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This is a good toy but it is very expensive for what it does. We have had trouble getting it to connect to Bluetooth from the laptop and the mobile app seems to be outdated and wont work any more. It was fun to build but hasn't been picked up again since the first play so a bit of a waste of money

The robot looks fantastic but bluetooth connectivity does not work. Set of six AA batteries lasted 3 minutes. Having to investigate Bluetooth dongles and compatible rechargeable battery packs and charger just to get off the start line. An additional expense and inconvenience. Haven’t had opportunity to get into the programming / project stage.

I purchased Makeblock mBot Ranger for my 10 year old son's birthday and initially we were impressed with the build quality and the party tricks it did. Problems occurred a few weeks later when a software update was required for my son to be able progress. This was done, but when tried to use it, it would not operate as was programmed, the mbot was again connected to the computer and the message 'update software' appeared again. Despite numerous attempts at trying to overcome this the problem persisted. I sent a message to the online support, where it a took over a week to for them to respond. When they did we followed the instructions which did not resolve the problem.Since then I have sent two other messages to the online support, the last one over a month ago and so far have not received a reply.I purchased mbot as I wanted something more than just a toy for educational purposes and took on board the glowing reviews had read. Unfortunately it is turned out to be an expensive mistake.

We bought this for our son's bday, he's incredibly disappointed.After building, wiring and setting up the app the motors appeared too weak to turn the tracks (although it would move slowly with the tracks off, nothing like the promotional video ... Big surprise there!). Assumed this was due to the batteries (new Duracell) so bought rechargeable ones as per the instructions, to find no difference at all.Now Bluetooth can't connect so it's going back.The build quality does look impressive, so disappointing that it just doesn't work.

The product looks really good quality, but connection and programming is a nightmare. It won't even do one of its own in built functions, and there is no help anywhere.Thinking of returning if no joy with my next project.

My 7-year old received this as a XMAS present. It is sturdy and built out of metal components, which is a very good thing and it makes it look impressive. But that's about it!After a series of exchanges with the (very slow) makeblock support and countless hours spent, we did not manage to make the software work and connect the robot to any application, although we are both working in IT. The reply from the support was that it is a hardware problem. By looking around for solutions, we also discovered we are not the only ones....At this price, such complete failures should not happen and, if they happen, the support should be much faster than what we got or there should be an alternative solution available somehow. As it is now, this robot goes back, unfortunately :(

My 14yr old loves it, well built and good fun