audio stories. Needs internet access. Easy for my son to use. Has ‘little ears’ that turns it on and turns sound up/ down. Seems to have a good battery life once charged as it can be carried around the house.
My daughter loves this. A great way to help her settle at night. Love the fact there is no screen to take her attention. Easy to use. Great idea to give you a blank tonie so family can record stories from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and download it in seconds. Please note that some of the song tonies are covers and not by the original artist, unless one of the Disney tonies. In general just a great gift for your toddler.
Bought this for my youngest granddaughter for Christmas and it has gone down a storm with all four granddaughters! Hasn’t really helped the youngest to stay in her own bed all night or go to bed any better but my daughters says it is fantastic
Got this for my 4 year old for Christmas she absolutely loves it and listens to her fairy tales every night before bed it’s easy to use for her and the battery life is great also great that it also works in the car too for future long journeys we have not yet done our own audio but it’s great that you can do this one idea we came up with was recording the timetables for her older brothers especially at this present time with no school
This is genius. And I mean genius. Both my kids (5 & 2) absolutely love it. It’s made bedtime so much easier. I can’t praise this enough. Ok the characters at 15 quid each are a little expensive. That would be the only downside.
So far I have mixed feelings regarding the toniebox. I wish there was a way to skip tracks without hitting the sides as we seem to have to really whack it, often causing the tonie character to fall off the top. This seems to be worse with the creative Tonie. The top of the box is already marked up from the tonies falling off, considering we only opened it 20 minutes ago, this is very disappointing. I can’t fault the sound quality of the speakers and it seems well made/durable. As others have said, the set up can take some time so best to do it before giving it to your child but it’s not particularly difficult. So far our children love it and it keeps them off screens. Time will tell as to whether it holds their interest long term.
Bought one for each if my granddaughters (4yrs), who are both very exciteable. They both love the stories and haven’t put it down since they received it, meaning they have kept still and chilled for the first time! It is keeping them amused for hours. Simple to use and a good thing just learnt from excellent customer service, is that the first time a character is played the stories etc are stored within the box, so connection to the Internet is no longer required. I thought it had to be connected all the time! This enables the Tonie to be used on the move. Excellent and well worth the money. Should keep them amused for hours. More characters need purchasing now!
It is a gift for Christmas but I’ve been setting it up to test things out. Had a bit trouble during initial setup up but the support codes were useful. The only real issue has been quality control on the tonie itself. The paint on the ears was flaking off and poses an issue because we also have an infant who mouths objects.
UPDATE: I contacted Tonies customer care about the paint and they sent us a new greenie! Very much appreciated. The Toniebox is still going even after much toddler abuse. Extremely well made.
My son has been a nightmare to get to sleep on his own, but now we have something that works! He loves listening to pre-recorded stories read by myself on the creative Tonie. He can also control it completely on his own and loves putting the different figures on. He’s asking for them for Christmas this year! Highly recommended.
My little one loves talking books when playing, this allows her to pick what she listens to ( the creative tonies allow up to 90mins of your own stuff) this is cool, we have added music as well as story’s not on these yet.
My kids love this. We bought it for our daughters birthday and are getting my son one for Christmas because he loves hers so much. Can’t wait to get a few more tonies. So easy to use. My son is 2 and he knows how to put it on.
I bought this for my nursery class and it is money well spent. I actually prefer the Creative Tonie to the character ones, as I can download whatever I need. The children love listening to songs, stories and hearing their names mentioned by it. A great product.
Bought for my granddaughter who is 3, she absolutely loves it and really good as her brother recorded one of her favourite stories on it and she can listen to him anytime.
This Is the second tonie box I have purchased for nieces and nephews. The first one was purchased over a year ago and it’s a toy my niece always goes back to. I am hoping this one will also provide the same entertainment. Love the fact that little ones can use this completely on their own and select which story/music they want to listen to without being glued to a screen and being interuppted by annoying ads! Very sturdy and well made for clumsy fingers.
