During our testing, though, the safety straps and buckle did scrub free of all stickiness and stains. Overall, the Stokke seemed the sturdiest of the 13 chairs we tested. My little tester loved being at the table next to us and her big sister.
Note, however, that without a tray, all of the mess ends up on the tabletop, so a placemat is key. In November , Stokke introduced a newborn seat attachment that allows the Tripp Trapp to be used from birth up to a maximum weight of But you could forgo some of those extras the tray, for example, may not be necessary if you want the baby to eat at the table.
People inherit a Tripp Trapp from family or friends or buy it on the equivalent to eBay. Compared with our top pick, obviously, the Tripp Trapp is far more expensive, but we believe it still delivers a great value.
In many ways—the long-term functionality, the versatility, the overall quality—it is incomparable. We can make comparisons on weight, though, and the Tripp Trapp, at about 15 pounds, is heavier to move around than lightweight plastic-and-steel chairs like the IKEA Antilop. It also had a longer assembly time 36 minutes than many other chairs we tested, although we found it easier to put together and adjust than similar wooden competitors. The wooden chair has a seven-year warranty when you register it.
This inexpensive model cleverly folds into a compact little package with its own carry strap, and it can work either as a high chair with a tray or as a booster seat pulled up to the table. We studied the half-dozen readily available chairs of this type and concluded that the Healthy Care Deluxe would be the easiest to clean many similar chairs have large, often ruffle-lined fabric components.
It also offers good versatility for a low price. The tray also has three positions. We tested the Deluxe booster, which includes a snap-on lid so that the tray stays clean when stored away, but the booster is also available without the tray cover for less.
The Healthy Care Deluxe can work with or without the tray, either as a booster seat pulled right up to the table or as a space-saver high chair. Many parents will hold on to this chair after their child outgrows it and keep it in the closet so that they can bring it out when a baby visits. The tray insert goes right in the dishwasher—although we did find that it stains easily—and the seat itself is small enough to clean in the sink.
Still, this chair was harder to keep clean than our other three picks, primarily because food and liquid tended to fall through the booster seat to the adult chair below. The Healthy Care Deluxe does not come with a warranty. The chair is also bulky and heavy 25 pounds , and the tray took on a little water when we cleaned it in the sink.
If you eat at a taller counter or use a high breakfast bar, however, and need a chair with adjustable height, the Seedling is a great choice. This design makes mealtimes much easier than with high chairs sporting a separate tray that you have to slide off each time.
Our top pick, the IKEA Antilop, also has trays that stay in place while you slide the baby in or out. The Nook also folds flat with one hand and leans nicely against the wall.
The worst thing about the Nook is that removing the seat cushion for deep cleaning is extremely difficult. Offering different height settings, this design is a modular chair that includes several parts stacked on top of one another.
You can use it as a regular high chair, a space-saver high chair buckled to an adult chair, a booster seat, or a youth chair. The Total Clean has a seat, safety straps, and both a tray and an insert that can go right in the dishwasher. Crumbs, food, and liquid fell through the removable space saver and booster seat to the bottom youth-chair seat, which remained connected to the base.
And even with the wheels locked, this chair slid around my floor quite a bit. During our testing, grape juice dripped through to the seat at the bottom a mess that would go undetected unless a parent lifted off the space-saver high chair seat to check. The footrest area has slots, so parents can adjust the footrest height, but in our tests food got inside them and was difficult to get out. This chair is among the most popular modular high chair options on Amazon, but we recommend our picks and even the first few competitors before it.
The tray was slightly tricky to slide on: Several times I thought it was secured and it wasn't, so my baby was able to push it right off herself. As with most other wheeled models we tried, the entire chair slid all around on my wooden floor even when the wheels were locked.
Still, the Ingenuity outperformed other modular chairs in one big way—no juice slipped through to the bottom seat. That means it has no hidden seat at the bottom to collect sticky liquid.
The most annoying areas to scrub clean were, yet again, the footrest and footrest-adjustment slots. But underneath its Aerocore seat cover, it has many hidden gaps, crannies, and slots in its plastic seat frame that in our tests collected spilled juice and were a big pain to clean. One other issue to note: Online information that Amazon lists as being from the manufacturer suggests that the Aerocore seat cover could go in the dishwasher, but the instruction manual suggests scrubbing with soap and water instead.
It will likely work just fine for children age 3 and up, but it does not seem ideal for the youngest eaters. In our tests, the wooden tray was very heavy and clunky to slide in and out, and the combination of the seat height, the tray placement, and the three-point harness allowed my 7-month-old to lunge forward in the chair the Stokke and the other wooden chair we tested, the Svan Signet Complete, both have a five-point harness.
Keekaroo does sell an Infant Insert that it bills as being for babies who have trouble sitting up, but many customer reviewers say it gets food stuck underneath. We found this chair harder to assemble and adjust than the other wooden chairs we tested. The safety harness just hung on the chair, so in our tests it kept getting stuck underneath my baby when I tried to get her buckled in.
The straps did come right off the frame easily and could go in the washing machine, but otherwise this model was a pain to clean. The design included deep grooves and slots that were hard to reach with a sponge and even with a scrubbing brush.
Others, such as the Evenflo Convertible High Chair , which converts to a table and chair for a toddler and appears to be easy to care for, had online reviews that revealed major cleaning issues. Drill a hole in the bottom. For safety reasons, we also ruled out the Inglesina Fast Table Chair —a popular compact chair that gets great reviews and has ranked as one of the best high chairs for travel—before testing. Heather Felton, a Louisville, Kentucky, pediatrician and injury-prevention expert.
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I like how it converts to a smaller high chair for when we eat in our living room football games and such and then into a toddler table and chair for later.
This Joovy high chair can recline into one of five positions with the press of a button, a feature many reviewers say makes feedings much easier. That is priceless. It takes seconds to wipe down. He would slump sideways when eating and fuss to get out of the chair as soon as possible.
With this chair, he sits with great posture and will now spend 45 minutes at the dinner table just sitting in his chair and playing with his food. Its simple design makes for easy cleaning and use.
This highchair is so good, that it has replaced the actual highchair at our house and has become our primary one. We just keep it in the back of our van so we always have a highchair on the go. He loved it, she was calm and it was the first time in a long time the baby slept for 9 hours straight and he needed a nap in the middle of the day.
The chair made camping so much easier as he sat around the campfire with the rest of us.
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