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| WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. | | CHOKING HAZARD -- Toy contains a small ball. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 8.25 inches | | Product Width: | 5.5 inches | | Product Height: | 3.25 inches | | Package Length: | 8.7 inches | | Package Width: | 6.6 inches | | Package Height: | 2.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 18 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 18 customer reviews )
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25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Got Wind? Jul 21, 2008
By J. Eyres
"jeyres"
I bought this the other day after seeing in at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center at Rodeo Beach near SF. The kit is relatively easy to build. The motor case cracked a tiny bit when we inserted the motor into the housing. It looks cool. The biggest problem is that you need a good bit of wind to make the thing spin. We found you could flick the propeller to start it, but it needed a stiff breeze to keep it going. Also, you need to put some ballast in your soda can or it will fall over. We filled ours with water and froze it for a more solid base. Cute toy, but we probably won't buy another. Next, we'll try mounting it on a long pole to get more elevation, and hopefully more wind.
18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Don't Follow the Directions Apr 19, 2009
By Nancy Drew
The directions tell you to add water to a bottle for stability, but it doesn't work very well if it is truly windy outside. And, you need a lot of wind to get the thing going. Our bottle tipped over almost immediately and got the LED light wet-apparently ruining it--so we never got to see the windmill light it up. Filling the bottle with sand or dirt would have been a better suggestion. By following the directions I wasted 13 dollars!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Great learning toy Apr 28, 2011
By Linda M. McIntire
I bought this kit as a demonstration for our science unit on renewable/nonrenewable energy. I put it together at school in about twenty minutes, including having to take the unit apart because I put it together wrong. (Totally my fault.) The kit was made of high quality materials. The instructions were adequate. When the kit was put together, it could be demonstrated for the class merely by spinning by hand, or by using a fan. It worked outside during the onset of a rainstorm. I did not set it down as the base (empty soda bottle) is too light to withstand the wind. I would suggest filling the base with sand for stability if you wanted to set it down. I would buy other kits from this company.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
windmill electricity generator Aug 16, 2008
By Mom on the move
as my excited 8 year old son received this, windmill, windturbines are his collections, we read the instuctions and quickly put it together. it worked well in a darkened room. when i took the generator off the pop bottle top that it was barely able to be secured on due to the plastic and screws combination, the top that fastened to the bottle broke into pieces. i do not know if it is brittle from the type of plastic or poor design, but i now have a very expensive broken toy that i have had a great education of checking into something further for money back guarentee's on. not happy with this product.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
educational fun Jul 22, 2008
By Rose
A great educational toy for future scientists and anyone interested in alternative energy resources. My 10 year old son put this together without any help. It works great and is a good value at $16.
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