Consol Roma review
Priced at $229.




Good points
Teething strips.
Four castors which makes it easier to move around, and two have brakes.
Bad points
Serious safety failure: There is no recommended mattress size provided, but even based on a generous allowance of 150mm, the cot is still not deep enough in its highest position when the dropside is closed and open, posing a fall risk.
Serious safety failure: The dropside locking mechanism is too easy to operate in both lift and pull actions, posing a fall risk.
Serious safety failure: The dropside movement is not free and does not operate smoothly.
Serious safety failure: Limb entrapment hazards between some vertical bars at the dropside and cot ends.
Serious safety failure: No recommended mattress size on the instructions or external packaging, and instructions lack clarity (including essential safety warnings and precautions).
Serious safety failure: All the required markings on the cot's base are missing, which could lead to unsafe usage due to lack of supplied information.
Minor safety failure: Unused holes for mattress base positions are not supplied with plugs, which is a finger entrapment hazard.
Very minor failure: Certain openings at the dropside and cot ends are less than 50mm apart which may pose a limb entrapment hazard.
Hard to assemble.
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Recommended
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We recommend cots with a CHOICE Expert Rating of at least 70%.
- No
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CHOICE Expert Rating
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This overall score is made up of safety performance (70%) and ease of use (30%).
- 26%
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Safety performance score
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Our Recommended models meet all key safety requirements and score at least 80% for safety performance, but may fail some very minor information requirements (such as instructions and labelling).
Some lower-scoring models may still be worth considering if they meet all key safety requirements, but fail some minor points (such as finger entrapment).
Models scoring 40% or less for safety have at least one serious failure.
- 20%
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Ease of assembly score
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We rate how easy it is to put the cot together. Models may be marked down for having many parts, poor instructions or awkward assembly stages.
- 40%
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Passed key safety tests
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Whether the cot passed our key safety tests.
- No
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Passed information requirements
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Based on the latest safety standard. Some cots may not pass some very minor information requirements such as labelling or instructions. We still recommend cots that pass all key safety tests so long as the information failures are very minor.
- No
- Year tested
- 2025
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Warranty (years)
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Manufacturer's stated warranty period in years. This doesn't include the rights you already have under the Australian Consumer Law.
- Not stated
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Country of origin
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Manufacturer's claimed country of origin.
- Not stated
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Availability
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'Tested model' refers to cots that are currently available in shops and online, while 'Discontinued model' refers to cots that are no longer available in shops, but may be available second-hand or in clearance sales.
- Tested model
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Price
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Recommended or typical retail price at the time of testing.
- $229
- Height (cm)
- 101
- Length (cm)
- 128
- Width (cm)
- 71
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Recommended mattress size (mm)
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L x W x maximum thickness, in millimetres. The mattress length and width are based on information found on the box, instructions, swing tag and marking on the mattress base, and where these vary the smallest value is shown. The mattress thickness is based on the same sources of information, and the greatest value is shown.
- 1180 x 580 x ns
- Website
- consolblindsonline.com.au
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Dropside
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A side that can be lowered for easy access when putting baby to bed or taking them from the cot.
- Yes
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Teething strips
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Plastic strips on the top edges of the cot, so that neither baby nor cot is damaged if it's chewed on.
- Yes
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Junior bed conversion kit
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Whether the cot is able to be converted into a children's bed. This is either supplied with the cot or available as an optional extra.
- No
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Castors
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Wheels make the cot easier to move around (but should have lockable brakes on at least two wheels).
- Yes (4)
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Brakes
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If the cot has wheels, there should be lockable brakes on at least two of them, to stop the cot rolling freely.
- 2