Vtech smart watch - what age?

[Potentialpoochowner]

DD has mfntuoned thus in her Christmas list. She will have just turned 7 at Christmas - will it be too young for her? I see the recommended age is 4 and above. Any real life experiences much appreciated - thank you!

[Potentialpoochowner]

mfntuoned thus?? MENTIONED THIS!

Ruddy autocorrect!

[SuePerkins]

My son has asked his grandparents for it for Xmas, he will be 6.5. Personally I think it's too young for him, but he's not stopped asking for it since he wanted it for his bday in June and I vetoed it then! He is quite young for his age in terms of tech etc though so perhaps it will be ok - we share a family tablet that he is allowed to use under supervision, we don't do consoles or gaming etc.

[SatsukiKusakabe]

My son is 5 and a half and we've got this for him. He saw it on tv, I thought no way, but then I saw it in toysrus for under 25 quid and thought I'd treat him. I haven't opened it or seen what it can do, but I thought he'd enjoy messing around taking photos and there is a capacity to download games.

As sueperkins says, he has access to a shared family tablet and that's it. He'd like a ds but I'm holding off on it for a while and thought this might be a good interim thing.

It'll knock his socks off to get it as it's the kind of thing he is used to me saying no to. I know the other things we've got him will be better play value in the long run but this is the one I'm really looking forward to giving him

[Potentialpoochowner]

Thanks for your replies - I think I've come to the conclusion that it's going to be of limited benefit to her because if her age and the fact that she is already used to a ds/iPad. There doesn't seem to be anything in the smart watch age range for the 7-12s (unless I'm missing something).

[SatsukiKusakabe]

The Kurio here says 6 plus and some of the reviews are for older children. Might be worth a look.

[Potentialpoochowner]

Thanks - I'll take a look at it