"Stay near and watch baby during use. This product is not safe for sleep or unsupervised use. If baby falls asleep, remove baby as soon as possible and place baby on a firm, flat sleep surface such as a crib or bassinet. Never let the child sleep in this product."
as someone whose child at that age would only sleep when in the swing that gets ignored really quick after both parents are operating on 2 hours of sleep everyday for weeks on end. parenting infants was brutal
why though? the point was about build cost, complexity, and materials. The failure modes for the snoo aren't exactly dangerous mechanically or electrically, and would be similar to the swings anyway. There's just no justifiable reason for the cost aside from a lack of competition and marketing.
I never said that swing was a bassinet, I said from my experience completely dismantling and rebuilding a SNOO the build quality is on par with cheap baby swings, and not what you would expect for a device this expensive.
This is like pointing to a Vespa as proof that a BMW should only cost $7k. A BMW is clearly overpriced, but they are also not the same class of vehicle.
Thar seems a fine comparison when you're comparing quality. The SNOO is like a $200k luxury car, that once you open the hood you realize it's built like one of those mopeds from AliExpress that, because the people that made it don't want to be associated with it. Or the ones that say they're a "Yammaha"
This is irrelevant to my point but for the sake of argument- no it is not. Since it has soft mesh sides, and straps the baby down immobile in the center, it should not be used as a regular bassinet. The manufacturer claims it it’s dangerous to allow a baby inside it not strapped down.
I'm honestly a bit lost for words here. Babies aren't supposed to be mobile in a bassinet -- usually they're swaddled or wrapped up. If they're mobile then they're supposed to be in a crib.
A baby in a sleep sack in an unplugged snoo ("strapped down") is not wholly distinguishable from a baby swaddled in a soft-sided bassinet.
I'm not advocating for actually using it this way, nor for soft-sided bassinets, but... you compared the snoo to a swing. You are not making much sense to me.
I compared the build quality of the SNOO to the build quality of a cheap baby swing. If it helps to avoid confusion, one could compare it to something else cheaply made that isn't also a device for rocking babies back and forth.
