We put a wide range of karaoke machines to the test, with the assistance of our very vocal six- and three-year-old helpers, looking at set-up, overall quality, any extras, how kid-friendly they were and what the song choice was like. If you’re looking for a way to unleash those pop star dreams, a karaoke machine is the way forward – and with the Christmas holidays just around the corner, now is the perfect time to invest. Easy to use straight out of the box, this great quality unit has plenty of options for singing fun for every member of the family. Our three-year-old tester was off-the-scale excited to get their hands on this Cocomelon karaoke microphone.

The Digibox also comes with a power adapter to charge the unit, but once fully charged, battery life runs for about two hours. From the flashy light show and sound quality, to the endless song choices and how simple it was to set up and use, it really ticked a lot of, if not all, our boxes. The machine comes with a selection of pre-loaded songs – these are all VTech originals, but our testers spent so much time playing with it that they now know all the words (as do we! id":41742516453564,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CO-550. Essentially a karaoke machine and DJ mixer in one, it manages to pack a huge amount of features into a small package – so much so, we’re still discovering more weeks into testing.We all agreed it was so much fun and so easy to use – a great addition to our weekly family kitchen discos. As well as all of this, the Daewoo comes with two wired microphones, colour-changing LED lights (which our young testers really loved) and a two-year warranty.

Super-quick and easy to set up, we had a queue of little testers lining up to give this fun VTech number a try. Connect to your Bluetooth device and stream unlimited audio, or connect a USB drive (not included) to the expansion slot to play and sing along to your favorite tunes from your personal collection.

We loved how the stand is height adjustable simply by removing sections, which meant we could fit it to the perfect height for our six-year-old tester as well as our three-year-old, no problem.

Ours was “The Wheels On The Bus” – a classic – although others do include either “Twinkle Twinkle” or the ABC song . Song choice is also a biggie – after all, what’s the point if you can’t sing along to your favourite tunes?You’d think that maybe the appeal of one song would wear off, but as this is toddlers and pre-schoolers we’re talking about, repetition is king and our three-year-old show no signs of getting fed up with this on loop.