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I bought this chair because it was the only one I've ever found that goes up to kitchen counter height. Although the chair is beautiful, it is far from perfect. First of all, during assembly, the pre-drilled holes did not match up. So when you assemble it, the screws do not get a proper fit. My screws got completely stripped trying to make it work, and now I can't get them out. The company has acknowledged this problem but did not provide a solution for me.

Secondly, and most importantly, this chair is very easy to tip over. My 18 month old daughter was sitting in it and looked over the side to the floor. The whole chair tipped over to the side. Luckily I caught it. If they provided some sort of railing the way the Stokke seat or the Trip Trapp seat has, I think it would be much safer. But as a whole, this seat feels very lightweight and tippy. When my daughter is done, she pushes herself back from the counter and the whole chair slides back. I feel like she's be safer in a more heavy duty bar seat with a booster chair strapped on. I'm always nervous that the whole thing is going to tip over again.

On a final note, I did not realize that you could not attach the tray (which would make the chair safer) when the seat is at the higher positions.

Won't somebody make a better high chair that goes up to counter-top level? We had a clip on chair but it is a pain to take on and off all the time.

I forgot to mention that the cloth of the seat does not seem especially stain resistant, and you can not put it in the dryer. I did, it shrunk, and now the padding doesn't fit inside it. Not very parent-friendly.