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4Baby Hex Playpen EA11600
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BabyDan Square Park-A-Kid Flex System 69114
Babyhood Pop Up Play Pen HPP005
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Childcare Playpen 089700-002
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Dreambaby Royale Converta 3-in-1
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Jolly Kidz Smart Wooden Playpen
Jolly Kidz Versatile Playpen HPP005/155027
Kiddy Cots Link 100 Wooden
Kiddy Cots Link 100/8 Panel Wooden Playpen
Kiddy Cots Link 70
Kmart Anko 3 in 1 Playpen 42193715
Kmart Anko Large Wooden Playpen
Kmart Anko Playpen with Base
Komodo Indoor Outdoor Kids Playpen Instant Set Up KDKIDPLPENA
Nanny Annie Interactive Block Style Baby Playpen with Door 19696
Perma Child Safety Playpen Barrier 3-in-1 #2747
Regalo My Play Portable Play Yard 1370 DS
TikkTokk Caboodle Playpen CAPP01
TikkTokk Little Boss Playpen Hex LBPP11w
TikkTokk Nannypanel Playpen
Cost
Price
$129
$129
$370
$217
$150
$100
$119
$290
$230
$200
$110
$169
$150
$149
$160
$145
$159
$99
$90
$249
$170
$87
$199
$163
$159
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Test results
CHOICE Expert Rating
Performance score
0
0
0
Ease of use score
Passed key safety requirements
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Comments
Good points
- Feels light for moving around and it keeps its form (hexagonal shape) very well.
- Has a fixed fabric base.
- Has a fixed fabric base.
- Includes a play mat and 50 plastic balls.
- Its weight feels OK for moving around and it keeps its form well, but it is large.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Claims compliance to the latest European playpen standard.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides, and the gate latch is easy to operate with one hand.
- No tool is needed to assemble or disassemble.
- Multiple configurations (eg safety barrier, but the parts for wall mounting are not included).
- Keeps its form (rectangular shape) well.
- Has a play mat.
- Foldable.
- Can be configured into a square, rectangular, octagonal or L-shaped playpen.
- Can be reconfigured from a rectangular into a smaller rectangular or square playpen.
- Has a playthings panel.
- Foldable.
- Can be configured into a hexagonal or rectangular playpen, or reconfigured into a smaller rectangular playpen.
- Can be setup in other configurations, e.g. a safety barrier, and includes parts for wall mounting.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides, and the gate latch is easy to operate with one hand.
- Feels light for moving around and it keeps its form (hexagonal shape) very well.
- Has a fixed fabric base.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides, and the gate latch is easy to operate with one hand.
- No tool is required to assemble/disassemble.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Latched gate, which means you don't have to reach over the high sides to access the child.
- Easy to assemble, disassemble or fold; no tool required.
- Mulitple configurations, and includes parts for wall mounting.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides.
- No tool is required to assemble/disassemble.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Can be pulled apart and stacked for moving or storage.
- Reasonably simple to assemble and disassemble.
- The sections are separate pieces that stack well.
- Easy to move the enclosure because it keeps its form well.
- Easy to place and remove the child.
- No tool is needed to assemble or disassemble.
- Feels light to move around and it keeps its form (square shape) well.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Initial use of a tool to screw the joints to the sections, but reasonably simple to join and rejoin the sections together.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Initial use of a tool to screw the joints to the sections, but reasonably simple to join and rejoin the sections together.
- Can be reconfigured into other rectangular or square sizes.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Initial use of a tool to screw the joints to the sections, but reasonably simple to join and rejoin the sections together.
- Multiple configurations.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Latched gate, which means you don't have to reach over the high sides to access the child.
- Easy to assemble, disassemble or fold; no tool required.
- Multiple configurations and includes parts for wall mounting.
- Can be reconfigured from a square into a smaller rectangular or square playpen.
- Its weight feels OK for moving around and it keeps its form well, but it is large.
- Has a fixed fabric base.
- Feels light for moving around and it keeps its form (hexagonal shape) very well.
- Canopy.
- Can be set up and folded easily without the use of a tool.
- Easy to move around as it feels light and keeps its form very well.
- Compact when folded, and has a carry bag.
- No tool is needed to assemble/disassemble.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides.
- Feels light to move around and it keeps its form (square shape) well.
- Has a toy panel.
- Passes key safety requirements.
- No tool is needed to assemble/disassemble.
- Has a gate, so there's no need to lift the child over the sides, and the gate latch is easy to operate with one hand.
- Can be set up in other configurations (eg a safety barrier) and includes parts for wall mounting.
- Foldable and easy to carry.
- Its weight is OK for moving around and it keeps its form (hexagonal shape) well.
- Has a fixed fabric base.
- Easy to assemble.
- Feels light to move around
- Passes key safety requirements.
- Multiple configurations.
- Can be pulled apart and stacked for moving or storage.
