The cot failed the mandatory standard and presents risks including falling, suffocation, entrapment and strangulation
Retailer MyMoonMart declined to issue a recall until the ACCC stepped in
Six other cots and two strollers also failed our lab safety tests
A portable cot for babies has been recalled after CHOICE lab tests revealed serious safety failures and we contacted the ACCC about the issue. We’re urging parents to return the product to the retailer for a refund.
The product in question, the Mamakiddies Baby Playard Happy Dino portable cot, failed the mandatory safety standard in our labs and “presents a long list of risks including fall, suffocation, entrapment and strangulation” says CHOICE tester Kim Gilmour.
[The cot] presents a long list of risks including fall, suffocation, entrapment and strangulation.
CHOICE tester Kim Gilmour
The cot was sold through retailer MyMoonMart, which initially declined our request on 12 July to issue a recall to its customers but told CHOICE it was no longer selling the Mamakiddies cot.
On 25 August, the product was finally recalled following our consultation with the regulator.
The Mamakiddies cot also failed a number of voluntary standards for babies and kids products during our tests, standards that we believe should be made mandatory and that are rigorously applied in our test labs.
In addition, six other cots and two strollers failed our tests against the voluntary standard, as follows:
4Baby Liteway Travel Cot
Star Kidz Amico Super Light Travel Cot
Kmart Anko Travel Portacot
Babyhood Uno 2 in 1 Portacot
Childcare Ison 3 in 1 Travel Cot
Mocka Porta Cot
Babybee Rover 2019 stroller
Milly & Coup Milo stroller
“Our main issue with the other portable cots we put through the CHOICE labs was a lack of mattress firmness which presents a suffocation risk to children,” says Gilmour.
“If you have any of the portable cots or strollers on this list, CHOICE urgently recommends you stop using them for the safety of your children,” she says.
Andy Kollmorgen is the Investigations editor at CHOICE. He reports on a wide range of issues in the consumer marketplace, with a focus on financial harm to vulnerable people at the hands of corporations and businesses.
Prior to CHOICE, Andy worked at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and at the Australian Financial Review. Andy is a former member of the NSW Fair Trading Advisory Council.
Andy has a Bachelor of Arts in English from New York University.
Find Andy on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Andy Kollmorgen is the Investigations editor at CHOICE. He reports on a wide range of issues in the consumer marketplace, with a focus on financial harm to vulnerable people at the hands of corporations and businesses.
Prior to CHOICE, Andy worked at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and at the Australian Financial Review. Andy is a former member of the NSW Fair Trading Advisory Council.
Andy has a Bachelor of Arts in English from New York University.
Find Andy on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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