Safety First inflatable baby bath tub

I bought my son the Safety First inflatable baby bath tub a while back. It was not a big purchase choice. He had out grown the old on that was thinner in width then this one is. I figured that it could not hurt to give the Safety First inflatable baby bath tub a try. I thought it would be as well made as the other one which was by Munchkin.

How much I paid and where I bought it:

I purchased the Safety First inflatable baby bath tub from the Amazon on line web store. I got it there when it was on sale for only $8.99. The shipping and handling was free too, so that was my total cost. The cost was not bad. I did not end up wasting too much money, and I did get some use out of it.

Description:

The Safety First inflatable baby bath tub is a light blue base color. It has green lilly pads and flowers on it. Really between the colors and the designs it would be fine for both a boyor a girl to use. Not that it matter what the tub looks like as long as the child gets clean.

This tub has 2 blow up valves. One on the bottom that gets capped and can be drained, the other on the side rim to blow of the sides. You are better off blowing it up your self with out the use of an air compressor. It seems they do not recommend using one. So I went by the guide lines. It only took 5 minutes to blow up. It was not too hard to do at all.

How it worked:

The Safety First inflatable baby bath tub inflated to three quarters the size of the in side of the bath tub. It fit snug against the bath tub sides too. I can't complain about the fit and the size. It was firm but not too firm. I did not want to make it too hard. The instructions frown on that. Again, I just went by the book.

The down side:

The Safety First inflatable baby bath tub ripped after only the second use. My son's toe nail, which was not too sharp grazed the bottom and it tore. I used one of the two repair patches that were included. The did the trick four about four more uses. The same hole reopened again. With in the next month the tub had no problems at all. But the second month the tub tore again at the side. I am not sure how that happened, all my son had in his hand was a wash mitt. So that should not have happened. This time I used the last repair patch, but the other one opened back up a week later and I had no more patches.

I ended up grabbing the two patches that came with my kids swim tubes for the pool. These worked the same way as the other patches. They held up a few time but then slipped off again. The tub became very useless to us. My son was the right age at the time, he was 9 months. This tub is meant for use by babies six months and up. They have to be sitting before you can use this tub for safety reasons.

My thoughts and recommendation:

While the Safety First inflatable baby bath tub was very cute. And it did fit our tub and the baby just perfectly. It just was not sturdy enough. It kept ripping and or taring. I can not recommend a product that will fall apart. Even if it was for a very low price. I liked this tub for the most part. But durability is much too important to look by. I can't honestly recommend the Safety First inflatable baby bath tub. It just is not worth the money.