Skip Hop Play Spot Blue/Gold
- Beautiful and innovative soft floor surface
- Designed, tested and manufactured for children of all ages
- Easy to put together with our unique connector system
- Can be configure in endless ways to fit your style
Product Description
PLAYSPOT is a beautiful and innovative soft floor surface that keeps your child comfortable and happy, while complementing your home?s decor. With its variety of neutral and designer tile colors, it?s the perfect addition to the contemporary home or nursery. Large in size and large in style, it makes a great cushiony area for playing. Unlike other foam tiles that are only safety-rated for children 3 and up, Skip Hop?s Playspot is designed, tested and manufactured for children of all ages. It?s easy to put together with our unique connector system, and you can configure it in endless ways to fit your style. Each tile is 14" x 14" and .5" thick. 70" × 56" finished size. Pink/Brown, Blue/Gold or Brights.
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Skip Hop Play Spot Blue/Gold
- Baby Product: 0 pages (2007-08-11)
- Publisher: Skip Hop
- Label: Skip Hop
- Studio: Skip Hop
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 20 reviews
- Sales Rank in Baby: #1111
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Summary: World's Gianormous Teether 2008-07-19
Comment: I hope it is non-toxic because my 8 month old twins think this is the best teether in town. They quickly figured out how to take the edges apart. It IS a dust magnet. And if you have a spitter ... there are plenty of cracks to catch the barf and drool. So obviously there are many design flaws with this mat. But did I return it? No. Because I can not live with the alternatives for life with pre-crawlers on hardwoods. They already chewed on the throw rug ... worse evil. Those ABC mats are hideous and spending hundreds on gym quality crash mats in some awful royal blue was not going to work for me... So I have a BIG TUB of wipes next to it and I just clean it when I see it (crumbs, kitty hair, slobber and all sorts of other goobers.) Because we live on it most of the day, I just wipe baby, wipe mat. Wipe baby, wipe mat. With twins you get used to it - ha ha. Good grief baby companies ... it is SO obvious that we need a good product for the new style of living in a great room on hardwoods. Can I get some investors on it pronto?
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Summary: Form Plus Function 2008-07-18
Comment: As a first-time mother who is often overwhelmed by the garish baby items taking over my apartment, I was happy to find such an eye-pleasing play mat for my seven-month old. We have hardwood floors, so the Playspot is essential. Our babe is sitting up well, but she still tips over from time to time. And while this mat is not as cushiony as her crib mattress and the falls certainly startle her, she is not in any way in danger of injuring herself on this mat. The textured surface gives her some grip when she plays on her tummy and makes pre-crawling motions with her legs, and wiping it down is quick and easy. The Playspot comes in a convenient, square-sized zip pouch, so I toss it in the trunk of the car for multi-day trips to Grandma's house. I recommend this smart baby product.
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Summary: I should've listened to the other reviews.. 2008-05-10
Comment: I was really excited about this product but it is a total disappointment. I read all the other negative reviews but didn't want to believe them b/c it's just so cute! Well it came today and after about 10 minutes of having it out I knew it had to go back.
*The smell is VERY strong, smells like paint fumes. Granted, I only had it out for a few minutes, maybe after a few days of airing it out it would go away, but I didn't want this smell around my son for any amount of time at all. I've heard this complaint with other foam mats, though, so maybe this is not avoidable. It is a STRONG smell, though.
*In the photos this mat looks so much cuter than all the other available foam mats for kids. But in person the colors just aren't as cute - for the blue/gold at least. Hard to describe, but the colors are a little less bold, not as rich. (Still much better looking compared to the ABC mats, though.)
*The texture - In the photos, this mat looks smooth and soft, sort of shiny, whereas the product photos of other foam mats make them look textured and sort of rough, not smooth at all. And they call themselves textured. This product calls itself smooth but when you get it it's just as textured (or seem to be just as textured) as all the other mats on the market, and doesn't have a "smooth" quality about it the way I expected. It does not have a "shiny" side.
*I thought this mat would be thicker and/or softer than other mats, but it is not. It is about 1/2" thick, which isn't necessarily bad, but to me it's not thick enough or soft enough for my almost 6-month-old to play on without any additional blankets or etc. It is very thin and very firm.
*Too many pieces - This is the complaint most people who had negative reviews wrote about it, and I figured we'd just deal with that, and maybe our son would have fun with it. This isn't a major reason we're going to return it but I did notice right away how easily they come apart. When you take a square out of the package, the circle immediately falls out, just to give you an idea of how not-that-snug they are. But on the floor it does seem to stay in place, but I can't comment too much on that since again, we didn't really use it.
Overall the quality is just not enough. Or, really, the quality paired with the physical appearance of it, is just not enough. I thought the cute blue/gold (brown) modern colors made it worth it for us to spend like double the price on this mat vs. some other ones, but the colors aren't as cute in person (maybe the other color sets are), it's too thin and firm for us, and the fumes were too strong.
Now, if you really like the colors (hopefully you can find them in person at a store to check it out first), then this might be worth it. Just be prepared to air it out, and know that it will be as much of a toy as it is a mat when your child is old enough to get the pieces out, and while your baby is very young be prepared to use some additional padding for his/her comfort. The padding might be fine for an older toddler. Also, though I don't know for sure, I can't imagine it being that much harder to keep clean than any other mat - it looks like all the other ones, similar texture - why would it attract more dust (like others have talked about)?
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Summary: Fun & Functional 2008-03-28
Comment: My daughter loves this mat. It is especially nice now that she is trying to crawl. I love that I can make it as big or small as needed and any mess just wipes right up.
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Summary: Very stylish and does it's job :) 2008-03-08
Comment: I purchased this recently for my 7 month old daughter. I loved the colors and wanted something to line the floor of her play area. We really like the mat. It is stylish and I've already gotten several compliments on it. Our daughter is already very mobile and crawls and pulls up on everything and falls sometimes. This has provided her a more cushioned area and she doesn't get as upset as she did before when she would fall on the carpet. I am very satisfied with this product and am glad I purchased it. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is king of difficult to upkeep it. (as in clean, keep the pieces from being chewed on. I would have gave it 5 stars if it was less pieces and a thicker foam.
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