Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best

The Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best , which is an upgrade of the Prima Pappa Diner (*Est. $200) with some luxury touches, appeals to parents who want a sturdy, safe and comfortable high chair that can accommodate their baby from the newborn phase through toddlerhood. However, as one well-respected source points out, the Prima Pappa's "day has come and gone". For the price and with the drawbacks, there are better seats out there that will keep babies and toddlers just as happy.

A safe chair for newborns and toddlers

The Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best high chair gets top safety ratings from one independent testing organization, and it has all the safety features you would expect of a high chair in its price range, plus some. There is a five-point harness, passive restraint and a pommel between baby's legs. It comes with an infant insert. The Prima Diner has slightly less luxurious padding than the Best, and the Best comes with an infant insert.

Too many places for food to hide

The Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best comes fully assembled and ready to use out of the box, but ease of use may stop there. The folding seat has so much plush padding and so many nooks and crannies for food to collect that, as one parent says, "from a cleaning perspective it is a total failure". The tray comes with a removable insert, but taking the tray off is described as "sticky" and "requiring strength". Finally, the biggest issue with the high chair is the distance of the tray from the baby, allowing large amounts of food to fall from the tray.

May be better for napping than eating

The Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best features upholstery described as "butter soft". The chair has a mechanism that allows you to recline the seat into four positions to enable sleeping.

Typical warranty coverage

The Prima Pappa high chairs carry a one year warranty against defects.

The bottom line

The Peg Perego Prima Pappa Best will keep children comfortable, but parents may build up resentment about all the elbow grease they expend keeping the seat clean. It's comfortable for napping, but that is not the primary purpose of a high chair.