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Aqua doodle or off brand aqua mat?

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Ancfib · 08/09/2022 06:07

I am thinking of getting one for my 2 year old for her birthday right before Christmas, I was also thinking of getting one for my friends 2 year old for Christmas.

The one on agros is Chad valley and it's only £9! Which is amazing. I have been looking at the Aquadoodle Peppa pig one on Amazon for £23! Which is a huge price difference and I'm obviously looking so save where I can! Hence the reason I'm spreading to cost now! Haha

Does anyone have either? I'm worried that my daughter's will wreck the cheaper one instantly. They tend to be a bit heavy handed..

Is it worth the extra?

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Pompom2367 · 08/09/2022 06:11

Following as thinking about getting the same for dd

justasmalltownmum · 08/09/2022 06:20

My first had a crayons branded one.
My second had a generic Minnie Mouse one. Both were fine and didn't have much difference.

mummyh2016 · 08/09/2022 06:21

I've had a branded one and a cheap one off groupon and there was no difference in the quality,

rooella · 08/09/2022 06:30

I found the branded one better than the one I got from lidl.

wibblewobbleball · 08/09/2022 06:41

Get the £9 one

girlmom21 · 08/09/2022 06:54

Get the cheap one. We got the branded one and it ended up water stained and then eventually covered in crayon anyway Grin
A 2 year old won't know or care!

mrsed1987 · 08/09/2022 06:56

We have a cheap one from amazon and it's fine

NannyR · 08/09/2022 06:59

We've got a cheap one at work, it works exactly the same way as the aquadoodle one and it's actually bigger. I'd definitely go for the cheap one.

Lindy2 · 08/09/2022 07:15

Check the sizes. If they're the same size or similar go for the cheaper one.

I used to be a childminder do we had several. The only one that wasn't great was because I didn't check the size and it was about half the size of the others still fine to play with though, but with aqua mats I found bigger was better.

They all end up a bit stained eventually but do usually survive a washing machine wash even though the instructions say not to.

Dinoteeth · 08/09/2022 07:19

One thing to watch for is the pens, some of the cheaper ones are age 3+ rather than passing the higher safety standards of under 3 toys.

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Ancfib · 08/09/2022 13:37

Amazing thanks for all the advice, I'll look into the sizing and check that its age appropriate! :) But I am definitely getting the cheap one now I think !

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