Strider Knee and Elbow Pad Set Review

Great pads at a great price. Simple, yet effective, the Strider Knee and Elbow pad set is a great fit for toddlers and preschoolers. Read the review below to see why these pads can help instll confidence in your little rider.

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Strider Knee and Elbow Pad Set

RATING: Highly Recommended

MSRP$19

BEST FOR: Toddlers and preschoolers learning the ropes on their bike

PROS:

  • Comfortably fit the smallest riders (a rare feature!)
  • Simple, effective, and affordable
  • Much better quality that most safety pads
  • Unique interchangeable elbow and knee pads allow kids to use them as they grow

CONS:

  • Scratch fairly easily

Strider Knee and Elbow Pad Set Review: Results of our Testing

Simple off-the-shelf knee and elbows pads are generally ill-fitting, uncomfortable and of low quality.  Designed for grade schoolers, most pads are also too big for young toddlers on balance bikes.  With the success of their balance bike, Strider set out to design set of pads that will comfortably fit the smallest of riders.  Sold with two larger and two smaller pairs of pads, Strider’s pads have a hard plastic shell with a padded base and a Velcro strap.  The smaller of the pads is designed to first fit on the knee of the smallest riders and then graduate to the elbow of older riders.  Once the smaller pads are transitioned in to elbow pads, the larger pads can them be used as knee pads.

Strider pad sizes

Soft yet durable, our testers aged 15 months to 5 years were all able to comfortably wear the pads.  Our 3-year-old tester was very comfortable in them and her movement wasn’t restricted much. She ran, played, and jumped and never complained.   While playing, the pads did scratch relatively easily with impact to the ground, but much less so than the lower-end Disney pads we previously used.  Our 15-month tester wore the smaller set of the two as knee pads. They were quite tight and very restrictive, however, he was wearing them over bulky corduroy pants. In the end they didn’t seem to bother him. He didn’t try to take them off, instead he climbed up on multiple things.   Although significantly larger than our one-year-old testers, our 5-year-old was also able to comfortably wear the pads.  Although the fit was snug and did not offer he much room to grow, the Strider pads were less bulky than others she has tried and she preferred them as a result.

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Bottom Line

Great pads at a great price.  Simple, yet effective, the Strider pads are a great fit for toddlers and preschoolers, but are too small for most grade-schoolers.

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