VTech Latches and Doors Busy Board

This toy has been an incredible addition to our baby’s playtime and development. It's played a big role in helping him improve his fine motor skills. He loves figuring out how to unlock and open the different doors. I’ve noticed his coordination and dexterity improving since we introduced it. Plus, it holds his attention for quite a while, which is a huge bonus!

I have a child that always wants to flip switches and mess with latches and drawer pulls that swing. When I gave them this busy board, that was it. They love it and played with this for an hour, at least. They also love to throw their toys and let them fall from the furniture, I have several VTech toys that really take a beating around here and they work like new (provided the batteries are good). Compared to other busy boards that are two or three times the price featuring metal latches and switches but don't have lights and sounds, I think this one is going to be a favorite for a long time. I won't mind hauling this toy everywhere, and I won't worry about it being a potential hazard for my rambunctious little rascals. It's the kind of toy you can clean up and put away until you know another little that could use it, these toys really last, and I highly recommend any of VTech products!

My toddler was becoming so obsessed with locks and doorknobs, I would have to hold her up awkwardly at doorknob height every time we left or returned to the house, and sometimes when leaving a room, to avoid a huge meltdown. I ordered this hoping for relief, and it worked like a charm. She was instantly smitten, and would spend 10, 15, or even 20 minutes playing with this toy independently every day for weeks. She would point to it and say "that! that!" in the morning, and immediately become engrossed. This thing has saved my back, and also given me lots of precious time in the mornings to prepare tea, make breakfast for us, actually eat my food, use the bathroom, and other luxuries. My toddler also loves to press the song buttons and then dance to the songs. The volume levels are good, and the two modes of play keep it interesting. Even now, at least 6 weeks later, she still wants to play with this toy sometimes, which is more than I can say for some other items. Definitely would recommend, and would buy again.

Update: now he's 17 months old- he still loves it, it's holding up to the use and abuse, he's learned to work the locks and identify the stuff behind the doors. It's a good toy!Bought for my son when he was 7.5 months old, he was getting into opening and closing cabinets so I thought this would be great and it is! At first he was just randomly hitting and manipulating the whole thing- then we got to watch him learn it and figure out how to open and close doors- such a cool way to see his progress. Now he's 9 months and still loves it. The songs and sounds are not annoying, and theres an off switch. We love it.

The latches and doors are difficult enough to require your child to think about how to open it, but easy it enough that they do not give up trying. It seems reasonably durable and well made without any sharp edges or the likes that could harm your child.The BEST FEATURE, in my opinion is...unlike lots of toys out there, this unit comes with a volume adjustment switch (high or low), and the low volume setting is actually very tolerable. You can actually have this playing in a quiet room and not be irritated. Maybe it's just me, but so many of my toys require me to tape up the speaker holes just to make the sound level somewhat tolerable. I would imagine listening to anything that is too loud would eventually irritate your child as well, but who knows?The BAD FEATURE that I personally don't like is, the "callback feature", where if your child is done playing with it and leaves it alone to play something else, it will eventually emit some sounds to call your child back to go play with it. This might not be a big deal to most people, but the reason I don't like it is because in some ways, it does not allow your to think for themselves and have a more independent play session. It's not a huge deal breaker, you just need to remember to turn the thing off once they are done playing, but kind of annoying I guess.As an example, my child stopped playing with this busy board and went to grab a book to look at, but when this toy chimed in after being idle too long, my child immediately dropped the book midway through and went back to the toy to play with it again. Had the toy not chimed in, my child would be reading and finishing the book instead.

9 month old loves to open and shut each door. Keeps him entertained for most of his play time.

My son likes this toy and keeps him busy

A lot of busy boards online are wood with metal pieces that made me nervous my son would pinch his fingers or worse so when I saw this I was super excited. It is still super durable plastic but all the pieces are easy to use and I don’t have to worry he will hurt himself. Great toy for dexterity etc