Graco Modern Pack 'N Play Playard with Bassinet and Changer, Zurich

by Graco

Product Features

• Modern style frame blends flowing lines, ideal proportions and purposeful details to define quality and comfort
• Posture plus changing table fits your life with uniquely convenient height and functionality
• Enhanced electronic sounds and lights unit entertains and soothes
• Wheels on one end for better mobility in the home
• Baby basics organizer blends practical baby care with style and flair offering diaper stacker, refillable wipes container and storage compartments

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 40 x 28.5 x 33.2 inches ; 32 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 34.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001GQ2P96
• UPC: 047406103836
• Item model number: 1751956
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,014 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #75 in Baby > Gear > Playards
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Because a large part of nurturing takes place in the home, this playard blends practical baby care in a decidedly convenient, dramatically different and unique way. Accented with elliptical aluminum legs, this Modern style Pack 'n Play blends flowing lines, ideal proportion and purposeful details to define quality and comfort. Distinguishing characteristics include the pivoting Posture Plus changing table fits your life with decidedly functional, dramatically different and uniquely convenient height: it allows you to stand more naturally with less back strain while changing diapers. The cozy, oval bassinet embraces your baby with carefully applied details like Graco Signature quilting. Unlike traditional quilting methods which create holes in the fabric allowing leaks and spills to seep through and dirty the padding beneath, Graco signature quilting is ultrasonically quilted to prevent seepage, ensuring a cleaner, neater nap-time. The baby basics organizer with built in wipes case and diaper organizer blends practical baby care with style and flair. Signature Graco push-button fold makes closing your playard quick and hassle-free. Your little one can sleep peacefully under the slumber dome canopy which shades the bassinet with a calm charming influence. If your little one needs a little extra soothing, use the 2 speed vibration which is mounted under the mattress pad so your baby will receive the full soothing benefit, or try one of the five nature sounds or tranquil songs. And with a timer that has four settings there's no need to disturb your little one once he or she has drifted off to dreamland. But if you do want to take a peek, there's a built in night light. This premium playard will have you and your baby setting trends in fashion, form and function.

Product Description

Graco Modern Pack 'n Play Playard with Bassinet & ChangerAccented with elliptical aluminum legs, this Modern style Pack 'n Play blends flowing lines, ideal proportion and purposeful details to define quality and comfort. Distinguishing characteristics include the pivoting Posture Plus changing table fits your life with decidedly functional, dramatically different and uniquely convenient height: it allows you to stand more naturally with less back strain while changing diapers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty -- and pretty good, with a few flaws, September 24, 2010

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Velvet Marmoset (VA, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graco Modern Pack 'N Play Playard with Bassinet and Changer, Zurich (Baby Product)

This is a great looking Pack 'N Play, which is what drew me in to start with, then I read about all the features, and liked it even more and went ahead and registered for it. Now that our little guy is 6 weeks old, I'm ready to review.

The appearance was true to the photos and pleasing. The colors are great. If you're looking for a sheet to match, try anything "natural" or "ecru" -- the hanging dogs that dangle from the bassinet top are that sort of color. Chocolate brown goes well too -- Carter's makes a great quilted one ( Carters Velour Playard Fitted Sheet, Chocolate)!

And now for the features --
1) Changing table = awesome. So very convenient to have it right there. There are three pockets for storing necessary items on the side -- a large wipes container fits well in the center, and diapers and creams/sprays/etc fit in the other two. I have not had any problems with the changing table becoming crooked or non-level, as others have commented -- and it's been our primary changing table, since we're in the process of moving. The only downside to the changing table is that the cover/fabric portion is not meant to be removable for washing. It says to wipe it down with a damp cloth or the like. Now, the bottom of the changing table is truly waterproof, but the sides are not -- they're a very wettable nylon sort of fabric. So air-pees get them good and soaked, and it's hard to remove stubborn diaper cream that may have been kicked there by an irritated baby or spilled there by an exhausted parent.

2) "Soothing vibration" for the bassinet -- very nice, but we've used it a LOT and it no longer works reliably. We can't seem to find the loose connection, either. Jiggling the switch, the connection to the switch, or the unit itself has only inconsistent results. I haven't had time to troubleshoot it fully, but it's very frustrating when you're really hoping for that soothing vibration to help the little one get back to sleep at 2AM, and it doesn't work! EDITED TO ADD: The vibration can also be very loud when it does work. I think this is because the "mattress" has hard boards in it. We were able to quiet it down by placing a folded cloth between the vibrator and the mattress. I'm not sure I'd recommend this though, as adding extra thermal insulation over even a battery powered electric item may be a bad idea.

