Ride On Cars with Remote Controls

When choosing a ride on car, one of the main factors you have to consider is your childs ability to control the car. The vast majority of electric ride on cars are simple to use. You normally have an accelerator pedal that moves the car, and when you child takes their foot off the pedal, an automatic brake kicks in, or in some cases there is a separate brake. Either way, they are fairly straight forward to use, and the product descriptions normally tell you if there is a separate brake etc.

Many ride on cars, jeeps etc also have reverse gears that the child controls by moving a lever or a switch to change to reverse direction. Again fairly simple. Also the steering is as you would expect in any car.

These are all simple controls but can take a little time for your child to master, particularly if they are slightly younger. The simple solution then is to pick one of our ride on cars with Remote Controls. If you have ever driving a RC car then you will get the basic idea. Generally, the remote control will do everything that the car does, one stick will control forward or reverse, and the other left and right. This will mean that as your child learns how to drive the car, you can control it for them as much as you like. Eg you can treat them as a passenger and you do all the driving, or you can be on hand to hit the brakes should they be heading towards a wall.

We have a few ride on cars with remote controls in stock at the moment but we hope to be adding more shortly. In the mean time, check out our current stock and let us know if you need any more help.

6 Volt vs 12 Volt Electric Ride on Cars

We get asked this all the time, what is the difference between 6V ride on cars and 12 volt ride on cars. Or ride on toys for that matter. Its actually quite straight forward.

12V toys will have a more powerful motor and will therefore be faster and may be able to run longer on a single charge. The 12 V electric cars will also be able to climb steeper slopes on driveways etc, and also may be able to drive better on looser surfaces such as peddles etc. Although it has to be said, these cars do not perform at their best on these sorts of surfaces and it should always be kept in mind when purchasing that you are going to have a large flat hard surface for your child to drive on.

The 6V ride on cars are better cars for younger children as they are more suited to a lighter weight distribution and slower speeds. The last thing you want is your child driving too fast and constantly crasing into things, these cars and jeeps are very well built but they are still not indestructible.

All in alls it is pretty much common sense, the bigger the motor the faster and more load bearing a ride on car can be. But if you have any more specific questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Hurrah!!! New Children’s Pedal Cars on their way!!

We have recently secured a new supplier for some fantastic Children’s Pedal Cars , but not just any Pedal Cars! These things are sa-weet (as my teenage nephew would say, he’s so street!). They range from children’s favourites like the Postman Pat Van and Noddys Car right through to Classic Retro Cars and my own personal favourite Pedal Planes !! We are talking Red Baron Pedal Planes and Shark Attack Planes here. I know I am now jumping up and down like a giddy Apple fan at the launch of the iPhone, but I promise you when we have these up and running in the next week to 10 days on the site, you will not be disappointed

Tee Hee…Its like Christmas all over again