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This review is from: Go-Go Babyz Kidz Travelmate (Baby Product)
Once my baby moved out of her infant seat and into a "bigger" seat (Britax Marathon 70), I panicked about how I was going to transport her all by myself thru the airport. At this time, I was still keeping her in the carseat while on the plane. How was I going to lug a huge carseat and a squirming 1 year old through the airport? I bought this and it fit the bill. Is it perfect? No. Did it break on me? Yes. Will I buy another one? The order is already placed.
Pros:
--It serves it's main function--it converts your "big" carseat into a stroller for ease of transporting your child through the airport.
--Allows easy transport of your car seat down to the the plane. If you do not plan on using your carseat ON the plane, just ask the gate agent for a gate-check tag and you can leave the whole thing strapped together at the bottom of the jetway and pick up there when you get off the plane.
--Alleviates the need to pack a stand-alone stroller if your only purpose for needing a stroller is to travel through the airport.
--The handle bar adjusts to 2 different heights to accommodate the height of the parent.
--Easy to store when not in use.
--Once you get it strapped to the carseat properly, it rolls quite smoothly.
--It allows the child to be secured and not running loose through the airport.
Cons:
--I bought a "refurbished" unit and it wasn't packed with 4 necessary screws that secure the handle bar unit to the back plate. It was an easy fix to find screws at Home Depot that fit the holes though. It also came with no instructions and I couldn't find any online either.
--Keeping the car seat attached to the GO GO Kidz won't fit through the x-ray machines at most airports. I've only encountered 1 airport that had tall enough entrances into the machine where the whole thing fit. Just expect that it won't fit! (See my "Tips" section for more info)
--The ratchet part of the GO GO Kidz mysteriously fell off on a trip to the airport. You need that part in order to secure the strap that feeds through your car seat to attach it to the GO GO Kidz. Thankfully, we were able to jimmy rig the GO GO Kidz on the car seat with an extra car seat strap we had.
--Obviously, there's no "kick stand" on this thing. But it may not be a bad idea for them to include a little one on it. It's just a piece of plastic balanced on two slippery wheels and when your car seat is not on it, you have to lay it flat on the ground or the wheels will slide and make it crash to the ground. So, when you have your hands full wrangling a baby and keeping up with your luggage, etc. while in the process of taking it apart or putting it back on your car seat, you can't just prop it up somewhere. I guarantee if you buy this thing, you'll have this experience of it falling over when you try to prop it up against something and you'll know what I'm talking about! ;)
--You can't roll your carseat down the aisle of the plane. This is not a fault of the GO GO Kidz, but of the fact that "big" carseats are too wide for the aisles.
--If you gate check your carseat with it strapped to the GO GO Kidz, 9 times out of 10, when you pick it back up after you de-plane on the jetway, it will have been tossed around and come loose. Not a fault of the product, just something to be aware of.
Tips:
--Practice putting it on your carseat and taking it apart with your child present before you go on your first trip. At first, it can be challenging to strap it to the car seat and take it apart WITH your child sitting strapped into the carseat (so they aren't roaming about while you're trying to do this), but it can be done!
You will get into a flow with some practice.
--Figure, you will have to assemble or de-assemble this thing once you get out of your car at the airport, possibly going through security (if they won't hand-check it), possibly if you are using your car seat on the plane, and once you get into the car at your destination. So PRACTICE doing all this with your child in the seat. It will make your life easier, UNLESS, your child is old enough/willing to stand nicely next to you while you do this without them in the seat.
--Ask the TSAs to hand-check your car seat with the GO GO Kidz attached so you don't have to hassle with taking it apart from the carseat and putting it back together after you go through security. I just stand there at the x-ray machine staring at any TSA in close vicinity until they make eye contact and I ask them to hand-check it. Some TSAs will scoff and take it apart anyway to try and get the carseat and GO GO Kidz through the machine separately and there's not much you can do about that. But it never hurts to ask! And the nicer TSAs will help you put it back together after it goes through the machine. Others could care less about your dilemma if you are traveling alone....but Karma will get them in the end anyway, so don't stress!
--Gate check the car seat/GO GO Kidz at the end of the jetway before you get on the plane. Get a gate check tag from the gate agent before you go down to the plane. You can leave it (whether it's just the GO GO Kidz unit itself if baby will sit in their car seat on the plane, or the two strapped together if baby won't use the car seat on the plane). I wait to be the last off the plane (if I'm not in a rush to make a connecting flight) so that my stuff is already there waiting for me when I de-plane.)
--Use the help of others!! It doesn't matter who these people are! Whether it's TSA agents, other passengers, airline employees, etc. Accept help and ASK for help when you need it! When the baby used to use her carseat on the plane, I learned very quickly to ask the flight attendent who greets you on the plane if I could get help carrying the carseat to my seat. There's no way you can carry a baby and the big carseat at the same time without causing injury to people already seated on the plane!
Instructions:
#1--Sit the base of the carseat onto the two little "pegs" of plastic at the bottom of the GO GO Kidz so the car seat is evenly centered on the pegs, with the back of your car seat butting up against the big plastic square of the GO GO Kidz.
#2--Take the plastic strap on the right side of GO GO Kidz unit and feed it through the back of your carseat (behind the padding), so it's between the padding of the car seat and the plastic back of the car seat.
#3--Feed the plastic strap out the other opening on the opposite side of the carseat and feed the plastic strap into the silver ratchet mechanism that's attached to the left side of the GO GO Kidz unit. NOTE: As far as I can tell, you don't need to latch the GO GO Kidz strap into any of the safety mechanisms (snaps or latches) that you may have behind the padding of your carseat.
#4--Pull up on the silver wratchet several time and it will automatically tighten the strap securly around the car seat. Keep ratcheting until you can ratchet no more! That will give you a secure fit.
#5--When you need to take the thing apart from the carseat, push the black release plastic tab on the wratchet and pull the plastic strap out while keeping the release depressed.
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