Customer Reviews

Sesame Street 1-2-3 Learn With Me Potty Chair -Elmo All Star

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I purchased this item for our son, since he loves Elmo. I thought I fell into the commercial trap of buying fun over function, but so far so good.

I had some concerns, given the reviews on this item, but it appears that many have been rectified by the manufacturer. The three main items I had concerns with (from the reviews) were 1. ability to easily take off the top to empty the waste tray. 2. the noise of Elmo and the confusion to the child on the potty. 3. the pee deflector. Here are my thoughts. On the first point, the top comes right off, so there's no issue with using one hand to disassemble and clean. Just make sure that you lift gently without putting a lot of pressure on pulling up. Since there are 6 arms that insert into the base, any forceful pressure is going to make stick. Number two with the noise - there's an on/off switch inside, so you can choose if you want to have it on or not without taking out the batteries. On the third point, the pee deflector is tight. As an adult, I have to use two hands to put it in and extra force with one hand to pull it out. There's no way my son can pull this out when sitting on it.

I'm a stickler for design and I always scrutinize the quality of anything I buy. I think this item has a nice design, which I don't often find myself saying with manufactured items for children. The form/function of being able to use the top on the toilet fits tightly and appears sturdy. With the top off, the remainder doubles for a step stood, which is nice. The one thing that you may want to replace on this is anti-sliding skids. They are a hardened plastic and slow movement, but do not stop it. If you buy some rubber strips from the local hardware store (the kind that peel and stick) and place these on the bottom, that issue is resolved.

The issue of the hand being right in the way of the child's leg is definitely true. Our son tends to move his legs off to the sides for support anyway, so it doesn't appear to be an issue. Worse case, you just turn the sound off.

Our son loved the potty from the moment he saw it and pranced around the house with it in his arms for days.

My son LOVES elmo and this potty works perfectly. The splash guard is removable. I keep it off. It does make me have to clean up more often but it keeps my son from getting hurt when sitting down. Also, Elmo's voice is exactly the same as it is on the show. Perfect for us.

We did a lot of research before deciding on a potty chair. There is a lot of competition and one thing I was especially concerned about was the pee guard injuring my little boy. I had read many reviews on different potty chairs about their boys hurting themselves when they stand up and even being cut by the rough edges of the pee guard. This potty chair is 5 stars in this department. The guard is soft flexible plastic and I actually like the fact that it's easily removable. My guy doesn't have any interest in pulling it off, though if he was I'm sure I'd not be crazy about it either.

My son is very tall for his age and many of the potty chairs we've tried were just too short for him. This one is still a bit short, but better than any other we've tried. He seems to really like sitting on it and he gets down to business right away, something he never did with other potty chairs and I assume it's because they were just uncomfortable.

I also love that this one duos as a step stool for use in front of the sink when brushing teeth, washing hands, etc. It also works great when you use the removable seat on the big potty to help your little one get up onto the seat.

Overall, it's very versatile and I like most of the features. Though I do have to agree that Elmo is very annoying! As other reviewers have stated, the "high five" isn't much of a reward when it's constantly getting bumped before your little one is even done on the potty. I, too, took the batteries out of ours to avoid the headache. My son doesn't even really care for the voices and that's not why we bought it anyway.

My one major gripe (now that Elmo is silenced!) is that it can be cumbersome to take the seat off the base for emptying the pot. I didn't see any other reviewers mention this so I thought I'd better. It's secured by 4 tabs that you occasionally have to push in from underneath to release. Imagine how fun that is with a pot full of poop and pee! If it weren't for the fact that this potty chair is also a step stool and works with the big potty as well and that it is the perfect size for our little guy, I would not have kept it. But compared to all the other chairs we tried, this one fit our needs the best.

