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- Modern design
- Convertible to a toddler, youth and adult chair
- Adjustable seat and footrest
- Expensive
- Seat padding is sold separately
- Food can get stuck in chair's nooks and crannies
The Svan High Chair falls within the category of high-end, Scandinavian-designed imports, which tend to have a more modern and sophisticated design than mass-market plastic and metal high chairs from U.S. makers. A Swedish product, the Svan is distributed in North America by Scandinavian Child. It is made of bent birch wood and comes in a choice of five finishes. The chair is built for babies 6 months and older, and comes with an infant kit for use while the baby is between 6 and 18 months. Its seat adjusts horizontally and vertically, as does its footrest. The chair can hold up to 250 pounds, and is convertible for use by children, teens and adults (as a stool).
The Svan is mentioned in many U.S. magazines, and it gets good comments in user reviews as well. Amazon.com tends to be a good source of baby-gear reviews, and parents posting to this site report favorable experiences. The same goes for parents posting to Highchairs.com, who generally report that the chair is well made and well designed. Many also say that they like the way it resembles regular furniture. There are some comments complaining that screws or bolts occasionally become loose and need to be tightened. Some parents also say that while the chair is beautifully styled, they regret that it doesn't have certain features typically found in mass-market U.S.-designed chairs, such as a reclining back, casters and seat padding that doesn't cost extra.
The website 3Luxe.com has reviews in several baby-gear categories, and editors name the Svan as one of the top three high chairs, praising its design for providing safe and ergonomically correct support. However, there's not much insight given into how the models have been chosen.
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1. Amazon.com
While the Svan high chair gets less coverage than top-selling mass-market high chairs, its reviews are positive. Of the more than 60 user reviews at Amazon.com, nearly 70 percent give the Svan a perfect score. Parents like how the chair fits in with their home's décor. Some say, however, that food gets stuck in the chair's crevices, and some complain that the tray is too small.
Review: Scandinavian Child Svan Convertible High Chair, Contributors to Amazon.com
2. Diapers.com
Diapers.com, the official store for popular parenting resource site BabyCenter.com, is often a valuable place to obtain user feedback on a variety of baby-related products. The Svan High Chair has 13 reviews here. Most users agree that the chair is stylish, but several users complain of bolts coming loose, resulting in the tray slanting downward.
Review: Svan High Chair, Contributors to Diapers.com
3. Babble.com
Babble.com features a variety of reviews and top picks for various baby and child-related products, including high chairs. The Svan High Chair is one of writer Nicole Feliciano's runner-ups in the high-chair category. The reviews are brief but balanced. Feliciano praises the Svan High Chair for recent improvements, such as its plastic tray cover and sophisticated finishes.
Review: Babble Best: High Chairs, Nicole Feliciano, July 9, 2007
4. HighChairs.com
Most reviews here are quite brief and don't go into tremendous detail about the products discussed. The vast majority of the 24 user reviews of the Svan High Chair give it a perfect score. The reviews provided by the site's editors, however, don't have much bite; these reviews are overwhelmingly and almost suspiciously positive.
Review: Our Top 10 Best-Selling High Chairs, Contributors to Highchairs.com
5. 3Luxe.com
This site has reviews in several baby-gear categories. Reviews are highly positive, although there's not much insight given into how the models have been chosen. Editors name the Svan as one of the top three high chairs, praising its design for providing safe and ergonomically correct support.
Review: High Chairs, Editors of 3Luxe.com
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