BRIOWorld Remote Control Travel Train Toy for Kids Age 3 Years Up - Wooden Railway Set Add On Accessories

I bought this train for my 2 year old daughter, it was for her birthday and it was the most played with toy. I had already bought the Tesco wooden track and train and saw this train come up on a deal for only £7 so snapped it up.It needs AA batteries in both the remote and train but lasts for quite some time as she constantly played with it. I could hear the whirring of the train when she had left it running off the track! This will also run on hard floors so they will have great fun all over the house.The remote is simple and easy for little hands to control, my daughter particularly liked the lights and horn button on it!This is a really lovely train and it was made fantastic by the price I got it for. Such a bargain.

A solid quality product with prompt delivery and well packaged. A few things to note; to initiate control of the train you first need to ensure both remote and train are set to the same remote Channel A or B, press any button on the engine, the remote control is infra red so is line of sight you may need to orientate the remote control as your engine goes round the track- ensure the signal emitter (red bulb bit) is facing towards the train. The remote control and engine take two AA batteries each which lasts about 8 hrs continuous use in the engine before noticeably fading performance but still useable well beyond that. But the two batteries means it is fairly powerful but is slow. The remote control has four positions - locked forward, forward, stop and reverse. The engine has great sounds associated with its movement- including a chuffing sound when it first moves off, a braking sound when stopped and a horn which can be sounded from the remote control also has on/off switchable headlights again controllable from the remote control. The engine can easily pull three carriages but seems to get grounded when reversing up hills. With a character seated in the carriage it wouldn’t pass over the Brio arch bridge we had- the character’s head getting caught in the over beams but passes through our tunnels without issue. Being used by my 2 + years old boy he preferred the control buttons on the engine itself rather than the remote control. The remote control is dual channel A or B and the engine needs to be set to the corresponding channel. Does mean the same controller could be used alternating between Channel A and B to control a second remote control Brio engine or two remote control engines can be used without interfering with each other ( I noticed a red remote control freight train is also available) A brilliant addition to our Brio kit. Just to top things an auto shut off after a few minutes saves on battery drainage. Arguably the best featured powered engine available. Wishing other engines available had this feature set.

When we first tried this we used the wrong batteries - using AA rechargeables. I didn’t realise but their nominal voltage is only 1.2v, so they don’t provide enough power for this train even when fully charged. With the under powered rechargeable, the behaviour of the train was erratic and short lived. I thought it was faulty till we realised we had to use full 1.5v batteries. We got some and it’s now working much better. Still requires good line of sight, which my 4 year old doesn’t always achieve but its behaviour is consistent and fun for him. Il try with rechargeable 1.5 batteries next.

Definitely needs adult supervision but can be worked by a savvy 3 year old. Plenty of traction and pulls the "everything you've got" train acceptably. Not cheap (Brio isn't) but you can decide if its worth it.

The train is as good as other battery powered brio trains.However, the controller, being IF not RF makes it very glitchy. Even when pointed at the train within 10cm it only occasionally works. A complete waste of money in our opinion.

My 3yr old son had requested this train after seeing it on youtube and was overjoyed when it arrived and I could not get it out of the packaging fast enough. The Train needs 2 1.5V AA Batteries and the Controller also needs 2 1.5V AA Batteries. Having read the reviews we were braced for a faulty or poor performing train and sure enough after 30mins of messing about trying all the batteries we could find and getting the battery checker to make sure that we were definitely using fully charged batteries, the train was only able to travel backwards and the remote did nothing... My husband broke the news to my 3yr old that it had to be returned... disappointment all round... then, Super Mum (that's me) re-read the instructions and saw that they specify 1.5v AA Batteries. On examining all the batteries we (my husband) had used it transpired they were all 1.2v. I then turn the house upside down and empty all battery operated toys in the house in search of 1.5V AAs and change all 4 of the batteries. Voila a 100% working train that goes back and forward, up and down bridges and honks - 3y old son is absolutely ecstatic.

6 year old loves it. Easy to use and works well.

Excellent