High chair hunt

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I am researching for a high chair for DS who is starting solids next month. There are some great looking ones there but some are very expensive! We are also quite limited in space (small london flat) so was thinking perhaps getting a travel one that can be stored out of the way when not in use.

Has anybody tried the Combelle travel one?
http://en.smallable.com/travel-highchair-grey-combelle-58012.html

And does anybody know if it is stocked anywhere where I can physically go and check it out? Smallable don't have a store in the UK I don't think....

Finally, would you get a travel one for permanent use? (Perhaps they are not as stable as the regular ones??)

Any thoughts welcome! Thank you

Ikea antilop! Seriously, if DS can't break it, no child will. Easy to clean, and easy to cart about if necessary. When your ds is bigger you always can get a little travel booster seat anyway and he can just sit at the table.

Nanoo That's one reason why we steered clear of that style of high chair. I am a clumsy oaf.

Hmm those legs sticking out is indeed something to consider as we don't have lots of space sadly. I might be due a trip to IKEA to check it out in the flesh I think... but sounds like potentially the pros outweigh the one con. I don't think a more expensive one would necessarily take up less space anyway?

Unless it was a booster one. Only problem with that is that then one of our dining chairs would be taken up. But then I guess that will happen eventually when DS is old enough.

Hmmm lots of food for thought thanks everyone!

I preferred my "safety first" reclining high chair seat that clipped onto a normal seat.
It was from Tesco but that was 17 years ago now so I'm not sure it will still exist.

This is closest thing I can find-

www.argos.co.uk/product/5766624?cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156%7Ccid:189942085%7Cagid:18091972165%7Ctid:pla-276694101102%7Ccrid:77627772685%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:1220003919675739284%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:1o6&gclid=CJq9j8-JwdMCFYEV0wodqisJRA

IKEA antilop - they're so well designed that nothing else even comes close

Is the ikea one comfortable enough? I know you get a cushion but it doesn't go under their bottoms.

Also Is there any advantage to a high chair that reclines?

Another vote for Ikea! They sell it on Amazon for a few £ more than the shop but saved a trip and hundreds of £ on other crap from the shop

In terms of comfort my DD hates most things. Bouncy chair/rocker/car seat/jumperoo- being murdered. £20 Ikea high chair- sits chatting happily until I get her back out

OP in answer to you query about foot ..... As great as the ikea one is and I do have one, and it is great, I prefer the Tripp trapp as legs are supported. Appreciate they're pricey but if you can afford it it is an investment piece of furniture.
I am super paranoid about hips as we have hip dysplsia and so foot support was important.

We had extremely expensive all singing, all dancing high chairs.

Which were a complete nightmare to clean.

The fact that they folded flat and reclined turned out to be much, much less important than the fact that I had to spend thirty minutes everyday scrubbing them and still never feel that they were perfect clean.

Start off with the Ikea one and move to the Tripp Trap when your child is older and able to sit at the table.

(We had Tripp Traps and they were fantastic)

The Ikea one is great if you have enough floor space, we lived somewhere really small and it didn't work, we constantly tripped over it.

The trip trap was good, I didn't find it that bad to clean tbh, I still tripped over the back legs though.

With DC 4 we had this type, it does take up another chair but whips off easily enough. It is also really easy to take with you to friends houses etc.

Another vote for the IKEA one. It's incredible. I don't know anyone who's bought one and gone on to be disappointed with it.

Re the foot support - I have a svan highchair which has a small footprint and is great for getting even tiny babies into a good upright position for feeding. It's similar to the trip trap in that it's fully adjustable etc. A fantastic highchair and would really recommend it BUT I've just had to put it away and get out our spare Ikea one. DC3 keeps using the footrest to push himself up and out of the svan one (which you can attach straps to but I need to get some new ones, can't find the ones I used for previous DC). It was only a matter of time before he ended up falling out of it and meant I couldn't turn my back on him for a minute. At least with the Ikea one I can put him in the highchair and get on with cooking dinner knowing he can't get himself up and out as nothing to push up against iyswim?

Hmm, foot support is just something for them to use to boost themselves out of the chair and onto the floor that one time you forget to strap them in.

You can take the legs off the Ikea one and then take the top drawer out of your dishwasher and wash it in the dischwasher (handy after porridge/spag bol!)

Another vote for IKEA's Antilop! Legs come off if you really really need to, but in reality that's probably too much of a faff.

A folding one would potentially take up less space when folded, but not much TBH. We were given a folding one and never used it (see other points about cleaning, etc...)

Ikea

Oh I never thought about him using the footrest to push up! Motherhood is such a non stop learning curve. Constant risk assessment.

You are absolutely right and DS would def do that. He is such an active, energetic baby and has already managed to wiggle out of his bouncer seat when I wasn't looking so it is for sure a matter of time before something like that happened on the high chair as well, if it is not the right one. But now I have learned my lesson. Sounds like safest not to have a footrest after all...

We only used ours for the evening meal as they were at CMs for other meals. So we would take the legs off each evening and chuck the seat up on top of the fridge freezer after a quick wipe down and put the legs down the side of the fridge. Took same amount of time as laying or moving a place setting at the table.

When we went on s/c holidays we took it in the car with us.

Our one antilop did my two kids and the two of a friend who I gave it to when J was done.

Bumbos are great if you don't have much space. There are loads of cheaper knockoffs as well. You can attach them to a chair, my DD loves hers and it can go anywhere!! I take it to my dad's when we go too

Cheap - Antilop

expensive - Tripp Trapp

Smallable has no UK store, only Paris I think

Another vote for the Ikea one here! It's the seating position that sold it for me, why would you want to recline to eat? I hate all the disgusting straps on other ones too and they are a faff to use, I just plonk DS in the Ikea one.

Re the footrest, DS has one with a footrest at the GPs and he just uses the footrest to try and push himself out of the seat. They are a dangerous addition if you ask me,

Novice question but why would you want the seat to recline? For younger ones??

Mountain buggy pod or Phil and ted lobster are seats that clip directly onto the table so take up very little space. You do need to check your table is a compatible shape though.

IKEA one or Stokke Tripp Trapp. The IKEA one goes in the dishwasher for easy cleaning. The Stokke will last forever as it converts to an adult's seat.