We've reviewed the UK's best travel cots. Share your thoughts here

[MumsnetReviews]

We put the UK’s best travel cots through their paces and, after weeks of exhaustive testing (and snoozing), have narrowed them down to five top picks.

The Joie Commuter Change came out on top as our Mumsnet Best Travel Cot 2018 - do you agree? Share your thoughts on this thread.

I have the joie commuter change in our bedroom as DDs cot doesn't fit, I love the bassinet that you can detach and the changing table that clips on.

We have the Phil & Teds traveller and it’s great. It is a bit fiddly to set up and tidy away but not too bad. It’s so light and compact that it’s worth it IMO. I chose it because you can zip the side down to get baby in and out easily. We’ve used several “classic” travel cots which are a nightmare for lifting a heavy baby in and out of.

The thing is, you would never ever travel with the Joie or Baby Dan cots... I've been to many different countries on different planes, trains and automobiles and the Phil and Teds is the only one which works across various check in requirements and ages of children. The baby bjorn is a dream to put up and probably the most comfortable for baby but I only take it if it's a decent airline luggage allowance.
To be fair, now I have 3 children I travel to less exotic places (although even where we live is probably considered fairly exotic ) and so most hotels have their own cots. But def, 100% the P&T one if you actually intend travelling with it, as opposed to staying at Granny's place every now and again.

It really doesn’t matter. You just want the lightest one possible and have to buy a separate extra mattress anyway. Otherwise they all do exactly the same thing.

For a travel cot for going in the car that even accommodates a large toddler you can’t go far wrong with a Hauck dream n play sold by aldi they were recently reduced to the bargain price of £8.99 in my local one.

We have the Baby Bjorn one and it is amazing. We travel quite frequently and it makes doing so incredibly easy. Best thing about it is if we arrive somewhere fairly late, we can put it up in seconds and baby can go straight into it.

We splashed out on a Nuna sena. It's heavy (don't know compared to others) but so so easy and quick to put up and very sturdy.

@thiskitten
With the baby Bjorn, can you unzip a side panel or do you have to lift baby in and out?
It does look easier to set up than the P&T one.

We bought the cheapest possible travel cot for £10, then bought a very deep, comfortable natural fibre custom made mattress. We then used with 2 children at home as the everyday cot, and staying with relatives or holidays or even camping in England. We've never had to take it abroad as there has always been one there, but if we needed it we'd just take it without the big mattress and wrap the hard mattress in a fleece blanket (as we do with hotel travel cots).

Bonus is it takes them longer to learn to climb out. Fits in smaller spaces, they sleep well wherever in it.

I agree with the previous recommendation of the hauck cot. If you don't need one that's hand luggage size then the hauck is pretty much the same as the baby Dan (less wheels) but a fraction of the price.