Cosco Simple Chair Elephant Puzzle Reviews Summary

Portability and Storage

Pros:

• "We take ours camping, to family houses and it is so light and easy to use that it is completely worth dragging it along."
• "It folds down easily and is light but sturdy enough to last through several babies."
• "It was easy for me to assemble and it folds up and fits under the bed when not in use."
• "It folds in 3 seconds and is nice and compact."
• "You can fold it or unfold it in 2 seconds."
• "This foldable high chair folds up very slim and fits easily in the closet."
• "It folds up fairly small and is extremely easy to unfold."

Cons:

• "This highchair isn't easy to fold up at all. It does fold when you fight with it for a bit."
• "The chair is not easy to fold. I had to look up the instructions online since ours didn't come with any."
• "Just a bit difficult to fold up, still haven’t figured that out."
• "I had to watch a video to figure out how to fold it."
• "I did have a hard time finding the spot I needed to press in order to fold it."
• "It’s a two hands to fold up and two hands for the tray on and off."
• "It was nice because it folded down (not very easily though) out of the way."

Safety and Comfort

Pros:

• "The built in seat strap, holds your baby securely, so climbers can’t climb out of the chair."
• "I also love the little safety bar to help keep my toddlers from falling out when I have the tray off."
• "The foot guard is perfect for babies who like to kick while sitting in their high chair."
• "A good, wide piece of hard plastic fits between the child’s legs, and I find no need to fiddle with the little safety strap to fasten as long as I’m standing close by."
• "Straps keep her safely in the chair."
• "Built sturdy, seems comfortable to sit in, nice easy glide tray."
• "The metal bar is attached to the sides of the seat and is a structural stability bar (cannot be removed, we tried) in addition to holding the plastic piece that prevents baby from sliding through when they are in the seat."

Cons:

• "The clip that holds the baby in kept on pinching my fingers when I would try to fasten it and it hurt really bad."
• "This high chair is unstable and unsafe for infants and toddlers."
• "The seat makes my children's bottoms go forward too much."
• "The product is too light weight. Baby tries to climb and the product could easily fall over."
• "The seat belt needs shoulder straps to properly secure children in properly."
• "The safe buckle is poor design which cut our fingers for multiple times."
• "The seat belt is not completely safe.. my 2 year old can easily unclip them."

Cleaning and Maintenance

Pros:

• "Its super easy to get the cover off to throw in the wash and put back on."
• "The tray is easy to wipe clean and is completely removable to wash in the sink."
• "Tray removes easily, and seat wipes out with no problem."
• "Just get a hot, soapy wash cloth, or spray down with bleach and wipe it up."
• "Its very easy to clean up. There's not a lot of nooks and crannies where crumbs can hide."
• "The material is soft, quick to clean and doesn't stain easily."
• "It’s really easy to clean."

Cons:

• "You have to remove 10 screws to get the cover off."
• "In order to take the cloth cover off to clean it, we had to take multiple screws out."
• "The rest of the chair is so difficult to clean."
• "Fabric and straps are not designed to come off, so you can not properly clean it."
• "The fabric is not washable, so if any food isn’t immediately cleaned up it requires a hose down."
• "The seat is not easy to actually clean."
• "The seat cover can’t be removable, even if it’s a wipeable seat pad, when baby throws up or poops in it, it’s a nightmare to clean up and reuse it for baby."

Design and Quality

Pros:

• "Great little compact high chair."
• "So lightweight my 6 year old daughter can carry it."
• "High Chair is sturdy and supports an active healthy 1 year old."
• "Its still in great condition to where I can sell it or donate it."
• "The price is amazing for the quality of this high chair."
• "We have used this for 2-1/2 years now with our grandchildren. It is also a very sturdy high chair."
• "It come fully assembled and was super easy to unfold and fold back up."

Cons:

• "The legs broke where the bottom screws go into the metal."
• "The fabric and cushioning are physically attached to this chair and can only be removed with great difficulty (and potential damage to the chair), which means that the chair cannot be properly cleaned."
• "The corner 'feet' are so flimsy that the plastic is going to fall apart after less than a dozen uses."
• "The legs stick out at an odd angle."
• "It is made more narrow so eventually beefy kids will probably become to large for it."
• "The backing of it is cardboard."
• "After less than 3 months of use the side seam has split leaving a tear."