Fisher-Price Child Carrier with Toddler Helmet

by Fisher-Price

Product Features

• Durable child seat and toddler helmet
• Protective side rails
• 5-point adjustable harness
• Protective foot wells and spoke guard
• Fits most 26" and 27" bikes

Product Description

Enhance safety and comfort on family bike rides with the Fisher-Price Child Carrier with Toddler Helmet. The durable child seat accommodates 1 child and features shielding side rails and an improved 5-point adjustable harness. Boasting protective foot wells and a smart spoke guard, this design fits most 26" and 27" bikes (without rear suspension). Improved mounting hardware makes it easy to set up and go. Legendary Fisher-Price quality is also built into the toddler helmet, engineered for safety and adorned with a pattern of cheerful monkeys. Seat and helmet are made for a child weighing up to 40 lbs. Bike sold separately. Made in USA.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00004YRTK
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,369 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #54 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Bicycle Child Seats & Trailers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1-2-3 ..., October 9, 2001

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"alexander-sfbay-area" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Child Carrier with Toddler Helmet (Misc.)

I love to bicycle. I wanted to share that experience with my daughter. I liked this carrier for a few reasons; it has padding (the seat cover) [some other carriers don't], it comes with a small helmet, it claims to be removalble without tools and the price was competive.

I found the assembly instructions to be a little incomplete. One part wasn't listed and is only shown on the box cover. (I'm not sure how much the safety of the seat is affected by a velcro strap--I guess they include it to facilate removal / re-installation of the seat.) The struts which attach the seat to your rear forks do not seem to be designed correctly. (I had to keep the bolts loose to the seat until after installation.)

Anyway, the easy of removal of the seat is okay for a guy who is good with taking things apart - I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who needs to keep their bike locked up outside. After I bought the seat - I found an interesting design which uses a rear bicycle rack as the mounting point. Might be worth it to get that.

The helmet - difficult to fit - but this is a problem with all helmets. Someone recommended wearing a cap under the helmet.

I tried to contact "tech" support for a recommendation to mount a flashing light on the carrier - they told me to contact their supplier (Bell.) (I'm a quality engineer - so I found this to be very ironic.)

With all that in mind, the carrier is very nice - and functions well.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not user friendly, hard to assemble, February 3, 2002

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rhonda m gorman (Redwood City, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Child Carrier with Toddler Helmet (Misc.)

I wouldn't recommend this bike seat for anyone, in fact we are returning ours. It is extremely hard to put together and we can't even get it on our bike - we're going to return this and get a better one.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Believe the bad reviews. . ., April 20, 2006

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K. Miner (Colorado Springs) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Child Carrier with Toddler Helmet (Misc.)

I was desperate for a fast way to get my youngest child to the park when my older children ride their bicycles. Unfortunately the only thing in stock anywhere was this seat. And it took me all morning to get it put together. The holes for the straps to go into were so small I had to widen them with a screwdriver and shove them through the holes with the screwdriver as well. The screws to attach the seat to the seat post of my bike were too short, and the washers needed to be pried together. Finally I was nearing the final steps, when lo and behold, I was missing a piece. I call customer support, which is at Bell, not Fisher Price or Mattel. I was on hold for 20 minutes before I was able to speak to anyone. Then when I spoke to the representative, she put me on hold to speak to her supervisor for another 15 minutes. This happened twice. Their solution to my missing piece? Use a zip tie, "We don't ship that piece separately."

Excuse me? You make a mistake, you fix it. Regardless of whether or not "the piece is shipped separately. Ridiculous. And at the end of the conversation, there was no apology offered, no attempt to make the situation right. Ugh.

So now, I have nothing to show for my morning of effort.

Also, I attempted to adjust the strap on the seat to see how it would fit my daughter. I sat her in the seat, and she BARELY fits. She is two years old, barely weighs 23 pounds, and is tiny. I have no idea how a child any bigger than her would even fit in the seat. I had hoped to use this seat for family rides for the nextfew years. That would NOT happen with this seat.

So, it is going back to the store, and I am buying a Kettler Flipper, or a Bobike Maxi, or a Topeak. I will steer clear of Bell products in the future!

Oh, and to top it all off, the helmet provided with the seat has the plastic cover peeling off without me even removing it from the packaging!! Worthless.

Save your time and your money, avoid this seat at all costs.