Koko & Scar Cot review
Priced at $279.





Good points
Teething strips.
Bad points
Serious safety failure: Upper corners of the cot ends could snag onto clothing, posing a strangulation hazard once the baby is able to sit and stand upright.
Serious safety failure: Limb entrapment hazards in certain openings including the gaps between the bottom bar of the cot side and the adjacent underside of the bar/rail of the mattress base when the mattress base is in the mid-upper position, and between some bars of the mattress base.
Minor safety failure: The plugs supplied to full unused holes for mattress base positions cannot be secured in place, and without the plugs there is a finger entrapment hazard.
Minor safety failure: Finger or limb entrapment hazards were found at certain locations between the bottom rail of the dropside and the mattress base (measured horizontally with the mattress base in the lower position and with the dropside closed).
Very minor failure of information requirements.
Hard to assemble.
Poor surface finish, with several cracks, gaps in joints, painting defects, and rough and unclean surfaces.
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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%).
- 28%
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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.
- 45%
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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.
- China
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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.
- $279
- Height (cm)
- 97
- Length (cm)
- 137
- Width (cm)
- 78
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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.
- 1300 x 690 x 100
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- ebay seller - mini_8ox
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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).
- No
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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.
- 0