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

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...

Works perfect so happy with it

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.

This is an excellent product for teaching your bird phrases or sounds. It is easy to record on it. The playback volume is excellent. There are two playback modes. I prefer the mode that has a one hour break every 2 hours. This will help decrease boredom. The unit is well built but is not parrot proof. It's instructions recommend unit be placed away from any possible bird contact. That includes on top of cage. One thing not in synopsis is this. The battery compartment is held closed with a small Philips screw. The type that is for eye glasses. So you will need that type of screw driver if you are considering this item. Edited 11 months after purchase. Unit is still going strong. Record and play quality remains excellent. I got this originally to teach my African Grey her name, telephone number and vet telephone number. Unfortunately, She's very selective about what she mimics. I now pay strict attention to background noise. Like sound of kitty litter being poured, low battery alert and more. It took me months to identify the kitty litter! She has yet to repeat numbers correctly. But she's learned bird calls, whistles and more downloaded from net.

I was fairly happy with this mimic recorder, the recordings were not great but they worked. I noticed after about 2 weeks that the recording playback got shorter and didn't play as often as it was before. I then got distracted with all the Covid 19 stuff and put it aside. I tried it again today and it didn't work at all. I replaced the batteries and it still didn't work, though maybe my batteries were old, opened a new package of batteries and tried again, still not working. I am so very disappointed and had high hopes that it would work. I am going to try to contact the company today and also ask for a refund so that I can find a different mimic recorder to work for me.

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.