Very happy to receive this. The instructions included make it very easy to set up. The creative Tonie itself has lots of storage space, 90 minutes, so we can record many stories for her, and have convinced lots of family members to do also. My daughter will love it!
It wasn’t possible, apparently, to charge and set up this so that my 4-year-old Grandson could use it immediately because of the setup being “once only” and he doesn’t live with me.
I am probably wrong, but I didn’t want him to only be able to use it with MY wi-fi.
Also, they had difficulty setting up a Gruffalo Tonie.
I brought this for my grandsons 4th birthday, he can’t sleep in a quiet room so wasn’t staying in his bed through the night. From the first night this was playing in his room he slept through and has done every night since his favourite book is an educational one on dinosaurs and he also has two empty tonies characters for his parents and his sister to record stories on for him to listen too. Would definitely recommend, the box and the characters are very sturdy and easy for little hands to use.
I love the idea of the tony box but creative tony is extremely difficult to figure out how to download and synchronise. I actually ended up giving up. Now that I have the box we were given another tony that was uploaded already with some music. So we only use that. It is nice but actually the reason I bought this was to enable me upload stories in my own language which seems like an impossible task.
Love our Tonie Box! It is so good! My children both have one! I couldn’t resist buying a second one after my son had his for his birthday! Lots of different titles, easy to use. My 2 year old can control all of the buttons and use it independently!
A very clever concept for children. My two sons who are 3 and 1 love it, they both know how to put the tonies on to hear the audio. We have also got my Dad reading them stories that are then uploaded to the creative tonie you get in the box.
Seems really robust and something I believe my children will play with for years to come.
Customer service was also good and they helped with a few queries I had before we purchased it.
One small gripe is the setup initially can be fidly. Took us around 30 minuites to get it connected to our WiFi. Never had issues like this before.
I was undecided on this due to the price but in the end I decided to go for it.
The toniebox is very nice looking although slightly heavier that I anticipated its still easy for my 2 year old to carry about
Set up was fairly straightforward but it did take me 3 attempts, we got 2 creatives and 1 story.
Adding content to the creatives was pretty simple and quick
It’s easy to use, my 2 year old has sussed it out fairly quickly and is able to skip the track/story although this is slightly more difficult for her
Overall I am glad I got it, we uploaded my daughters favourite YouTube songs and I feel good knowing she can enjoy these without having the TV or tablet on
We have got family members to record stories for her which is great given the current lockdow
Bought this back in December for my Grandson who is blind, he loves it! But the volume ears have broken. I would like to return for repair or replacement.
An expensive product and have to buy extras , but give our four year old granddaughter lots of happiness.
We enjoy reading her a story, particularly during this time of no contact. She enjoys listening to her story plus our personal messages.
This has been an amazing purchase for my 4 year old daughter. She listens to it constantly – we’ve got one tonie for music and one for stories and she’ll happily sit and listen to either for ages. Sound quality is great. I would say headphones are a must though! Be warned you need songs/stories downloaded onto your phone/computer to put onto the toniebox which we hadn’t really thought through. So worth thinking about where you’ll get your music and stories from before you decide to purchase. Great little app which you download to add and edit what you have on each tonie. Holds its charge for absolutely ages, and fully portable.
The Toni is very well designed and of very high quality. The only issue is trying to download on to the creative Toni, especially from an Iphone, where the instructions could be a little more detailed rather than relying on bogs or customer frequently asked questions.
I saw one if these at a friend’s house and thought my daughter would love it for her birthday. I set it up in advance and put it back in the box. I’m really glad I set it up alone, with no distractions from kids/husband/pets! It was tricky, but not really that difficult to set up, and there’s a very helpful video from Sven on YouTube. I got it 3rd try: first I got code hedgehog (!), second just endless blue pulsing light, 3rd time lucky!
