REVIEW: Battat Deluxe Grocery Shopping Cart
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Most children want to be a firefighter, a doctor, a teacher, etc. when they grow up. I, on the other hand, always wanted to be… a cashier. Maybe it was something about handling money or feeling the false sense of being “in charge,” but I guess it’s no surprise that one of the first actual gifts I bought my daughter was a supermarket shopping cart. There were a lot of choices – Step2 (too expensive), Little Tikes (freakishly shaped), Melissa & Doug (looked like it wanted to scratch my wood floors), etc. I eventually settled on the cheapest one I could find that also got decent Amazon ratings, and that was the Battat grocery cart.
About the Battat Grocery Cart:
- MSRP: $19.99
- Measures 15” x 13” x 12”
- Weighs 2.5 lb
- Age recommendation: 2+
- 23 pieces, including veggies, fruits, pasta boxes, bottles, etc.
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Battat Grocery Cart – The Pros:
- The color’s awesome – it’s a light blue that’s not offensive and not girly so it’s appropriate for everyone.
- The whole thing is plastic (so it doesn’t scratch my floors), but it’s also surprisingly sturdy. My daughter launches her entire body into this thing and it hasn’t tipped yet.
- It’s a good size but isn’t huge – it comfortably fits everything it comes with (which, by the way, I totally didn’t need but hey, the extra fruits, veggies and dried goods boxes were free so who am I to complain?), along with a few other random items that inevitably end up there.
- It’s a heck of a lot cheaper than most other shopping carts out there while still accomplishing exactly the same goal of keeping your kid entertained.
Battat Grocery Cart – The Cons:
- I seriously don’t have any; this thing’s awesome. I own a lot of Battat toys already so a few of the vegetables and fruits were duplicates of what we already had, but is that this grocery cart’s fault? Umm, no.
In Closing:
The Battat Grocery Cart is simple – it doesn’t play music, it doesn’t have lights, and it’s not going to win an award for most innovative toy to ever hit the market. But it encourages imagination, interacting with others, and – most importantly – keeps my daughter occupied for at least 20 minutes every day, which is something I’d be willing to pay a lot more for than what I did.