Review: Munchkin Baby Care Cart

Product Description (from Target website)  $22.59

Get your organizational skills on a roll with this organizing cart that keeps all your baby’s essentials within reach. Diapers, towels, clothing, accessories and changing supplies are where you want them no matter where you are. The large bottom bins hold your larger, heavier items, while the top keeps the little things at your fingertips.

• Features: Hook and Loop Attachment Straps, Multiple Compartments
• Material: Cotton
• Care and Cleaning: Wipe Clean With a Damp Cloth
• Dimensions: 34.0 " H x 31.0 " W x 14.5 " D
• Weight: 7.5 Lb

Since I have limited space in my house at the moment,  I saw this little cart in Target and purchased it about a month ago.  I had read a few reviews that said the product was a bad idea and wasn't worth the money but honestly at that price what would you expect.  It's not going to be the best of the best but it is sturdy and usable if you put it together correctly and don't put heavy objects on it. 

All the pieces from the box

Anyway, I put it together yesterday and didn't have any major problems with it.  Just so you know, I am one of those people that hates to read directions and that's probably why it took me over an hour to get it together.  I do suggest that you use an electric drill or screwdriver (got one at Wal Mart for around $10 to $15 dollars) instead of a regular screwdriver.  It's so much easier and you can get the screws as tight as you need them without any effort.

All finished!

The only real problem I had was that like most wooden things that you have to put together, the pre drilled holes are a joke.  That's why I recommend the electric drill.  To make some of the pieces fit, I had to predrilled the holes a little further so they would actually fit.  I did end up splitting the wood on one the legs but once I got the cart together, you couldn't even tell that I had missed up.  The cart does have a little wobble to it but it's still sturdy enough to hold up without me having to prop it against something like on of the reviews I read stated. 

Finished cart with some baby stuff on it.  It's really roomy!

Another problem that I had was that one of the wheels fell off as I was rolling the cart into my room.   I put the cart together in my living room so I'd have more space.  The wheel and the little screws that held it in place just feel off.  Since I had already put stuff on the cart, I just decided that I'll fix it later.  It's nothing major and can be easily fixed.  And it still does not need to be propped up against something. It's still standing on it's own. I just know not to move it again or maybe I'll just take all the wheels off because I really don't need to roll it anywhere once I get it set up anyway.

Well damn!  Everything was going so well...

 Overall for the money that I paid for it, it is a good buy.  Some of the reviews that I read were less than favorable but it's a cloth cart, it's cute and it does give me the space that I needed.  If the wheel hadn't come off, I would have given a 4 rating, but since it did, it only gets three happy baby faces!

 

Good product