Free Toilet training packs from Kandoo (Merged threads)

Dormouse

Liney wrote:

I didn't get the potty training kit, it was a similar thing too, ring up and they ask how many you want - it's got me wondering if it is a scam or something to get my details????

Or perhaps this IS the same promotion?

moo842

thanks just gave them a call

Highland_Lass_2

Not convinced these will arrive as I didn't get the potty training kit either. Nephew will be long past this stage if they don't hurry up and send out.

creme_brulee

Didn't get my potty training kit either! what are they up to?!

rizla01

Just wondered exactly what these KANDOO things were and did a search.

I found this warning, so please take note.

There’s a new product on the market, advertised on the packet with a picture of a frog wiping his bum. Well, that about sums it up I’m afraid. When the new “Kandoo” baby wipes came out a few months ago, we thought “yippee!” –a great new product which encourages young children to be nicely independent, they can go to the toilet and wipe without wasting loads of toilet paper (like the Andrex advert).

Well, that’s the theory. However, in practice, as we well know, do not believe everything you see in adverts. Along comes our daughter, Lucy, now just over 4 years old. We had been trying, in vain, for her to become more independent in the “toileting” department. To try and encourage her further, we bought 2 packs of these new Kandoo wipes. Basically, we told her to use some toilet paper first, then use a couple of the Kandoo wipes, to finish off. The packaging advises flushing no more than 5 Kandoo wipes down the toilet at once.

Lucy had been doing this procedure quite successfully for about 3 weeks, and got quite a way down the packet of Kandoos. In the meantime, I visited my parents in Derbyshire for a week or so, leaving my wife and Lucy on their own. A few days into my relaxing break, I received a phone call with my wife in a blind panic, shouting “there’s sewage all over the back garden!!” After calming her down and running through the procedures, I wasn’t going to cut my relaxing break too short, so as we have 2 toilets in the house which feed through separate drainage pipes, I advised on using the other toilet. We also share an outside drain with our neighbour, so I advised to pass the message onto her.

Prior to all this, we had recently had a new drainage channel cut as we have had a new kitchen sink put in. I automatically blamed the kitchen fitters, so rang them up in a rage. They visited the next day, and looked around, and as always, said “Noth ing to do with us, our drain pipe is fine.” (as all workmen do).

When I returned from my break, I donned my overalls, wellies, rubber gloves and clothes peg on nose and did some s**t shovelling first of all. I then removed the various drain covers and found that the drain was indeed well and truly blocked. Luckily, my neighbour had a set of flexible “rods”, so I set about feeding those into the drain and wiggling them around. Eventually, the blockage cleared, a quick hose down later and all toilet facilities were returned to normal again! During my rodding, I couldn’t believe how many of the Kandoo baby wipes were floating around the mess (sorry if you’ve just eaten!!) and that they had lodged along the pipework, not disintegrated at all.

Since then, we have not flushed the wipes down the toilet, and have not experienced any further drainage problems! I decided to telephone the “Pampers Careline” and share my experiences with them. The lady was not very helpful, stating that “we have had no other complaints of this nature” (well, they all say that!). She then asked me for the batch number of the product, and said that she would send a pre-paid envelope for me to send in a report, preferably from a qualified plumber!!

On reflection, what I should have done, was to take photographs of the drain whilst I was cleaning it, but you don’t really think of that when you’re knee deep in s**t!!

I remember a while ago when the “Charmin” toilet paper first came out, apparently that blocked up people’s drains and they had to completely redesign the product. Whether or not anything will become of my complaint, I don’t know, but I suggest you watch this space, and if any dooyooers have similar problems with the Kandoos, I would like to hear from you, and so would the Pampers Careline lady!

In the meantime, I suggest you don’t flush this prod uct down the loo, unlike the frog on the packet, if you use baby wipes either throw them in the bin, or use the adult versions, like the moist Andrex wipes.

Advantages

lets children become more independent

leaves your toddler nice and clean

come in a handy dispensable box



Disadvantages

Blocks your drains!

Customer helpline not helpful

useful for frogs maybe

misters_2

rizla01 wrote:

Just wondered exactly what these KANDOO things were and did a search.

I found this warning, so please take note.

There’s a new product on the market, advertised on the packet with a picture of a frog wiping his bum. Well, that about sums it up I’m afraid. When the new “Kandoo” baby wipes came out a few months ago, we thought “yippee!” –a great new product which encourages young children to be nicely independent, they can go to the toilet and wipe without wasting loads of toilet paper (like the Andrex advert).

Well, that’s the theory. However, in practice, as we well know, do not believe everything you see in adverts. Along comes our daughter, Lucy, now just over 4 years old. We had been trying, in vain, for her to become more independent in the “toileting” department. To try and encourage her further, we bought 2 packs of these new Kandoo wipes. Basically, we told her to use some toilet paper first, then use a couple of the Kandoo wipes, to finish off. The packaging advises flushing no more than 5 Kandoo wipes down the toilet at once.

