I love it when I find a product that becomes indispensable, and this one did just that literally overnight! BTVco’s AirCrib travel crib made our trip to southern Utah over the Thanksgiving holiday a heck of a lot easier. I can almost guarantee you’re going to want to add the AirCrib to your travel gear after this review.

Here are my favorite things about the AirCrib by BTVco:

* Weighs only six pounds

• Stores in its accompanying stuff sack, which is only 11” by 11”
• Opens to 40” by 32” by 17”, a size which fits just about anywhere including a condo’s walk-in closet (hey, it’s quiet and dark—don’t knock it ‘til you try it!)
• Sets up in under five minutes (site says one but that’s only if you’re really trying to burn calories while setting it up)
• Comes with easy-to-use hand pump, fitted sheet, and a 1.25” mattress with cushy foam core that actually self inflates

I had this thing set up in the stated five minutes and I didn’t even have the instructions with me. It took just a couple pushes of the hand pump to inflate each of the five chambers and then just a minute or so for the mattress to self inflate. I threw on the sheet (after washing it of course) and the AirCrib was ready for some serious sleeping.

The best thing about the AirCrib? No thousand-pound portable crib to lug around and try to fit in our already over-packed minivan. That is probably the biggest selling point of this baby. You can take the AirCrib anywhere—camping, the park, the beach, Grandma’s house, and even across country. Think about how much easier (and less expensive) it will be to take the AirCrib on your next flight versus that behemoth of a portable crib we all currently own!

BTVco’s AirCrib is approved to contain an infant up to five months of age but can continue to be used as a sleeping option for your toddler. Of course, the smaller size will make it much easier for your toddler to escape. On the other hand, he will have much further to fall if he’s climbing out of his old portable crib—and they all learn to climb at some point! Do yourself (and your back and your trunk space) a favor and make BTVco’s AirCrib a permanent member of the family. Your active lifestyle and your happy non-sleep-deprived child will thank you.—Emily

* Promotion! BTVco is offering Daily Dish readers 20% off; enter code “dish20” at BTVco.com. At about $80 it will be one of the best investments you’ll make this year.

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