My 15 month old daughter loves this trike! She cried when our walk was over because she didn't want to get off of it. I have no problem with the steeringit can swerve slightly when going straight, but not enough to matter, and it turns well. It took her dad only a half hour or so to put together. I like the adjustable height of the parent push handle, since I am short but her dad is tall. The only thing I don't like is the shoulder harnessI can't adjust it quite right, so the straps are on the outer edge of my daughter's shoulders and sometimes one slips down. But she still stays on fine, and the separate waist buckle works well.
Before buying I looked at this push trike and the different Smart Trike models. After seeing them in person, I narrowed it down to this or the Smart Trike Zoo Gala (a deluxe model)the lower-end Smart Trikes are more flimsy plastic and seemed cheaply made; these were both sturdy. I compared features and ultimately found this Little Tikes trike to have better and safer features for the first stages. The websites don't mention them, so here is what I found.
-The Smart Trike front wheel covering is short and your child could more easily stick her foot in the spinning wheel. The Little Tikes front wheel cover extends further/decreases this possibility.
-The Smart Trike foot rest (I believe) does not fold up to get out of the way when they move to stage 3. The Little Tikes does.
-If you are on the first two stages (both with the parent pushing), but your child can reach the pedals and they try to pedal, the Smart Trike front wheel will still move. The Little Tikes trike allows you to disengage the pedals for the first two stageswhen you push the trike the pedals and front wheel still move, but if your child pedals, the front wheel does not.
Also, there are 3 seat positions. For the first stage (with the bar around the waist), you must put the seat in the closest one to the pedals. My daughter is 31" and the footrest is a little behind her feet, and she sometimes lets them dangle in front of it. But she doesn't reach the pedals yet. If you would move the seat further back, though, you'd have to take off the waist bar.
We're very happy with this trike!
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Both my little girls (ages 2 & 10 months) love this trike. It is easy to push and steer. We get lots of fun comments when we are out walking with it. I know we will be able to use this for many years. My 2 year old can NOT reach the pedals yet, but she is on the small side for her age, only 34in and 24lbs.
We've had this about a month and the frame is already scratched up a bit. The finish on the metal parts is a bit thin. Other than that we are very happy with the purchase.
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For the most part it is great..Have 2 issues with it. 1st the "canopy" can be adjusted in any direction which would make you think it would be great...uh not so much. With a very light breeze the canopy goes eveywhere..pretty much a nightmare. 2nd issue is the parent handle. It is very difficult to manuever without feeling like you are going to break the bar.Minus these two issues it is really cool. I get comments everytime I take my daughter out on it. She loves this trike.My daughter just turned one and it is perfect for her at stage1.
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I bought this for my grand daughters 1st birthday. It's cute but I am not real happy with the quality of the trike. It is kind of ricketty. Plastic tires and the steering isn't great. She loves riding on it but I wish I'd spend my money on a trike that was sturdier. I bought my Grandson a Radio Flyer for his Birthday and was VERY happy with it. The sun shade is worthless, it was a bit windy when we took her for a walk and it just flew up in our face. Live and learn.
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We purchased this trike for our daughter's 2nd birthday. We REALLY liked the idea of this product (color, shade, "stages", adult push handle), but were very disappointed when we started assembling the product. The main problem with the trike we received was the steering mechanism was binding up and the lock on the front was non-functional. This resulted in not being able to steer to the left with either the handle bars or the parent handle. We are really disappointed because our daughter really wanted a purple bike, but we ended up going to target at the last minute and picking up a radio flyer that was $25 cheaper and 1000X better engineered. I find that I usually disagree with the negative reviews on Amazon, but this time the negative reviews were spot on. It makes me wonder if we (and the others) got lemons, but either way I'm returning the product.
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