Toys put to the test: It's better not to give these cuddly toys to children for Christmas

Stuffed animals are a popular Christmas gift.

Stiftung Warentest has now examined 22 toys and even discovered dangerous pollutants in some.

• Stiftung Warentest *

  tested toys.

• The

  experts advise against eleven products out of the

  22 soft toys in the

  test

  .

• Eleven

  cuddly toys

  do well, they are ideal as gifts for

  Christmas

  .

Kassel - cuddly toys as a

This is probably on some children's wish lists.

has now taken a closer look at 22 toys.

The result:

the experts can

only

recommend

eleven of the

tested

.

The other half of the

performed

poorly

in the

.

Stiftung Warentest even found

in some cuddly toys.

Toys for Christmas: Stiftung Warentest examines cuddly toys

In order to test the 22 plush toys and figures, the experts from

carried out around 300 mechanical and physical tests and analyzed hundreds of material samples for around 235 different substances.

The

were tested according to the toy standards for risks such as flammability, small parts that could be swallowed, the risk of strangulation or suffocation.

In addition, in were

tensile tests performed and measured string lengths.

Stiftung Warentest: These cuddly toys received top marks in the test

A

total of ten

received good grades in the

.

The experts from

even rated three of the toys as “very good”.

According to the consumer magazine, they can easily be

given away to children

for

:

• Pusblu Dino blue by dm (5.95 euros)

• Babydream dog from Rossmann (4.70 euros)

• Worry Eater Ping by Schmidt Spiele (16.80 euros)

• Djungelskog orangutan from Ikea (13 euros)

• Bear from Kik (8 euros)

• Hoppel rabbit pink 20 cm from Steiff (39.50 euros)

• Emperor penguin 20 cm from WWF (17.90 euros)

• Grolltroll by Aprilkind from Die Spiegelburg (25 euros)

• Horse Black Cassis 25 cm by Nici (16 euros)

• Sweety Löwe Silvio Savanne by Sigikid (25 euros)

Cuddly toys at Stiftung Warentest: These toys fail the test

Eleven of the studied

cut in the

with a grade of "sufficient" or "poor" from.

According to

problem is

often in the details, for example in accessories or additional materials.

Some cuddly toys contain critical amounts of harmful or environmentally harmful

in the felt, label or scarf.

Other products are not safe for children because small parts that could be swallowed come loose, plush burns too quickly or there is a risk of strangulation.

The

"Siamese" by Teddy Hermann falls through the

because her burned plush too fast.

As soon as the burner ignited the fur in the laboratory, the flame rose quickly up the cat's back, report the experts from

Flippables "Einhorn Diamond" and "Beanie Babies Peppa Pig" by Ty failed the tensile test.

At Peppa Pig, according to experts, a sticker attached to the label was too easy to peel off, the unicorn Diamond from the provider Ty is covered with sequins, which

can easily peel

off and swallow.

They are cute, but we can only recommend half of the 22 tested plush toys and figures from Disney, Steiff, or Ikea (5 to 62 euros).

The other 11 perform adequately or poorly because of pollutants or other security risks: https: //t.co/cCGSEzyK4d

- Stiftung Warentest (@warentest) November 17, 2020

Cuddly toys put to the test: Stiftung Warentest discovers dangerous pollutants

The "Jack Russell Terrier" from Kösen can be

dangerous to

with its accessory, because the elastic dog leash is more than 30 centimeters, which exceeds the toy standard.

According to

there are also

substances that are hazardous to health: The textile on the inside of the dog's ear contains the pollutant formaldehyde, which in these quantities is not acutely toxic, but has a long-term effect on the organism and can even be

.

The

rag doll "Elsa" from Disney also caught on in the

.

Here, the experts discovered a harmful flame retardant in the foam of the shoe sole.

the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene on the label of

the toy animal "Mabel"

.

This is suspected of causing

. 

Stiftung Warentest: Do not dispose of defective plush toys immediately

The experts from

emphasize that the inadequate

do not have to end up in the trash once they are bought.

Unsafe labels can, for example, be removed by the consumer.

The experts also advise keeping packaging

bags away

from

and removing leashes from toys for too long.

Most products can still be

given away

for

without any problems and without any risk

.

The manufacturers of most of the

products that were poorly cut

in the

also offer to take back the respective toy and refund the purchase price.

(Helena Gries)

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