I looked on youtube and saw that the wheel was working for the families that were on there. It looked cute and real so I got one for my daughter. I set it up as the directions told me to. The wheel never spun freely. The hamster will get in the wheel, get stuck, and back its way out of it. Complete disappointment to me but most importantly a disappointment to my 4 year old. The car and garage has some issues too but still works somewhat. The wheel doesn’t not work at all for us. So if you purchase this product its sort of like playing the lottery. If it works you’re one of the lucky ones. If it doesn’t, you’re stuck with a piece of crap.

These toys don’t work. They get stuck constantly, the plastic tubes are cheap and break very easily. My child got very frustrated and bored quickly. Don’t waste your money. If you must try this, wait until they are at Walmart or Target for $7.

We’ve got pretty much all of the accesories for the Zhu Zhu pets. The wheel actually does not move freely very well but the hamster will go down the tunnel get on the wheel and run in place then back down the tunnel. At first I was very dissappointed that the wheel wasn’t really spinning (it does move but spinning is a stretch) but my 4 year old didn’t seem bothered by it. now I actually kind of prefer this one because it’s one that actually keeps the hamster contained in the funhouse. The slide lets the hamster out onto the floor as does the car and garage which is fine if you have a very large area for the whole set but the hamster runs better in the plastic pieces. As for durability the slide and garage are constantly coming detached (the 2 year old tends to knock them around) but this one has stayed attached pretty good, maybe because the tunnel is shorter than others. If you’re not familiar with these you should know the accessories are snap together pieces – the plastic isn’t flimsy but the fact that they just ‘snap’ together means they also snap apart rather easily. So while the accessories are constantly coming apart or detached they aren’t breaking (which is good) but my 4 year old can’t really snap them back together on his own so it’s more work for me.