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February 15, 2005 12:02 AM
Broken: Bright Starts packaging
Nate Addink writes:
The attached pictures show the back of the packaging for a vibrating teething ring (made by Kids II Inc.) I bought for my daughter. Apparently even when you only have 1 battery in a device, it is still possible to mix old and new batteries, or alkaline and rechargeables.
Well now, the packaging doesn't say "do not mix old and new batteries *in this device*", it just says not to in general. Sound advice, if you aske me. It seems to me that these gentlemen are being ridiculed for providing a public service.
There's probably a law somewhere that says you have to put that warning on anything that uses batteries...
It looks like standard boiler plate that is applied to any product they produce that uses batteries.
What IS broken is the the fact that the dad would give a teething baby or toddler something with a battery in it.
Does the teether deliver a calming shock whenever it detects a fussy baby?
Actually the sad thing is, I bought this same product for my 3 month old.
Jeanne,
It's amazing what you can do with a band saw, duct tape and the All American Attitude of "oh yeah, well I'll show you". I have many double nipple batteries. I throw out their double butted counterparts. Two butts on a battery? That's just wrong!
I noticed the battery thing, and i seems to be the standard warning you'd find on anything battery powered... and btw, theres a lot of people who like to rig a workable battery for items out of multiple smaller batteries. maybe its a warning against that.
"I like the washing instructions. You can't get it too wet, but it's OK if Baby slobbers all over it?" -Bob Snifniades
as bob says, i read the washing instructions when i first saw this and noticed the same thing. "do not immerse in water" well, obviously this is meant for one of those toy vibrating babies that dont drool.
-As a sidenote, something else is broken on this site, i get an error when i try to post comments from home saying i am not allowed to post comments, has my ip been restricted from posting for some reason?
Someone could take an old (but not dead) battery out of the teething ring and try to use it with a new battery in some other device.
also, notice how it says, romove rechargable batteries before charging.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't charging the process of recharging a rechargable battery
i think what they mean by that is the device itself cannot recharge the batteries if connected to a separate power source. they are telling you that in order to charge the battery, you must remove it and charge it in a separate charger.
with some devices, you are able to connect an ac/dc adapter to the device which allows you to charge the battery.
i think the warning is basically saying it cant do that.
The difference between coating the thing in baby-slobber and immersing it in water is fairly significant -- when it's immersed, it's covered in water that's under pressure. Water under pressure gets forced through tiny cracks; slobber not under pressure won't flow through them.
"they are telling you that in order to charge the battery, you must remove it and charge it in a separate charger.
with some devices, you are able to connect an ac/dc adapter to the device which allows you to charge the battery.
i think the warning is basically saying it cant do that."
I will virtually guarantee you that the vibrating baby teething ring does NOT contain a DC power jack. : )
Any one notice the warning about freezing it?
Do Not Freeze.Freezing the teether can cause the
edges to become hard and sharp, which can hurt a
baby's tender gums.
Why would you freeze it?!?! Too perserve the drool on it?
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I like the washing instructions. You can't get it too wet, but it's OK if Baby slobbers all over it?
Posted by: Bob Sifniades at February 15, 2005 12:30 AM