kalimba
Skip it44/100strong incumbent ratings (4.7★) — kalimba doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$563K
Growth (1y)
+116.9%
Products
15
Brands
14
was 12 a year ago
Sellers
17
Price range
$12.85–$88.23
Returns
2.4%
Rating
4.7★
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Scored 44/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +116.9% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×
Competition
- Newlam46%
- MUINS11%
- YUNDIE7%
- Gecko5%
- Flyott5%
- YSYFFPXXYYS4%
- Other (8 brands)21%
The top 5 products take 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 14 brands and 17 sellers compete here.
Brands
14 rising
was 12 a year ago
Sellers
17
Top 5 brand share
75%
Product shelf
All 15 tracked products in this niche.
Newlam Kalimba Thumb Piano 17 Keys Musical Gift for Kids and Adults
Newlam
$24.194.8★15,357 reviews
MUINS 17 Key Clear Acrylic Kalimba Thumb Piano for Beginners Adults and Kids Musical Therapy Gift with Tuning Hammer and EVA Case Stress Relief Instrument Crystal Sound like Wind Chimes(Bear)
MUINS
$28.045.0★3 reviews
Kalimba Thumb Piano YUNDIE Portable 17 Keys Mbira Finger Piano with Tune Hammer and Instruction Musical Instruments Birthday Gift for Adult Beginners Professional(Brown)
YUNDIE
$22.614.7★2,364 reviews
Newlam Kalimba Thumb Piano 17 Keys Musical Gift for Kids and Adults
Newlam
$29.364.8★15,357 reviews
GECKO Kalimba 17 Keys Thumb Piano with Waterproof Protective Box Tune Hammer and Study Instruction Portable Mbira Sanza Finger Piano Meditation Sound Gift for Beginners and Professional
Gecko
$31.054.8★9,354 reviews
Kalimba Thumb Piano 17 Keys Finger Piano Musical Instruments Mbira Music Kids Gifts Adult Beginners Hand Pianos Brown
Flyott
$15.144.6★258 reviews
Kalimba 21 Keys Calimba Portable Kalimba Thumb Piano Finger Piano Kalimba 21 Keys Thumb Piano for Adults and Beginners.
YSYFFPXXYYS
$16.614.5★444 reviews
LUCKIPLUS Cute Kalimba Thumb Piano 17 Keys-Star Crystal Acrylic Finger Piano-Portable Mbira Musical Instruments Cute Christmas Gift with Tune Hammer and Study Instruction for Adults Beginners
LUCKIPLUS
$26.974.7★343 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good sound quality”
“Good quality”
“Fun to use”
“Money well spent”
“I truly did appreciate though how it came mostly in tune after arrival”
“You can easily take it with you while traveling”
“the design is beautiful”
“This light weight instrument is very reasonably priced”
“The size was excellent for me hand”
“Good durable quality”
What buyers complain about
“The included covers are child size and won't help”
“assuming his poor quality wood”
“it cracked after two days”
“more of the notes keep buzzing”
“came out of tune”
“I haven't payed it much”
“If I had any idea ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED I would not have purchased this for her”
“it feels a bit low quality”
“feels almost painful to strike it hard enough to actually hear the notes”
“Harder than it looks”
Top return reasons
- Audio Quality22%
- Size-Overall15%
- Tune Retention10%
- Advertised Vs Actual Product7%
- Value For Money7%
- Quality-Overall5%
- Defective Material/Parts5%
- Functionality-Overall4%
- Ease Of Use4%
- Wood Quality3%