There are two Major design flaws that make this potty a disaster. The first problem is Elmo's hand. The toddler is supposed to high five Elmo to get "encouraging phrases". Unfortunately, Elmo's hand is right where my son's leg hits. As soon as he sits on the potty, it starts shreiking and doesn't shut up. This even annoys my Elmo loving son enough to keep him from sitting on it for more than a few seconds. The next problem is that the pee deflector just pops off. Any toddler can, and will, pop it off instantly. We had to run out to get a different potty right away. Leo loves Elmo but this potty is truly useless.

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I bought this for my almost 2 yr old daughter who is just recently potty trained. She loves this seat and has to push elmos hands a couple times every time she uses it. The only thing I dont care for is that you have to remove the white seat to dump the potty, but on a positive note compared to other seats i've had my 2 yr old cant remove it herself this way she wont make a mess trying to empty the potty herself and its not hard to remove or place back! When she sits on it her leg presses elmos hand so he sounds off till she is done, but she loves it! The potty container is not to small like other seats either, its got a good size to it.

This potty does the job, and my son likes it, but it has the following shortcomings:

1 - The bottom of the receptacle is high enough that if a big poopy occurs, it touches your kids bottom, meaning more to wipe later on.

2- It's easy to take apart, but awkward to clean, and there are bits that get bent when re-assembling, that if bent once all further reassemblies become annoying.

3 - The electronics don't like water, so it's awkward to clean without ruining them. To make matters worse, if you have a boy that sometimes misses (even when sitting down), the miss tends to go right onto Elmo's hand, which is the button that you press to make Elmo talk, and is the thing that does not like moisture when you wash it.

So, if your kid is a Sesame Street fan, go ahead and get this, but otherwise I would look for something more practical.

I just bought this potty for my 22 month old. She loves Elmo so I thought she would be more likely to use it since Elmo is on the front. The Pro's to this potty is that it is a good height for my toddler to sit on with her feet flat on the floor. The 3-in-1 feature is also nice.

Cons: I agree with the other reviewer that Elmo's hand is right by the child's leg and she is constantly hitting the hand which sets off Elmo's voice. Being the curious toddler, it distracts her and she bends over to look at where the noise is coming from. A simple removal of the batteries can remedy the situation. Also, the "pee guard" is easily removed. I chose to keep it off since my daughter was very opposed to it being on and kept pulling it off.

All in all, this is not a bad product and we will keep using it.

The pee deflector does pop right off. My son promply put it on his head! (before using the potty). My husband super-glued it on and now it's fine. It's better than another potty I bought (after the deflector came off this one), the other deflector was too small and pee went everywhere. So we went back for this one. Elmo's voice is a bit annoying, we're taking the batteries out.

My niece has this potty & I tried to get my son to use it while we were visiting on vacation. We were there 5 days & I couldn't get him to use it even once (although he has no problem using other pottys). While it certainly is cute, there are several major design flaws: (In no particular order)

1. Even though my son never actually used it, I got curious & decided to take it apart to see how you would empty it - talk about a pain in the neck! There's no way a young child could figure this out in order to do it on their own.

2. Several other reviews mentioned that the slash guard (I can't remember what it's actually called) comes off really easily. My son figured that out in no time & then I couldn't get him to leave it alone.

3. Every time my son sat on it, he squirmed around & said "owie". Just looking at it - it doesn't look very comfortable.

4. Several other reviews also mentioned how Elmo talks when you bump his hand (which is EVERY time your kid sits down on the potty) & it is extremely distracting for a toddler! There were a couple times when my son said "I need to potty", but as soon as I sat him down & Elmo started talking, he was too distracted to do anything. I guess you could always take the batteries out, but then you might as well buy a potty with a better design.

My recommendation - the Baby Bjorn potty. Simple design, comfortable, easy to clean out (even for my 2-yr old), doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in your bathroom.

This potty is the sh@# -- my daughter loves this so much. Never has bye bye pee pee, bye bye poo poo been cuter. It is sturdy and well built, but would you expect less from a Sesame Street product. The clarity of the Elmo voice is perfect, too.