Babe Ease Original Clean Shopper – Blue Zoo
Product Reviews — By Shopping Blogs on May 17, 2010 7:56 am- One piece design covers every possible surface
- Includes two side pockets, a safety strap and two handlebar loops for attaching toys
- Machine washable and dryer safe
- Also ideal for covering restaurant highchairs
- Includes a carrying tote for compact storage
Product Description
Has this ever happened to you? You’re at the store with your precious little baby as you turn to select an item from the shelf. What horror awaits your return to the cart? Well, there’s your sweet little flower enjoying the shopping cart handle as if it were a lollipop. Yuck! Many of us have experienced that scene and wondered just how many other babies did that today. Now you can eliminate the creepy crawlies with an inexpensive solution known as the Clean Shopper! Experience cleaner shopping with The Clean Shopper – the cotton, quilted grocery-cart cover that Parents, American Baby and Redbook magazines have enthusiastically endorsed! The Clean Shopper fits like a glove over the entire front portion of grocery-cart seating areas to provide a clean shopping environment for babies and toddlers. It’s mom-invented, so it installs easily in seconds. Clean Shopper is machine washable, comes with its own safety strap, and is available in many patterns to suit any taste!
Babe Ease Original Clean Shopper – Blue Zoo
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My son is 7 months old and just started sitting in high chairs at restaurants and shopping carts. So far, the Clean Shopper is working pretty well for us.
The fabric is thick, so it doesn’t make a tiny package. It also doesn’t fold up neatly, so you have to kind of just wad it up. It isn’t cushioned, but if it were it would be huge, and I have enough issue trying to carry my son, a cart cover, my purse, and whatever else I might need. Besides, he doesn’t really need cushioning. Even at 7 months, he’s perfectly comfy on the thick bedspread-like fabric.
The Clean Shopper comes in a thick plastic bag (the sort of thing bedspreads or other linens come in) that zips closed. It’s a snug fit to get in there because of the wadded nature of the bundle, but it works fine. The handle is short and taut, so isn’t of much use. A longer strap so it could be shoulder worn or hung on a stroller would be better.
The loops work well, and it’s a relief to have a clean place my son can sit and play with anchored toys. He can’t throw the toys in the floor, and he stays entertained.
There are velcro tabs on the front that can be fastened around the front of a shopping cart or high chair. This keeps it in place better. The leg holes don’t match up exactly with whatever he’s sitting in, but it doesn’t cause a problem.
My main problem with the Clean Shopper is that the belt strap does not attach to the seat. It’s a completely seperate piece. Unless you are careful to snap the belt clips together, looping the belt around a part of the seat, you will end up losing the strap. Somehow I’ve lost mine after only a few uses. I kept it rolled up inside the thing when I removed it from a cart, and it probably fell out in a parking lot somewhere. When handling a baby, your purse, whatever is in your cart (or trying to eat at a restaurant), it is very easy to overlook such a small item.
Since the website sells replacement straps, it seems they are aware of the issue. It’s a shame they don’t have velcro tabs that stick it to the back of the shopper, making it harder to lose the strap. I’ve ordered two replacements in black, so I can see the strap more clearly against my blue Clean Shopper. I will also make certain I buckle the strap clips.
It’s a good seat cover overall, definitely worth having. Just be careful of the strap!
Rating: 4 / 5
I love my clean shopper and every time I use it, I have at least one person asking me where I got it. I also buy it as baby gifts for all of my friends. It’s the best purchase that I’ve bought. There are no strings to tie, no velcro to deal with, no snaps or buttons…it’s just a piece of fabric that covers pretty much all size carts. To keep my now toddler occupied while I shop (I still use it for him) I place some goldfish either next to him, or in front of him and he eats them while I shop. Those who say there is no cushioning, that’s not really the purpose of the clean shopper! It’s purpose is to act as a buffer between you and the cart. If there was cushion to it and tons of bells and whistles, then it would be too bulky and too cumbersome to deal with. I can easily flip it on the cart with one hand while I’ve got my kid in my other. I highly recommend the clean shopper to any parent.
Rating: 5 / 5
I highly recommend this item. As soon as your little one can sit up on his own, this is a MUST HAVE for all moms. It fits all shopping carts (except COSTCO, but including TARGET) as well as those icky high chairs available at restaurants. It keeps baby (and Mommy’s hands) from touching the cart handle and prevents the kiddo from wedging his legs in the wrong hole in the cart. A MUST HAVE! This is the gift I give at baby showers. I’ve had for over a year and it has survived many a washing with a touch of bleach. Still looks good.
Rating: 5 / 5
I try a couple of other shopping cart covers before and rounds up for refunds. So I decided to give this Clean Shopper a try. For the regular size shopping cart, this cover 100%, my son is not touching any part of the cart at all. For the Costco shopping cart, I wish the back side could be 2 or 3 inches wider; this Clean Shopper doesn’t give 100% coverage for Costco cart, a corner of the Costco Cart is exposed. The padding is very thin, but this is very easy to use and fold. Please note that the Whimsical Animals prints are up side down to my son. So far, this is the better one I tried, and for this price, I decided to keep this.
Rating: 4 / 5
I purchased this after having used an Infantino cart cover that I was dissatisfied with (too small – didn’t cover cart sides, to many attachments and difficult to use one-handed).
This cart cover is huge and will even fit Sam’s carts just barely. It works great on the average grocery/Target/Walmart cart etc. It has lots of strong velcro pieces to adhere it back to itself and keep your baby from pulling it off. you can loop the seat belt through the back of the cart seat for safety. For fast storage I just fold it in half and then roll it up and buckle the belt around it. I find I can shake it open and place it in the cart one handed, slide the baby in and then adjust it, add the belt and velcro it in place.
Rating: 5 / 5
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