A hazard and misleading online sales content

I’ve had a lot of Safety 1st items that I really enjoyed and never before having I found that name ironic. Unfortunately, in the case of this high chair you’re looking at possible safety issues, shoddily made product and on top of that, one that simply doesn’t match the picture of what they’re selling. I bought online and it’s easy to realise that the footrest now included is totally different from the one shown in the listing.

It looks like the footrest used to curve around and have a whole different panel on it. Similarly the instructions for attaching the footrest are clearly old and give no clue how to actually attach it. We were able to make it work, but…it’s awful. It looks terrible and is just so bad.

The legs are metal ‘wood’ effect, but don’t seem strong or stable despite this. Lastly, the ‘pull buckle’ safety design is a joke. Turning the tabs prevents a hard pull from taking them out, but all it takes is it to go loose once (like when you lift the baby out) and it can easily turn around and pull through. Even then, I’m not trusting a baby to what is essentially the safety equivalent of a when your earring falls to pieces because the chain found the one hole in the hoop. I literally messed with it and saw it happen in real time.

It baffles me that this passed the safety regulations. It’s cheap looking, feeling and possibly unsafe. Definitely not worth your time or your hard earned cash and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a recall or lawsuit about this product in the future. At best, it doesn’t match the product they are claiming to sell (parts have been changed) and at worst, it’s a hazard. Big Yikes from me.