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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 exactly what we needed! Jul 09, 2010
By Carrie Howell
I love this highchair! I did a lot of research before I purchased and vacillated between the Astro, the Boon Flair, and the Bloom Nano. I liked each one for their modern style and compact design. Despite the lack of reviews for this product I finally decided to go with the Valco Baby Astro in chocolate because of the price. I am so glad I went with this chair! I love it! It is a very nice size, has a nice small tray, compact fold, soft easy to wipe down leatherette, a 5 point harness with padded straps, and my 6 month old daughter loves it! I love the style and it fits in very well with our espresso bent wood chairs!
I am very happy with my purchase! This chair is exactly what we needed!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
First impressions Jul 29, 2010
By CLB
"clb"
We just got this chair yesterday but there were so few reviews about it that I wanted to get one out there ASAP.
Pros: The price is great. I couldn't justify spending the money on a Tripp Trapp or some other super cool chair, but I really like the look of this chair for only a fraction of the price! It is exactly as it is pictured on the website. It came completely assembled; all we had to do was take it out of the box and lift it up and it snapped into place. It is just as easy to fold flat, just flip a lever and down it goes! I'm glad to see it is so portable, we will be able to take it with us anywhere. It's light too, which makes is even more portable. There are no creases where food and crumbs will be able to get stuck. The entire sitting surface is a faux leather that will be easily wiped down. The chair is a great height for feeding baby at the table. The 5-point harness is a great safety feature and is adjustable. The straps can be lengthened or shortened and there are two heights for the shoulder straps for baby to grow into. The foot rest is also adjustable as baby grows. The chair is not bulky and ugly like so many high chairs out there, it fits well with my house which is a big deal for me.
Cons: There is quite a gap between the closest tray setting and my daughter(the tray has three adjustable settings). I'm sure this will mean spilled food into the seat but that is going to happen with any tray; when a baby is learning to eat it WILL be messy! She is still small as well, and I'm sure the tray will be a better fit as she grows into it. The other thing that I noticed is the pads that come with the restraint harness are very bulky and on my small child they made her look very uncomfortable. Fortunately they are removable and she seems much happier with them off.
Overall, I am very happy with this chair and can't wait to put it to good use. Hopefully after we have had it for a while I can write a review of how it has lasted!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Love/Hate this highchair Apr 04, 2011
By J. Conlon
"Jen"
I have the ivory model. My twins are now 19 months old and im downgrading my review a bit:
Pros:
Folding and portability (need to take it to grandmas house? now you can!), the vinyl portion of the seat wipes clean very easily, its very light weight, nice clean modern look, comes ready to go and doesn't need assembly. What a relief to find a highchair that can fold up super flat and stash away for when guests are over or you just need your kitchen back!
Cons:
-Although the 5 point harness is great, when the baby doesnt need it anymore you can only remove half of it. The shoulder straps come off but the bottom parts of the harness are left dangling in the seat. I wrapped the bottom part down and secured with velcro that is at the seat bottom. And i threaded the other part back thru the shoulder holes.
-The gap between the seat back and the tray is a little large (about 8.5 or 9") and food does end up on baby's lap. However, the only thing preventing the tray from sliding in closer is a tiny plastic stop and i filed ours off with a metal file so the try can move in about 1" closer. Still i wish it could go even closer.
-The part that goes in between their legs is fabric not vinyl like the rest. It gets really gunky and there's no other way to get it nice and clean other than put the whole seat in the wash. It doesnt say you can machine wash the vinyl but it velcros off very easily (seat attached) and i threw the whole thing in the washer on cold, seat and all (and then delicate in the dryer) and it worked fine at first. After a couple times doing this the thin board that makes up the seat bottom has broken up =( But i still put in the wash cause there's no other way to get it clean!
-The part that goes in between their legs is also larger than it needs to be and forms a 'T'. The top of the 'T' really makes it hard to get the kid out when theyre a little bigger!
I really want to love this highchair but Valco has a bit of design modification to do first. All pretty easy stuff!
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
joovy vs astro Sep 02, 2011
By h2mom
mom of 6 month old.
I purchased both the joovy nook and the astro. when they arrived i unpacked both, at first glance i noticed a good amount of size difference between the two. The astro is a good 3 inches shorter than the joovy. For our kitchen a smaller highchair works better however we ulitimately decided to go w/ the joovy. The 2 down falls to the astro were the shoulder strap pillow things and the leg cutouts. I didn't see in the photos, prior to purchasing, the shoulder pillows and they are HUGE. Later i read one person that said they cut them off, i wasn't about to start cutting things off of a highchair i had just purchased. I also didn't care for the leg cutouts, instead i found the joovy easier to get our son in and out of of. I did and do LOVE the base to the astro, its less intrusive than many other highchairs i have tried. If i could make the perfect highchair for us it would have the Joovy top with the Astro legs and folding mechanizm.
PROS:
Size (if you need a smallish highchair)
Seat Material, easy to clean
Folds very easy and compact
CONS:
Leg cutouts
Shoulder Strap pillow things are huge
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great Chair for Small Spaces or travel Apr 20, 2012
By Liz
Got this in white to keep at my parents, also with intention of taking back and forth from their place to the beach on weekends in car. Leg holes seem small, but will be fine for at least 1.5-2 Y.o even with big legs. Since the leg holes are fixed, the trick is to put in/pull out baby from back of the chair. Material is easy to wipe down. The fold is the best part of this. With one hand it folds down completely! Small enough to slide into small closet, easy to get into a car. It can disappear in small apt! One of the smartest designed baby items i've seen. I can imagine that the leg holes will be too small at about 2 years, so 1 star off for that.
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