Kidco Convertible Crib Rail | 
 enlarge | Brand: KidCo
Category: Baby Product
Buy New: $69.99
New (2) from $69.99
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2845
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.7
Dimensions (in): 34 x 13.5 x 2
MPN: BR-100
Model: BR100
UPC: 786441510000
EAN: 0786441510000
ASIN: B0013VFZG4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Specifically designed for use with most convertible cribs | | • | 13" tall, 33" long | | • | Easy installation, no tools needed | | • | Made of furniture grade hardwood | | • | Can be custom finished |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Specifically designed for use with most convertible cribs 13" tall. Easy, no-tools-necessary installation. Constructed of furniture-grade hardwood, which can be painted or stained to match the finish on the crib. For use when the child still sleeps in a crib-toddler style bed and helps with the transition to a "big kid" bed. 33" Long.
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Product, Not So Great Directions June 9, 2008
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I did not actually buy this product from Amazon, but I wanted to review it here for others as I find the reviews extremely helpful.
We have a convertible crib that we recently converted from crib to the toddler bed. Like a lot of kids, our son moves a lot in his sleep. Even though the bed was 6-8 in off the ground, I was worried he'd fall out of bed anyway. At first we intended to buy a regular bed rail, knowing at some point we'll get a twin bed for his room. However, some reviews I read specifically mentioned that those rails would not fit a toddler bed or a convertible crib, and I was worried they'd be too long for the toddler bed anyway.
Once it was assembled, it was very easy to install onto the bed. A great feature is that the rail itself snaps in and out of the brackets easily, so it can be removed in seconds to change the sheets, etc. It fits the bed well and there aren't any gaps or movement of the rail for anything to get caught in.
The directions, however, are lacking. There is a diagram on the first page listing all the parts and labeling them as A, B, C, etc. The actual directions are on the next page (like a book) and say something like "Connect Bed Rail A to Bracket B" so I kept having to flip back and forth to determine what part I was working with and where it was going etc. There are no drawings accompanying the directions themselves and I found the directions, while somewhat detailed, were still confusing. We got it all together and then determined, while installing it on the bed, that we'd put the brackets in backwards so we had to take them out. That was kind of a pain b/c they snap together sort of like tent poles, with the holes and the buttons to press down to "release" and the release part was hard. We had to use a screwdriver to get it to release.
I think that these directions really, really need to have pictures with each step b/c it was very difficult to know if we were putting things together correctly (which we did not, apparently!) Once it's together, it's very easy to put on the bed itself.
The other comment I have is that our crib/bed has 3 mattress levels. We had the mattress on the very lowest level and then when we converted the bed to the toddler bed and put the rail on, we actually had to raise the mattress back to the middle level. It's hard to explain here but the product has a strap that connects to the opposite side of the mattress, and then you tighten it. Then it also has this rectangular bar structure that is supposed to lay flat on the mattress, with the brackets for the rail resting on the outside/other side of the mattress. With the mattress in the lowest position, the bar structure was laying at an angle - basically the bracket side higher than the spring part of the bed b/c the brackets were resting on the outside rail of the bed, so we raised the mattress back to the middle level so the bar would rest flat against the mattress spring base.
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