Mighty 3 (2026 Edition)

Honestly, I love my Mighty. While I had originally planned to use it for a short trip, I find myself coming back to it after 2-3 years. The lifespan and longevity are pretty great, and while I am disappointed about the upcoming loss of Spotify availability, it's been pretty wonderful until now.

Excellent startup but still a little clunky if you have multiple units for different kids or multiple BT headsets. Still very happy so far

I selected the Mighty 3 for my 4 year old a couple of weeks ago for a few reasons. One, I wanted something screen-free and secure for her, where she can't access the internet or audio that I have not selected for her. Two, I didn't want to have to purchase or manage mp3 files—I wanted something that would integrate with one of the audio content subscriptions we already have. We're currently using Spotify until the access is discontinued in April 2027. We'll switch to Amazon Music then. Three, I wanted something she could use without WiFi, Bluetooth, or internet connection. My daughter can navigate the Mighty 3 easily and she learned fast. She loves the ability to hear the track name and artist—which I love too because she's constantly asking us who sings a song or what the name is, so we don't have to stop what we're doing and check a phone or something. The audio quality is fine, and it works well with wired headphones and our Bluetooth microphone speaker. Battery life seems fine so far too. My only feedback is that syncing can be challenging. The instructions say to avoid syncing large playlists of over 200 tracks, but I still struggle with playlists of 5–35 tracks. I need to sync multiple times to get all of the songs on a playlist synced over to the Mighty, even though I'm next to my router and the lists are very small. This takes a decent amount of time. It took me an hour to sync about 100 songs since I needed to keep hitting refresh over and over. It eventually all worked, and syncing aside, we have not had any big issues.