Saturday, October 9, 2010 Bright Starts Ingenuity Cradle and Sway Swing - Bella Vista Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)We just got the Bright Stars Ingenuity Swing and Sway swing and its great.

Construction:
When you first open the box it looks like a lot of pieces but once you start the assembly you realize its not really.All you need is a medium sized phillips head screw driver. They include a plastic "wrench" to hold the nuts on the actual swing arm.Everything is solid and doesn't take long to put together.From open box to working swing took about 20 minutes for me.

Features:

The speed sensing function is great. You can also manually adjust the speed with a simple but effect push button.The music volume can be controlled as well as having "nature sounds."The nature sound amounts to a chirping cricket in sync with the swing.Its pretty annoying at first but you just tune it out after about 5 minutes.There is a timer also.You can choose from 30-45-60 minute lengths.Most people don't want their child in a swing longer than most of these times so it makes it easy to remember how long they are in it. The swivelling seat is a great idea.The child can rock back and forth like a conventional swing or side to side.

Frist Impression:

My 8 week old daughter is very attention needy right now.Any amount of time out of Mom or Dad's arms and she gets fussy unless she is tired.I sat her in this and she started to fuss but once the swing turned on she stopped and stared at the mobile attached to the swing.She was mezmerized by the music and visual stimuli.Within 5 minutes she started dozing off.I think this was a good purchase indeed.

Downside:

I really cannot see any here except the need for D sized batteries.There is a lot of juice needed to run this swing. Between the sensors, music, motion and timer you can drain a set of batteries quick, it would seem.I will surely be investing in rechargeables for this.Its also a large sized unit.I would estimate about 3 feet in height and 3 feet wide and 2 feet long once fully assembled. Plan on using a little bit of space for this.

Overall:

Very, very happy.I would suggest this to anyone looking for a swing.Maybe its just being fussy but I would also like to see a way to incorporate my own music device into this.Then again I guess thats what a docking station is for.

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Product Description:
This swing allows you to provide baby the motion that best suits their needs. The swing seat rotates 180° for either Cradling motion, which provides a side-to-side movement; or Swinging motion, which provides a traditional front-to-back movement. The innovative control unit on this swing, powered by [hybridrive logo], is more efficient than any comparable swing and provides more than 2X the battery life.