Customer Reviews

BABYBJÖRN Safe Step - Pink

5 star:		(104)
4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(16)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I thought the price was a bit steep for a step stool, but man is it well made! This step stool will not budge, with all the rubber grips it has. It's also a lot nicer looking after it's been used a while because the black rubber on the top wears so nicely. I looked at another step stool in the BRU store when I bought this, and its rubber already looked icky just from people testing it out. This Baby Bjorn one is also very strong, even for heavier children. I'm very pleased!

I've been a little disappointed in this step stool. My son is 2 and just starting to be interested in potty training. One of his favorite things has been using this stool to get up on the potty by himself. However, the stool has tipped over several times causing him to fall. Last night it happened again and when he fell he got a small cut on his head. Today the stool will "disappear" from his bathroom. We won't be using it anymore.

This step stool is a safety hazard. The sides are not angled enough so a two-year-old can easily step too close to the edge and tip it over. In fact the stepping surface is so small that it's hard for a little guy to stay in the middle of it. And when the stool is tumbled over a little explorer can hurt himself badly when he falls onto the sharp edges of the legs.

I bought this stool for toilet training. It does not get my 36 inch tall son anywhere near the potty seat except to peer down into the toilet. I moved the step into the kitchen so he can use it to get water from the refrigerator. False advertising.

I don't think the designers of this stool had a good grasp of the physics behind getting knocked over. The larger footprint you can make the harder it is to get knocked over (think trees roots). The base of this Bjorn stool is too narrow, such that if my son stands right on the edge it will topple over.

I compared this stool side-by-side with our other stool (a older baby trend model) and you can see the difference in size of the base. When I push down on the edge of the baby trend stool, nothing happens. When I gently push on the edge of the Bjorn step, it flips! Unfortunately, amazon doesn't sell the baby trend one and I can't find it online elsewhere, otherwise I would recommend that one instead.

UPDATE: I ordered this stool Bright Starts Step Stool, Oval and it is way better: sturdy, less expensive, and still fun colors.

This step was terribly disappointing, the grips on the bottom don't keep the step from sliding right out from under my son's feet. The third time he stepped up it went right out from under his feet and he fell over and landed on the edge of the tub, it was awful. It seems to work okay on the carpeted surface, but I'm not really giving it much use anymore.

This stool is working fine for us. It is stable and safe, non-slip, and it is nice and small so I can move it out of the way easily, and light-weight so my 2 year old son can easily move it into place by himself. I am not sure that I couldn't have found a similiar stool for less money, but I like the fact that it's just plain black and white and it doesn't look tacky in the guest bath. I did try a couple of the wooden steps, and they were too big and heavy, and I couldn't move them out of the way. Plus, they were more expensive than this one. The only complaint I have about this stool is I wish it was about an inch taller so that my son's feet could rest flat footed on it when he's on the toilet. Otherwise, it's a good little stool.

Our 2 1/2 yr old really likes this stool. She has used it for almost a year to reach the sink and now for learning how to use the potty. We feel safe with the rubber pads on tile or on carpet. The wide rubber area to step on provides more traction for those uncoordinated feet! We bought another one for upstairs. The best quality I could find in BabiesRUs, Target & WalMart.

This stool is not decorative, but it does what it is intended to do. I also have the cute, wooden step stool type of stool, but I needed a stool for a small bathroom where function took precedence over form. What I really liked about it was that it had a non-skid botton as well as a non-skid standing surface (others like this in this price range do not).

This step stool was not tall enough for my 2.5 year old to get himself onto to the toilet or reach the sink to wash his hands. Not even close!