TOTEaTOT Travel accessory for children

I bought this for travel by myself with two kids. I had one in a backpack and the 2+ year old in the TOTEaTOT. It works well but you need a certain size handle and a strong suit case. I did not have problems with the buckles opening up though! It worked okay but it can be hard to pull with a 30+ lbs on board. Also a HUGE draw back is that you cannot roll it all the way to your seat as the car seat does not fit down the ail. Something I had not thought of and was crucial to traveling alone.

Wow, was this a disappointment! It's nothing more than a poorly-made storage compartment with a strap. I would have like to have something useful for travel, but this is not it. I sent it back!

I think that it's the best option out there for anyone who doesn't plan on more than a couple-few infant/toddler plane trips. A few drawbacks are:

The straps are too skinny. Not a threat at all safety-wise, but just a pain as far as them twisting and adjustments. It's also a pain in the anatomy to adjust the tightness when you first put it on the luggage and then after that even more of a pain when the kid is actually in the seat on the thing. (Once you get it adjusted though, it's great.) Also, the luggage in question should be packed full of clothes or otherwise reinforced. (We used some excess shelves from a cd shelf unit to make the sides of the carry-on rigid enough.) I would suggest lots of in-home prior practice, as once you get it adjusted and get used to how it goes together, it works well, but you need to be familiar with how to attach it, as they will make you break it down to put it through security.

I don't want this to sound negative, as this is a great product. My wife and I researched several options for plane travel and this was the best by far for us. Not flawless, but without any real competition as far as cost/value for anyone who doesn't plan on flying with their baby more than a few times.

I have only used this product in practice, but it seemed to work fine. My son thought it was pretty cool. We'll see how it works in the real world later.

I bought this in anticipation of a solo flight with my 17 month old. It was hard to pull while walking backwards, but utterly impossible to push or to pull while not watching it to make sure it stayed absolutely level. I won't be using it again.