Re: Anyone order from PaddyMack.com and have the Gold DBB?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I couldn't find any PaddyMack.com website to see what you're talking

about. However there is universal confusion about bar length. Most

of the literature says shoulder width bolt to bolt, however most

children are best comfortable somewhere in between bolt to bolt and

heel to heel (insides of heels) leaning towards heel to heel as most

popular with the kidlets. Bolt to bolt, is often too short and

causes discomfort and can also encourage slipping out of the

shoes. Too wide, also the same problems. Night waking, by far is

the first sign that the bar length needs to be longer so watch for

that change and check the bar up against baby's shoulders. No need

to measure, just lie the bar on the floor soles down and see if your

baby can fit comfortably (not too loose, not too tight) in between

the heels of the shoes at the shoulders.

The gold bars are measured from center of the bolt holes IIRC. I

don't think the ends of the bar are included in the sizing on these.

Is there some question you had about bar length and ordering? Have

you considered getting an adjustable length bar so you won't have to

order new ones all the time? Fillauer makes an adjustable bar, it is

red. There is also an adjustable gold bar but I don't like the idea

of the ends sticking out and poking me with that one. There are also

gold bars that have three holes in each end that can extend through

three size ranges as you switch holes. These too have some end

sticking out when set at the inner holes.

Kori

At 12:36 PM 5/16/2006, you wrote:

>I've sent an email to PaddyMack's customer service, but am wondering if

>anyone else noticed that the measuring instructions say to measure

>from " bolt to bolt. " With the gold DBB, if the shoes are set on the

>smallest width & you were to measure from " bolt to bolt " it wouldn't

>include the very ends of the bar.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kori,

www.paddymack.com sells padded covers for the DBB, not the DBBs

themselves. So my question isn't about the length of the bar for the

shoe placement.

Thanks anyway!

> >I've sent an email to PaddyMack's customer service, but am

wondering if

> >anyone else noticed that the measuring instructions say to measure

> >from " bolt to bolt. " With the gold DBB, if the shoes are set on

the

> >smallest width & you were to measure from " bolt to bolt " it

wouldn't

> >include the very ends of the bar.

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> >Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

ok, that is confusing... the arrows don't point to the same place on

either side of the bar. I too wonder where exactly they want you to

measure from.

well... I guess I'd just wait for a response from them.

In the meantime, you could always make your own bar cover. Get some

pipe foam from the hardware store, some cloth athletic tape (even

electrical works) and a pair of scissors and cut out around the top

under the shoes till it fits nicely. You could even go a bit further

and hot glue a piece of fabric to it to make it pretty. We used

plain pipe foam covered with black athletic tape for years

hehe... then again... I didn't really care what it looked like and

when she stood the athletic tape really held up.

Thanks for the info on the website! What makes me think this is one

of our kids, this famous Macklan...

:~}

Kori

At 02:09 PM 5/16/2006, you wrote:

>Hi Kori,

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>www.paddymack.com sells padded covers for the DBB, not the DBBs

>themselves. So my question isn't about the length of the bar for the

>shoe placement.

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>Thanks anyway!

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> > >I've sent an email to PaddyMack's customer service, but am

>wondering if

> > >anyone else noticed that the measuring instructions say to measure

> > >from " bolt to bolt. " With the gold DBB, if the shoes are set on

>the

> > >smallest width & you were to measure from " bolt to bolt " it

>wouldn't

> > >include the very ends of the bar.

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> > >Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

I just looked at this site. They are selling bar covers and pads for

$25 & $30, or $15 for just the cloth cover. Sounds a little pricey

to me.

, in regards to your question, I think you would have to measure

from end of bar to end of bar on the gold bar if you wanted it

entirely covered, but I'm not sure how their pad would work with the

big bolts on the bottom of the gold bar. Hope they give you some

good feedback. Let us know what they say.

> > >I've sent an email to PaddyMack's customer service, but am

> wondering if

> > >anyone else noticed that the measuring instructions say to

measure

> > >from " bolt to bolt. " With the gold DBB, if the shoes are set on

> the

> > >smallest width & you were to measure from " bolt to bolt " it

> wouldn't

> > >include the very ends of the bar.

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> > >Thanks,

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