As my daughter started to reach the drawing/colouring age I was concerned my walls and furniture would become her canvas. I saw this is in Argos in the 2 for £15 offer and thought I'd see what it was like.

The bag has a small carry handle on top and is fastened with a velcro strap which can easily be undone by a young child. Inside there is a small pen secured in place with a piece of elastic which is great to stop it from getting mislaid. There are 2 white drawing surfaces on either side and around the edges are shapes and numbers.

You fill the supplied pen with water and when you draw on the white drawing areas, it turns blue to reveal whatever it is your child is drawing. After several minutes the drawing begins to fade as it dries and eventually disappears meaning your child can start all over again and draw something new.

The pen is much smaller than the pen provided with the full size Aquadraw sets, as obviously it's 'travel size'. The problem with this is that it doesn't hold much water and I am constantly being asked to refill it. This can be annoying at home but even more annoying on a long car journey when you're trying to refill it from a bottle of water as the opening is so small.

After 8 months of owning this item the pictures didn't seem to be very clear and the pen seemed a bit worn. I assumed the pen was faulty due to wear and tear. But adding water to the drawing surfaces revealed it wasn't the pen it was the actual drawing surfaces that were faulty. I have no idea what this item is made of and what the "magic surfaces" contain but after months of use it stopped showing up blue and you could barely see what had been drawn. For the price I guess 8 months worth of fun isn't too bad but I did expect the product to last longer than it did.

Overall I think this is a good product and my daughter enjoyed it for months but I expected it to last until she was fed up with it and did not expect it to stop working seeing as it's only ever been drawn on with water which is it's purpose.