Kinderkot or Phil & Ted T2 ???????

[Madham]

I am looking into purchasing a travel cot.
I really like the look of the kinderkot but then i cam across the T2, as far as i can tell the kinderkot retails for around $140 and T2 $210. I have been using my mums portacot but as we have a few weekends away coming up and a 2 week holiday in January and 2 weeks in easter i was wanting something a bit more compact as the porta cot takes up so much room.
My questions are
Are they worth the money?
Are either comfortable enough for a all night sleep or just a day sleep?
Are they suitable for 5 month old and how long will he be able to use it for (age)?

I have read a bit of info on them but just really wanted personal opinions and experiences with these products.

THANK YOU

[Cassius2]

Hi there!

we have a kinderkot and i cant recommend them highly enough! like you said i think they are pretty similar to the P&Ts...

we have used ours since DD was 6 weeks old. she has used it for both day and night sleeps without any worries. it is great because it has it's own carry bag and is light and tiny enough to fit into a suitcase when flying (can be good with some carriers that dont let you have baggage allowance for bubs). it doesnt need any assembly and i think the big ticket sell is because it is covered bubs doesnt freak out about being somewhere different. they know that is their bed and it is familiar to them.

One thing that we had to change on ours though (just until she is 18months) is the mattress tucked in the base. we dont put it in the base (there's a special zip compartment) we slip it inside and pop a fitted cot sheet over so she is not lying on the plastic. we couldnt work out why they would put the mattress under until we realised that once bubs is big enough you can use the sleeping bag...

works perfectly. highly recommend getting bubs to do a couple of day sleeps in it before the trip to get her used to it.

[Cassius2]

oh i forgot to add that it can be used well and truly beyond 3 yr olds...

and it (KK) has UV resistance...we take it to the beach!

[Madham]

Thanks Clare
I showed dp them last night and he was keen to get one also, so atleast i wont need to convince him..

[Junglemum]

i borrowed a friends kinder cot and didn't really like it. It was really noisy, every time she moved she woke herself up. Also the one i borrowed you could only get in from the side.

I ended up buying the T2 and love it. We went to QLD for 3 weeks and DD slept like a dream in it. You can open the top or the side in the T2 so as they get older they can get in and out themselves through the side, but when they are small it is more like a cot, IYKWIM!

[Madham]

That was one of my concerns the noise as it is smiliar to a tent i suppose. Is the T2 as compact when folded? and as quick to set up as the kinderkot?