"Grandma's" Highchair - Playskool 1-2-3
Written: Jul 04 '01 (Updated Jul 04 '01)
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Pros: Different heights, long wear, easy to clean tray
Cons: Not good for traveling, No 5 point harness
The Bottom Line: A great secondary highchair I had not previously thought of buying.
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| KMINER's Full Review: Playskool 1-2-3 High Chair |
Since our families live 10 hours away, it had been necessary to purchase a second set of baby/child equipment in order to make traveling easier. It was left to my mother to find a second stroller, bath seat, used portacrib, and used highchair to store at her house for when we came to visit both sets of Grandparents.
Mom picked up the Playskool 1-2-3 High Chair from a yard sale of a graduate student she used to teach. She called me excited about its condition and multi-uses. After checking with some on-line sources about how this highchair worked, I agreed she should pick it up.
The highchair seems simpler than our big Graco DoubleTray that we have at home for daily use. Adjustable heights, much like our Graco, and reclining positions, though the Playskool adjusts all the way to the floor, making a small chair that Colin could get in and out of once older.
The Playskool 1-2-3 High Chair has a vinyl seat and back, and is easy to clean, much like our Graco. Food has been less likely to get caught underneath the Playskool seat as it is set at a more 90 degree angle for the seat, where the Graco is more of a bucketed shape. Also the whole padding lifts out as a "seat" so it is virtually impossible for food particles to creep in between the pad and the chair, as so often does in our Graco. Though there is a removeable T bar on the Playskool, there is only a lap belt (as opposed to the 5 point harness of the Graco), making me realize for the first time just how more secure the 5 point harness can be. At 14 months, Colin can bend and try and wiggle out of the lap belt, and I only really feel secure with the tray on securely.
The information about the tray states that it is protected with "microban" - a film that prevents bacteria. While a good thing I would think, I do not put my faith in this, nor do I know how long this microban works as this is a used highchair. We still sprayed it all down when we first brought it home, and continue to wash it up after every meal. The tray does clean easier than the Graco, and is smaller, and therefore easier to fit into the sink to wash. It wipes clean easier, though I think part of that may be in design. The Playskool 1-2-3 is an oval shaped tray, with a simple indented lip around the edge, and then a rim coming up around after that. Additionally, the tray goes on and removes with a front button that your press in with one hand. I have not had any problems removing the tray this way, however, I have had a few problems trying to match up the correct slots and level in order to get the tray to go on smoothly while using one hand. This would be a great feature if I became more fluent with it, as I am often holding Colin while he is waiting to go into his chair.
One drawback is that the Playskool 1-2-3 Highchair does not really fold up well, making it difficult to transport for the 40 minute drive from one set of Grandparents to the next. Since I like many of the other features of this Playskool highchair, I find this to be more a small problem, and we just squish it in the best we can.
I am overall very pleased with this second highchair, and feel it was a good purchase to meet our away from home needs. I had not previously looked at this brand, and may come to it again should I have the need to buy another highchair.
Recommended:
Yes
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