Remember to set up the cloud registration when prompted (i thought I could go to it later, wrong!) What you’re aiming for is a static green light
I even put some things on the creative Tonie which came with the box. There is a free story and song to download to your device and then upload via the Cloud to your tonie. To record your voice etc, you need the app (free).
I think this is great, I love that it has no screen and is so child friendly.
It didn’t get 5 stars because I had to choose between lime green and grey…my daughter I’m sure would have chosen pink, red or purple!
I also couldn’t ‘rewind’ to the start of a story without tilting the box repeatedly which was a bit tedious.
Otherwise, really impressed!
Its seems quite expensive but was honestly worth it. I’m not keen on my children using technology but this is great, th kids love being able to control which songs are playing or which story to have. My boys are 2 and 3 and understood it really quickly. Perfect for when I want to have some calm time but don’t want to put the tv on.
Where do I start, this tonies box is a fantastic idea and a brilliant product!! Available in a variety of different colours and do many stories you can buy for it. I love that it comes with a little tonie to start with that you can record your own story on. Clear sound, easy to set up just have to download an app on your phone which is quick and easy to use, and off you go it ready for your little ones to listen to. Highly recommended this product.
Bought this for my 3 year olds birthday slightly hesitantly as I felt he might find it boring (he’s quite active). However he does love books and music so I was sure there would be some value in it.
He loves it. I’m not sure whether he will in 6 months time but right now he plays with it most days. He prefers the songs and isn’t too interested in the books read over it (though that may come).
I like the design (squashy, droppable etc) but I find it really frustrating that there is no possibility of scooting through songs or back to a song that he likes. You basically need to listen to the whole recorded matter (so 15 songs) with no ability to miss one out. So when he asks to play something again you can’t. I personally find that frustrating (and so does he)…
Would I buy it again? Yes. He enjoys putting the little figures on top. But I would have given it 5 stars if there was more control in what he could listen to. Currently the only control you have is volume.
Father Christmas bought us this because daddy works away a lot and our son loves bedtime stories and we’ve had it almost a fortnight now. Overall we’re really pleased with our Toniebox. We have played The Little Red Riding Hood tonie with 5 fairy tales, the Gruffalo tonie, and the creative tonie on it. We generally read to our son his 2 bedtime stories as usual and then leave him to listen to the Toniebox as he falls asleep and it’s stopped him getting out of bed for random reasons.
Positives, it’s a lovely item, because it’s so basic there’s no temptation for little one to get out of bed and mess about with it, the characters are cute and it’s easy for our toddler to use. Both us parents easily downloaded the app and found it really simple to add content for the creative Tonie and the content was there pretty much instantly.
Negatives, I think some of the tonies are quite pricey, for example, the gruffalo is one story, but Favourite Tales is 5 so is better value… It was also tricky to set up and took a few goes but nothing major enough to drop to a 4 star rating. Its fab.
Fell in love with this little box…. If you haven’t got one I would get one for your little ones… Won’t break and easy to understand and download what you need
The toniebox gives our young children easy, safe and independent access to audio stories and music. The kids take the box with them around the house while they play. It is incredibly simple for the little ones to operate by themselves, and it has been equally easy for us to set up for the first time, and subsequently to upload our own audio content to the creative tonie both via the website and the app. We enjoy having a mix of tonies that already have stories on them, and some on which we can keep changing the content. The box also feels very sturdy.
What a fantastic product! We bought this as a gift for our 3 year old. He absolutely loves it and he takes his tonie box everywhere he goes. Listening to so many stories has really helped his language development. The box is also a huge success with our 6 and 8 year olds.
