The Kalani is designed to grow with your baby. It transitions all the way into teenage years since it can convert into a toddler bed, a day bed, and eventually into a full-size bed. It comes with a conversion kit that has the extra pieces needed when you transform the crib to fit your child's age. This means you can save money since you don't need to purchase multiple beds along the way.
It has an adjustable mattress level, you can start with the highest setting with a newborn and gradually move the mattress support lower as your baby gets older. This makes it easy to reach in when you have a newborn and ensures your baby doesn't fall off when crawling or pulling up when they start to get mobile.
The crib is built quite low, making it difficult to bend down and reach into it, even when it's at its highest mattress setting. This is particularly difficult for moms who have just given birth through a c-section.
Because of its small footprint, it can easily fit through standard doors. It is also lightweight and has wheels, making it easy to push around from room to room. It is best for those who want to keep a watchful eye on their baby while completing household chores.
The wheels have brakes on them that allows you to securely lock the wheels in place. This ensures that the crib doesn't roll off which may endanger your child inside.
The instructions on how to assemble this crib are unclear and difficult to follow. It is time-consuming, considering the simplicity of the project. While the instructions seem straightforward on paper, it is the design which is problematic and requires 2 people to assemble. Expect to hold the crib and its parts at awkward angles for a prolonged period while putting nuts, bolts, and screws into place.
At one side of the crib is a zippered gate that you can choose to keep open. It allows the babies to crawl in and out, thinking of the crib as their world, not a prison.
The crib can be folded and transformed into a lightweight backpack, allowing both of your hands to be available for everything else, including the diaper bag and your baby.
It is lightweight and folds compactly into a backpack. It can even be taken on the plane as a carry-on, making traveling easy and comfortable for the whole family.
Assuming that the travel crib will go with you to hotels and apartments where you're unsure of how clean the carpet/floor is, I don't like that the bottom of this travel crib is not raised above the floor
The manufacturers opt to use lightweight materials such as mesh and aluminum. These materials are strong but may become brittle over time. They are more prone to damage compared to wood in common cribs since they are subject to a lot of folding and unfolding and tossing in car trunks.