12V 2 Seater Kids Ride On Train, Licensed Chuggington with Height Adjustable Seat, Hidden Storage and Dual 35W Motors, Blue

A three year old needs the pedal close. A year later the same child has their knees under the wheel and stops using the toy. Most ride-ons have no answer to that.

This one has a rear seat that lifts and flips between two heights, so the driving position moves with the child. The maker marks the seat height on its own dimension drawing.

Locomotive and carriage

The cab carries the driver and the yellow wheel. Behind it sits a carriage with a flat lid. Both run on the same four wheels, which is what keeps a train this long stable when a child leans.

Size and the box under the lid

37.5 in long and 20 in tall, with the seat height marked separately. The inset shows the lid open on the storage compartment. It is sized for a hat, a snack and a couple of small toys rather than a full tidy up.

What drives it

A 12 V 7 Ah battery and two 35 W motors. The published speed band is 1.9 to 3.1 mph, roughly 3 to 5 km/h. The maker charts its soft start and stop against a sharper one, which is the difference a nervous first rider notices.

Everything a child presses

One button start, an accelerator pedal, a direction switch and a high or low speed setting. The media centre adds a USB port, an audio input, a wireless connection, nursery rhymes, stories and a battery display. The wheel itself makes a train rumble.

The rear seat moves between two heights, so the same toy suits a smaller and a taller child.

A hidden compartment for toys, snacks and hats. The maker shows the lid open on its own drawing.

Two motors on a 12 V 7 Ah battery, with a published speed range of 1.9 to 3.1 mph.

Speed builds and falls away gently instead of arriving all at once.

Press once, then pedal. Direction and high or low speed sit on the same small panel.

USB port, audio input, wireless connection, built-in nursery rhymes, stories and music, with volume and a battery display.

The easy-grip steering wheel adds a simulated engine rumble when a child turns it.

The maker pictures the wheels on cement, asphalt, brick, hardwood and short grass.

Ships from a Canadian warehouse. Free shipping on orders over $150. Some remote areas, PO boxes and surcharge regions may be excluded or cost extra.

Return within 14 days of purchase, unused, in original condition and packaging.

Covered directly by the manufacturer under their warranty terms for material and manufacturing defects.

One button, one pedal and a soft start. The maker's range is 3 to 6, and the lower seat setting suits the younger end of it.

The licence is the point for a child who watches Chuggington. The face and the colours are the ones they recognise.

At 37.5 in long it fits a hallway or a basement. The maker's surface list runs from hardwood to short grass, all of it flat.

What we stand behind

• The battery, the motor wattage, the speed range and the 3 to 6 year age band are all the manufacturer's published figures.
• The manufacturer states the toy is licensed by Chuggington and that it is ASTM and CPSIA compliant. Both are their statements, and no certificate number is published, so none is quoted.
• No weight limit is published for this train. We have not repeated the maker's suggestion that an adult can sit on the high seat setting, because there is no published figure to support it.
• No run time or charge time is published on this record.
• A toy for supervised play. Never on a road, a sidewalk or a bike path.

What does the adjustable seat actually do?

The rear seat lifts and flips between a lower and a higher position. The lower one puts a three year old within easy reach of the pedal, and the higher one suits a taller child. The compartment underneath is reached the same way.

What is the weight limit?

The manufacturer does not publish one for this model, so we will not guess at it. Go by the stated age range of 3 to 6 years, and treat the higher seat setting as a fit adjustment for a growing child rather than as adult seating.

How fast does it go?

1.9 to 3.1 mph, which is about 3 to 5 km/h. The top of that band is ordinary adult walking speed, and the soft start means it gets there gradually.

Can it play our own music?

Yes. There is a USB port, an audio input and a wireless connection, alongside the built-in nursery rhymes, stories and music. Volume sits on the same panel.

Is it safe indoors?

It is built for flat, firm ground and the maker pictures it on hardwood. Indoors the practical limits are the space to turn and the noise of plastic wheels on a hard floor, which rubber tyred toys avoid but this one does not have.

Is there a parental remote?

No. This model is driven by the child using the pedal and the panel. If a remote matters to you, look at the models in this range that list a 2.4G handset.