Christmas Toy Got Broke Daddy

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas Toy Got Broke Daddy

This Christmas I bought a toy digital camera for my daughter Jasmine. The Girl Tech Video Journal. It lasted about 48 hours before it broke. Here is a marketing photo of what it is suppose to look like:

Here is an actual photo of the broken toy opened up. The mini usb connector broke off and was rattling around in the case. That's it in the middle. I can not blame the kids for this. Can you see what is the design flaw of this toy? It would not have cost anything to design it right.

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John said...

The design flaw was expecting solder to hold the connector in place. A drop of epoxy would have prevented the problem. Any connector of this type is subjected to repeated stress throughout the product's life. I have a digital video camera with an identical problem. The push-in / pop-out SDHC mechanism was attached only by solder. It lasted just a few insertion cycles before dislodging inside the camera.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:11 PM

damon said...

yea. but could you do it cheaper than adding another process and drop of glue?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:55 PM