Kids In-Car Fold Down Desk/Organiser

Yes we have one. I think my wife bought it through the preschool my daughter goes to.
Dave

Hi Rod

I got ours in Kmart. Only drawback is the kid needs to be pretty big or in a seat that sits a fair way off the seat back if on the drivers side - unless the driver is 6' tall and sits with the seat way back.

On the missus side it's no drama as she just slides her seat back as far as it goes.

A stable table works really well too. (those trays with the bean bag on the bottom.) Since we started using those for both kids we haven't really used the fold down thing. They have a lip around the tray which holds pens textas etc. quite well.

You can use the stable table to sit the lap top on for playing dvds too.

Dave

hi

we got ours in Big W, found them in the auto section there were a few different designs there, both my kids used them quite a bit while we were away, but my son pushed too hard on the desk bit and broke it...the pockets we found were generally too small to hold drink bottles....

I think the stable table idea is a better one, they can keep their pencils etc in a box next to them on the seat....

cheers

Lyn

Hi Rod,

I would recommend the Stable Tables as they can be used anywhere, not just in the car. They are great for eating dinner off round the campsite or doing other activities outside of the car as well. I have one at home and use it all the time.

They are available from Big W, Kmart and Target and similar such stores - seen several lately in the Christmas junk mail.

Regards,
Juliana

When evaluating Ford Territory, I had seen them as Ford accessories

I've bought a couple of various models over time and none of them work for me. Problem is if the kids are still in carseats or even booster seats, they sit too far forward and their knees collide with the stuff in the bags. I have purchased the ones that actually hold stuff as I always find the kids need a range of things within easy reach. The problem is exaberated because we have 2 kids and only 1 side has the car seat attachment, so the youngest must sit on "her" side. So it could be fine if she stayed seated behind me (I'm short so I have the seat forward) but not fine when seated behind David (he is over 6 foot) so he has it all the way back. We need to change drivers so it doesn't work out.

The other problem with these bags is that they use up a lot of space where we tend to put stuff we use regularly and it makes it harder to get things in/out (eg. camp chairs - we lie them down across the back floor as the kids legs aren't long enough to reach the floor yet).

my Solution? Give kids a good ole' fashioned clipboard. Works fine. Store toys and stuff in a bag in centre of backseat, they can easily reach what they need.
Hope this helps.