Advantages: Sturdy, well made, bright and attractive trike Disadvantages: Needs a lot of pressure to steer using parent handle, plaque bangs against child's nose
Thomas the Tank Engine has been a firm favourite with little boys (and girls!) for generations and my youngest son is another firm fan, singing along to the TV theme tune and possessing a range of books, toys and other merchandise emblazoned with images of Thomas and his friends. It seemed a natural choice to treat him to a Thomas trike for his second birthday, combining his love of all things Thomas related with his desire to be on wheels and keep up with his big brother!
This particular trike is manufactured by MV Sports and seems to be of very good quality and not too badly priced. Prices vary from around the £40-£50 but I found the cheapest method was to purchase it from Littlewoods online and take advantage of a rather generous new customer discount code which knocked £25 off the price.
The trike comes boxed and in pieces ...
Advantages: detactable sunroof, steerable parent handle, hard wearing Disadvantages: Sunroof can only be used while child is young
~ Smart trike with sunroof ~
I brought this trike about 3 months ago for my 1 year old son. I am really happy with it and my son loves to travel on it everywhere we go. I have even resulted taking it to sainsburys shopping because he is much happier on his trike than sitting in the trolley.
I needed a trike that had a parent handle so that when we go out it is easy to push and to control. The parent handle on this trike is excellent, you can actually steer the trike and have full control. It comes with foam padding on the handle for comfortable handling ideal for long walks. The handle is easy to detach from the trike for storage and for when the child grows up and can pedal by themselves.
I was attracted to this particular product because of its stylish and colourful design. It is also quite a chunky trike. With it having ...