- Reasonably simple to assemble and disassemble.
- Sections stack easily.
- Easy to move as it keeps its form well.
- Easy to place and remove the child.
Bad points
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk. Baby Bunting says the product meets all the required standard for playpens including compliance with the requirements of INPAAs Vertical Application Guide for Playpens VAG-005.
- Very hard to assemble and disassemble - takes extreme strength to connect the final joint when assembling, and extreme strength to disconnect the first joint when disassembling.
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk. Costway provided us with a certificate of compliance to AS/NZS 2195:2010 + A1:2023 + A2:2015.
- Hard to assemble and disassemble - has lots of parts, and takes a lot of strength to connect the final joint when assembling, and a lot of strength to disconnect the first joint when disassembling.
- Minor safety failure: The lock does not engage automatically when the gate is closed. BabyDan says its playpen meets the latest European standards (which do not require an automatic locking mechanism) and disagrees with our assessment, saying it believes "a manual locking mechanism enables the parent to ensure correct operation whereas an automatic locking mechanism can provide a false sense of security, if the locking operation does not work correctly every time".
- Some effort needed to connect/disconnect; need to avoid pinch points.
- Feels heavy.
- Minor safety failure: Too easy for a child to lift. The manufacturer has told us that they've tested their product to the EN standard EN 12227:2010 which they note does not include a lifting test.
- Doesn't fold easily and isn't very compact when folded.
- Hard to assemble and disassemble - has lots of parts, and takes a lot of strength to connect the final joint when assembling, and a lot of strength to disconnect the first joint when disassembling.
- Its weight feels OK for moving around but it tends not to keep its form well (easily misshaped), and it is large.
- Serious safety failures: 1. Plastic adhesive decors (supplied unattached) are small and pose ingestion/inhalation risk. 2. Playpen has some potential snagging/strangulation points. 3. The gate was found to insufficiently secure. 4. Playpen has various footholds which could be used for climbing out of the enclosure. 5. Various finger and limb entrapment risks.
- Minor safety failure: Too easy for a child to lift.
- Feels heavy and large for moving around, and tends not to keep its form well (easily misshaped).
- Serious safety failure: Playpen has a catch on the gate that is a potential snagging/strangulation point.
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk.
- It's not compact when folded (or requires a bit of disassembly before folding to be more compact).
- Feels heavy for moving around, and tends not to keep its form well (easily misshaped).
- Extra care must be taken to avoid the finger pinch points when partially folding (gathering) the panels together.
- Conflicting instructions stated, "never add a mattress, pillow, comforter or padding ", but it also stated, "use a hexagonal mattress or pad with a side length no more than 58cm and no more than 14cm thick".
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk.
- Hard to assemble and disassemble - takes a lot of strength to connect the final joint when assembling, and a lot of strength to disconnect the first joint when disassembling.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Minor limb entrapment risk. 2. Too easy for a child to lift.
- Very minor issue: Corner joints that protrude on the inside of the playpen may cause injury when a part of the child's body (such as the head) comes into sudden or speedy contact.Some amount of effort and a tool is needed to disconnect the panels.
- Extra care must be taken to avoid the finger pinch points.
- Feels heavy.
- Extra care must be taken to avoid the finger pinch points.
- Feels heavy and tends not to keep its form well.
- Very minor failure: The corner joints that protrude on the inside of the playpen may cause injury when a a child's head, for instance, comes into sudden or speedy contact.
- The manufacturer says it has complied to both EU and US standards.
- Serious safety failures: 1. Playpen has some potential points where a child's clothing could snag (strangulation risk). 2. Gate can be opened from inside the playpen by simply sliding the latch (and it does not engage automatically when the gate is closed). 3. Potential footholds which could be used for climbing out of the enclosure. 4. Major head entrapment risks at numerous openings. 5. Limb and finger entrapment risks. 6. Structural integrity is inadequate. Panels can be easily separated by applying a vertical force.
- There's up to 14 individual pieces to put together.
- Feels heavy and large.
- We informed Amazon Australia about the playpen failures and since our review they have removed the listing for sale, but it may be listed at other retailers.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Too easy for a child to lift. 2. Minor head entrapment risk.
- Serious safety failure: Potential footholds could cause a child to climb out of the enclosure.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Too easy for a child to lift. 2. Minor limb entrapment hazard.
- In response to our findings, the manufacturer says that it takes safety "extremely seriously" and that playpens should not be used unattended by adults. "Our product includes warnings on the packaging - after reviewing your comments, in future we will plan to engrave the warning onto the product and on the instructions as per some of our other playpen models."
- Minor safety failures: 1. Too easy for a child to lift. 2. Gaps may pose a minor head entrapment hazard.
- Very minor issue: Protruding corner joints may cause injury when a child's head, for instance, comes into sudden or speedy contact.
