The toy is used by swiping the beads to get them spinning, while keeping the ring turning.

[1] Around fifty thousand rings were purchased in New Zealand at department stores, street markets and dairies in 1996,[2] and was a popular Christmas gift for children that year.

[7] The chatter ring has been played with by the former Mayor of Invercargill Tim Shadbolt.

by Murray Potts who described the unveiling of his newly developed and produced jitter rings as a case of "what goes around comes around".

[9] Chatter ring performances were included on an episode of New Zealand children's television series What Now [10] and at department store Farmers.