Grobag Chick a Dee Baby Sleeping Bag 1.0 Tog, 0-6 MonthsBest Customer Review
- I had heard of the Grobag and am glad that Amazon is carrying them. I recently purchased the Chick-a-Dee Grobag for my daughter and am very happy with it.
Pros
1) Excellent quality. This sleepsack is well made, and I expect it to be durable for the long haul. (If that changes, I will add an update to my review.) I do think the quality is MUCH better than the Halo sleepsack, which I've used in the past.
2) Long. So, I expect this bag to last my child for many months with the extra room at the bottom. She is not standing in her crib, so I haven't yet experienced any problems with that and this sleepsak as another reviewer pointed out; however, I expect that reviewer would have a problem with any sleepsack.
3) Cozy. This particular sleepsack has a fleece outer and cotton inner lining. I saw another review that they did not like the feel of the outer layer. If you're interested in knowing the outer material, go to [...], where you can see whether it's woven cotton, knit jersey, fleece, velour or something else.
4) Easy to zip for adults but hard to get undone by infants/toddlers. Note that the 0-6 month size has snaps at the shoulders vs. 6-18 month plus sizes have zippers. This means the designs between the smallest and larger sizes will vary; so again, check out Keen Distribution or Gro if you want to see actual photos. I haven't found it difficult to get my toddler in the bag although she's usually not sound alseep when I've done this.
5) Different weights for different room temperatures. Gro makes 0.5, 1.0 and 2.5 togs -- which are different weights depending on your baby's room temperature. See Gro or Keen Distribution for more details, but basically:
Tog Description
2.5 tog Ideal for standard nursery temperatures of 61-69°F
1.0 tog Use during warmer weather and in nurseries of 69-73°F
0.5 tog For hot weather and very warm nursery environments of 73-80°F
Cons
1) Style. The styles are ok, but unfortunately Keen Distribution is Grobag's US distributor, and they're not carrying the new styles at this time. I think the new styles are a lot cuter than some of the old.
2) I wish Grobag also made more gender neutral styles that were available.
All in all, I think this is a very good quality product for the price, and I would purchase again.
Update on 10/30/09 - This sleepsack washes very well and the fleece outer does not pill. I have purchased a second one, am extremely happy with this product. Unfortunately, Keen Distribution looks to be limiting/eliminating its stock with Amazon, and consumers can really only buy directly from them (with NO free shipping - bah!).
Brand: Grobag
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