3) Nature sounds and music -- nice, but quite low volume. The music is really too low to hear well at all. There is one nature sound that sounds like ebbing and flowing waves -- sort of -- our LO likes this best, perhaps because the rhythmic nature of it reminds him of heartbeats in the womb.

4) Lights on the sound/music unit -- really too dim and poorly directed to be of much use. I thought they'd be great, but the one pointing inward never seems to illuminate more than a toe at best, so I usually end up using my phone or a closet light to really see the baby to check for movement/spitup/etc.

5) The bassinet itself -- super convenient to have the child up high like that, to minimize bending over. The canopy is cute, as are the dangling dogs, but they don't do much beyond look cute really. The canopy doesn't quite deploy as roundly as you might like, but it would still shade some sun if you needed it to. If you've never had a Pack 'N Play (I know I hadn't) -- the bassinet "mattress" is an accordion-folding set of boards covered in slightly padded nylon. It sits on a sort-of hammock-like support that you drape and secure over the top of the crib-like unit, and extends the full length/width of the Pack 'N Play. It can tend to lie less-than-flat if you put the baby sideways in the bassinet, rather than lengthwise, which is what my husband likes to do. This sort of nestles the baby in a very slight "V" shape of one of the accordion folds. One thing to note -- the instructions state that the bassinet portion is only good for babies up to 15 pounds. Also, some people find that the bassinet "mattress" feels flimsy to them and they want to add a mattress -- then instructions specifically warn you *not* to do this. I did, however, try to find one that would fit snugly in the bassinet or bottom of the crib just in case -- I failed. Standard portacrib mattresses seem to be just slightly off, leaving enough of a gap that we, as first time paranoid parents, were not comfortable with.


OVERALL -- It's a great Pack 'N Play if a Pack 'N Play is what you want/need. The changing table is super useful, even though the cover isn't removable for washing. The music/lights are marginally useful at best because they're very quiet/dim, but the nature sounds work fairly well. The soothing vibration may be great if your baby likes it, but our unit no longer performs reliably at 6 weeks and it can be very loud when it does work. Also note that as others have pointed out, this Pack 'N Play does not fit through a standard doorway when fully open/set up. EDITED TO ADD: Note that if you're going to travel with the bassinet attachment and the changing table, you probably won't be able to pack it all into the sack it comes with -- at least we can't. The basic playard fits, but we need a full-size duffel bag to pack the bassinet and changing table separately.

UPDATE: As much as I love this Pack 'N Play, we're extremely frustrated with the vibrating unit -- it won't work even remotely predictably now, and we really need it some nights! During said nights, I'm tempted to downgrade my review drastically, but that's lack of sleep talking.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just Okay, February 23, 2011

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NHnl (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graco Modern Pack 'N Play Playard with Bassinet and Changer, Zurich (Baby Product)

First off, this is so stylish. If you want something that doesn't have a babyish pattern and can fit in any decor, this is it. I love the change table on this, too. Very easy to use. My biggest complaints are the canopy and the mattress. We're using this as a bassinet right now and I hate that I can't remove the canopy. Not this biggest deal in the world but we have no need to use it indoors and I would prefer that I could store it away. Second complaint, bassinet mattress. It doesn't matter what type of sheet I put on it, the mattress curves and doesn't lay flat. The only want I can get it semi-flat is to not put a sheet on it.
This unit is really great looking but if I had to re-purchase it, I most likely wouldn't. The curving mattress on the bassinet is something I really dislike and makes it somewhat uncomfortable for the baby to use, as well.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great alternative to traditional bassinet, April 22, 2010

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M.N. (New Bern, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graco Modern Pack 'N Play Playard with Bassinet and Changer, Zurich (Baby Product)

We've been using this pack and play since we brought our son home from the hospital and now he is 10 weeks old. We didn't want to buy a traditional bassinet since it would only be used for a few months and then be useless. This was a great alternative. Once our son exceeds the bassinet portion, we can still use the pack and play as a play yard.

Pros:
-The sound machine that attaches to the side is great--the music and nature sounds are soothing. Our son likes the music and falls asleep easily when we use it.

-The diaper changing station that attaches to the side has been a real life-saver, making late night diaper changes easy. The storage compartment easily holds lots of diapers and a box of wipes.


Cons:
-It does not fit through our door frames and must be broken down to move from room to room.

-While the bassinet is very secure, it does tend to bow in the center a bit.