This particular item I never actually bought, but it was given as a present by my Mother in Law to the grandchildren. I believe it cost in the region of £20 but have since seen it on various online shops at a cost of £30ish.

The first question both myself and my wife asked each other was 'what on earth do we do with it?'. I mean after all it is a disney phone aimed at children (I would guess) and as they have no phone line in their bedroom, if we were to put it there, it would not be used. It would just be for decoration.

But if we put it downstairs it would look out of place, with our other decor. What my MIL thought when she was buying it I have no idea. It probably sounded a good idea at the time. In the end we decided to put it upstairs on my daughters dressing table.

A couple of weeks back our cordless phone downstairs broke. It was very distant, and callers were having a problem hearing us. So I decided to bin the cordless and for the time being go and use the Winnie the Pooh phone.

It wasn't a difficult job installing it. In fact it was just a case of plugging it in. The blue phone itself is totally separate from the 18" or so Winnie the Pooh. The handset works in a way that it hangs on Winnies hand. This keeps the button pressed in on the phone and leaves it ready to receive calls.

Upon removing it, you can hear the dial tone and i is ready to use. The handset stretches about 15 feet and the other cabling would give at least another 10 feet. So it stretches quite far. The phone quality is also good. A lot better than some digital phones.

It has very basic features on the blue coloured handset (with bee pictures) including last number redial and hi/lo ringing.

So what about Winnie? Well not a lot to say really. He is plastic. Appears quite durable and robust, and looks okay. He is sitting on the floor at the moment, but could really sit anywhere.

Is it worth the cash? Well if your kids have a phone line in their bedroom or you are a major disney fan, then the answer is probably yes. If like us, you have all your decor matching, and don't fancy Winnie spoiling it all, the answer is probably no.

So I'll give this 3 dooyoo stars. The jury is out!!

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