Child Carrier Reviews

It wasn't the easiest to attach to the bike, but I was able to get it on without too much trouble. I have a quick adjust seat bracket and used that bolt instead of the one provided with the carrier. While everything didn't line up perfectly when assembling, once it was all tightened up it fit right. Went for our first ride today and my son had a blast.

We bought the carrier a year ago for our two year old and she loves going for rides! We found it easy to use and change between bikes so my husband and I can take turns riding with one child. We now have a one year old, so we bought another one for him. They are so affordable we didn't mind buying another and I feel safer having them right with me rather than trailing on the ground behind me.

I don't see what the trouble was...I put this seat on my bicycle and we were on the road within the hour! It's sturdy, lightweight and it did not affect my balance at all. I think it's a great value, especially if you bought it from a competing store (...) I would definitely recommend it!

We purchased this bike seat a few months ago and found it very easy to install and had no problems with interference while pedaling. We especially like it since it provides a little more coverage on the sides and our son has a blast riding in it!

While the seat is well built, and our experience with other Kettler products is good, this bike seat is not usable. The mounting system is right where your legs need to be to pedal. So, on every stroke your leg rubs against the bike seat. This gets very painful very quickly. Adjusting it up or down don't help.

So, after about 1 mile of riding, it went back in the box and back to Amazon.

This bike seat IS a HUGE pain to install on a bike. It took my husband and I working together about an hour to get it right and there were several points when we thought it wouldn't work...we persevered and got it on. It is fabulous to ride with our son. It is very sturdy. Our son is very large and rides in it just fine. The helmet slides on his head, but most helmets are tricky to get just right. Overall we have been very happy with this purchase.

I found the size range to be completely missleading. My child was just shy of 5 and weighs 42lbs. She is 42 inches tall and found herself to big for this seat. Her legs were right up against my seat and was very uncomfortable. The bottom line if she is this uncomfortable at her age what would a 7 year old be?

I love to bicycle. I wanted to share that experience with my daughter. I liked this carrier for a few reasons; it has padding (the seat cover) [some other carriers don't], it comes with a small helmet, it claims to be removalble without tools and the price was competive.

I found the assembly instructions to be a little incomplete. One part wasn't listed and is only shown on the box cover. (I'm not sure how much the safety of the seat is affected by a velcro strap--I guess they include it to facilate removal / re-installation of the seat.) The struts which attach the seat to your rear forks do not seem to be designed correctly. (I had to keep the bolts loose to the seat until after installation.)

Anyway, the easy of removal of the seat is okay for a guy who is good with taking things apart - I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who needs to keep their bike locked up outside. After I bought the seat - I found an interesting design which uses a rear bicycle rack as the mounting point. Might be worth it to get that.

The helmet - difficult to fit - but this is a problem with all helmets. Someone recommended wearing a cap under the helmet.

I tried to contact "tech" support for a recommendation to mount a flashing light on the carrier - they told me to contact their supplier (Bell.) (I'm a quality engineer - so I found this to be very ironic.)

With all that in mind, the carrier is very nice - and functions well.