| Radio Controlled toys make great gifts for kids. Toy | | | | Zag Racers. These will work in pool settings without |
| grade models come in all shapes and sizes as well as | | | | much trouble and will keep your kids interested not |
| various price points. Depending on your child's age, I | | | | only in the water but out of the water as they learn |
| believe that radio controlled boats make the most | | | | the art of mastering the radio controls. |
| sense for several reasons. Kids can get bored fairly | | | | RC Boats are easy to migrate to the next step in |
| easy with their toys. One minute they are interested | | | | hobbying. It is relatively easy to get a Pool based |
| and the next they are on to something else that | | | | electric boat to the next level of on water RC fun. |
| caught their attention. If you get a RC boat, they will be | | | | Some of the better boats such as the Venoms will |
| playing with the boat in and out of the water, most | | | | work quite well on ponds and lakes without having to |
| likely the pool. This will likely keep their attention more | | | | spend more money. Taking your radio controlled boat |
| on the toy since they also have the fun of the pool to | | | | on a family camping trip to the lake can be a lot of fun |
| keep them riveted. | | | | for your child. Once again, both in the water and out of |
| The default radio controlled toy for most parents and | | | | the water, the rc boating experience can be |
| grandparents are cars and trucks, although lately I | | | | memorable. Do you think the remote controlled truck |
| have been seeing more helicopters seeping in. The | | | | would be as much fun on a trip to the lake as |
| problem with land based rc toys is that they often | | | | watching the Venom Killer Vee skip across the water |
| times are not made very well and are subject to a lot | | | | at a high speed? |
| of abuse. Kids like to crash them! This means they will | | | | The next step up in price of RC Boats is reasonable. If |
| break sooner rather than later. Boats are not as | | | | your child starts to like the rc boating fun, it is not a |
| susceptible to crashing into hard objects since they are | | | | great leap to move up in class and grade to keep |
| on the water. Yes, they will often times flip over, but | | | | them challenged. Take for instance the Traxxas Blast. |
| that's a lot better than the crash prone land based | | | | This versatile electric boat made by Traxxas is a |
| vehicles. | | | | good quality boat that will cost you a bit more than |
| Get a slightly better grade electric boat for your | | | | $100. Or maybe your child wants to explore the fun in |
| children. Toy stores and mass merchandisers sell | | | | electric sailboats. The Megatech Nirvana II is a wildly |
| cheap electrics at high volume that simply won't last. | | | | popular boat that will put you out about $200. Once |
| Get your kids something that has a bit more value and | | | | again, these are high quality boats that will not go out |
| they will have a lot more fun and a longer lasting boat. | | | | of style or break down after a few runs. Resist the |
| Typically, you will have to spend upwards of $35 but | | | | temptation to get your kids cars and trucks. Introduce |
| below $100 for a reasonable grade radio controlled | | | | them to radio controlled boats for longer lasting fun |
| boat. I would recommend either of the Venom boats, | | | | and the possibility of getting them interested over time |
| the Killer Vee or the Straight Jacket. Alternatively, | | | | in the world of radio controlled hobbying. |
| Hobby Zone makes a line of pool racers called Zig | | | | |