Hard to set up to wifi but once we got it sorted between 3 of us the tonies worked and the volume was good. Love the idea that it’s easy for kids to pick and choose what they listen to without having to ask for help. Bought for a gift for my daughter who turns 4 on Saturday I think she will love i
The only negative thing that I would say is that the ‘creative Tonie’ character that comes with the kit, really is not very useful. Other than being able to record yourself reading stories for your child onto it, it isn’t possible to upload stories from audible, Spotify, amazon music etc on it. This should be more clear when you purchase it. I spent hours trying to figure out how to get content on there, before giving up entirely and just buying the pre-recorded tonies separately. We have three different characters and my daughter loves them. It’s really easy for small children to use once set up.
What an absolute gem. Bought for granddaughter, but it’s honestly a parents gift. Fantastic interactive device: no screen involved, so no unwanted internet content, our girlie listens to her favourite stories(frozen!) narrated by family members via creative Tonies. She has her own tunes & listens to other stories too. Bedtime has never been so easy. She brings it to our house whenever she visits. The Toniebox is a gift that just keeps on giving…..
What a fab toy! My kids are a bit older than the age this is targeted at, but having seen a toniebox at work, I knew they would love it too. We only have the creative Tonie so far, and when my 6 year old isn’t playing small world games with it, my 9 year old likes to record stories and songs for her to listen to. I would love to see some tonies for older kids (Mr Gum! Or the Claude books by Alex T. Smith!), as I feel the price point for short story books is a bit higher than I am willing to pay, but for a longer story they would be awesome! Love it though, and thoroughly recommend it 🙂
This is the best gift I’ve ever given. My grandson adores it. It’s so easy to use and he loves recording onto the creative tonies
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I bought this product for my granddaughter’s birthday (3). She absolutely loved it from the start and picked up the controls very quickly. I added a Peppa Pig story character and a song character to get her started as I wanted her parents to be able to use the creative with her. She spent the end of her birthday afternoon lying on the floor, eyes closed, listening to the stories and using her imagination. Perfect!
It’s great for use in the car or getting a child to relax when going to bed/sleep.
The battery is supposed to last for seven hours but we have not had it in use long enough to test it out yet. It takes 3 hours to fully charge but I couldn’t see how to tell when it is fully charged.
The sound is good but not too loud or bass-y. We wouldn’t want it to get too loud both for the child’s safety and parents’ comfort!
If you don’t have one , get one! Great for all ages
My 3 and half year old loves her Tonie. It’s a good quality item but the individual storybook characters are quite pricy – so can get expensive quickly. some can also be hard to get hold of.
great buy and would buy 10 times over again.
My 4 year old loves it and falls asleep to i
Our little girl loves this, We use it as a music box more than for the story aspect. Love that each character comes with content but has room to add your own using the app, we add on all her favourite songs, so she can swap to the characters she wants. If you get a new character simply put it on the box wait for it to sync and it pulls the character through to the app. So easy to set up and use. Very child friendly. Charges up quickly and has good battery life. Can be used on charge or portably.
Really like the simplicity of this product. Place the character and hear the story. Sound quality and battery life seem really good but time will tell. Expensive for what it is but granddaughter happy so I am to
Kidproof!! Seriously it really is, it’s the type of toy a child will never tire of, the starter pack ( my purchase) blown away with it!! Thank you Tonies xx
Bought for my daughter for xmas and she loves it
has it on most nite to get her to sleep
My daughter loves this box. There are so many tonies that you can purchase for this and they are great you can even upload your own audio books to the creative tonie. My daughter has this on the go all the time. I haven’t found out how long the battery life is on a full charge as it hasn’t run out and is on the charger at nights.
My two grandaughters, ages 6 and 2, love this. They got loads of Christmas presents but apparently this was the winner. I purchased it for the two year old but the older one likes it just as much. The downside is that my daughter and son-in-law get woken up far too early in the morning by a story or song being played full volume! I do think some of the stories are expensive for the running length and there needs to be a much wider choice. There are some great childrens authors out there that need to be made available (less Disneyand fairytales). I have been looking for a new story for the little one’s 3rd birthday but found only one that I really thought she would like. However, this is easier to use for little children than a cd player.