Lucy had been doing this procedure quite successfully for about 3 weeks, and got quite a way down the packet of Kandoos. In the meantime, I visited my parents in Derbyshire for a week or so, leaving my wife and Lucy on their own. A few days into my relaxing break, I received a phone call with my wife in a blind panic, shouting “there’s sewage all over the back garden!!” After calming her down and running through the procedures, I wasn’t going to cut my relaxing break too short, so as we have 2 toilets in the house which feed through separate drainage pipes, I advised on using the other toilet. We also share an outside drain with our neighbour, so I advised to pass the message onto her.

Prior to all this, we had recently had a new drainage channel cut as we have had a new kitchen sink put in. I automatically blamed the kitchen fitters, so rang them up in a rage. They visited the next day, and looked around, and as always, said “Noth ing to do with us, our drain pipe is fine.” (as all workmen do).

When I returned from my break, I donned my overalls, wellies, rubber gloves and clothes peg on nose and did some s**t shovelling first of all. I then removed the various drain covers and found that the drain was indeed well and truly blocked. Luckily, my neighbour had a set of flexible “rods”, so I set about feeding those into the drain and wiggling them around. Eventually, the blockage cleared, a quick hose down later and all toilet facilities were returned to normal again! During my rodding, I couldn’t believe how many of the Kandoo baby wipes were floating around the mess (sorry if you’ve just eaten!!) and that they had lodged along the pipework, not disintegrated at all.

Since then, we have not flushed the wipes down the toilet, and have not experienced any further drainage problems! I decided to telephone the “Pampers Careline” and share my experiences with them. The lady was not very helpful, stating that “we have had no other complaints of this nature” (well, they all say that!). She then asked me for the batch number of the product, and said that she would send a pre-paid envelope for me to send in a report, preferably from a qualified plumber!!

On reflection, what I should have done, was to take photographs of the drain whilst I was cleaning it, but you don’t really think of that when you’re knee deep in s**t!!

I remember a while ago when the “Charmin” toilet paper first came out, apparently that blocked up people’s drains and they had to completely redesign the product. Whether or not anything will become of my complaint, I don’t know, but I suggest you watch this space, and if any dooyooers have similar problems with the Kandoos, I would like to hear from you, and so would the Pampers Careline lady!

In the meantime, I suggest you don’t flush this prod uct down the loo, unlike the frog on the packet, if you use baby wipes either throw them in the bin, or use the adult versions, like the moist Andrex wipes.

Advantages

lets children become more independent

leaves your toddler nice and clean

come in a handy dispensable box



Disadvantages

Blocks your drains!

Customer helpline not helpful

useful for frogs maybe

Dum de dum :rolleyes:

If anything there good for cleaning the PC, keyboard/monitor/tower.

jo_b_2

linzz wrote:

Noticed someone mentioned the potty training kit and wondered if anyone got theirs as mine never arrived.

I got a pack from Kandoo. It didn't include any wipes but had some stickers and a booklet and a voucher for £1 off wipes (Boots only.) Think this was a promotion through Boots though, so might not have been connected to the post on here?

Frogling

rizla01 wrote:

There’s a new product on the market, advertised on the packet with a picture of a frog wiping his bum.

Must have been a CGI frog, 'cos no self-respecting frog I know would have taken bags of money (or flies) to advertise bottom wipes!

rizla01 wrote:

useful for frogs maybe

Not useful for us at all - we use a lilypad and then have a good swim around the pond/lake/river.

Am considering bringing a lawsuit against pampers (who I believe are behind the Kandoo brand) for implying that frogs use these wipes

kirkie_2

I rang the number this morning and got a recorded message saying something about, 'Your vote has been registered, now replace the handset'....

Dread to think what I have just voted on!!!!!

Joe_Totale_2

The reason these wipes can cause proplems is due to "dispersal time"

DISPERSAL TIME

Sainsbury’s low price (3 minutes)
Sainsbury’s recycled 4 minutes
Andrex regular (peach) 6 minutes
Velvet Quilted 15 minutes
Charmin Comfort 18 minutes
Andrex aloe vera 26 minutes
Izal Medicated 30 minutes
Newspaper 60 minutes
Andrex moist wipes 5 days
Kandoo children’s moist wipes 5 days

Alan McLaughlin, a spokesman for British Gas, which recently bought the drain company Dyno-Rod and carried out the survey, said: “The explosion in luxury toilet paper is placing toilets under considerable strain. Some paper takes hours to disintegrate. This results in our plumbers being called out more often.”


The villains appear to be the new “moist” papers, popular in countries such as Britain and the US where bidets are rare. They can survive five days in water while traditional varieties vanish within minutes.

The heroes are the least glamorous rolls. Sainsbury’s recycled paper took four minutes to disintegrate and cheaper supermarket paper only three minutes. The bad news for comfort lovers is that Izal performed impressively, vanishing in 30 minutes. One paper aimed at children, Kandoo, failed to break down even after five days.