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It makes me wonder sometimes, with the hundreds of different toys that I have bought for my girls over the years, whether the toy companies test the quality and durability under actual ‘normal kid abuse’ conditions. So many of the kid’s toys are fine if you treat them delicately, but try explaining that to a toddler, whose less than delicate playful instincts often result in another broken toy. So the question that I asked myself when my children started nagging me for the new Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters (aka Zoo Zoo Pets hamsters or Zu Zu Pets hamsters) toys which are priced at a retail price of a mere $7, is whether they really can stand up to the inevitable abuse, particularly of some more ‘testing’ toddlers.

The first assessment turns to the toy hamsters themselves, whether that be Mr Squiggles, Pipsqueak, Num Nums or Chunk. This real test was really not possible before a sufficient quality of these kids’ hamsters had been sold, but with shipped items now in the hundreds of thousands, if not more, there is a large enough ‘tested by real kids’ base to draw conclusions. It is, therefore, not only surprising, but also pretty unusual these days with such sold volume that there are very, very few parent or customer complaints about the poor quality of them. It is impossible to find any number of parents that voice their dissatisfaction that their kid’s new hamster just doesn’t work anymore. So on the face of it, it would seem that Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters have successfully created a hamster toy that is of high quality and durable enough to stand our kid’s vigorous test conditions.

The numerous Zhu Zhu hamster toy accessories, unfortunately, score a little bit differently. There are a number of comments that the plastic that most of the add-on accessories are made from could be tougher and more robust. I don’t know whether I share this same opinion, knowing that stronger weight plastic would simply add to the overall fabrication costs and lead to higher prices. In my opinion, the quality of the plastic is perfectly fit for purpose, but no, it will not stand up to your 8 year old son jumping up and down on top of it.

Some parents make comments that the plastic clips to integrate the various accessories together are a bit flimsy and I would tend to agree, but they do the job and I have not experienced any consequential issues or read about any from other parents that have bought hamster accessories.

It is worth noting, I think, in the interest of hamster accessory unbiased research, that the Zhu Zhu car and garage set does seem to be the subject of repeated criticism and for essentially the same reason. Many parents have voiced concerns that the doors do not fit properly or fall off too easily. There are enough of these concerns raised to I think, consider there to be some substance in it. If you do have your heart set, or should I say if your kid has their heart set on a hamster car and garage add-on, then you could always do what most parents have done and use a drop of glue or a bit of tape, which seems to solve the problem!

Overall, considering the huge numbers of hamster toys and their numerous accessories that have already been sold and thoroughly tested, it is a refreshing change to find the lack of parental quality complaints and issues.

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