Granddaughters Xmas present she loves it so easy to use
I am able to read a story and send it to the device. Any book can be read or message sent with the app.For Grandparents who are living away or isolated this is a great way to be involved in your little persons life
In my family there are 3 and soon four tonieboxes and many many tonies. I read stories for my seven grandchildren, put the recordings on the figures and the only concert is, that they like it too much and listen all day It works very well, reliably, and practically. Great fun for everyone, especially if living wide apart.
We bought this for.one of our grandkids and were so impressed we bought another for others. Amazong that we can read a story at our house for them and then they can upload to their Tonie. Its just fabulous!!!
Grandson loved it, but his attention to it was quite short lived.
Supposed to get the child away from “screens”, it may be too late for the over two’s who are now screen orientated?
Best advice would be to never introduce your child to “screen” devices. Get this first !
But easy to use, great idea. Especially if you don’t have time to read to your child in the first place?
Product really easy to use and so quick to set up too. Just find the figures are really expensive for only 15 mins each of content.
This story cube is brilliant. Nice soft fabric around the cube just incase of any knocks, a good size, brilliant features regarding downloading and the app just too much to mention. The figures are magnetic so no worries of them falling off the top. Very clever volume controls so your child can do it themselves. Fantastically clear sound, it’s also mains powered which is good, so many different stores to choose from. So worth the money, my granddaughter couldn’t wait to go to bed to listen to the stories and she’s only 3. If your thinking about it but it.
My son absolutely loves his Toniebox! Every night at bed time he puts one of his characters on and listens to a story.
I have not opened the package as it is for my granddaughter but looks like fu
Our 3 year old son LOVES his Tonies box. After his bed time story he gets to pick which Tonie he wants to fall asleep to (usually Pinocchio, Peter Rabbit or Fireman Sam). The battery is fab and really lasts, durability we haven’t had too much experience with as it usually lives on his book shelf, but it is made very well. All in all a life saver.
Looks really good and I’m sure grandson will live it.
Purchased for grandson’s birthday. Sound quality is very good and clear. He loves i
Bought as a birthday present for my 3 year old son. Along with the Peppa Pig character he loves it. The character that comes with it can also be customised with your own story book, songs etc. Sound quality is really good and the tactile controls didn’t take long for him to learn.
This is a great product.
Bought this for a 4th birthday present and it’s absolutely brilliant. Sound quality and battery life don’t disappoint, and the variety of Tonie’s available to buy is fantastic. Love that it’s screen and wifi free meaning it can be taken anywhere.
One of the best purchase for my 1.5 old toddler. She loves it sooooo much. In morning she runs to put the music before anything else. During the day she puts a story to listen. We have it for a few weeks already, and she is not bored yet, even if we have just 4 of toniest.
I would say only only minus, how expensive tonies are. But in the same time, they are business and they created something really emazing for kids.
This is a excellent product… But didn’t read that the character was blank that came with it.. Have now purchased extra characters.. Great sound and very robus
Love love love our tonie boxes! This is the 2nd one we’ve got- one in each of our daughters bedroom. So easy to use and the children love choosing a character at bedtime to decide what stories to listen to.
I love this it’s great my blind autistic son loves Julia Donaldson story’s and with this he can pick and listen to which one he wants to listen to HE NEEDS MORE JULIA DONALDSON TONIES LOL MAKE MORE (super worm,Tiddlers late) are two of his favourites but unfortunately they don’t have them x he loves gruffalo which he has n also room on the broom x worth every penny X
It’s basically a sturdy material enclosed speaker that you put characters on that play music, songs, games and audio stories. Needs internet access. Easy for my son to use. Has ‘little ears’ that turns it on and turns sound up/ down. Seems to have a good battery life once charged as it can be carried around the house.
