Pop-Its! that pop on both sides

November 4, 2021 2:43 PM

Our family has discovered pop-it fidget toys (like this) and we are addicted (helpful for various family members with ADHD and autism). Is there a brand that "pops" on both sides?

All the pop-it type fidgets we've tired have the "pop" side that makes the satisfying pop noise, then you have to flip it other to the "push" side where you have to reset each bump before you can pop them again. Boo! Is there a brand that pops both sides or is that sort of a physical impossibility given the way the pop occurs? I think people on line refer to that them as " the loud" and "the quiet" side, so guess I'm asking if anyone sells a pop-it that only has loud sides.

I can neither confirm or deny I have a 400 bump pop-it in front of me now.....

posted by inflatablekiwi to Shopping (6 answers total)

Do you have the original brand popper that you linked to? At least for the one that the monkey was playing with, it seemed to pop / make noise on both sides. Does yours only make a noise on one side?
posted by hydra77 at 4:23 PM on November 4, 2021

Hmm you are right that Last One Lost board in the video does seem to pop both sides. Everyone I’ve ever tried distinctly has a “loud” pop and “quiet” push side. It looks like that one is a bit more rigid which may explain it. I might see if I can get one and try it.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:10 PM on November 4, 2021

My kid has a Fat Brain Toys Dimpl and there's only a few bumps but it's loud on both sides.
posted by paradeofblimps at 6:30 PM on November 4, 2021

My son is very into pop-its right now, and has patiently explained to me that a “pop-it” is made entirely of soft silicone, and a “simple dimple” has a rigid plastic frame with silicone bubbles. Simple dimples tend to have larger bubbles and a satisfying “pop” from both sides. Ideally you could check them out at a toy store, since they’re mostly unbranded and there’s a lot of variation even among similar-looking ones.
posted by pocams at 6:52 PM on November 4, 2021

So I got my hands on one of the Last One Lost boards (from the video above). As I suspected it’s way more rigid than a lot of the versions out there. I’d say it’s “quiet” side is better than others, but it’s “loud side” is not as satisfying as many of the cheap ones out there with thinner silicone that you just have to lightly press to get a pop. So good but not great.

She’s a hard road to find the perfect pop-it I guess…..
posted by inflatablekiwi at 12:10 PM on November 5, 2021

Yeah, check out the Dimpl mentioned above. It seems like a big seller for Fat Brain Toys so even if they don't have what you want right now, check in later and maybe they'll have introduced it.
posted by potrzebie at 6:10 PM on November 5, 2021