- The manufacturer says it has had its playpens tested to the US playpen standard, and that it also does its own additional in-house safety testing.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Minor head entrapment risk. 2. Too easy for a child to lift. Very minor issue: Corner joints that protrude on the inside of the playpen may cause injury when a part of the child's body (such as the head) comes into sudden or speedy contact.
- There's up to 32 joint pieces to screw to the panels initially.
- Feels heavy and large.
- Minor safety failures: 1. The gaps between vertical bars of the side sections could cause a minor head entrapment hazard. 2. Too easy for a child to lift.
- Very minor issue: Corner joints that protrude on the inside of the playpen may cause injury when a part of the child's body (such as the head) comes into sudden or speedy contact.
- The manufacturer says it has had its playpens tested to the US playpen standard, and that it also does its own additional in-house safety testing.
- Extra care must be taken to avoid the finger pinch points.
- Feels heavy and tends not to keep its form well.
- Very minor failure: Corner joints on inside of playpen could cause injury if a child's head, for instance, comes into speedy contact with them.
- Minor safety failure: Too easy for a child to lift. Kmart says in the absence of an Australian standard for playpens, they apply the relevant UK, EU or US standards.
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk. Kmart says in the absence of an Australian standard for playpens, they apply the relevant UK, EU or US standards.
- Hard to assemble and disassemble - takes a lot of strength to connect the final joint when assembling, and a lot of strength to disconnect the first joint when disassembling.
- Serious safety failures: 1. Major head entrapment hazard when the zipper is not fully closed. 2. Structural integrity of the playpen is inadequate. The locking mechanism unlocks when certain horizontal and vertical forces in our test method are applied, making it prone to collapsing. As a result we have given this playpen's performance score zero.
- Serious safety failures: 1. Laminated adestive decors, supplied unattached, are small or can be torn into small pieces which pose an injection or inhalation hazard. 2. Playpen has some potential clothes snagging points (strangulation hazard). 3. Limb entrapment hazrds at multiple openings on the panels. 4. Major head entrapment hazard at the circular opening on the corner panel. 5. Structural integrity of the playpen is inadequate. The panels can be separated reasonably easily.
- Minor issue: Too easy for a child to lift.
- Minor safety failure: Minor limb entrapment risk. Some amount of effort is needed to connect/disconnect the panels together.
- Extra care must be taken to avoid the finger pinch points.
- Feels heavy.
- Serious safety failure: Playpen has various footholds which could be used for climbing out of the enclosure.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Minor head entrapment risk. 2. Too easy for a child to lift.
- Feels heavy for moving around but it keeps its form well.
- Serious safety failure: Major head entrapment hazards.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Too easy for a child to lift. 2. Minor sharp edges.
- Very minor issue: Upper corner joint projections could cause injury if a child's head, for instance, comes into sudden or speedy contact with them.
- We have alerted TikkTokk to our findings. It has not had its playpens tested to the European playpen standard as "we do not sell it as a safety device" and has chosen to test it to the European toy standard. (CHOICE does not define a playpen as a safety device either, but tests for safety aspects.)
- Some effort needed to connect together.
- Doesn't keep its form well.
- Minor safety failures: 1. Too easy for a child to lift. 2. Minor head entrapment risk.
Features
Mattress
No (fabric floor only)
1
1
No (fabric floor only)
No (play mat sold separately)
No (play mat sold separately)
No (fabric floor only)
No (fabric floor only)
No (fabric floor only)
Gate
Specifications
Shape
6-sided
4-sided
4-sided
4-sided
4-sided
6-sided
6-sided
6-sided
6-sided
4-sided
4-sided
4-sided
4-sided
4-sided
6-sided
6-sided
4-sided
6-sided
6-sided
4-sided
6-sided
6-sided
4-sided
6-sided
4-sided
Material
Fabric and mesh
Fabric and mesh
Metal
Fabric and mesh
Plastic
Metal
Fabric and mesh
Metal
Metal
Plastic
Wood
Plastic
Wood
Wood
Wood
Metal
Wood
Fabric and mesh
Fabric, mesh and metal
Plastic
Metal
Fabric and mesh
Plastic
Wood
Plastic
Height (cm)
67
70
71
71
63
76
66
75
76
59
61
59
62
62
62
76
64
65
118
51
76
70
69
60
66
Width (cm)
125
148
75
152
156
90
125
103
112
155
114
114
110
213
130
112
160
129
144
103
110
127
121
153
114
Length (cm)
143
208
107
188
156
124
142
116
126
155
114
114
110
213
148
125
160
147
165
103
127
140
121
176
114
Dimensions when set up (cm, H X W x D)
Weight including accessories (kg)
4.9
8.1
13.9
6.2
12.6
10.7
4.1
10.1
12.9
11.9
6
8.8
4.5
12.2
9.5
14.2
8.8
4.3
3.2
9.1
14.1
5.2
10.6
6.5
7.5
Country of origin
China
China
Denmark
China
Not stated
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
Australia
Australia
Australia
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
Not stated
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