Customer Reviews

Evenflo BabySuite Signature Playard with Bassinet & Changer - Pinebrook

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I have to admit, bought this one purely on looks (ours has a different fabric pattern/color, but the same faux wood). Would not buy again because:

1. Changing table leans to the unsupported side (even with our 8 lb newborn). I assume this will get even worse as the baby gets heavier;

2. Sleep platform severely sags in the middle. We can only position baby in certain places, otherwise his head will end up below his feet;

3. Canopy constantly pops off. The clips are insufficient, and they need to be snapped in after popping off every time we adjust the canopy;

4. Vibration motor rattles against sleep platform. It's loud- had to stuff towels in there to buffer; and

5. Music/sounds are too loud. The lowest setting is disruptive when baby is in light sleep.

Bottom line- looks good, doesn't work so good, overpriced given its shortcomings. Look elsewhere.

Out of all of our baby gear, this is one huge disappointment! We bought this primarily because of the very elegant look and that is about all it is good for! When our baby was a newborn, we used the changing area, but even at 7 lbs she was too heavy for the bassinet. It is way too clunky to use as a travel crib now that she is older and it makes the Graco Pack n Plays look like ingenious inventions. The crib doesn't come with a sheet for the mattress pad, so we ordered one. It makes the mattress pad "SNAP" up sometimes, even when our baby is IN the playard! Horrible! Like every other owner, the hood NEVER stayed in place and the vibration for the bassinet is very noisy. This thing is a disaster and I wish we had never bought it! I wouldn't take this playard if they paid me to! Sadly we bought it at its highest price and I kick myself every day over it. Ugh. Run in the other direction!!

My daughter slept in the bassinet part of this play yard until we moved her into her room. This 'mattress' seemed softer than others I had looked at but apparently was not as sturdy and began to sag long before she was 15 pounds (which is the weight limit for the bassinet). I called the company and they replaced it (after the standard time allowed, which was very considerate of them) but the replacement also began to sag: this is when we gave up and moved Baby to her crib. (My sister has the Graco play yard she purchased for her first 5+ years ago and my daughter didn't roll to the middle of that one.) Also the mattress rattled against the battery pack when the vibrator was on. The bassinet part of the play yard holds my only complaints, though!

The sidebar locking mechanism that stabilizes the unit for the Evenflo Babysuite Signature Portable Playard does not work. After numerous attempts (somewhere around 25 tries) to get the unit to snap-to, I looked underneath and saw that the cheap plastic locking mechanism was fractured and broken.

My child will not be staying in this bassinet as I was unable to get it to set up. It was a big hassle when I set it up for my first child, but I was finally able to get it to work. Several years later in preparation for child number 2, the unit failed miserably and I gave up on trying to get it to work. Such a frustrating experience when you spend several hundred dollars on a product and it's poorly designed and dangerous.

It's a shame as the unit looks really nice, it's just that the key support structure and locking mechanism unit responsible for supporting the baby and the units 4 legs is made of really cheap plastic and thin metal bars that easily fracture and wear. I will not be using any of their products after this experience.

A concerned parent.

We wanted a playard to keep in the living room that had all of the newer features (changing table, night light, vibrations, parent storage) but despised all the other color schemes out there. I didn't want my living room to scream BABY!!! I wanted it to blend in. This is perfect!

The changer is sturdy, albeit kind of small... I can't see it being useful once the baby is 4+ months, but it flips away and the storage area is still useful. Someone mentioned it leans down when the baby is in it, well our baby isn't here yet, but I put my 10lb dog on it and he sat just fine and there was no dipping or leaning. On the underside of the changer is a long velcro pouch, perfect for a few onesies or an extra handful of diapers.

The music/lights controls take 4 C batteries and 1 D battery, just fyi so you can have them onhand and not have to run out last minute. As for the vibration box rattling around, if you make sure the mattress pad is pushed firmly down there is no rattling. I actually feel that the vibrations are kind of strong, but I think the padded sheet I got will buffer it a bit.

There are a LOT of complaints out there about the quality of this item, and as long as you FOLLOW the instructions - which admittedly are a bit difficult to read in a few areas - you will not be disappointed. They SHOULD tell you on the box that the instructions are hidden in a pouch underneath the mattress pad, at first we thought ours were missing. Get them out first before you start doing anything and you will be golden.