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Red Kite Spiraloo
by Lools_24 In our current pre-Christmas, pre new baby arrival clear out Mr Lools and I are sorting through all of the "baby" toys we have left from our 21 month old twin boys. Some of these were great purchases others very bad purchases. One reason we bought certain toys was that my boys seemed quite restless when out in their pushchair ... or when in the car seat for long periods. So after looking enviously at other parents and wondering their secret of quiet content babies we decided to opt for a pushchair/ car seat toy. Not wanting to spend a large amount on a toy (as we had to buy the toy times two) we opted for the Red Kite Spiraloo. ***Red Kit Spiraloo*** The Red Kite Spiraloo is basically a toy to attach to the handles or frame of a pushchair or to the handle of a car seat to keep a baby amused. The toy is basically a soft spiral shaped soft toy that attaches to a pushchair or car seat handle by simply wrapping the spiral shaped toy around the handle. The main soft body of the toy is colourful but also has four soft characters that dangle from the wrap around section. Red Kite have 3 different Spiraloo versions. These are: Funky Friends- a jungle themed toy with a red and orange spiral section and jungle creatures hanging down to play with. Little Bugs- A bug themed toy with a yellow, green and orange spiral section and butterfly, caterpillar, snail and bug creatures hanging down. Multi Coloured- A red and light blue spiral section with a creatures hanging down for a baby to play with. The figures are a teddy a flower with mirror inside, a pig that rattles and a fish that is made from a crunchy fabric. Red Kite state the Spiraloo toy is suitable for babies aged over 3 months old. We have two of the Multi-Coloured versions Spiraloo's therefore my review will be based on this Red Kite product. The Red Kite Spiraloo is available from Asda stores, Asda Direct online and also available from Bambino Direct and smaller online retailers. The RRP for the toy is £10.99 however Asda sell this toy for £7. The toy is regularly part of the Asda Baby Event which is when we purchased this toy at a discounted price for £5 per Spiraloo. At the time this appeared excellent value and the Red Kite Spiraloo is a lot cheaper than many other brands of toy you attach to pushchair or car seat handles which can be priced in excess of £15. ***Our Experience*** We bought two Spiraloo toys when my boys were just over 3 months old and I was finding they were awake for longer periods and wanting stimulation when sat in their pushchair or car seat. On our first outing I decided to attach the toy to their car seat handle when we were going on an hour long car journey to visit friends. My boys tended to sleep in the car but I did find that it was taking them longer to fall asleep so they often spent the first 15 minutes of the journey awake and were restless and if they cried this distracted me from driving. My hope was the toys would discourage the crying and restlessness. Attaching the toy to the car seat handle was very simple. Both our car seats were Maxi Cosi Cabrio-Fix seats which are probably one of the most common baby car seats. To attach the toy you simple stretch out the soft section of the main body which is very much like a long sausage shaped piece of padded material. The spiral shape of the toy then curls around the car seat handle which holds this into place. There are no clips or ties to hold the toy into place. My initial feeling was that the soft toy did not feel very secure, especially as it covered the main top section of the car seat handle but seemed to be slipping down the side of the shiny curved plastic car seat handle. Because my boys car seats were rear facing I could not see them fully but they seemed content and a lot happier than when no toys were on their car seat handle and their legs were happily kicking away. I started driving and within 2 minutes the Spiraloo toy had slipped down the side of the car seat handle on one of my car seats so they couldn't play with the toy or really see it. Less than 30 seconds later the same thing happened with the other toy on the other car seat. I decided to pull in and put the toys back into position. However after less than 5 minutes of driving (at less than 20mph on the roads out of our housing estate) both Spiraloo toys had slipped down and were hanging down the sides of the car seat handles. After a few attempts of attaching the Spiraloo on the car seats I decided to only use on the bar of our pushchair instead (a Baby Jogger City Mini Double) on a double pushchair there was enough space to attach two Spiraloo toys to the pushchair bar. I started to attach the Spiraloo toys to the pushchair at around 20 weeks old. At this stage my boys were able to hold their heads up and started to want to be sat more upright in the pushchairs. They could just reach the dangling toys from the Spiraloo at this point but after an initial 2 minute play with the toys they seemed bored. Compared with other pushchair toys the Spiraloo is very basic. The toy has a rattling toy hanging from it but this is a little too quiet therefore a baby can't really hear this sound too well especially when out and about. The other dangling toys are also very basic and the mirrored section in the centre of the dangling flower toy is so small (about the size of a 10p piece) a child can hardly see their reflection. I did feel that between (4 and a half month old and 7 months) the Spiraloo toys actually caused more annoyance to my boys as they did not really sit right on my pushchair bar and secondly actually obstructed their view out of the pushchair. Because the spiral section which wraps around the pushchair bar is quite padded it made it more difficult for smaller babies to see what was happening in front of them especially as the outside world was a lot more interesting than the actual Spiraloo toy. I decided to try and use the Spiraloo toys again on the pushchair at around 8/9 months. At this stage my boys were sitting totally upright and could reach forward and grab out for toys. However because their motor skills had developed so much they could actually pull the Spiraloo toy off the bar in front of them and would find it very entertaining to throw the toys onto the floor. Although the spiral toy wraps around the pushchair bar there is no tie to hold the toy onto the pushchair so when a baby grabs the end of the toy if they simply pull hard