Beatrice Tower—December 7, 2013✓ Verified purchase
The Pro's: This is a fantastic product. It's quiet, its vibration is soothing, it's portable, It's lightweight, it's priced reasonably, it comes with batteries. My infant granddaughter suffers from colic. Severely so. This little pad goes with her everywhere. It is especially useful tucked beside her in the car seat. Before adding the Lulla-Vibe Pad to her entourage, she was one of those babies who does not fall asleep riding in the car, rather she screams bloody murder the entire ride. The pad turns off automatically after 20 minutes or so. You do have to depress the on/off button for a few seconds to turn it on. This is to prevent it being accidentally turned on. Since we used five of these pads, I can say that each of them turned on reasonably easily and the vibration was neither too loud nor too intense, The Con's: Do not order from Warehouse Deals! Until this purchase, I had not considered that all my Warehouse Deal purchases had no moving parts, such as wooden building blocks or craft items. The savings for the pad was about $3 but the hassle was to the max. We went through four of these until I finally wised up and quit ordering them from Warehouse Deals. The first one lasted 6 weeks. It was in use a lot--enough to go through three sets of batteries, which the parents said was worth every penny they. By that time this product had become so necessary to my two-month old granddaughter's comfort, I ordered a replacement immediately. It was a pleasant surprise to discover the Munchkin Lulla-Vibe Pad could be returned for up to three months. The second one lasted a week. I ordered another and returned the defective one. Note--returns through UPS are super easy. The third one arrived without batteries. I put some in and it ran for 5 minutes. Ordered another and two days later joked with the UPS man when he handed me the box containing the new pad and I handed him the fourth box containing a returned one about seeing him in a few days. Turned out to be prophetic because this one lasted four days. That's when my son noticed Warehouse Deals on the receipt and wondered if that could be the problem. So the last one was ordered from Amazon. It's been working fine for three weeks and it's still going strong. My only regret about this purchase is that each time a Lulla-Vibe pad quit working, my granddaughter had to go two days without a product that provided her relief from colic. Instead of me taking advantage of a Warehouse Deal, I suspect Warehouse deals took advantage of me. Read more
Jennifer Horn—November 8, 2021✓ Verified purchase
Bought this about a month ago for my then 1 month old. It does fit under the basinet mattress but it does tilt the mattress. I am not concerned about this because my son was wiggling around in his sleep prior to me purchasing this. Yes it is noisy, however we use a white noise machine anyway so it doesn’t really matter. Our son sleeps in our room with us right now. I know that all baby toys tend to blow through batteries, but this item really goes through them. I have had to change the batteries once in a month and the vibration shuts off after 30 min and I am mostly using it when I put him down and occasionally if he starts to fuss in the twilight hours. Currently he is sleeping from around 11pm-530am. So yes it does blow through batteries, but it does work to help with soothing and it’s not a $1500 snoo. Read more
Jen M—March 8, 2023✓ Verified purchase
This worked amazing for my son. The vibration is strong so I was able to stick it in the bassinet with him and it would vibrate the whole mattress. I also used it in his car seat and stroller. This kept him calm even when the car stopped moving or the stroller stopped moving, where as before he would start crying if I stopped. The batteries don’t last long. I’ve had to replace them every 2-3 days with frequent use. The reason I’m giving 4 stars instead of 5 is because it stopped working out of nowhere. I laid my son down tonight with it in his bassinet and it was working great, but when I tried to use it a few hours later it would not turn on. It had not been kicked or abused in any way and remained untouched exactly where I left it. My son is only 3 months old and doesn’t move around much while sleeping. I’ve always used it correctly so I’m not sure why it stopped working. Other reviewers have mentioned wires coming loose but you can’t see them without cutting into the fabric and I don’t want to do that. I am within the return window so I chose the option to have a replacement shipped to me and it is estimated to be here tomorrow. I’m hoping the replacement lasts longer than this one did because it does work very well for keeping my son calm and helps him sleep longer and fall asleep faster. Read more
Natalie Fournier—March 13, 2024✓ Verified purchase
Despite all the reviews I read that this product only lasts about 2 weeks, I decided to pull the trigger and order it. I found my baby is soothed with vibration and needed something for his bassinet or to take on car rides in his car seat what transferring in and out of car. This little plush paddle is magic! It worked so well the first 3 weeks, helped with getting my baby to sleep at night and also after waking up to feed. Batteries died about the 3 week mark, changed them, worked like a charm for about a day, then the vibration started to get weaker and weaker. Then would stop working after a few minutes of being on. (Usually the auto shut off timer is 30minutes) Sometimes wouldn't turn on at all then randomly turn on when I would try just for the hell of it. If this product could fix the issue of the mechanism stopping, I would give this 5 stars easily! But because it only last about a month, which is 2 weeks longer than most, and worked wonders, but it's a shame that I now need to but a new one or just say it was good while it lasted, 3 stars. Also wanted to add, I know some people say its very noisy, I found for where I was using it that noise of vibration was not an issue or bothersome for me. Read more