New Wheel!
Hey Hamster Friends!
Coming at you soon- a review of this wheel from Bucastate!
Full disclosure- they did send me this wheel for free, but I have not received any other forms of payment and I’ll be giving you my full, honest, opinion, of course!
I got the 10”, mint green wheel, but I now see they had additional, translucent colors available, which look really gorgeous. I do love a translucent wheel… but I also love a pop of color… now I finally can have both!
So far, I would say that the wheel is very comparable to the Niteangel Super Silent Wheel ( https://amzn.to/3RuihVk ). The height is adjustable, the materials feel very similar. The wheel is very quiet and hardly perceptible when it’s in use. In the US we went from having very few, good, silent wheels in early 2020, to now having quite a few brands! For those of you in other countries, you might find that you have better access to certain brands over other brands (for instance, I believe Canadians have trouble getting their hands on Niteangel wheels), so I’m very happy to see another brand making species-appropriate hamster items. That’s always a win in my books!
So far, my only constructive criticism is that the largest size it comes in is 10”. I believe that 10” is really only appropriate for dwarf hamsters, Syrians should be using 12” or even 14” (if you can find it!). If you’re a frequent visitor to my YT channel or blog, you’ll know that even some of my robos use 12” wheels, so I’m a big proponent of large and in charge wheels.
All that being said, I’m going to guess they have a 12” wheel in the works, since I’m seeing new products from them pop up on Amazon quite frequently these days.
(EDIT: Bucastate does have a 12” wheel, but currently not available on Amazon. I’ll add it here when it is!)
Right now this wheel is in Oscar the Robo’s bin. He ran on it last night and seemed to have no complaints. He was in a particularly good mood this morning though, when I gave him some seed mix he squeaked with joy!
(Watch the video of Oscar squeaking here—> https://youtube.com/shorts/fb9CPrJwTWY?feature=share )
I’ll give it a few weeks before I do a full review of the wheel, but I wanted to put this out there for those of you who might be on the hunt for a good wheel.
Have you tried any Bucastate products? Do you have any thoughts to share?
