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High Chairs: Ratings of Sources
Total of 28 Sources
1. Baby Bargains
Eighth Edition, 2009
High Chairs
by Denise and Alan Fields
Our Assessment

Consumer advocates Denise and Alan Fields test many of the products featured in this excellent baby-gear book, and parent interviews also factor into the ratings. The book includes shopping tips and reviews of selected manufacturers, along with ratings and a section of top picks. At the close of the chapter devoted to high chairs, there is a chart comparing 19 models with ratings for overall quality.

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2. ConsumerReports.org
April 2007
Ratings: High Chairs
by Editors of ConsumerReports.org
Our Assessment In this latest report, the editors at ConsumerReports.org provide a ratings chart comparing 19 high chairs. High-chair ratings are weighted most heavily toward safety and ease of use. Details are provided about testing methods. Although ratings allow readers to compare scores, editors don't specifically choose any high chairs as Best Buys.
3. Choice magazine
March 2009
Test: High Chairs
by Editors of Choice magazine
Our Assessment

Editors at this Australian publication test nine high chairs for safety and durability. While some models are not widely available in the United States, there is careful and detailed discussion of what features are important and which ones aren't as significant when choosing a high chair. While most of the high chairs reviewed here aren't available in the U.S., one of the recommended models, the Inglesina Zuma, and another reviewed model, the Bloom Contemporary, are. Also available are the results of the previous high-chair test, conducted in June 2007, which includes coverage of some models available in the U.S. as well.

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4. Which? magazine
Jan. 19, 2007
High Chairs
by Editors of Which? magazine
Our Assessment Editors at U.K.-based Which? magazine test 17 high chairs for safety and durability. This article reviews some models not available in the United States, but the detailed explanation of testing methodology, as well as the discussion of different high-chair features, is excellent. Among the top-rated chairs, only the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair is currently available in the U.S.
5. Amazon.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs and Booster Seats
by Contributors to Amazon.com
Our Assessment Because publications are sometimes out of date when it comes to high-chair reviews, owner-opinion websites are valuable. The parent-written reviews at Amazon.com are mostly thorough and sometimes cautionary. The Fisher-Price Rainforest and Space Saver high chairs are among those that receive both high ratings and a large number of reviews.
6. Target.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to Target.com
Our Assessment

Target.com is an increasingly good source for finding owner-written ratings. There aren't as many reviews here as there are at other consumer-review sites, such as Amazon.com, although the user comments posted here are worth a look. Site visitors particularly like the Graco Contempo Highchair and the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair. The Evenflo Expressions III High Chair also earns positive comments from reviewers. The Eddie Bauer Covington Wood High Chair gets uneven remarks for being stylish but tough to clean and prone to peeling and chipping. It also has a three-point harness system, which one reviewer says children can get out of by twisting and turning.

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7. Epinions.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to Epinions.com
Our Assessment

Epinions.com has a few high chair models that have earned more than 40 reviews, although many of the models listed here haven't had any reviews at all, and some have been discontinued. The best bet is to narrow your list to a handful of favorites, and then see what these parents have to say. The Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair is one model maintaining an average rating of four stars out of five with more than 50 consumer reviews, while the Fisher-Price Space Saver High Chair also maintains an average four out of five star rating but with just over 15 consumer ratings.

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8. Grandparents.com
Not Dated
High Chair Roundup
by Phoebe Assenza
Our Assessment

Grandparents.com is similar to the parenting resource site BabyCenter.com, although geared specifically towards grandparents. Phoebe Assenza, products editor for Grandparents.com, provides this informal roundup of high chairs, including brief commentary on each model and identification of her favorite pick, the Graco Blossom 4-in-1 Seating System. Few negatives are mentioned, and the high chairs aren't rated on a scale or ranked in order of preference or performance.

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Road Test: High Chairs
by Sarah Engler
Our Assessment

Cookie magazine selects the best high chairs in various categories, providing each with a rating between one and five stars for cleanability and durability. The article refers to testing, although specific methodology isn't described. We'd rate this review higher if it were updated more recently. The Stokke Tripp Trapp is the only model reviewed that receives five out of five stars for both cleanability and durability.