enough the toy almost springs off the bar it is attached to. I initially would have said the Spiraloo toy is better for babies over 6 months old however after encountering my boys being able to rip the toy off their pushchair bar from 8 months I would probably say the toy is better for those in the 3-6 month age bracket as they do not have motor skills that have developed enough to pull the toy from what it is attached to. Although I would say that in order for a baby in this age category to benefit and enjoy the Spiraloo toy they would require it to be attached in a position that does not block their view and also stays in the correct position. Durability wise the toy is well made and all parts of the toy are sewn together well and the dangly toys appear to be firmly attached. This is a soft toy therefore does pick up dirt easily of dropped or touched with sticky fingers. Because it is a soft toy it is not easily wiped clean but can be put in the washing machine. I have washed both our Spiraloo toys twice in the washing machine and allowed them to drip dry on the radiator and they both look as new. ***Overall*** I would definitely not recommend the Red Kite Spiraloo to other parents and will not be keeping this toy for baby number 3. Obviously both my boys were not keen on the size of the Spiraloo and that it obstructed their view of the world which is only a partial criticism of the product however compared with other pushchair toys it is poorly designed and I don't feel offers much stimulation and attraction to babies. For £5 this was not an expensive pushchair toy however despite its low price I feel it was a waste of money and I would have been better spending a little more money on two toys which stayed in place rather than fall or end up pulled off onto the floor and had toys to play with that would keep a baby entertained. Definitely one to avoid! Read the complete review |
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Red Kite Beep Beep Musical Mobile
by tinkerbell69 My son's daddy is very much into cars and motoring so I though it would be cute to make my sons nursery car themed, so I browsed many websites to find different car themed nursery furnishings to do the room up. Before I decorated any of the room and bought any expensive furnishings, I wanted to make sure that there was a nice car themed ... cot bedding set and mobile available somehwere, otherwise it wasn't going to be worth doing the car theme. I was surprised at how expensive a lot of cot mobiles were, I almost didn't bother buying one. But I eventually came across the Red Kite range in Asda which I thought was very well priced. I bought this 'Beep Beep' cot mobile to match the Red Kite 'Beep Beep' cot bedding i'd also bought. The picture above shows little red and white cars hanging from the mobile, but the one i got in asda has blue and white cars hanging from it with little green wheels. The cars themselves are just soft cushiony ones, so if they did ever fall off the mobile they wouldn't hurt your baby. The mobile is very easy to secure to the side of the cot and it has a little wheel that you just twist until it's tight enough for the mobile to stay secured on the side. The main part of the mobile also just hooks onto the mobile stand very easily. The mobile plays the famous 'Barhms lullaby' tune which is very soothing and you just wind the musical switch up to get it to play, the longer you want the tune to play the more you wind it up. The longest it will play for is about 3 or 4 minutes before you will have to wind it up again. Although the tune is soothing, it is a little on the loud side but my son still falls off to sleep after a few minutes of this playing. I've found this mobile very useful for getting my son settled and it also looks really cute above his cot. I paid £15 new for this mobile in Asda, the Red Kite blue 'Beep Beep' bedding is also available in Asda to match. Read the complete review |
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Red Kite Klip On Mobile
by worst_trip The Red Kite Klip-on mobile (their spelling) features three cutely-depicted, stuffed animal characters, dangling from a 'baby-safe' plastic mirror surface topped by a friendly-looking larger pink pig. It sells for £6 to £7 - I got mine at 'Asda' but it's available online as well. The smaller toys are each about 6cms high. ... All are permanently fixed to their strings and thus to the central mirror. The toy is one fixed-together unit, which is a bit of a shame as I think it would have better if the toys could be detached and played with independently (as they however, they might be a bit on the small side for that). There's a bear, a lion and a bird - they have the usual baby-entertaining interior features: one's got a small rattle inside, another has a pressable squeaker and the third has rustling plastic stuff surrounding its 'inners'. They're attractively designed and brightly coloured; it's a nice-looking mobile, no doubt about that. The attachment for the mobile is a string coming up from the back of the large central pig that connects to a ridge-jawed blue plastic 'grabber' apparatus. This looks a bit worryingly fierce, but grips only gently in fact so it's quite safe for babies. The clip / grabber part is big-jawed enough to allow the mobile to be attached to the arms / bars of prams, carseats etc. Unfortunately, I found that my mobile detached from the plastic 'grabber' quite early on - the string fixed to the mobild part was simply tied in a knot through a hole in the 'grabber ' plastic and that pulled loose. It was very easy to reattach the mobile (and I was able to knot it on much more securely when I put it back) but I wouldn't have expected this sort of thing to happen with a supposedly safe-certified toy. The Red Kite mobile packaging states it's safe 'from birth' but I certainly wouldn't want something like this soft toy mobile eg. falling onto the face of eg. a very small / helpless baby. It should be made more securely, so that the stuffed mobile part does not pull loose so easily from the plastic attachment part. I would warn anyone buying this mobile (or indeed, anything similar made by this company - they do a range of other toys in this vein) to check the fixings for security before putting it near a young baby. That potentially serious reservation aside (for which dooyoo stars have duly been deducted in this review), it's a nice looking enough toy. Read the complete review |
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