My son was a little over 2 years old when we had Aqua Doodle been given and I must say that it is quite like it. The first time painting he has several times hit the pin on the mat, but the has hardly mattered. He still works properly and the tip is still in good condition. (If really something should be, so you can also buy more the pin.) The mat works with us also properly. While on the package is that the image is normally in 2-3 minutes almost gone, but with us it takes a little longer. Maybe my son paints to "firmly and thus too wet". Educational drawing is certainly always, so full 5 stars. Durability 4 stars, because he has it as I said still not managed to get anything broken. However, he's just been around 2, when he got Aqua Doodle, and I'm sure that younger children would not so "careful" to deal with it. Fun factor 3 star: Fun has my child with security, but he paints often faster than the mat on it "react" may. That is, he must stop intervening repeatedly to paint and just wait a few minutes - and precisely in such moments then comes the small "stubborn" to the fore. What I really find very nice is that I can let my son run away with the stylus, since only water is inside and he just can thus do no mischief. And he can not paint itself thus -> for I'd already lend alone 10 stars * gg *