Can anyone recommend a trike for 18 month old girl?

[resdes2]

I would like to buy one for my niece for Christmas...anyone know a good make/style that will last another year or so?

Many thanks!

[Otta]

Our daughter has THIS.

It's good, because you can change it as they grow, removing the harness, then the parent handle thing, once they can pedal for themselves.

Only downside, is rubbish plastic wheels, but I think that is common with most trikes.

[miss]

Very similar - I bought this for my niece and it has gone down very well: http://www.elc.co.uk/Smart-Trike---Green/121922,default,pd.html

[poppy]

We have this:

scuttlebug

My 22-month-old LOVES it and zips around on it at breakneck speed (you may not think that's a good thing). It isn't really safe to use as a mode of transport the way the smart trike can be, but he rides it in the house and in the park and the really fantastic thing is that it folds up small enough to stash under the buggy.

I am currently contemplating buying this for Christmas as a less-plasticky alternative to the Smart trike:

italtrike

I think it's lovely, and it has rubber rather than plastic wheels. The downside is that it doesn't have a safety strap but you might be able to get one separately.

[snowboarder]

Slightly different but we have had this for our 2.5 yr old - he got it for his first birthday. It starts as a trike then turns into a 2 wheeler balance bike. Seems to have gone down well...not as easy as ones with a push handle when he decides to abandon it though!

[LoveHRT]

We have to smart trike zoo, we spent many hours at the park with this when little one was around that age, the only downpoint was that you were unable (to the best of our knowledge) lock her handles so as you would push the parent handle she was wiggle her handbar and we'd be all over the places, sure it looked very funny to onlookers but was a nightmare for us. A friend has the little trike 3 in 1 and the support bar around the seat locks the handle bar in place so this can not happen. I would recommend looking out for that when looking around, Hope to help x

[Otta]

Agree the Scuttlebug is cool, friend of our has it, and my daughter wants one!