Customer Reviews

The First Years Swing Tray - Portable Booster Seat Blue & Aqua

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

My 18 month old was able to unlatch the table and swing it. On one occasion she managed to pull it fully off. Also, since the height is not at all adjustable, she could not sit at the table.

We returned it and found a better alternative.

This was a great booster until we decided to remove the tray and pull my son's chair closer to the table. Once the tray is removed there is a hole from the peg for the swing tray. My son loved to shove bits of food down the hole. Since we have wide chairs the food collected under there and I discovered 2 day old peas under his seat. I hated having to completely unhook the booster after every meal. I tried putting a piece of gaffers tape underneath the hole but my son found it intriguing and exciting to try to break through the tape.
We bought a new booster.

I recently purchased this seat for our son since we thought it was time to transition him from the high chair to the table. We decided not to use the tray (might as well use the high chair) and so the swing-away feature didn't really matter to us. We love this seat and he does too! It's very sturdy, easy to clean, and we especially like the high back--which my son seems to like also. The only thing that is problematic is that where the tray removes, there is a hole--which my son discovered immediately! He drops his fork into it, food, whatever. It's easy to retrieve once he's out of the seat, but it can't be done while he's in it. We also like the portability of this seat--it folds up nicely and fastens easily to most any chair that we've tried. Good price for the overall product!

We bought this chair for my daughter when she was 6 months old and I did not want to get a regular size highchair. We have had no problems with it! I am confused with the woman who said she had problems with it falling apart as she was putting it together- I had it put together in about five minutes and it attached to our chair just fine and it is very secure. I have never had it fall apart while I was carrying it and we have taken it over to Grandma's house quite often! I bought a chair without a fabric cover on purpose- I didn't want to have to keep putting it in the washing machine. This chair is very easy to clean. My daughter is now 16 months old and 22 pounds and she loves her chair! My best friend also bought this chair for her son and she has never had a problem with it either.

I purchaed this booster for my son and the day after I purchased it he was able to remove the tray. He also tried to climb up in it and the back collapsed almost causing him to hit his head on our dining room table. I do not recommend this booster because I feel that it is not very sturdy and a child should not be strong enough to fold over the back by pulling on it to get into the seat.

I bought this seat for my son to replace a safety first chair that I accidently left at Grandma's. It looked similiar on the box and I love the Safety First Booster. This one was awful. First of all the plastic is flimsy. It does snap together easily enough but it comes apart easy too. My son took it apart several times. The seat base also fell out of it while he was sitting in it. I had already cut the UPC code off the box to send in with a rebate and luckily had not mailed it yet so I took the whole thing back to Target. When asked if anything was wrong I told the saleperson about my son falling and got a "huh". So much for quality merchandise.

It lasted a year and it goes in the dishwasher and that is all the good there is to say about it. Now the bad! The pivot point where the back attaches to the chair is poorly engineered and comes off way to easy. Mine is warn to the point that my 20 month old can pull it off when he is sitting in it. First he takes the tray off (also very easy for him) and then he pulls the back off. At that point he shimmies out of the straps and is out of the whole thing. Don't plan on it lasting through more than one child.

My son has fallen several times while sitting in this chair. The seat on the chair will fall out of the base even when he is sitting still and buckled in. The side mounting tabs for the seat are very small and do not engage the side of the base well. The rear tab also does not fully engage into the base. I have contacted the manufacturer several times and they insist that there are no problems with the seat. The manufacturer wants to use my son as an experiment to solve their design problems. Do not purchase this seat!

Assuming you are not expecting some type of miracle chair that makes your child sit still and behave, this chair will do what it is meant to do. My daughter has been using it for a year, from 12 months to 2 years, and she still loves it. It folds neatly, travels light, straps on securely and cleans up like a dream. When the straps get stained it goes in the diswasher and comes out sparkling. My daughter has never kicked off the tray or seemed unsafe in any way during a year of use. Naturally, she's buckled in, and we never leave her unattended. The tray takes a little getting used to to be sure it is securely attached, but reading the instructions tends to solve this problem, I think... just banging around without taking a moment to figure out the mechanics of the tray could be frustrating but would also just be silly. Washable crayons wipe right off the white tray, so my daughter creates new artwork every day while (thanksfully!) staying put. It is our only high chair and I have had no problems with it... love the swingout design. For the price, a fantastic product. I would definately purchase it again, and I recommend it to all my friends looking for a simple, easy to use, safe portable booster feeding chair.

My son started using this booster with the tray when he was around 10-12 months. It was ok then. However, this booster didn't conthas been using this booster didn't grow with him. By the time he was 12 months, he could kick up and pop the tray off. Also, it is not very sturdy on the chair. When we took the tray off, he used the hole where the tray attached to stick his spoon and food. I liked the featured that allowed us to move the seat up so that he would be more even with the table, BUT and this is a BIG problem. It would not stay secure. A little wiggling by the end of the meal and the seat part would pop out of the sides of the chair and fall back down to the chair seat. Dangerous and kind of scary for my toddler. I'm buying a new seat today!