What's the difference between a pack and play and a travel crib? I need something for LO to sleep in when visiting family at Christmas. A pack and play definitely seems cheaper but I'm not sure if there's a good reason. We'll be traveling by car and will have a fair amount of room if size is the main difference.
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I think that travel crib is a generic term for all foldable portable cribs, and pack and play is a specific one that is inexpensive and very popular.
We opted for a graco pack and play, since as you said, it's so much cheaper. The more expensive ones are lighter, fold up smaller, and set up easier, I think, but for us I figured we could buy multiple pack and plays for different places for less than one of the fancier ones. Never tried another so can't compare.
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I agree with the last comment. Pack and Play is a brand that is a type of travel crib. Although it's so popular people, including us, call all travel cribs pack and plays. Kind of like Kleenex and tissues.
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@Foodnerd81: @Miss Ariel: Thank you! That's good to know, I just wasn't sure if there was an important difference between the $50 pack n play and a $200 travel crib.
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We had both a travel crib and a pack and play. I think it's 20% smaller that a pack and play and it a little higher off the ground. I opted for the travel crib because I thought it would be easier to travel with space wise and it a little higher up so it was easier to set her down, she use to fall asleep nursing. It worked great but she grew out of it pretty quick (she had outgrown it by a year old, she is in the 90% for hight) . I ended up buying a mattress for the pack and play when we visited my parents in August at 18 months and it worked great.
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We have had both. A travel crib is more like Baby Bjorn, Phil and Teds and Lotus cribs very light, compact and thin mattress that sits on the floor. Traveling by car where space, weight and size are not an issue, pack n play is fine! Cuz it's definitely a lot heavier than travel cribs. But it also might not last as long as our kid was tall and grew out of it by 1 year old. Whereas our almost 3 year old still fits in her Phil and Teds travel crib. Travel cribs are much better if you are flying and need to travel light.
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I didn't realize there was a difference! We just used a pnp!
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@BabyBySurpise: Which travel crib did you have that baby outgrew quickly?
@gracecat: Thank you! That's helpful.
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