Fanttik: Vacuum for Your Car

 Your Car Seat Is a Mess!

As your child enters the toddler stage, he or she is going to want to eat everywhere and all the time. Especially in your just washed, cleaned car and the car seat. 

For those of you who value your time with your precious ride, you know how painful it is to watch the cookie crumbles, pieces of bread, smushed banana, and etc. falling in every single corners your fingers can't get to. 

I love my child, but the mess she made in my car wasn't a pretty sight. I wrote to Santa Clause last Christmas wishing for a portable vacuum cleaner. And guess what, I've been nice all year! 

Amazon Link to Fanttik Vacuum

How I found the brand:

One of my colleague brought a different model of Fanttik vacuum to the office. I have been thinking about getting a vacuum cleaner for the car for awhile. 

She said she got it from Costco. And we believe in the Costco's purchasing department deeply. She let me try it. 

My first impression: this sucks! I mean literally sucks in all the dusts from my office desk! 

I did my research.

How I chose this model:

The one I tried at the office was shaped like a pistol, where the handle is perpendicular to the hole where the suction happens. This is useful and handy if I don't intend on using it in tight spaces. The angle it creates with the handle does limit the maneuverability.

I looked for one that is straight, has both suction and blow functions, and many accessories that I might not even use, but just in case. ;)

I found this one on Amazon for the sales price of $65.99. Now it's a regular price. 

Few Important Specs:

It's called Fanttik V8 Apex Car Vacuum.

4-in-1, Portable, Cordless, 19000pa suction power, Type-C charge.

The box includes 5 different ends for the suction, 4 different sized holes for blowing. 

How I like it:

Our weekends as parents are too precious to be wasted on going to car wash and detailing. Settling for quick clean up inside the car somewhat comforts you, because at least your sitting area is clean. You get to see the car's inside more than the outside. 

It takes about 10 - 15 minutes to clean the front, rear, and trunk area for my sedan. The most time is spent on cleaning the car seat and the areas around it. You get to find treasures like banana peels that you don't even want to know how long it's been there. 

Anyhow, I always carry the vacuum cleaner in my car and clean at least once a week. Maybe when I'm at work and on lunch break. I could spare few minutes to stop by the parking lot to clean. 

When the car seat is clean and tidy, my daughter resists less to sit on it. So, all the worth. 

Birthday Gift for a Toddler Boy

Best Friend's Birthday Gift

Not long after our daughter started going to the daycare, she made a friend. They clicked even without talking! 

He is about 4 months older than her, but they enjoy each other's company. They go on little expeditions and both get amazed by the littlest things. 

The boy toddler's birthday was right around the corner and our family got invited. His parents are study abroad students that didn't have many friends who are married or have kids. 

It was so exciting that we got to do some real parents things like going to child's birthday party!

Biggest Challenge: Picking a Gift

Our daughter has very unique taste when it comes to toys. She likes things like locks, buckles, or tissue papers. It's difficult to figure out what our own child likes or wants. How are we going to pick out what another child likes?!

We had to be very stereotypical and think about what boys like at that age. Wells.. it's been almost 30 something years, so I don't remember. I haven't had any boys around that age who I had to buy a gift for. Hmmm.. play balls, cars, or robots. I'm sorry for being so typical, but we barely know this kid!

Research

I went on gift hunting to Target, Walmart, and Amazon whenever I had a second to spare. Our whole family went to Target and spent almost an hour exploring different options: Lego, blocks, musical toys, board games, kinetic sand, etc. 

We narrowed our choices down to the items mentioned above: ball, cars, or robots. They had so many cool things, but we wanted to stay on the safe side.

Finalist!

We laid our eyes on this. Our daughter was first one to get excited about this. She sometimes likes cars (not always). But she went "Woaaaahh!" over this one. So Hot Wheel it is!

We did quick search on Amazon for price comparison. And we also knew if we bought it and carried it, our daughter wouldn't leave it alone. So, we decided to get it delivered via Amazon. 

You can find it right here on this link:

Amazon Link to Fisher-Price Little People Hot Wheels

It's $24.99 plus tax with option for free return. 

Toy Specs

This is intended for toddlers 18+ months. 

It comes with 2 large hot wheel cars and a starting pad for the cars to roll down. If you press the green lever, it sends the cars down the rail. It produces sounds.

It includes drive-thru tunnel, lift gate, and gas pump. Kids at this age loves to pretend play. 

Did He Like It?

When we got to the party, we found out that he owns tons of toys, mostly trains, trucks, and cars! His parents told us he loves cars so much. And fortunately, he did not already have the one our daughter handed to him. 

He was the happiest toddler in the world the moment he found out his favorite friend brought him gift. She even wrote, or drew, him a card! (Little tip: don't just give a gift alone. Make a card. Draw along your child's hand and let him or her color it!)

Little hugs and they shared a cake. They both were really happy. 

It was stereotypical, but it works. Don't think too hard. Kids will like anything new and as long as it's somewhere in the ballpark. Good luck finding these gems!

Kinetic Sand Review

Kinetic Sand Kit on Amazon

It's on sale for $10.69 (-29%) right now!

The world's famous Kinetic Sand!

I've always had my eyes on these waiting for my daughter to grow old enough not to put the sand in her mouth. And here we are. I finally got my... my daughter's hands on them!

First impression: "Is this sand living and moving?" They flow out of your hands. They are super soft. If you put some pressure on them, they harden very quickly. They feel good on your finger and don't stick! 

Ingredients

Kinetic sand is made by Wabafun (U.S company) and a Swedish company Delta Sand. They partnered with a company called Spin Master, which produces and distributes a lot of toys in the market.

This magical sand is a substance called hydrophobic sand. It's made with 98% natural sand and 2% polydimethylsiloxane. It's the stuff that makes them stick. They are known to be non-toxic, which is the most essential factor in children's toys.

Contents of the Box

The contents were pretty much straightforward. Everything you see on the box minus the kid's hand: 1lb of Kinetic Sand, molds for a castle, shark, turtle, shell, and starfish. They had different color variations for the sand. 

Would You Buy It? Should You Buy It?

My daughter fell in love playing with sand last summer at the beach. We don't live close to one. She kept on playing with the sand castle molds we bought then but without any sand. 

The moment she saw the Kinetic Sand, she had the biggest wow moment in her entire life. She was a bit scared to touch it at first, but then she played with it for hours. 

If you don't have beach sand access, but if your child still lives in that moment from last summer vacation, this is it!

Use the link above to get to it.

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