Review on Convenient Foldable Playpen with Zipper Gates, Adjustable Shape & Size – Perfect Infant Safety Activity Center with Mesh Sides and Anti-Fall Features! by Charles Mathews

When my son started crawling, my wife and my life got insanely complicated during day time when both of us had to work our full time jobs and tend to our son who for some unexplainable reason loves to crawl to corners and to the stairs. Running after him had become frustrating especially when we both had meetings all day. We looked through many play pens online to find one that was big enough that he wouldn't feel claustrophobic and was easy to setup and more importantly something that we could easily take apart and store away when we needed the space to entertain family and guests AND bring back in when we were too busy to attend to the baby.This is the only one we could find that met out expectations. The initial setup took about 30mins. The assembly instructions were just okay and we made a few mistakes that took a bit longer to correct but eventually we got it figured out. Once the initial setup was complete we could easily fold the entire pen and store away in out coat closet. It needs about 4ftx3ftx3ft space to store the folded play pen. Once unfolded, we got a 6ftx6ftx2.5ft enclosure that can hold 2 adults and a baby and some choice toys quite comfortably. Our son loved it right off the bat and he keeps busy within the pen by himself. He has plenty of space to crawl around. We can now focus on our jobs and don't have to worry about him hurting himself.The pen itself is very sturdy and very well built. The padding and fabric part is also of high quality with make this worth every penny.There are a few downsides that are not deal breakers but worth mentioning. I wish that the pen came with a base. We bought another padded foldable base that cost about an additional $80. The folding of the pen needs us to unlink any one joint and "unlock" the remaining joints to fold. The unlinking is not as simple as the video shows. It takes a bit of messing around to detach the joint but once done, it is very easy to fold. My solution to this was to not link the bottom part of one joint with makes it infinitely easier to detach that joint. The tradeoff is that the one joint is still not as sturdily held together but it still holds well enough to not bend or buckle or shift.Overall this is a very worthy investment to keep our child safe and active and gives us enough piece of mind to focus on our work. I highly recommend this foldable play pen!