publication date: Jul 29, 2009
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author/source: Nina Otero
When you first see
Dream Tubes you can't believe it hasn't been
invented before. It's such a
simple concept and yet you can instantly see how
effective it'll be.
It's
essentially a single fitted sheet featuring two
integrated channels. Blow up
tubes then insert into each of these channels to create
bumper-like protection on both sides of a
single bed.
We took our set away with us on a
villa holiday to Spain. My little girl Ella sleeps in a
toddler bed with a
rail at home and although she's four still
rolls out of
normal beds when we stay away. In the past we've
resorted to pushing bedside tables,
chairs (anything!) up against beds as a
far from ideal solution.
This time the
Dream Tubes set came with us and we really
blessed it. It's so
compact - it packed down
smaller than our
beach towels and was really
light compared with traditional
bed-guards - so wasn't a problem for us with our
weight restrictions.
When we
arrived at the villa the tubes
blew up in seconds and my two had
great fun playing with them while I
fitted the sheet! Then it was just a case of
pushing them into the
channels so in just a matter of minutes we had a completely
safe bed for Ella to snuggle into. Plus, I didn't have to
worry about any
damage it might cause to the
bed frame as I have in the past with traditional
bed-guards.
Although the set isn't super cheap I was seriously
impressed by the quality. The sheets were
ultra soft and silky and because the
bed bumpers are soft, you don't have to worry about them
hurting themselves if they
roll into them. In fact, whenever we
checked on her, Ella was
snuggled right up against hers!
I'm a
complete convert and have been recommending
Dream Tubes to all my friends. The set will be
coming with us again when we next visit the grandparents. In fact Ella seemed so
comfortable with it that my parents are
buying a set for their
house and we're now considering moving
Jacob (20 months) straight from his
cot into a single bed fitted with
Dream Tubes rather than going for an interim
toddler bed (which will save us quite a bit of money).
All in all a great, ultra
simple invention that definitely works!
Dream Tubes (£40) available from www.hippychick.com