The best highchairs to make mealtimes a blast
Highchairs need to be sturdy and safe. Here’s what to look for when buying one plus our top picks.
Shopping for the perfect highchair for you and your baby? Choosing the right furniture can depend many different factors, including your budget, lifestyle and the amount of space you have in your home.
Above all else, it’s important to choose a chair that is safe and sturdy for your little one during meal times.
Bounty Baby Award Winners – Best Highchair
The winning baby products of the year have all been exhaustively tried, tested and voted on by parents and bubs.
This year the awards were 100% voted for by Australian parents with more than 110,000 votes on a range of products from nappies and car seats, to prams and breast pumps, judging each one on quality, value for money, user-friendliness and innovation.
The products submitted were assessed on quality, value for money, user-friendliness and innovation.
READ NEXT: All of the 2023 Award Winners
The winners of the Best Highchair are:
Gold Award: Stokke Trippp-Trapp
Silver Award: Redsbaby HILO2 High Chair
Bronze Award: Bugaboo Giraffe
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For the complete list of what real mums (and an expert panel) consider to be the best in every category from prams and car seats, to toys and nappies read Bounty Baby Award Winners 2023 next.
The Best Highchair
GOLD AWARD
Stokke Trippp-Trapp, RRP $429
Stokke® Tripp Trapp® Chair is The Chair That Grows With The Child ™. With a variety of available accessories, this iconic highchair provides comfort and ergonomics for use from birth. Stokke® Tripp Trapp® Chair brings your baby to the dining table and closer to the family, and has highly adjustable seat and foot plate positions to ensure both back and feet support for any age.
SILVER AWARD
Redsbaby HILO2 High Chair, RRP $229
Redsbaby HILO² High Chair features easy to clean surfaces, a removable tray, accessories made from machine washable materials and the ability to convert to a junior and play chair. The HILO² High Chair brings your family together for easy meals and playtime as your child grows. Makes mealtimes child’s play.
BRONZE AWARD
Bugaboo Giraffe, RRP $399
Bugaboo Giraffe is a chair designed for all ages. Crafted from durable and eco-friendly materials, the versatile design is adjustable in one second and offers five different seating solutions – from newborn to toddler and beyond.
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Joie multiply™ 6in1, RRP $349
From eating in to dining out to a table for one, this multi-tasker takes the cake. The Joie Baby Australia multiply™ 6in1 features 6 modes include baby highchair, traditional highchair, booster, portable booster, toddler chair and play table.
multiply™ 6in1 is available in two styles; Fern and Petite City, exclusively at Baby Bunting.
Nuna ZAAZ, RRP $238.86
Nuna Baby Australia ZAAZ is a chair for the big eater, messy eater and playful eater. The moment they’re ready, you can be ready for them. ZAAZ is more compact than most high chairs, so it’s easier to slide right up to the table. And since food is to kids what paint was to Picasso, we’ve made sure it’s super easy to clean. Wipe ZAAZ down or just remove the parts and pop them in the dishwasher.
Less cleanup time. More time to play.
Stokke® Tripp Trapp® Chair, RRP $429
This iconic chair provides comfort and ergonomics from birth through to adulthood (holds up to 136kgs).
The seat plate and foot plate are highly adjustable, allowing your little one to fit right up to your dining table, encouraging family bonding.
Manufactured in Europe, beech and oak wood are known for their strength and durability. Longevity allows you to use this sustainable piece of furniture for years to come.
Stokke® Clikk™ High Chair, RRP $369
Beautifully designed with smooth lines means you’re ready for easier, cleaner and closer mealtimes in just “1-2-3 Clikk”.
Suitable from six months up to three years old, this highchair can be assembled tool-free in only a few minutes.
Joie Baby Australia mimzy™ 2in1, RRP $199
The mimzy™ 2in1 highchair is a sweet feeding solution that brings baby right up to the table, thanks to seven height adjustments.
Featuring a plush, snug and soft body support insert that keeps baby comfy at all times, the mimzy 2in1 adjusts to fit growing children with various tilt, height, calf-support and footrest options.
Its stylish and functional low-profile frame gives easy access to baby and a perfect fit to table, bringing you closer at mealtimes.
Shopping guide: what to look for in a highchair
When it comes to safety, CHOICE recommends looking out for the following:
- Five-point harness: This means a harness with shoulders, waist and crotch straps so kids can’t fall or climb out.
- Construction: This should be sturdy and robust enough to carry the weight of a child.
- Stability: Look for legs that spread outwards further than all other parts of the chair – vertical legs aren’t as stable.
- Moving parts: These shouldn’t be able to pinch, crush or trap a child’s finger, toe, limb or head (or the fingers of an adult folding or adjusting the chair). Also check for sharp edges and easily detachable parts (including stickers) that could pose a choking hazard.
- Castor wheels: Useful for moving the chair around. These should have brakes that lock in position on at least two of them (the front or back set). If the chair doesn’t have castors, make sure it’s light enough to move easily without them.
- Large or adjustable seat: Useful if you plan to use the chair into toddlerdom.
- Reclining back or seat: Good for younger babies who can’t sit upright for long.
- Tray: This should be secure when fitted, but easy to remove, attach and adjust.
- Height adjustment and back-reclining: These should be easy for you, but not your child, to operate.
- Foldable: Handy for storage. The chair should be easy to fold and unfold.
- Lightweight: If you’re going to be regularly moving the chair, make sure it’s not too heavy.
- Footrest or leg support: This is important to support the child’s feet or calves. Adjustable footrests are useful as the child grows.
- Simple to clean: Watch out for nooks and crannies in the chair frame, cushion or straps where food can be hard to clean out.
