We also recommend the Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat for its affordability and compact design, the Phil&teds Lobster Clip-On Highchair for travel, and the adjustable wooden Stokke Tripp Trapp Chair known for its durability and excellent resale value.
Our choice
This compact, lightweight chair is more manageable to clean compared to higher-priced models.
Weighing at 7.9 pounds, the IKEA Antilop Chair is lighter, smaller, and easier to move than most high chairs. It is sturdy, durable, and provides a comfortable seating experience. The simple plastic-and-steel construction eliminates grime-collecting fabric or crumb-catching crevices found in other chairs. While it can accommodate slightly larger children than some competitors, it may not be suitable for use as they reach preschool age. Assembly is straightforward, but attaching and detaching the tray can be cumbersome. Despite its remarkably low price, the chair must be purchased in person at IKEA or with added shipping costs.
Upgrade selection
This wooden chair is more challenging to clean and significantly costlier than our top pick, but it can grow with a child and is especially suitable for preschoolers.
If you desire a high chair that complements adult furniture and can cater to your child from 6 months into childhood and beyond, we suggest the Stokke Tripp Trapp Chair. This 15.5-pound chair is considerably more expensive and intricate than our top choice—the basic model requires additional purchases for infant use and demands some effort for assembly and adjustments. However, this chair is more accessible for older kids to independently climb into. It presents itself as an exceptionally attractive furniture piece that you may want to retain indefinitely; if not, it should be easy to resell secondhand.
Also excellent
This versatile seat attaches to an adult chair, features both tray and tray-less options, and folds up for travel. However, it’s more challenging to clean and less comfortable than our top pick.
The Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat, weighing 6 pounds, can be attached to an adult chair and serves as a versatile spare at the grandparents’ place. It functions as a high chair with a tray or as a booster at the table. Though not as comfortable or easy to clean as our top choice, it outshines similar chairs with its improved cleaning process and affordability.
Also excellent
This foldable clip-on chair is portable for travel and robust enough to attach to various surfaces. Moreover, the removable cloth cover facilitates relatively convenient cleaning.
The Phil&teds Lobster Clip-On Highchair, weighing approximately 4 pounds, is compact and lightweight for easy folding and packing into a suitcase, or even fitting into a diaper bag while on the move. Despite its portability, it remains sturdy enough for use at a restaurant, regardless of the table it clips onto.