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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Swing Baby Baby Swing! (A Fiona Video Review)
By Celeste
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RJA0D6TSS4SYX My husband put this swing together in about half an hour. It required a Phillips head screwdriver. He said it was "no problem" to put together. The pieces went together intuitively and the instructions were easy to follow.We currently have a Graco Glider Petite, which is a more compact version of this swing. The one big issue I have with it is the horrible quality of the speaker. I was more than a little nervous when we fired this one up and I heard the familiar tune. Happily, this swing speaker is MUCH better. Not only is the speaker decent, but while some swings have a high/low option only for volume, this swing has a completely adjustable volume.As with the Petite, the seat is very plush and deep, so I feel like the baby is very secure in the swing, even without the easy-to-use five point harness system. The weight recommendations for this swing is between 5.5 lbs and 30 lbs. My daughter is 7 months and almost 18 lbs and fits comfortably in the swing. I wish the manual included a suggested length maximum, but only says to discontinue use when infants "attempts to climb out or reaches 30 pounds."This full sized swing rocks with a left to right motion. The seat is set up in a locked position. (I only mention this because some swings of this type have swiveling seats.) The entire seat removes from the swing and doubles as a bouncer. I love this feature. When you have a child, you will find that your living room, your entire house, becomes swamped with baby things. You will be amazed at how much stuff you "need" for a child. Having a bouncer that sits in the swing means you have one less thing to trip over on the floor. My daughter enjoys being in the swing and has no trouble falling asleep while swinging.Unlike many infant swings, this one has both a battery and wall outlet option. This is really nice as you will find that once you become a parent, you will buy more batteries then you ever thought any household would need. The swing itself can plug into the wall, however the bouncer only works on batteries.Overall, I'm thrilled with this swing, as is my daughter.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Solid Construction, easy to use. Well made
By T. Bux
This is a great swing for baby. Well made, fairly easy to put together, with features that will make it easy to accommodate your needs.First, assembly is fairly easy. The only hitch is when assembling the seat, it is a bit tricky to insert the legs and then put the two pieces of the seat together. You need a philips screwdriver, getting the screws to match up is slightly tricky. After that assembly is a piece of cake and the whole process should take less than 20 minutes.The whole item is quite large, though the seat can disconnect and act as a bouncing seat so you can take it with you. The seat not only acts as a bouncer, but when connected to the swing arm acts as a gentle swing for baby. The seat also can recline or be set up more for a more upright position.The seat also has a vibration feature with two settings. Low or High vibration. This feature REQUIRES two D batteries (not included).The easy to understand controls control music, with decent sounding gentle songs. The control knob allows you to set swing speed from 1-6. The swing operates very quietly and swings side to side.It also features a small mobile for baby's viewing pleasure.The swing can run on half a dozen D batters (again, not included) or run off AC wall power with the included adapter. Since this swing is large, we just leave it plugged in at all times.The seat also has covers for the straps. They easily come off, and I found myself just removing them rather than always trying to find them. The straps can be adjusted as your baby grows and it also includes a padded head rest.Overall, a well built swing with great features and easy to use and assemble.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Great swing/bouncer, terrible assembly instructions
By a
The is the second Graco-brand infant swing that I have tried out since the first of the year. This DuetConnect LX is significantly better than the Graco Glider Petite LX, even though the DuetConnect retails for only forty dollars more. It is well worth the upgrade for a better quality swing with bouncer.At the outset, however, I have to criticize Graco for offering yet another product with very confusing assembly instructions. Like the Glider Petite LX, this DuetConnect requires a great deal of painstaking assembly with instructions that appear to have been written by someone largely unfamiliar with the product. A team of two to three adults worked on this off-and-on for a couple of frustrating hours before we finally got it all together. For a long time, we all suspected that we had been shorted four screws -- another reviewer, I noticed, thought this also -- only to find them "hidden" alongside other materials. Finally, after a great deal of effort, we got this together, and that's where this review improves.Both the swing and bouncer functions are great and very entertaining for my seven-month-old. Like most swings, this one can work off batteries or by plugging it into the wall, and like most swings, this offers an optional vibration function. I have found that my daughter rarely falls asleep in a swing unless the vibration is turned on. So far, she has twice fallen asleep and slept quite peacefully in this DuetConnect, and she seems much less restless than she did in the Graco Glider Petite LX. Graco makes quality products, some more than others, but they really need to work on better assembly instructions. For a few hours, I was preparing to write a scathing one-star review. Still, I have to recommend this compared to other swing/bouncer combos on the market.
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