Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium

Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

I could not decide between the Ocean Won­ders soother and the Rain­for­est Peek­a­boo Soother, so I got both in order to see which was best. They are priced com­pa­ra­bly, although it seems that Ama­zon just raised the price on the Ocean Won­ders one, for some rea­son. It is still avail­able at other places like Tar­get for about the same price as the Rain­for­est Soother. The Ocean Won­ders Aquar­ium soother is what I’m stick­ing with, and here’s why: 1. My 5 month old likes it bet­ter! The Rain­for­est Peek­a­boo soother has lights and motion, but it’s not as dra­matic as the bub­bles that you get in the Aquar­ium soother. My 5 month old got tired of the Rain­for­est soother after a few min­utes, while the Ocean Won­ders soother holds her riv­eted. (I think it’s the bub­bles!) That was, of course, the decid­ing fac­tor. Other con­sid­er­a­tions that pushed me over the edge were: 2. Ocean Won­ders has longer music and motion cycle than the Rain­for­est soother. The Ocean Won­ders soother goes for 18 min­utes. You can option­ally turn off the motion or lights or music. Con­versely, the Rain­for­est soother only has an 18 minute cycle if you choose “music only.” It has a 12 minute cycle if you choose “music and lights” (no motion). But if you want all 3 — music, lights, motion — you only can get that for 6 min­utes. Not sure what the folks at Fisher Price were think­ing there (per­haps bat­tery life?), but no thank you! 3. Ocean Won­ders comes with a remote. So, if that 18 minute cycle is longer than you would like, just shut it off from the door­way of your child’s room. 4. Ocean Won­ders has more music to choose from. There is a tog­gle but­ton that allows you to choose 5 dif­fer­ent music tracks (clas­si­cal, nurs­ery rhyme, etc) and just plan sound effects (bub­bles, waves). The Rain­for­est soother, from what I can see, only has one choice, although it plays about 3 dif­fer­ent tunes. 5. Ocean Won­ders has a big­ger start but­ton, which makes it eas­ier for your child to acti­vate on their own. My daugh­ter has turned the aquar­ium on all by her­self just by stretch­ing and kick­ing her feet. Which is fine by me! The Rain­for­est but­ton is smaller and not as promi­nently located on the unit. In short, they are both fine soothers, but I think the Ocean Won­ders Aquar­ium soother has more going for it. And my daugh­ter thinks so too!