Solar-Powered Car V1, Wooden STEM Kit with Wireless Remote Control for Boys and Girls, Hybrid Powered by Solar Power and Batteries, Educational Motor Toy Gift for Kids Aged 8-12

I love to get STEM gifts for children instead of junk they'll only like for a few minutes. This kit is one I got for my son's friend. His mom said this gift was his favorite present. It makes a wonderful project to do with your child. My son's friend sat down with his dad to make it and they said the instructions were easy to follow. I LOVE that it's solar powered and has a place for batteries so the fun doesn't have to end so soon. The child's dad even enjoys this so I know he won't grow out of it any time soon. 😂

Got this kit for my daughter's school project, it was very easy to build and exactly what we needed, we had a little trouble with the issue, not at the mfg's fault. Yet, after reaching out to them through the Amazon link they provided a very prompt, accurate, and satisfying solution. Would definitely recommend for Pica Toys.

I got this kit for my kids to put together (ages 8 & 10). They were able to assemble it all and it came together quite quickly in one afternoon. As others have mentioned, the quality of the chassis could be better at this price point, but as a project it made it easy to work with and still had some allowance for mistakes.I think this is strictly a STEM learning project. I had hoped that when the kids were done with the project, we could work on converting it into a more durable toy, but it has some severe limitations. I'd read that the solar panel can charge the batteries, but seeing how small it is, I highly doubt that it can generate enough current to charge a couple of AA batteries in any kind of timely fashion. Solar panel of this size produce about 0.5W under the best of circumstances, so that would translate into 100mA @ 5 volts. Thus, it would take about 44 hours in direct sunlight to charge a couple of 2200mAh AA batteries.I bring up the charging fact because it's important to know that if the solar panel is providing current to the batteries, then you should only use rechargeable batteries in the car. But alas, I didn't see that mentioned anywhere. As it is, we weren't able to get it to move significantly without the batteries... It wasn't super sunny day, but it wasn't cloudy either.The biggest downer for me was that it doesn't turn. I didn't pay attention to the contents (because they're not listed) but I should have noticed that it didn't have any kind of turning mechanism and only one motor (which would not drive the wheels independently). But I guess that would have made the whole project a little more complicated for the kids.It's hard to put a price on your kids education, but I think this is a little overpriced given the above mentioned drawbacks. Anyway, we're gonna use some old R/C batteries, a buck-converter, and maybe a bigger motor, and we'll see it we can't super-charge this project into some kind of lunar-rover! :)

The quality of the item is not the best. The use of double sided tape for holding parts like the circuit boards and the battery boxes in place is not the best idea. The glue on tape that's used for securing the circuit boards and the battery boxes is in a word, weak. This kit was gifted to a 6 year old boy, and for the most part... he did very well putting the kit together. It's a good thing that he had those sharp eyes, and those little fingers because this is a very small model with more than just a few small pieces.Once completed, the model worked...in that it did move forward and back. I have not yet figured out the reasoning behind having battery power on a solar powered model. ( have AA batteries on hand )Bottom line... the kid had fun, and most importantly... he learned something along the way. Putting this model together was a great opportunity to spend quality time with the Grandson, and that, along with his learning about building models made the purchase worth the price. As for gifting this kit goes, well, you'll have to use your own judgement as to whether the child that you have in mind would be able to follow the instructions, which have many pictures and are very easy to follow, or would need help in assembling the model.Good luck

great project for any young mind learning STEM

My son was very excited to build this remote control car. Unfortunately, the car itself is tiny and so are the parts. Worse, the instructions are basically so tiny and the images so bad that you can't even tell which wires to connect. The connections themselves are heat shrink wrap, which require the use of a lighter. The wires were nearly impossible to connect because the amount exposed was so small, and you had to combine three wires together in some cases. After putting this thing together, of course it didn't work. So we had to take every connection apart, strip back the wires further, and re-connect them with electrical tape. Once finally re-assembled, the remote is so simple (back and forward only), the car can't even be turned. The motor is mounted with double sided tape and falls off all the time. A true piece of junk present that will frustrate anyone and turn them away from STEM. I'd like my money back.

My 10 year old son and I are very disappointed with this product. The directions were mainly pictures and left out many steps. My son is very good at these types of kits, but he became very frustrated with this one so I wound up finishing it for him so he could at least play with it. Even playing with it came with frustration. The motor is stuck on with 3M tape. Every time it was driven forward once, the motor fell out of alignment with the gear. We used the enclosed zip ties (that the instructions never indicated what to do with) to secure the engine in place. This “fix” worked but the frustration didn’t end there. One small drop and the wooden pieces came apart and had to be reglued. The most disappointing issue is it doesn’t appear to be solar powered. It uses batteries, which ok, maybe the solar power recharges the batteries, but even after covering the solar panel, it continued to run until the next catastrophic design failure occurred.

Kids had fun with this