Brevi feeding chair: advantages and disadvantages
When a child finally learns to eat with a spoon on its own, a huge responsibility will fall down from mother's shoulders, because the farther away, the harder it becomes to feed the baby while he himself is still not capable of it. If in the first six months of his life he is at least conditionally immovable and eats mainly from a bottle with a nipple, then in the interval from six months to three years it is already necessary to feed him with a spoon, but the motor activity is now overwhelming.
Even a hungry baby for one reason or another can resist food intake, and only a highchair will help the parents in this situation. Among the dozens of manufacturers offering products of this type in the Russian market, special attention should be paid to the Brevi brand.
About the manufacturer
In our country, traditionally, it is considered to consider products brought from Western Europe to be of higher quality, which, in general, really corresponds to the truth. Such products include the Brevi brand, an Italian company founded back in 1954. The company initially focused on the production of various products for kids, combining in its approach innovations and the desire to express the Italian brand passion for their favorite business. Today, she still considers these values relevant.
Diligence quickly gave fruit - in 1971, the world's first children's feeding chair was introduced, the upper part of which was made of polyurethane foam without any additional spacers. At the time, it was so new that the presentation of the model was even shown on television.
Naturally, with such successes in the early stages of development, the company from Bergamo simply could not get lost among other manufacturers. Today, the range of its products includes prams and high chairs, car seats, walkers, trays, bedside lamps and even children's literature. The company's official website is available in only three languages (Italian, English and Spanish), but The manufacturer itself claims that its products can be officially purchased in 58 countries of the world located on 4 continents.
Advantages and disadvantages
The widest range of highchairs on the market, on the one hand, allows you to choose a truly convenient solution, on the other - somewhat complicates the selection process due to the abundance of options. Adequate assessment of Brevi products is possible only if we consider in detail its advantages and disadvantages. You should start with a good one - there are quite a few of them:
- Security. Right are those parents who are used to starting to evaluate children's products with safety issues. All Brevi products are manufactured in Europe and meet the highest quality requirements: no toxic materials are used in the manufacturing process. The design of the product at the same time ergonomic enough that there were no sharp corners, which can be injured.
- Durability. All products of the company are made of metal and high-quality plastic, able to withstand any childish pranks, without turning and breaking.
- Multifunctionality. Although in general, such a product is called a highchair, in fact, the baby can use such a chaise longue for many other activities. Due to the large number of adjustable positions of the back, the child can even sleep in such a chair, not to mention the games at the spacious table top.The design of many models assumes the presence of a special built-in arc with toys, where you can add your own - thanks to this, everything you need will always be at hand.
- Simplicity and ease of maintenance. The stool is sold unassembled, but you can assemble it in just 10 minutes and then disassemble it again. Even the assembled product is very compact. It is not a problem to bring cleanliness with such a stool: the tabletop is easily removed and cleaned, the case does not contain any slots where dirt could accumulate, and the removable cover is made of oil-cloth, which is perfectly cleaned even without washing.
The disadvantages of the Brevi chairs are minor: Not every family pays attention to them. Strangely enough, usually low mobility is criticized - they say, the product is rather heavy, and for some models, the wheels are for some reason only provided at the back, which causes either dragging a chair, or disassemble, and then reassemble it in another room.
In fairness, you need to clarify that the company has a range of portable chairs, which do not imply the presence of wheels and fixed support. Due to this, they weigh much less and allow you to even travel with your child.
The lineup
As a separate advantage of Brevi feeding chairs, one could indicate a decent breadth of the range, allowing any family to choose the right option for their child. Unlike many small manufacturers, in which the real difference between the models often lies only in the color of the case, the Italian engineers were not too lazy to think of differences between the different series.
In our country, the most popular model is Brevi B. Fun, which represents all the best features of such furniture. All its advantages have been described above, but there are also disadvantages. She really has only two wheels and that is (with a weight of 11 kilograms). An impressive price is also capable of scaring off a potential buyer - about 10 thousand rubles.
For those parents who are not sitting in place, a model called Brevi Dinette. Traditionally, the most compact chairs simply installed on top of "adult" chairs. But here the manufacturer quite unexpectedly went the unbeaten path, proposing a fundamentally different scheme - the chair is attached to the tabletop. Of course, adequate use, apparently, still involves installation on a chair, but the attachment is carried out precisely to the table - and this is perhaps somewhat more reliable.
It’s easy to take such a design with you, as it weighs only 2 kilograms. The pricing policy of the company allows you to purchase such a chair for anyone who wants it - its price does not exceed 3.5 thousand rubles.
Brevi slex and at all became the reason of the present revolution in understanding of what is the children's chair. Another big question is whether competitors even have something similar, since this piece of furniture is a transformer, but not simple: it can be equally convenient for both a small child and an adult! The mechanism does not imply fixed positions in height, and therefore can “grow” with the child throughout his childhood.
For full use as a platform for feeding the baby will need to purchase a tray and some other items sold separately. But even without them, the price of the model can reach 10 thousand rubles. Since its creation in the distant 2006, such a chair remains an absolute bestseller.
Reviews
Most feeding chairs receive mixed reviews in the thematic forums: this is largely due to the subjectivity of parents, some of whom are happy with the savings and the convenient position for the child accidentally, others are ready to criticize the same product for the slightest flaws. Children's furniture models manufactured by Brevi are a very rare exception: write about them mostly good.
An unusual point of criticism is that some parents point to the uselessness of many features of multifunctional models - they say, they could have bought something simpler.
In the comments among the pluses, the design of fasteners is very often mentioned - they are distinguished by very high reliability, but they are not as tight as most of the competitors, that is, they do not create difficulties in the process of fastening.
Consumers consider the cover to be very practical, which is easily cleaned from most types of dirt by wiping with a simple damp cloth. The step, which many competitors still have a fixed position (or is absent altogether), is regulated by the chairs from Brevi - this is very important for children older than one year old who are already sitting, resting their legs even. Under the seat there was a place for the grid, where you can put those toys that can not be fixed on the arc, as well as other necessary things.
In the next video you will find a review of the highchair Brevi B.Fun.