Which One?? Vtech V.Smile or Fisher Price Smart Cycle or Handheld Leapster

I would avoid the Smart Cycle. The concept is good, but a Wii would be more entertaining. My son received his as a present and it just took up too much space for the little time he used it. He much prefers his Nintendo DS which he can take anywhere, but based the comments on a similar thread, I think I'm going to request a Leapster for Christmas for him.

Personally I have gone through 4 Vtech V smiles in a 6 month span. (They replaced them free haha) I don't know why they kept going out I have the game system up where my kids can't get it but they stopped working. This last one has since gone out to and I gave up so if she does get the vsmile tell me and she can have the games for free I am SICK of this game system and its problesm.

We got our 4 year old the Leapster for her birthday. She calls it her DS b/c brother has the nintindo DS :) She loves it! It was easy for her to understand how to play and we got a case for it to be carried in. Great toy!

We have the V Smile, but the kids don't like it much. I don't care for it either. It doesn't hold a charge well, and is not very user friendly for little ones. The graphics are not so great either. Hope this helps.

my daughter is 3 and she has both v.smile and smart cycle... I found that she likes her smart cycle better because she can control it better. She gets mad when the joystick does not go the way she wants it to go.. So I like the bike also.. gives excerise also....

I would go with the leapster. My niece has the leapster and my son loves it. We bought him the vsmile before they bought the leapster and he won't even play it.

i would go with the leapster handheld. i bought my son the v smile when it first came out and he didn't like it at all.

My daughter loves her leapster. We got it for her 2 years ago, when she was in kindergarten, and she still plays it weekly! It's great on long car rides and plane trips. We picked it because it has games for preschool through 5th grade, so it will last for quite a while.

We just got our son a Leapster for his 4th birthday. He really enjoys it and I love that it can go with us in the car, in the doctor's office, etc. I haven't experienced the other 2 items, but I can tell you that we have enjoyed our Leapster. He always wanted to play big brother's game boy so it turned out to be a good compromise...now my 20 month old always wants the Leapster! Hope this helps.

Well I think all three are great gift ideas but I personally am getting my son the Smart Cycle. I believe that everything you buy should be a multipurpose item. And since the kids will be using this as a toy and having fun they will also be getting exercise too. So it's a healthy toy as well. I know not everyone sees things like I do but I hope that helps.

~I don't know about the others but we got our son the Vsmile for his 3rd birthday. He just turned 4 and loves to play.
He is still learning the different things it does and he is learning as he goes. He tells me different words and what are some of the different objects. So for Christmas we are going to get him a new game for it so he can have new challenges.

He loved the movie Disney Cars and he doesn't know it is educational. He is happy to play with the CARS and he also has Nemo and loves it too.

I would definately reccommend it.But you do have to show them how to do the game.

Hi D.,
My son is now 5 yrs old. When he turned 4 we bought the Leapster and love it! It is very educational and will grow with him, up to I think about grade 5. The leapster LMAX seems to have more games. We bought the plain old leapster and it is great. Good luck!
K.

We bought our daugter a Leapster for her 4th birthday and she still plays with it some even today, (she is now 8). It is very well made and has a wide variety of games to keep thier attention and has games for all ages. Now our almost 3 year old son plays with it also. Would def. make this purchase again.
We also have the original v-smile and it has never held her attention. It has been played maybe 20 times and now is not working. Would not reccomend this one unless some major changes have been made.

Hope this helps,
P.

How old is her son? The smart cycle would be the way to go for me since it keeps them active, however, we have both the v-smile and the leapster and if I had to pick only one it would be the leapster but thats jmo. My kids seem to like it better.

I have both the V.Smile an the handheld leapster and my son only plays with the V.Smile. I'll ask him to play leapster with me and he'll say no thanks.

My son who is just 5 loves his VTech and I do as well

My son really wants the Smart Cycle, and loves the Leapster.

I can not recommend the Vtech Vsmile. We are now on our 4th Unit. This is the last one I am returning for an exchange, because you pay to ship the item back plus insurance which costs $15. The first I was able to exchange at the store, but after that, about a month into use it would either quit working... or short out. The company immediately would just tell me to send it back and tell me they have made improvements. We have had our current unit 2 weeks, and already we have had to resest the unit, and have had problems with games playing. 3 friends that I have had similar problems.

Good luck!