VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker

I was a little skeptical to buy this because of all the negative reviews this product had about not being durable and the electronics not working properly. In fact, I was so skeptical that I didn't buy it at first. A few days later, still a little sad that I couldn't find anything else, a friend of mine posted a video of her kiddos (she has twins) playing with the same toy I wasn't buying!! She told me that she loved it, her babies loved it and that it was a durable as it could be so I ordered it. It was extremely easy to put together AND the toy came with its own batteries which I thought was absolutely amazing since nothing ever comes with batteries anymore. The electronics worked great until about 2 months later. It started doing all the crazy things that people were talking about. Luckily I remembered that the batteries were originally provided to me by the company and who knows how old those were so I replaced them and the electronics worked great again. Soooo... to all those people that said that the circuit board was crap, check the batteries first and see if that is the problem.As for durability, my daughter has rammed it into every single piece of wall, furniture and living thing in our house. It has a 90 degree square base with wheels so it is extremely difficult to tip over. In the 3 months my daughter has had it, she has tipped it over 1 time and learned that when you fall, you have to let go of the handle otherwise it comes down with you.This toy is fun, flashy and gets used in our house every single day. My daughter loves this thing and it was worth every penny of the $35 dollars I spent on it. If your baby is ready to start walking then this toy is absolutely wonderful but please know that if your baby cannot stand on their own, then they are not ready to be walking with this toy so just get it for them to press the buttons since it can be easily removed until they can stand and walk with it.There are no stoppers or emergency breaks on the wheels so for those who are worried that their little one will push and it will go forward, you're right, it will and it wont stop. That is what it is made for.I gave the educational value a four because while there are a million things on it that baby can learn from, they probably are not going to because they will be so busy wanting to push a million other buttons.UPDATE: We have now had this for 6 months and my daughter still loves it. She figured out how to take the face off to play with it by itself and has thrown it on the ground several times. We do not have carpet so the fact that it is still working tells me that it seems to be put together pretty well.

I just ordered two of these at a great price through Amazon's "Deal of the Day" and couldn't be happier over what I received!I ordered two so that my 10-month old grandson could have one at his house and one here where he spends a great deal of time throughout the week. He isn't able to walk on his own yet, but after placing him behind the VTech - Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker for the first time, he took off like a pro! He makes a bee-line through two adjoining rooms safely and confidently with an expression of sheer joy over his new-found mobility and I know it won't be long before he's skirting obstacles with his new set of wheels! He prefers to play with the light and sound panel while it is attached to the walker but I like that it is easily detached for taking on car rides and such.Note that the walkers that I received are not exactly the same as illustrated here on the product page, but rather appear to be an improved model which came as an unexpected surprise! The best improvement is that the rear wheels can be adjusted to two different speed settings to offer resistance to help slow things down so my grandson can easily keep up, whether on carpeted or hard flooring. Another added safety feature is a narrow rubber banding around the circumference of these same set of wheels for better grip on hard flooring. These two features address the concerns that I had read about in a number of reviews; it's great to know that the manufacturer is listening to consumers' desires and making improvements accordingly!Another difference I noticed is that the center of the three shape/color features at the top of the light and sound panel are numbers (1-3) rather than fruit - Counting fun -Nice!The sound & light panel has different settings found in two switches: Off/Learning/Music and low/high volume for desired control.An aside fun feature that won't likely be noticed until my Grand is older is that when a song is playing, say 'Old MacDonald', the tempo speeds up as you spin the gear mechanism faster (unexpected action/reaction)The peek-a-boo door is my Grand's preferred activity at this point, when not heading for the hills pushing the walker, that is. He says "peek" every time, which has been one of his all time favorite games right along anyway. Another of the few words he uses so far at this tender age, is "play" and with this neat toy he can play and play, and play!I cannot speak to the durability of this great little activity center/walker yet as we have only had it in operation for a couple of days, but wow! -As is, it offers a load of action/reaction fun time for my little one, along with a new sense of freedom... and a breather for Grandma now and again as he continues to play independently when Grandma has had enough 'floor time'. I highly recommend this toy for anyone considering one. Fun!