National Geographic 9105000 Astro Planetarium Multimedia, Black

This is the first meaningful review I have written for anything I have bought on Amazon. I will be brief.If you are looking to buy a planetarium/star projector for someone, this is the product to get.I spent three days reading the often contradicting feedback for planetariums online, and viewing the curiously priced competing products on this website. As far as I can tell this is the very best one in terms of value for money and what the projection actually does. The others are either cheap, have a poor focus or other defect or project stylised drawings of stars rather than constellations. This has a sharp but adjustable focus focus, isn’t too noisy (no more than a laptop) and casts a good image on your ceiling.There is a shooting star button, turn it on and after a minute or two a star will pass across the sky –it is not immediate though. This repeats every few minutes.I bought this for my partner who loves stargazing and it has made her exceptionally happy. Falling asleep to it is a very soothing experience. I would rank this as the best received present I have got for anyone ever -and this is a testament to the product's quality.Two disks -one with constellations mapped, one of just the stars.Delivery was quick, it does arrive in the product box with a delivery sticker, no other external packaging which is something to be aware of depending on where you are having it delivered e.g. if the recipient is likely to take it at the door.

What you get if you buy this product:- A projector that provides a good, oval-shaped projection. If you place it in the centre of a room with a 2-metre high ceiling, it will project across the majority of the ceiling, maybe missing the very corners where the projection is rounded. It also has the ability to adjust focus to suit your needs. Sound from the motor is barely noticeable on the slowest speed setting, and faster speeds aren’t significantly louder.- “Falling Stars” in the form of a secondary projector that occasionally overlays a streak of light on your main image, the frequency of which depends on how quickly the main projection is rotating.- A radio that’s not as intuitive to use, but the manual helps you set it up. The automatic search isn’t perfect, picking up a number of fuzzy stations it barely has a signal for and saving them as presets. The auxiliary input, however, is very nice for playing your own relaxing melodies to cover the sound of the rotating motor.- A stand that allows you to keep it steady as well as adjust its angle so it can project onto a wall if you wish.- An instruction manual that gives you just enough information to let you do what you need to do with each function.- 2 slides for the projection, one with a constellation map, including labelled diagrams, and one with just the stars. Inserting these discs can be confusing if you don’t know it has to line up perfectly with all the little notches.- An auxiliary cable for the audio input, basic cable, nothing special about it.- Some additional educational material in the form of simple puzzles that look like something a space-themed restaurant might print on their kids menu.- Batteries included to get you started, though in order to install said batteries, you need a small screwdriver to access the battery compartment. Not exactly simple for a young child.What you don’t get if you buy this product:- A plug adapter. Seriously, it comes with 3 basic AA batteries that look like they’re from a £1 store, but for £69 (I got it for £35 on sale, and even then), it doesn’t even come with anything to let you plug it into the mains so you don’t have to worry about battery life.- Any additional slides. At all. I don’t even see the option to buy any more, and considering you only have one slide with diagrams that doesn’t even seem to distinguish between hemispheres, it’s a bit lackluster.Overall, I expected more from something with the National Geographic brand, especially at this price. Like I said before, I only paid £35, and even then, I’m struggling to feel like I got good value for that. I feel sorry for anybody that paid the full price tag.My rating - 3/5. A resounding “meh”.

Nasty piece of crudely made tat, this would be hugely overpriced at £9.99. Incredible that National Geographic put their name to it. Still can't believe how bad it is - design, concept, manufacture, all terrible.

My girlfriend loves looking up at the stars, so I surprised her with one of these for the bedroom. The projected image is a little basic, but it's great that it is an accurate depiction of the starts. The shooting star function, sadly, is pretty bad, so bad in fact that seeing what supposed to be a shooting star move across the sky ruins the view, so we keep it turned off. We haven't used the speaker function, as this seems a little pointless in the age of smart speakers, but over all a really good, solid product.

It's really nice but for £70 hmmm a lot of £ for what it is. The shooting star us a nice touch. Wasn't happy with how the product was posted. The item was clearly visible on delivery meaning it was meant to be a suprise Xmas present but was not a suprise at all. My address label was stuck on side of box. Not very happy!

Do you want to have the star constellations beamed on your ceiling? The look no further. This Planetarium does just that, and you have the choice of 2 discs to use, and add to that shooting stars, FM radio, timer, speed control and more. This is a great product. Indeed a little more expensive than other so called Planetariums, but I can say it is worth the extra money. No more wasting money on inferior products and not being able to work out what you are looking at, this also comes with a focus ring, so all will be sharp when projecting.You can add a power adapter to the unit to save using batteries too.