Joohye
10-18-2006, 05:06 PM
I would like to buy a Kettler and I've narrowed it to Kettler Air Navigator, Kettler Happy Navigator and the Kettler Jumbo...
Has anyone tried both the air and non-air kettler and have you noticed a real difference enough to make it worth the $40. We will probably just use the trike for sidewalks, trails and playground with the occasional offroading but not a lot.
If not the air tires, then is the tri-steering on the Kettler Happy Navigator worth the extra $20 over the Jumbo considering they have similar features.
I would like to use the trike w/ the tandem option and am buying the trike for my 3 year old who's never owned a tricycle or bike of any kind before. I'd like to use it as a tandem trike so that my 20 month old can ride along w/ her brother since they like to do everything together and then when he outgrows it then she can take over the trike. I'm thinking that by 4 years (next summer) he'll be ready for a little bike w/ training wheels and by then my 20 month old will be about 2. 5 years old.
So anyone with the Jumbo regret not having the steering of the Happy, and anyone w/ the Jumbo or Happy regret not having the air tires of the Air Navigator?
I would totally just ditch all this and buy the Supertrike 4 but they only sell it at Toys RUS and I have a great gift certificate for Amazon that I want to use so I'm limited to the Kettler at Amazon.
ALSO.... Has anyone who is considering a Kettler right now notice that the Kettler Jumbo on Amazon is described as having the "comfy air tires" for 139.99. I've called them to see if this is a misprint or something and the guy said they only list what is given to them by the manufacturer. They also have another Jumbo called the Kettler Jumbo Color which does not have the air tire listing so I'm wondering if this might actually be a Jumbo that has air.
Has anyone tried both the air and non-air kettler and have you noticed a real difference enough to make it worth the $40. We will probably just use the trike for sidewalks, trails and playground with the occasional offroading but not a lot.
If not the air tires, then is the tri-steering on the Kettler Happy Navigator worth the extra $20 over the Jumbo considering they have similar features.
I would like to use the trike w/ the tandem option and am buying the trike for my 3 year old who's never owned a tricycle or bike of any kind before. I'd like to use it as a tandem trike so that my 20 month old can ride along w/ her brother since they like to do everything together and then when he outgrows it then she can take over the trike. I'm thinking that by 4 years (next summer) he'll be ready for a little bike w/ training wheels and by then my 20 month old will be about 2. 5 years old.
So anyone with the Jumbo regret not having the steering of the Happy, and anyone w/ the Jumbo or Happy regret not having the air tires of the Air Navigator?
I would totally just ditch all this and buy the Supertrike 4 but they only sell it at Toys RUS and I have a great gift certificate for Amazon that I want to use so I'm limited to the Kettler at Amazon.
ALSO.... Has anyone who is considering a Kettler right now notice that the Kettler Jumbo on Amazon is described as having the "comfy air tires" for 139.99. I've called them to see if this is a misprint or something and the guy said they only list what is given to them by the manufacturer. They also have another Jumbo called the Kettler Jumbo Color which does not have the air tire listing so I'm wondering if this might actually be a Jumbo that has air.