Munchkin Safety Bath Ducky Review

The Munchkin Safety Bath Ducky is a small rubber duck that has a patented "White Hot" safety disc on the bottom of the duck.  The bottom of the rubber duck is normally blue, but when you put the duck in bath water that is too hot, the word HOT should appear in white letters inside the blue disc. 

I wouldn't have purchased this myself, but I received it as a gift for my son, so I decided to use it.  I always thought that I would be able to tell if water is too hot just by feeling it myself.  However, after having my hand under the running water for a while and my other hand be the "tester" for the water, my hands began to lose the feeling of how hot the water might be for my son.  I thought this would be a good time to try out the Munchkin Safety Bath Ducky.  I put the duck in the bath and the bottom of it stayed blue and did not form the word "HOT" in white letters, so I knew the bath water wasn't too hot.

The next time I used the duck, my husband got my son's bath water ready for me, so I went to get my son to put him in the bath. I dipped my hand in the water and it was so hot, it felt like it was boiling!  I wanted to see what the Munchkin Safety Bath Duck would say, so I put it in the bath water.  After sitting in the bath for about a minute, I picked it up expecting to see the word HOT on the bottom of the duck, but I didn't!  The water was way too hot for me to get into and I like very hot baths, so I know it was too hot for a baby to get into.  I was really shocked that this product didn't work.  Bath water being too hot is a safety hazard and this safety duck didn't do it's job.

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The only good thing about this product is that it has been retired from it's safety duties and is now just a bath toy.  I highly discourage anyone from buying this product!