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10. About.com
Not Dated
Guide Picks: Top 9 Highchairs for Babies
by Heather Corley
Our Assessment

Safety is paramount when selecting a high chair, says Heather Corley, About.com's baby-products guide. She recommends nine high chairs based on stability, easy clean-up and convenience features. Unfortunately, this high-chair guide has not been updated recently, and it's not clear if Corley compared these chairs to others or tested them in any way before featuring them on this list. The Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair occupies the top spot on the list. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)

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11. Diapers.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to Diapers.com
Our Assessment

Diapers.com, the official store for popular baby and parenting tips site BabyCenter.com, allows parents and caregivers to post reviews on and purchase a variety of baby-related products. There aren't as many high chairs available here as on other sites such as Amazon.com, and many products haven't been reviewed. High chairs receiving over 15 reviews and maintaining a high rating include the Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair with an average five out of five star rating, and the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair, which maintains an average rating of 4.5 stars out of five.

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12. People
Aug. 2008
Ten Best: Our Favorite High Chairs
by Danielle Dubin
Our Assessment People magazine selects and reviews their 10 favorite high chairs, including basic features, pros and cons. The reviews are brief, and the high chairs selected aren't ranked or rated. Each high chair is given a title, such as "best wooden" or "best classic," so parents looking for a certain type of high chair can easily recognize the favorite product in a given category.
Mom-Tested Hot High Chairs
by Editors of Parenting.com
Our Assessment Parenting.com highlights four high chairs in this short guide. Write-ups are very short and highly positive. Each blurb ends with a parent quote, but these too are uniformly glowing. We'd rate this article more highly if ratings were more balanced and critical.
14. Babble.com
July 2007
Babble Best: High Chairs
by Nicole Feliciano
Our Assessment Babble.com features a variety of reviews and top picks for various baby and child-related products, including high chairs. The Babble Best pick is the Stokke Tripp Trapp, and runners-up are also reviewed, including Fisher-Price Space Saver High Chair, Chicco Polly, Svan High Chair and Starck Portable High Chair by Maclaren. The reviews are brief, but balanced.
15. Babble.com
Aug. 2008
Babble Best: Travel High Chairs
by Kate Bayless
Our Assessment Babble.com features a variety of reviews and top picks for various baby and child-related products, including high chairs. This particular review is geared specifically towards travel high chairs. The Babble Best pick is Phil&Teds Me Too, with runners-up including Inglesina Fast, Kaboost, HandySitt and First Years On-the-Go Booster.
16. Tibesti.com
Not Dated
Best High Chairs
by Melissa Gould and Ellie Miller
Our Assessment Melissa Gould and Ellie Miller run a baby-planning consultancy and have selected their favorite picks in a number of baby-product categories on Tibesti.com, including high chairs. While the reviews are brief and aren't ranked in order of performance, a bulleted list of features is included and the authors' extensive experience with parents and babies lends credibility to their choices.
17. Best Baby Products.com
Not Dated
High Chairs
by Editors of Best Baby Products
Our Assessment

This site's reviews are largely based on parent/user input without any nods to specific testing methods or explanation as to how comments from users were evaluated. The editors offer a top performer in three price ranges, including the Peg Perego Prima Pappa, the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair and the Graco Easy Chair Highchair. They also highlight a few other models for good measure. However, a search for more individual reviews leads straight to a website selling high chairs and containing only a few parent reviews. One significant flaw is that this site has not been revised in more than four years.

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18. HighChairs.com
As of Aug. 2009
Our Top 10 Best-Selling High Chairs
by Contributors to Highchairs.com
Our Assessment

At Highchairs.com, the parent-written reviews are up-to-date and include many newer models. Most of the reviews are quite brief, however, and don't go into tremendous detail about the products discussed. From Graco's Meal Time High Chair and Peg Perego's Prima Pappa, to Svan's Wooden High Chair and the Lipper Natural Wood High Chair, commonly found in restaurants, the breadth of parent-written reviews is impressive. The site also allows searching by style, brand or features, which can be useful for parents looking for only certain types of high chairs. The reviews provided by the site's editors, however, don't have much bite; these reviews are overwhelmingly and almost suspiciously positive.

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19. BobbysBest.com
Not Dated
Baby Trend High Chair Review
by Editors of BobbysBest.com
Our Assessment

BobbysBest.com offers product reviews and recommendations for a variety of consumer products, including many baby-gear products. This review is of the Baby Trend High Chair, and although it's implied that this high chair is recommended over other brands, direct comparison testing isn't conducted. The review itself is detailed, however, and the author notes that he prefers the Baby Trend High Chair over the popular Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair. Each review on this site includes a "devil's advocate" section, which sometimes contains negative aspects of the reviewed product. In this case, it merely mentions that the Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair is another model worth considering, depending on your space constraints.

