Comments on: Review: LL Bean Children’s Sleeping Bag

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:10:22 +0000

also check out the KidCo tent — smaller travel size but heavier weight and more expensive. Still, my son LOVED it!

Get the PeadPod 201 as it is larger — the kid will grow out of the other ones too fast:
http://www.kidco.com/main.taf?p=4,5

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:37 +0000

Dianna. That is a cool idea. Just tie off an adult bag to the size of your tacker. Too easy.
Thanks.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:12 +0000

It was actually a search for a child's sleeping bag that led me to your review (I too dislike commercialized bedding).

I love the idea of it coming in a bag big enough for pillow and friends. We will definitely be looking into getting one!

Our son (22 months) never liked his pack and play. The "bottom" of it is basically a hard chipboard covered in material, and frankly I don't blame him for being uncomfortable on it. He won't sleep on the floor, either.

Our stopgap solution at grandma's was to pull the cushions off the loveseat and cover them in a blanket. Worked wonderfully. He rolled off once, but since it was just a few inches it was no biggie.

Unless you're sleeping at a hotel, most people have an extra couch around to steal cushions from, or at the very least an extra comforter to fold into 1/4-size--perfectly sufficient extra padding under a sleeping bag for a kid, even on wood floors. Even my son, with his extreme aversion to hard sleeping surfaces, konks right out.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:05:51 +0000

I have many camping trips spent sleeping on a floor of dirt, rocks and roots that tell me sleeping on a carpet is sheer luxury.

One, carpets have padding. Two, children don't weigh much, so their imprint on the floor isn't much. Three, on top of all that is the sleeping bag itself and the kid's head is on a pillow.

We're keeping our Ready Bed for the time being just in case, but for me, primarily because a second sleeping bag is one more expense we can put off for a while.

By: donna

donna — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:59:31 +0000

it seems like a sleeping bag, even on a rug, wouldn’t be enough padding to sleep on, especially for week long vacations. i know i wouldn’t be comfortable with that arrangement. i have been looking high and low for the toddler ready bed you have, but can’t locate it outside the UK. so, if you haven’t already gotten rid of it, i would be happy to purchase it from you. let me know!

By: modern baby blankets

modern baby blankets — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:27:01 +0000

My son has been begging us to take him camping! We’ve been looking for a decent sleeping bag and have had no luck. Finally! This one looks great. thanks!

By: kristina

kristina — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:58:28 +0000

We bought the Ready bed after your suggestion (it was a search for a travel bed that led me to your blog, actually). I feel we have more then gotten our money out of it. Our son is almost 5 and he is just now outgrowing it. Many thanks for all your wonderful reviews! Kristi

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:05:55 +0000

We didn’t buy a kids’ sleeping bag– we just tied off the bottom of an adult sleeping bag so the Kiddos couldn’t get swallowed up!

By: Audra

Audra — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:37:33 +0000

We moved son out of his crib when he was about 20 months old, and instead of placing him in a toddler bed or an elevated twin bed with rails, we just moved his crib mattress onto the floor. It has been a great solution for us, and we’ve even packed it into our car to use during weekend visits to the grandparents. For a more portable solutions, I do like the idea of a sleeping bag and have been very impressed by the quality of L. L. Bean products. In fact, my son finds our dog’s L. L. Bean dog bed to be quite comfy, too, for the brief time he gets to spend on it before he is shooed off of it. Thank you for the review.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:08:05 +0000

We’ve been in the market for a good sleeping bad for both kids – we’ve gone the cheapy Target route and both are in tatters after less than a year of occasional use. With several trips planned- these should be great. I love the travel pillow idea too – thanks!