My daughter loves this. A great way to help her settle at night. Love the fact there is no screen to take her attention. Easy to use. Great idea to give you a blank tonie so family can record stories from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and download it in seconds. Please note that some of the song tonies are covers and not by the original artist, unless one of the Disney tonies. In general just a great gift for your toddler.
Bought this for my youngest granddaughter for Christmas and it has gone down a storm with all four granddaughters! Hasn’t really helped the youngest to stay in her own bed all night or go to bed any better but my daughters says it is fantastic
Got this for my 4 year old for Christmas she absolutely loves it and listens to her fairy tales every night before bed it’s easy to use for her and the battery life is great also great that it also works in the car too for future long journeys we have not yet done our own audio but it’s great that you can do this one idea we came up with was recording the timetables for her older brothers especially at this present time with no school
This is genius. And I mean genius. Both my kids (5 & 2) absolutely love it. It’s made bedtime so much easier. I can’t praise this enough. Ok the characters at 15 quid each are a little expensive. That would be the only downside.
So far I have mixed feelings regarding the toniebox. I wish there was a way to skip tracks without hitting the sides as we seem to have to really whack it, often causing the tonie character to fall off the top. This seems to be worse with the creative Tonie. The top of the box is already marked up from the tonies falling off, considering we only opened it 20 minutes ago, this is very disappointing. I can’t fault the sound quality of the speakers and it seems well made/durable. As others have said, the set up can take some time so best to do it before giving it to your child but it’s not particularly difficult. So far our children love it and it keeps them off screens. Time will tell as to whether it holds their interest long term.
It is a gift for Christmas but I’ve been setting it up to test things out. Had a bit trouble during initial setup up but the support codes were useful. The only real issue has been quality control on the tonie itself. The paint on the ears was flaking off and poses an issue because we also have an infant who mouths objects.
UPDATE: I contacted Tonies customer care about the paint and they sent us a new greenie! Very much appreciated. The Toniebox is still going even after much toddler abuse. Extremely well made.
My son has been a nightmare to get to sleep on his own, but now we have something that works! He loves listening to pre-recorded stories read by myself on the creative Tonie. He can also control it completely on his own and loves putting the different figures on. He’s asking for them for Christmas this year! Highly recommended.
This little thing is amazing.
My little one loves talking books when playing, this allows her to pick what she listens to ( the creative tonies allow up to 90mins of your own stuff) this is cool, we have added music as well as story’s not on these yet.
Well worth it.
My kids love this. We bought it for our daughters birthday and are getting my son one for Christmas because he loves hers so much. Can’t wait to get a few more tonies. So easy to use. My son is 2 and he knows how to put it on.
Bought for my granddaughter who is 3, she absolutely loves it and really good as her brother recorded one of her favourite stories on it and she can listen to him anytime.
This Is the second tonie box I have purchased for nieces and nephews. The first one was purchased over a year ago and it’s a toy my niece always goes back to. I am hoping this one will also provide the same entertainment. Love the fact that little ones can use this completely on their own and select which story/music they want to listen to without being glued to a screen and being interuppted by annoying ads! Very sturdy and well made for clumsy fingers.
Very happy to receive this. The instructions included make it very easy to set up. The creative Tonie itself has lots of storage space, 90 minutes, so we can record many stories for her, and have convinced lots of family members to do also. My daughter will love it!
I am probably wrong, but I didn’t want him to only be able to use it with MY wi-fi.
Also, they had difficulty setting up a Gruffalo Tonie.
I brought this for my grandsons 4th birthday, he can’t sleep in a quiet room so wasn’t staying in his bed through the night. From the first night this was playing in his room he slept through and has done every night since his favourite book is an educational one on dinosaurs and he also has two empty tonies characters for his parents and his sister to record stories on for him to listen too. Would definitely recommend, the box and the characters are very sturdy and easy for little hands to use.
Love our Tonie Box! It is so good! My children both have one! I couldn’t resist buying a second one after my son had his for his birthday! Lots of different titles, easy to use. My 2 year old can control all of the buttons and use it independently!
