Customer Reviews

4moms Cleanwater Infant Bath Tub with Digital Thermometer

5 star:		(33)
4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

We love this tub makes bathtime cleaner, safer, and easier.

With this tub you run the water continuously into a reservior area (which I assume moderates temperature changes). As the water flows into the tub it goes over a temperature sensor. If the temperature is too hot the display will turn red and beep. The water flows into the wash area and then out a hole in the side. The tub says it is designed to fit in double basin sinks, but we haven't tried that.

With our previous tub I would run the water continously anyway since I wanted to rinse my son with clean water, but then the tub would fill up to unsafe levels. Also, everytime you adjusted the water flow you'd have to carefully monitor the temperature to make sure it didn't get too hot.

We had the Fisher Price aquarium tub before and our son never fit in it correctly. He loves bathtime and this tub makes it so much less stressful.

We bought this tub for baby #3 as the one his sisters used previously was looking pretty rough. I love that the baby gets fresh water for his bath. So often the little ones go potty in the tub and then you have to rinse it all out and start over. This takes care of that problem. The thermometer is great. Even my 6 and 3 year old can tell when the water is too hot or too cold. I only gave it 4 stars because it is difficult to store. We ended up hanging it from a hook in the laundry room. It will not fit under the sink so you're challenged to find it a proper home. I was also surprised that other sites wanted to charge between 30 and 40 dollars to ship this tub. Amazon had free shipping so I bought it here!!

So we started out with the Rainforest tub and were very frustrated with the dirty water. We stumbled on this product one day and thought it was worth a shot. It was the best $40 we spent. It works exactly how it says it does and baby loves it too.

I read the other reviews and want to address some of their concerns about the tub.

Complaint #1: Baby does not fit...
Well My son is 7 months old and weighs a healthy 20 lbs, and he fits just fine. He will probably out-grow it in a few months, but will be realy for big boy bathing. Since he is no longer 12 lbs., the dirty water does not drain properly on the opposite side of the drain. But just slight wiggling of the baby or just some paitence and the problem is solved.

Complaint #2: Plugs leak...
I have had this tub for almost six months and plugs work perfectly. If the plugs are leaking, it may be from improper care of the product...letting water sit, not getting all the soap out, leaving a wet rag on the plugs, leaving it in the sun.

Complaint #3: The thermometer breaks...
Again, I have owned it for six months and the thermometer works great! I run the water from the faucet gently and water never touches the device, keeping it in perfect working order. If you are running the water over the thermometer(which is silly because there is a reader in the water flow that reads the tempature away from the electronic thermometer) on full blast, yes I can see why it would break.

In conclusion, as long as you are not using this product irresponibly, It works exactly like it claims. The best tub on the market and 2nd to the boppy, I think one of the best baby products out there.

Relative to other bathtub products, this tub deserves the top score. However, I gave 4/5 stars because there is room for improvement. Nevertheless, I recommend this tub to others

Highlights: fresh water feature is wonderful for keeping water clean and keeping water at a comfortable temperature, built in thermometer, small storage caddies

Improvement needed:
1) need insert or other option for small babies (my baby is 8 weeks, average size, and slides all over the place requiring two people to bathe her: one to hold her and one to wash)
2) add second drain / overflow hole. The one existing hole sometimes gets blocked by baby or wash cloth causing water level to rise
3) increase reservoir opening. our tub spout pours half into the baby tub and half into surrounding tub

We bought this bathtub for our son and started using it when he was just a few weeks old. It is a nice tub - I like that its designed for the water to continue flowing through it during the bath. There is a reservoir in front to catch the water coming out of the faucet and then that spills over into the shallow tub area for your baby. It comes with a cup for washing your baby and the bath has two holders for the cup, which is very convenient. The major problem I had with this tub is the thermometer. The fact that this tub had the thermometer was the reason we purchased it, but the thermometer broke after three months. One day it just started flashing and making a buzzing noise, and replacing the batteries had no effect. So we had to go out and purchase a tub thermometer anyway, which is what we were trying to avoid in the first place. I was disappointed that the thermometer wasn't made to last longer. If I had known that it was not going to hold up, I probably would have purchased a less expensive bathtub with a separate water thermometer.

The product is good and does the job, the heat monitoring features is good which i personally like. The size is good and the baby is comfortable in it. The outlets are placed in 3 locations which allows for easy control of how much water is present in the tub.

The improvements could be :
a) It does not show the actual temprature of water in the tub, but the flow in, this kind of brings us down to testing with our hands at times, so you might as well go for a cheaper tub without temp control. The temprature sensors should be moved to the bottom of the water flow side which gives a better picuture of the temparature of water flowing to the baby side of the tub.

The outlet flaps are little flimsy and came off easily exposing a hole, though it was no big deal putting it back.

Overall i would recommend this product since the temprature control turning color based on the temprature adds to the fun for the parents to give baths more than anything else.

This bath tub has been in use for over three months at our home and we appreciate it every night. We place the tub over a standard double-basin sink and it fits perfectly. The temperature sensor is very helpful - I cycle the water through at a good clip, so the temperature in the bath is really not any colder than the sensor states. The digital sensor is definitely worth the extra money. Also, the shape of the tub makes it really easy to turn baby over and wash her back. She just kneels on the non-slip pad and dips her hands in the reservoir. Most importantly, though, the tub is very simple to clean if baby goes to the bathroom in the bath. With several outlet holes in the tub, we can pick baby up and I have clean water in the tub before baby even gets cranky about leaving the warm water. Our baby loves bath time and I think it is largely because this tub has made it so low-stress from the beginning. I only wish it was a little bit larger, as our child is tall and she is outgrowing it far too soon.

I love it for the fact that I know my daughter isn't sitting in dirty bath water when I'm bathing her. I haven't experience any problems like other people have stated such as the temp not working or it leaking. It will leak if you close the drain valve on the side so that the water is high in the part where the baby sits. When my daughter starts to splash around the water will come out the hole but that's expected I think.

I have used this tub for the last 4 months and it has really been wonderful. It is not exactly "green" since you leave the water flowing all the time, but as a new mom, I really appreciated the constant water temp (besides my baby really liked to watch the running water anyway). It fit perfectly in my kitchen sink (a double sink). Before I had my son, I had thought I would bathe him in the tub and just lay this in there, but the kitchen sink is much better for your back!

Only down side is that he's now growing out of it at 4 months (but he is a huge baby - he wears 9 month plus clothes) so I think it would fit an average size baby until they are ready to go in the big tub. Now that I've tried to bathe him without this tub, I really miss it! It is a little pricier than some of the others out there but it is well worth it.

I first bought one of these when I had son. I liked this bathtub so much that I bought a second one when my daughter was born. I even purchased it three additional ones for three different baby showers (even though they had registered for other bathtubs). I will continue to purchase these for other moms to be...