Samsonite Pop-Up Bubble travel cot

Good idea but unfortunately poor quality - badly finished so there were lots (gave up counting at 40) of loose threads around the seams and throughout the inside. I dread to think what could have happened if my baby had ended up with them in his mouth or wrapped around a finger. There were so many that I took it back for a refund straight away. I have been in touch with the manufacturer but have received no response, so I can only assume that child safety is not a priority to them.

I find my pop up bubble cot to be great for taking on holiday as it is so light and compact that I can put it into my normal holdall and not worry about it taking up valuable space or wieght allowance. Even if you get to your destination and find that there is a suitable cot already provided, you don't feel like you've wasted any effort carrying your own one around!

I find it very easy to put up and take down and the mozzie net is great for when I travel abroad (and for keeping the cat out!).

I find that because it sits directly on the floor that I'd rather not place it on a hard floor for fear of my little one being uncomfy or getting cold and it means that I have to bend down. Ug.

My other complaint is that because the mattress velcros into place, that I can't put the mattress in a fitted sheet to protect it from accidents. I tend to wrap it up in a large cot sheet around the middle of the mattress instead.

so light and portable, really useful for trips involving baggage limits! lovely soft sides have been good for our 5 week old - who loves to flail his arms around and refuses to be swaddled - he would constantly wake up when he hit his arms on the sides of his moses basket, so we've switched to this as his regular bed. cant imagine he will fit in it much beyond six months, it's failr flimsy, but fine for a newborn (with a different mattress though, the one it comes with is dreadful...)

We loved the pop up travel cot for the first few times we used it. As with other reviewers we put something soft under it to make up for the thin mattress. The big but comes now...

it is ABSOLUTELY USELESS once your child starts moving. We had to rush out at tea time in rural Devon to find a traditional travel cot as our 8 month old son was cartwheeling round the room in his pop up one! My nephew did the same thing in his we later discovered.

I would only recommend this for the short period that your child is out of a carry cot and not crawling so if you are travelling lots at that time then it may well be worth the money but if not, don't bother.

Our son slept in this cot for 5/6 months as his main bed whilst we travelled around Australia camping. He was 4.5 months when we first used it. Setting up was easy but putting away took abit of practice. It was very light and small. However we had to get a specially made matress to fit it as the mattress with it is very thin and only for occasional use. He loved it and every night when we put it up he snuggled into it like a long lost friend! The zip broke at the end of our trip but by then he had been moving/crawling for a couple of months and often put strain on it by poking his head into the mesh. The mosquito mesh was invaluable and he didn't get bitten once. Not sure it would last until 18 months though as there are no pegs or anything to stabilise it once baby is on the move.