A very clever concept for children. My two sons who are 3 and 1 love it, they both know how to put the tonies on to hear the audio. We have also got my Dad reading them stories that are then uploaded to the creative tonie you get in the box.
Seems really robust and something I believe my children will play with for years to come.
Customer service was also good and they helped with a few queries I had before we purchased it.
One small gripe is the setup initially can be fidly. Took us around 30 minuites to get it connected to our WiFi. Never had issues like this before.
I was undecided on this due to the price but in the end I decided to go for it.
The toniebox is very nice looking although slightly heavier that I anticipated its still easy for my 2 year old to carry about
Set up was fairly straightforward but it did take me 3 attempts, we got 2 creatives and 1 story.
Adding content to the creatives was pretty simple and quick
It’s easy to use, my 2 year old has sussed it out fairly quickly and is able to skip the track/story although this is slightly more difficult for her
Overall I am glad I got it, we uploaded my daughters favourite YouTube songs and I feel good knowing she can enjoy these without having the TV or tablet on
We have got family members to record stories for her which is great given the current lockdow
An expensive product and have to buy extras , but give our four year old granddaughter lots of happiness.
We enjoy reading her a story, particularly during this time of no contact. She enjoys listening to her story plus our personal messages.
The Toni is very well designed and of very high quality. The only issue is trying to download on to the creative Toni, especially from an Iphone, where the instructions could be a little more detailed rather than relying on bogs or customer frequently asked questions.
Remember to set up the cloud registration when prompted (i thought I could go to it later, wrong!) What you’re aiming for is a static green light
I even put some things on the creative Tonie which came with the box. There is a free story and song to download to your device and then upload via the Cloud to your tonie. To record your voice etc, you need the app (free).
I think this is great, I love that it has no screen and is so child friendly.
It didn’t get 5 stars because I had to choose between lime green and grey…my daughter I’m sure would have chosen pink, red or purple!
I also couldn’t ‘rewind’ to the start of a story without tilting the box repeatedly which was a bit tedious.
Otherwise, really impressed!
Where do I start, this tonies box is a fantastic idea and a brilliant product!! Available in a variety of different colours and do many stories you can buy for it. I love that it comes with a little tonie to start with that you can record your own story on. Clear sound, easy to set up just have to download an app on your phone which is quick and easy to use, and off you go it ready for your little ones to listen to. Highly recommended this product.
He loves it. I’m not sure whether he will in 6 months time but right now he plays with it most days. He prefers the songs and isn’t too interested in the books read over it (though that may come).
I like the design (squashy, droppable etc) but I find it really frustrating that there is no possibility of scooting through songs or back to a song that he likes. You basically need to listen to the whole recorded matter (so 15 songs) with no ability to miss one out. So when he asks to play something again you can’t. I personally find that frustrating (and so does he)…
Would I buy it again? Yes. He enjoys putting the little figures on top. But I would have given it 5 stars if there was more control in what he could listen to. Currently the only control you have is volume.
Positives, it’s a lovely item, because it’s so basic there’s no temptation for little one to get out of bed and mess about with it, the characters are cute and it’s easy for our toddler to use. Both us parents easily downloaded the app and found it really simple to add content for the creative Tonie and the content was there pretty much instantly.
Negatives, I think some of the tonies are quite pricey, for example, the gruffalo is one story, but Favourite Tales is 5 so is better value… It was also tricky to set up and took a few goes but nothing major enough to drop to a 4 star rating. Its fab.
The toniebox gives our young children easy, safe and independent access to audio stories and music. The kids take the box with them around the house while they play. It is incredibly simple for the little ones to operate by themselves, and it has been equally easy for us to set up for the first time, and subsequently to upload our own audio content to the creative tonie both via the website and the app. We enjoy having a mix of tonies that already have stories on them, and some on which we can keep changing the content. The box also feels very sturdy.