We still absolutely love this tube. The motor is still maintaining its decent quiet hum (see the video to hear it up close), which is relaxing on its own, though we typically play some ILS music with it to help set the space's tone. The remote still works, despite all the abuse it has received this past year. All of the colors still shine through beautifully.
We recently reconfigured our sensory space and it has its own designated corner with mirrors in the little cave-like area alongside some color changing tap lights, a black light, fiber optic waterfall, and some wonderfully comfy bean bags. This is absolutely the star of our darkroom sensory space and many of the kiddos we see love to change the colors and then make the tap lights match.
The remote's original batteries have still held up despite hours of daily use and constant color changes.
Speaking of color changes the colors can be cycled through individually, set to "flash" to different colors on its own, or (my personal favorite) fade (also in the video) from one color to the next. The makes the entire area very serene and relaxed and every child my speech and occupational therapists work with love using it.
Again, we do not use the fish in it, though some of the other reviews of this bubble tube have some great advice on how to get them to move in it properly. I elected to use the articulating fish this came with in our ocean-themed water gem sensory tub along with some other fun little plastic aquatic animals.
In my original review (below), I mentioned I was interested in putting it in a padded platform/stand and now I see that they offer this! I plan on checking out the dimensions and seeing if it will fit in our space and that could be just the add-on we need to make this wonderful sensory tool even better!
Original Review:
Bought this for the sensory room at our pediatric therapy clinic and it is amazing! It does have a decent hum to it, though it is like a white noise and we don’t mind it. We plan on putting mirrors on either side of it. I love the color change setting. We opted not to use the fish as we put them in a water gem sensory tub instead. We didn’t love the way they looked in the tube but they were perfect for the tub so it worked out.
We were also really excited by the size of the tube. It is perfect for our clients. We will be putting it in a padded stand to ensure it won’t tip over. The cap has a small hole in the top. So if it were to tip, the water would likely spill.