Manufacturer: Graco
Price: £89.99
Features: Travel cot with integral wheels that sit outside of the carrybag when collapsed to allow you to pull it along. Cot has two mesh sides and two nylon sides.
It includes an optional bassinette cot with hood and changing station/accessory tray with changing mat.
Vital statistics: Weight:
12kg with bassinette and changing station, 8.5kg cot alone; interior size:
95cm long x 66cm wide.
Stockists: 0870 9090510; www.graco.co.uk
Parents' comments:
Amazingly comprehensive cot - a complete home-from-home care centre from newborn to toddler.
Bassinette sits across the top rails of the basic travel cot frame which lifts a young baby up to a more easily accessible level.
Bassinette hood adds snugness and uses the full-sized mattress so is well padded and
cosy.
Full size cot is roomy and effective as both a play pen or a cot.
Relatively simple to assemble but hard work to pack away.
When stowed the cot wheels sit outside of the carry bag so you can pull it along but bag is not secured very tightly so cot parts can become very grubby while in transit.
Heavy - the bassinette and
Care Centre accessories add considerably to the overall weight of the cot. They can be left behind to reduce weight once your child is too big to need them but the bag design means it still feels pretty cumbersome.
Babyworld verdict: Although this is an incredibly comprehensive travel cot that works well for all ages, the weight and bulk count against it for a true jet-setting life style. This would be ideal perhaps as a cot kept at grandma's - it has everything you might need to create a mini nursery home-from-home but it is not the most practical for lugging on and off of trains or planes.
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