Sassy 4 Piece Water Ways Activity Tubes

Our son has had this toy for about five years. He played with it at first at our urging, but soon lost interest due to the toy's poor construction. He's now eight years old, so until his little brother came along two years ago, this toy just sat in the bathroom tub-toy drawer. Our younger son has little interest in it mainly because it is far too difficult to connect the tubes together. Once they are connected (always by one of us) they don't stay together long enough to be of any real use. The tubes are either too small and don't hold enough water to begin with or the water wheels/spinners inside them are too large to really allow the water to flow through the way it should in concept. The idea is a good one, but the actual toy is very poorly made. Where are all the good tub toys? We've been searching for quite a long time and have only found one toy that holds our younger son's interest: Munchkin Caterpillar Spillers Stacking Cups. He plays with these in or out of the tub or swimming pool. We're on the hunt for anything else that will keep him distracted long enough to get him clean!

These activity tubes are my 17-month-old's favorite bath toys. He digs through his bath toy bag looking for the "pipes" as he calls them, spends the whole bath playing with him, and carries them out of the tub with him at the end of the bath. The only problem is that they fall apart fairly easily and can't be put back together by a toddler, causing some amount of frustration at first. But he has since learned to say "Help! Please!" when he wants me to put the pipes together. A lot of fun for both baby and mommy!

Update from April 2012: I have had a lot of trouble keeping these pipes clean inside. There was no way to open the tops of the pipes and give the inside a good rinse. I've run them through the dishwasher, but there is still icky residue. I imagine that all bath toys must be similarly yucky on the inside over time, but with these, you can actually see the gunk that gets stuck in there because the plastic is clear! I had to throw these out. But I still got several good years of use out of these.

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My child really likes this set. The seem to dry out pretty well too which makes me happy. I give them a good shake after every bath set them out to dry. So far so good.

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18 month old grand daughter loves these...she puts them together and pulls them apart as well as pours the water thru them to watch the inside actions, good for teaching cause and effect and just plain fun.

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I found that the parts to this water toy are so small that very little water is able to pass through each piece to cause movement. If you had a small pitcher to keep water flowing, you would be able to see the elements of each piece move better. Recommended for older children who can focus on small parts. Younger children just can see the actions of the rolling balls, etc. as well.