Kid's Kurio Tablet - 7S review

Ruby loves to play with technology (much more so than I do!).  Whether it's on my tablet, my phone or on my laptop, she's forever asking me to download something new for her.

There comes a point where your devices are just so damned full of kid's apps that you have to reclaim them, so getting her a tablet of her own seemed a sensible option.

We were delighted to be chosen as Kurio Family Bloggers and got one of their 7s tablets to try out.

Now, silly me set it up wrong which resulted in her having to key in a password before she could access it - seriously guys, don't be as dim as me!

Once we were over that hurdle, and she had free reign to play and learn whenever the mood took her, she took to it great guns.

I'll write about this tablet in more detail in another post, but first up here are some of the key features both myself as a parent, and Ruby as the main user like about the Kurio 7s:

Parent Pluses

Internet safety and parental control

Now that Ruby is getting to the age where she can spell out and type words for herself, the nightmare of inappropriate surfing rears it's head.  It's great to know that she's not going to stumble upon something inappropriate, and the controls can easily be set.

Preloaded games

Unless you spend hours reading reviews, it's hard to know what games and apps to download when you get your first tablet.  But the huge range (over 60) already preloaded means kids can get stuck in right away. There's a very good mix of educational and fun games as well as e-books which are really useful as her reading skills develop.

Robust design

The Kurios 7s comes with a robust bumper case which seems to have withstood all the bumps and knocks we can throw at it!

Time limits

No more nagging to put the tablet down!  You can easily set limits to the amount of screen time your child has by setting the parameters.  You can do it for the same length of time each day, or differ it - for example you may allow more time in the holidays or on the weekends.

Ruby Raves

Easy to handle

The tablet is smaller than mine making it much easier for little hands to carry, hold and work on.  The screen is very responsive, unlike some others I've read about.

Cool camera

She loves being able to take photos with the integral camera, edit them and play about with them.  This is a great feature as we didn't have a camera on my ancient tablet.  I'll admit it doesn't take the greatest quality pictures, but when you consider the price of the Kurio 7s I think it's not bad.

Voice Recording

Our Kurio now boasts a large catalogue of her making up stories and performing her made-up songs.  It makes me smile to listen to her rambling on!  This feature (she tends to use the Disney Theater apps) is really great for her imagination as she throws herself into story-telling, using different voices, making up characters and plot lines.  It's also good for her self-confidence.

Movies

She was really excited to learn she could download movies onto the Kurio (required parents password before purchase thankfully!), and this is great for travelling and holidays.  Another added bonus for us is that it's compatible to use with Netflix so we can access our account on the tablet meaning we only have to take one with us when we go away.

Great pre-loaded apps

As mentioned, there's lots of apps already loaded and some of her favourites games include Fruit Ninja, Where's my water and the Disney Theater apps.

The Kurio 7s is available to purchase at Toys R Us, Argos, John Lewis and many other stores and is currently on sale with Toys R Us at £84.99.

Disclosure: We were sent the tablet to review.  All opinions are our own.