Prevue Hendryx 62900 Mimic Me Voice-Recording Unit for Birds Green Small

Works perfect so happy with it

I thought this would be Good company for my African Gray for those times I am out of the house. She will not only be comforted by my voice, but she'll learn some more Phrases.

This arrived a little over a week ago and already my 21-year old African Grey has learned new phrases and words! We bought this to do two things: first, annoy my parrot the way he annoys us, for a little sweet justified revenge. Second, to teach him new things to say since he recently acquired a new annoying screeching sound he heard from a movie we were watching. We are hoping something different to mimic will distract him from this new and very naughty thing he has learned. It has helped a little, but I imagine that part will take some time.About the Mimic Me: The battery compartment was hard to open. I went through several ordinary screwdrivers before I found one that would work. The batteries that came with mine were dead. Once I had it put together with good batteries it had a recording already on it, I imagine it was whoever tested it. It was Asian music. Kind of cute. When I recorded on it, the sound was crystal clear. Ten seconds is the perfect length for teaching a bird new things. One can fit quite a bit on it. Currently on ours we have the following: "Have fun storming the castle! These aren't the droids you are looking for. Luke, I am your father!" All of that fit in ten seconds. It has crystal clear quality sound. My only complaint is the volume is loud. It would be nice to have a way to control the volume on this recorder, so that is why I gave this 4 stars. So far we've been using this a couple of hours a day and the batteries are still going strong. I will update later when I can give a better estimate of battery length and let you know if this helps us stop him from screeching that one new annoying sound.December 26, 2015 Update:My parrot has forgotten all about that annoying sound he was doing, and is learning new things every week! The battery I put in is still going strong!

It doesn't sound clearly but I still liked it,, hopefully my birds understand it clearly and learn how to talk.

The media could not be loaded. Best play back recording toy I was able to find so far! The sound is a little grainy, because it picks up any background noise like the air conditioner, so it doesn’t come out very clean, but still great! It plays the recording for a set of 12 times and then repeats that set every 10 or 15 minutes depending on the mode you choose. It comes with batteries.

Stopped working after a week even though a changed the batteries.

I have bought sooooooo many toys...several mechcanical puppet talking/moving birds...and a mirror that emits a recording when the bird perches on it. BUT this product is BY FAR THE BEST!!! It has 2modes that allow for how frequent you want the recording to play...it's Great to teach phrases to birds who have the ability to learn to talk. Its awesome to keep birds company...what better way for them not to feel alone then to hear their parents voice??? That is why I bought it for my Green Cheek Conure. You set it up on a flat surface away from the birds and reach... NEVER in the cage! It gives you 10seconds to record...which is a lot more than any other of the products I have tried. And the recording "Quality" Excels all the other products I tried which were muffled..or too low. This product records clearly and has a perfect volume...not too loud or too low! Something told me when I saw this product to buy it first...I didn't listen to my intuition as I found the price to be $20-$25 a bit too expensive. Instead I ended up spending "more" on many different products that were inferior. This is an Awesome product and its worth every penny!...You won't be disappointed. (Sigh), if I could go back in time...

The back battery door required a TINY screwdriver. I did not have a TINY screwdriver so pried battery door off to put in batteries (that were included). Now using tape to hold the battery door closed!We had a previous similar device called WORDY BIRDIE which was great. I only bought this device when I could not find WORDY BIRDIE (I may look now for a used model on Ebay).Sound is OK, not the greatest.