Review: DIY Instant Print Camera (Thermal paper)

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This is a USB-C rechargable kids camera with built in "photo printer" that prints on thermal receipt paper. At the $40 price point I was impressed and think it's good value as a gift for a 5-10 year old.

I was not expecting great quality from the printouts, but it is actually quite good for being a thermal printer. If you have a good high contrast photo, it will print it b&w or gray scale and be very usable. Obviously, it's not archival quality, and if the thermal paper gets left in a hot car it will blacken like a receipt, but it's plenty good for kids and relatively inexpensive to buy more thermal paper.

The camera has a 32 GB micro-sd card, and actually takes reasonably good photos and videos for a kids camera

The UI is simple and easy for kids to use (6 main screens: photos, videos, MP3 player, Playback, Games, and Settings) and includes games as well as the photo/video features. The camera also has a lot of built in filters and overlays that modify how the image looks or prints messages and fun scenes / masks on top of the photos.