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20. KidGlue.com
June 2009
Keekaroo vs. Stokke High Chair Review
by Kisha Edwards-Gandsy
Our Assessment

This site consists of relevant news stories and posts by contributors relating to children, parenting and products. Kisha Edwards-Gandsy provides a brief comparison of two high chairs: Keekaroo Height Right and Stokke Tripp Trapp, with a useful comparison chart outlining the features of each. The review doesn't include any information about personal experience, however, other than the fact that the author was seeking a comparable but more affordable alternative to the Stokke high chair when she discovered the Keekaroo high chair.

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21. LilaGuide.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to LilaGuide.com
Our Assessment

LilaGuide.com is another feedback site for parents, operated by the same company as TheBump.com. It's becoming a decent place to look for baby-gear reviews, and there are entries on dozens of high chairs including the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair and the Stokke Tripp Trapp. The site is fairly easy to navigate, but the reviews themselves tend to be much shorter and less detailed than those on Amazon.com or Epinions.com. The most heavily reviewed high chairs here include the Fisher-Price Space Saver High Chair, which earns an average rating of 4.5 stars out of five, based on over 60 reviews, and the Prima Pappa Rocker High Chair, which has accumulated more than 70 consumer reviews but garners an average rating of only 3.5 out of five stars. The Svan High Chair with Tray Cover, Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair, Baby Trend High Chair, Chicco Polly and Stokke Tripp Trapp have also accumulated a fair number of reviews and maintain high average ratings.

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22. Viewpoints.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to Viewpoints.com
Our Assessment

Viewpoints.com is another consumer-review site, newer than some of the veterans such as Amazon.com and Epinions.com. Viewpoints.com is well designed and easy to navigate, offering a review snapshot for each item and showing the percentage of reviewers who recommended the product and those that didn't. Also included is a bulleted list of pros and cons according to reviews. At the time of our visit, there were 37 high chairs listed, though, most have only a handful of owner-written reviews each. The Fisher-Price Space Saver High Chair is one model that has accumulated more than 80 reviews, and still maintains an average rating of 4.6 stars out of five.

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23. Mumsnet.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to Mumsnet.com
Our Assessment Mumsnet.com is a parent-focused site with a good selection of owner-written baby gear reviews. Mumsnet is based in the U.K., but a few of the models listed are available in the U.S. as well. The Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair does well here, as does the Stokke Tripp Trapp, which scores just over eight out of 10 in more than 250 reviews.
24. ExpoTV.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to ExpoTV.com
Our Assessment

ExpoTV.com is a user-review site where contributors post video instead of text. Video has the advantage of allowing parents to demonstrate what they like and dislike about a specific high chair. The disadvantage is that there are far fewer entries overall than on traditional text-based review sites. So far, only two high chairs -- the Fisher-Price Rainforest and the Fisher-Price Space Saver -- have more than five reviews each, with many other models having only one review.

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25. ModernHomeModernBaby.com
Aug. 2009
Baby High Chair Reviews – Best Modern High Chairs
by Editors of ModernHomeModernBaby.com
Our Assessment

This informal review is more of a product list than a comparison review. The author discusses five high chairs with modern styling and the best features offered by each. The reviews are fairly balanced, as some negatives are mentioned, although the high chairs aren't ranked in order of performance. The author doesn't appear to have personal experience with these high chairs, mentioning that in the end she chose the Stokke Tripp Trapp and has been pleased with it. This review is useful for parents specifically looking to compare high chairs that have a modern look.

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26. Baby Bargains
As of Aug. 2009
High Chairs
by Contributors to BabyBargains.com
Our Assessment The companion website to "Baby Bargains," the popular baby-gear buyer's guide, has relatively few high chair reviews so far. Owners have posted comments on 16 brands including Fisher-Price, Graco and Stokke, but most models have only one or two very short reviews. Having to click through brands to get to reviews for each chair also makes this site cumbersome to navigate.
27. ConsumerGuide.com
As of Aug. 2009
High Chair Reviews and Prices
by Editors of ConsumerGuide.com
Our Assessment ConsumerGuide.com lists a large selection of high chairs, but only the Fisher-Price Rainforest High Chair gets a full expert review. The write-up is highly positive and no drawbacks are listed.
28. 3Luxe.com
As of Sept. 2008
High Chairs
by Editors of 3Luxe.com
Our Assessment

3Luxe.com has editorial reviews in several baby-gear categories, including high chairs. While the format is intriguing - editors review their top three choices for each product type - reviews are highly positive and there's not much insight given into how models have been chosen. Interestingly, readers don't seem to agree with the selection of Peg Perego's Prima Pappa Best high chair. The site offers users the ability to vote for each reviewed item, and for the Prima Pappa, reader opinion is almost evenly divided between those who love it and those who don't.

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