Venture All Stars Duo Lite Baby Playpen - Multi-Award Winning Play Pen for Babies and Toddlers - Includes Play Mats & Activity Panel

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Dimensions: 121.9 x 2.5 x 66 cm | Age suitability: 6 months to 24 months | Material: Alloy Steel | Foldable: Yes | Assembly required: No What we like Overall, the BabyDan Deluxe Playpen is the best playpen to buy as it’s safe, attractive to look at, comfortable for your baby and incredibly flexible too. Whilst it’s not cheap, the ability to adjust and reposition the sides to suit your environment certainly makes it worth the investment. It can even be used as a room divider with additional wall fixings. How we chose our recommendations Recommendations from real parents The activity panel is varied enough to remain interesting even after six months of use and the play mat is comfortable for babies to play on. Dimensions: 190cm x 150cm x 70cm | Age: Unspecified | Material: 210D Oxford Cloth + Iron + PE | Foldable: No | Assembly required: Yes (no tools required) What we like

I like that it can be taken apart easily for storage. The fact that it comes with an activity panel and play mat only makes the cost more attractive. First up, it’s hard to not comment on the baby blue design of this playpen, making a really unique choice compared to other playpens on the market. With a 360cm circumference when used in the traditional hexagonal set-up, it can also be converted into a stair gate, half gate, fire guard or room divider (using wall fixings) to adapt to your space as required. Parent tester, Laura, says, "For babies, the Venture All Stars Duo is very appealing. My daughter loves the activity panel and can regularly be found spinning the shaker balls while practising standing up."

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This Dreambaby Mayfair Converta 3-in-1 unit can be configured as a playpen, but it also works as a hardware mounted fireguard or wide barrier gate for the room, stairway or hallway too. Dimensions: H72 x W360 (circumference) | Age suitability: Birth to 24 months | Material: Metal | Foldable: No | Assembly required: Yes (no tools required) What we like

Ease of assembly: How easy is the playpen to assemble? Does it require tools to put together? If you’re not keen on sacrificing a whole section of your living room, you should consider how easy it is to fold down and store when not in use.Dimensions: ‎155 x 155 x 65cm | Age: Birth to 24 months | Material: Plastic | Foldable: No | Assembly required: Yes (no tools required) What we like Folding up and down in seconds, the Koo-di Foldable Playpen is ideal for travel, coming in a portable carry bag that allows you to create a safe space for your baby wherever you go. The water-resistant padded base is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors. When in use, the mechanisms are completely inaccessible to your child, ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for your baby, whilst providing plenty of space for them to play. Sophie: Yes I would choose this playpen over others as it is adaptable to the size you want and the colours are better for our decor. We have lots of brightly coloured toys so nice to have something that blends in more especially as it is huge! All playpens are large and so if you choose to have one this is a good compromise. I think from a safety aspect it is very good as I know he’s safe in there especially when the older kids have their lego out! No safety concerns yet but my little one isn’t actually crawling yet so time will tell! Here are the best playpens for babies and toddlers, as recommended by parents. Best playpens at a glance

There are specific playpens that work really well in small spaces and the Safetots Deluxe Fabric Playpen is most definitely one of them. Sold separately. Additional compatibility details can be found at aka.ms/SurfaceSlimPenCompatibility Portrait mode with adjustable depth control. Portrait mode supported for wide and tele camera. Machine learning used for portrait mode Sophie: This playpen really does allow me to get on with those essential tasks knowing that my baby is safe. Now he's getting more mobile it's fantastic, especially when it's just the two of us. The colours are great as blends in with our kitchen so doesn't look as garish as other ones. It now means I can get on with cooking without either worrying or making him sit in the bouncer which is too small for him now. Far less crying and more jobs are now getting done in this house! I got this one because we have a big dog and this allows my little one and I to play without him and ensures my baby’s safe when I nip to the toilet. It's quite large but can be made smaller” - tried and tested by Mumsnet user Yokey Our verdictThe age you should stop using a playpen is when your child can climb out. Most parents find that when a baby can pull themselves up, they might start to get tired of being in the playpen if it’s small. How much does a baby playpen cost?