Stokke Tripp Trapp Review: The Last Highchair You’ll Buy?

Who this is for

Families who want to buy a highchair once, and who eat at a table the chair can pull up to. The Tripp Trapp's whole design premise is that the child sits at the family table from the first meal — if your eating happens on sofas and breakfast bars, a tray-based highchair fits life better.

Why the adjustability actually matters

Most highchairs are outgrown; the Tripp Trapp is re-fitted. The seat and footrest plates slide to any depth and height, so a six-month-old, a three-year-old and a ten-year-old all get the same ergonomics: bottom back, knees at ninety degrees, feet planted on a solid footrest. That footrest is the sleeper feature — dangling feet make toddlers wriggle and tire during meals, and a supported base measurably helps self-feeding. Almost nothing under £100 offers a properly adjustable one.

The pricing honesty section

The £199+ headline buys the bare chair — which a baby cannot safely sit in. For the highchair stage you need the Baby Set (harness rail and back), and many families add the tray and a cushion. Cost the real bundle at £250–£300, then weigh it against a decade-plus of use and a second-hand market where clean Tripp Trapps sell fast. Per year of service it undercuts almost everything; as an upfront outlay it's the most expensive chair in our highchair guide.

Living with it

Weaning mess wipes off the lacquered beech easily, though the seat-rail crevices collect porridge and want a weekly toothbrush pass. The chair is stable in normal use with its extended floor gliders, and replacement parts (straps, gliders, plates) are all buyable individually — repairability being half the reason these chairs survive multiple children.

Verdict

Four and a half stars. The half held back is for the out-of-box economics — needing the Baby Set to make the chair baby-usable feels like buying a car and adding the seats. As a piece of design that grows with the child, nothing else in the category comes close.