How easy is the Cybex Lemo to purchase and assemble?
As with a number of baby equipment companies, Cybex don’t sell the Lemo directly themselves, but through third-party suppliers. The Lemo is available at Mothercare, John Lewis and a few smaller establishments, and there’s a store locator to help you once you’ve decoded their stylishly minimalistic – but not terribly helpful – website.
Mothercare and others sell the baby set, the tray, the comfort insert and the chair itself in a bundle, so you won’t have to go hunting around for all the pieces you’d like, and you can order replacement parts from those same retailers if necessary.
The box itself is 57cm x 63cm x 30cm, and weighs around 8kg – not difficult to lift and able to fit in most car boots. The instructions are illustration-only and a little opaque. Our tester, Katrĩna, spent 10 minutes disassembling the chair after accidentally putting it together in the wrong order, but there are a good number of helpful videos on Cybex’s website as well as instructions for download if you’ve misplaced the leaflet.
Cybex also have various question forms to fill in on their website if you need help with customer service and the Lemo comes with a two-year warranty.
Assembly itself is a matter of inserting four screws into the main frame, screwing them tight using the provided allen key, then clicking in the bouncer or the baby set depending on which stage you’re at. It’s a more complicated assembly than some, but is rewarded by rock-solid stability once you’ve got the chair in place.
How does it look?
Cybex is a German company that, according to its website, makes stylish design one of its three guiding principles. The Lemo certainly lives up to this. Its minimalistic, sleek design should complement even the most Instagrammable of kitchen spaces.
The six different colourways are elegant and eye-catching, particularly with the ash-wood seating option. We tested the Twilight Blue model with the plastic seating and it looked great all the way through. All in all, it’s a highchair that acts as a statement piece, as well as a functional bit of kit.
What’s the Cybex Lemo like to use?
Once assembled, the Lemo looks ready to stay put forever. Its aluminium frame and plastic or wooden seating are very solidly made, easily taking the weight of even the wriggliest of babies.
There’s no need to worry about comfort as the seat height, seat depth and footrest position can all be independently adjusted with an easy clip mechanism, so you can be certain your baby is ergonomically supported as they grow.
The smooth, moulded plastic of the baby insert is comfortable enough, but, if you’re concerned, a cushion insert can be bought separately for around £30 (but we, unfortunately, didn’t test this). There’s plenty of room to get a baby’s legs through the seat holes, but you may find that your toddler is eager to leave it behind, especially as, without the baby set, they can climb into the seat unaided. Katrĩna's 33-month-old toddler loved the added independence here.
Those angled legs are set with small wheels to help you move the chair around one-handed. Dragging the chair around the kitchen didn’t leave any marks on our Katrĩna's floor either.
Once the baby set has been left behind, the Lemo has enough solidity and flexibility to remain comfortable even for an adult, and the longevity this promises goes some way to offset the substantial price tag.
All this solidity does mean that disassembly isn’t quick or convenient, however, so this won’t be a chair that travels with you to the grandparents’.