Kids II 8352 Bright Starts Dream Along Mobile

Waiting for the recall

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 25, 2007

Pros: Big bold patterns, mirror on base

Cons: Switch feels loose, ready to fall off, no volume control

In the box, the Bright Starts Dream Along mobile looks great, but once assembled, the design leaves something to be desired. On the plus side, the shapes and colors are big, bold and made to be viewed by the baby in the crib (not the parent watching).... There's a mirror on the base so baby can see her reflection. I give the designers credit for making the mobile arm removable so when baby is big enough to stand up and grab things, you can still use the base unit as a music box and mirror of sorts. Assembly was fairly straightforward, but the parts did not fit together easily. I had to use a lot of force to get the mobile arms to lock into the hub. Also, the base does not fit on cribs with rails wider than a couple of inches (like mine). On the negative sign, the first thing is the song change "switch" -- a sliding duckling on the circumference of the mirror base. The switch doesn't have a good feel to it -- you don't know when you've pulled far enough. In addition, the part wobbles a lot. It feels like it could be pulled off at any moment. The second annoyance is that there is no volume control and the mobile plays pretty loud. Loud enough to be annoying. Overall, I'm disappointed. The dangling ornaments are really the only hits, but without a proper installation make it hard to use. Read more Less