KidCo Convertible Crib Bed Rail

From KidCo

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~~$79.00~~

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Average customer review:
(25 customer reviews)

Product Description

The folks at KidCo know that your child's safety is your number one priority. That's why KidCo specializes in designing products to keep your child secure, at home, or on the road. The KidCo Convertible Crib Bed Rail brings the company's safety expertise to bear on your tot's sleeptime. The 13" Crib Bed Rail can be used with most convertible cribs and installing it is a snap! Makes the transition from crib to big-kid bed less stressful for both you and your tot. The KidCo Convertible Crib B

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #55392 in Toys & Games
Color: Natural
Brand: KidCo
Model: BR100
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 1.80" h x 13.40" w x 34.00" l, 6.40 pounds

Features

Specifically designed for use with most convertible cribs
13" tall, 33" long
Easy installation, no tools needed
Made of furniture grade hardwood
Can be custom finished

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Great Product, Not So Great Directions
By A. Grulke
I did not actually buy this product from Amazon, but I wanted to review it here for others as I find the reviews extremely helpful.
We have a convertible crib that we recently converted from crib to the toddler bed. Like a lot of kids, our son moves a lot in his sleep. Even though the bed was 6-8 in off the ground, I was worried he'd fall out of bed anyway. At first we intended to buy a regular bed rail, knowing at some point we'll get a twin bed for his room. However, some reviews I read specifically mentioned that those rails would not fit a toddler bed or a convertible crib, and I was worried they'd be too long for the toddler bed anyway.
Once it was assembled, it was very easy to install onto the bed. A great feature is that the rail itself snaps in and out of the brackets easily, so it can be removed in seconds to change the sheets, etc. It fits the bed well and there aren't any gaps or movement of the rail for anything to get caught in.
The directions, however, are lacking. There is a diagram on the first page listing all the parts and labeling them as A, B, C, etc. The actual directions are on the next page (like a book) and say something like "Connect Bed Rail A to Bracket B" so I kept having to flip back and forth to determine what part I was working with and where it was going etc. There are no drawings accompanying the directions themselves and I found the directions, while somewhat detailed, were still confusing. We got it all together and then determined, while installing it on the bed, that we'd put the brackets in backwards so we had to take them out. That was kind of a pain b/c they snap together sort of like tent poles, with the holes and the buttons to press down to "release" and the release part was hard. We had to use a screwdriver to get it to release.
I think that these directions really, really need to have pictures with each step b/c it was very difficult to know if we were putting things together correctly (which we did not, apparently!) Once it's together, it's very easy to put on the bed itself.
The other comment I have is that our crib/bed has 3 mattress levels. We had the mattress on the very lowest level and then when we converted the bed to the toddler bed and put the rail on, we actually had to raise the mattress back to the middle level. It's hard to explain here but the product has a strap that connects to the opposite side of the mattress, and then you tighten it. Then it also has this rectangular bar structure that is supposed to lay flat on the mattress, with the brackets for the rail resting on the outside/other side of the mattress. With the mattress in the lowest position, the bar structure was laying at an angle - basically the bracket side higher than the spring part of the bed b/c the brackets were resting on the outside rail of the bed, so we raised the mattress back to the middle level so the bar would rest flat against the mattress spring base.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
fits convertible cribs, but wood is not sealed and it should be
By Marketplace Shopper
This was the only rail we found that would fit our convertible cribs and seems to be safe. From that perspective it is a great product. My disappointment with it is that the manufacturer left it to each and every customer to deal with the unfinished wood on their own.
The wood is completely unfinished and it comes with manufacturing dust on it. The moment we wiped it with a lightly damp cloth, the grain in the unfinished wood raised up and we had to sand it. We had to order non-toxic urethane just for this rail because non-toxic urethane is not carried in any of the local hardware stores, and then we had to stay up nights to do all the work of sanding, painting, sanding, painting ....
This product is completely unusable without a finish on it. A toddler who tends to chew things would quickly end up with a rough rail that snags his clothes and scrapes his skin, and the unfinished rail is impossible to clean if a kid throws up on it.
It is not a good product if every single customer has to go through all the trouble of ordering non-toxic finish and sanding and finishing it themselves. This is the sort of thing that can be quickly and cheaply done at the factory. The manufacturer should have offered a finish as an option.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Safe Bedrail that was easy to install
By T. Shaw
We purchased this bedrail because we mistakenly purchased a "convertible" crib from Target that didn't include rails for the toddler stage, and we didn't want to purchase a separate toddler bed. This rail was very easy to install. It only took me about 10 minutes while minding a very busy toddler in the same room. The rail is very sturdy and safe, and the wooden part can be easily removed in seconds for changing crib/bed linens. The only downside is that the wood is unfinished. If I were a little more handy and/or motivated, I could easily stain it to match my son's crib.