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Accordingly, whenever we run a story on products such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016000001/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3093/" target="_blank">the fold-up stroller that converts to backpack,</a> the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016000001/http://www.gizmag.com/go/1404/" target="_blank">HippyChick baby carrier</a> or the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016000001/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3937/" target="_blank">Baby Sling Hands-Free Baby Carrier</a>, mums flock to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016000001/http://www.gizmag.com.au/babygizmo/" target="_blank">BabyGizmo section of our site</a>. So the Oomo Roomo, which is claimed to be the world's lightest portable travel cot/playpen, was a natural. Weighing just 7.2kg the aluminium-framed Roomo costs GBP65 and packs up into that natty little suitcase.</p> <p>The Roomo travel cot/playpen is the result of market research undertaken to by Oomo to determine the needs and wants of today's discerning parents and their children.</p> <p>The key insight revealed by the research was that mums, dads and kids all need parenting products that will enhance their lives, and in many cases make it easier.</p> <p>This led the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016000001/http://www.oomo.co.uk/" target="_blank">Oomo</a> (the brand is Oomo) team to develop Roomo and a range of other pioneering lightweight products - including a tandem and a stroller - that will be available in coming months.</p> <p></p></body></html></p> <!-- INTEL BANNER --> <div id="bottom_unit"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"><!-- adstage = '2'; google_ad_client = 'pub-1607124478120364'; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_ad_channel = 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