hey millimollymoo.
our baby girls turns 13 months today and we've had her in the Stokke Xplory the entire time.
as far as the daily experience of 13months is concerned, it's a BRILLIANT pushchair.
I'm out and about all the time here in London, commuting to work and nursery by boat and with the bus, occasionally splashing out for a taxi when it's pouring....and the Stokke goes everywhere I go. we also travelled with it on the plane several times (using the chassis with a maxicosi on top). I could roll all the way up to the plane, had chassis taken from me, took car seat with baby inside and got Stokke chassis (unharmed!) back at the door when disembarking plane upon arrival.
the spread legs bit is not at all an issue for our little one and/because the Stokke footmuff keeps them warm and cozy. even in the very cold days this january, I never put more than tights on my baby on the way to nursery as it gets so warm in the footmuff.
and the seat also wins major points with us as the reclining position is completely flat, NOT with legs up in the air and the BIGGEST plus is the fact that if you turn the seat around it serves as perfect highchair in any restaurant we choose to have lunch with (DD is currently only half days in nursery so we spent lunchtime together).
Now with 13mons, we are looking at a 2nd lightweight buggy/stroller, just to throw in a trunk for the occ streetcar ride. as we dont use cars very often, the bulkiness (and yes, it is a bulky chassis) of the Stokke didnt cause any issues.
all in all: I'm VERY happy I bought it. would probably have managed w/o the carrycot as the MaxiCosi was just as good for those early days out. however, as DOB was in late Dec, we needed the proper hood to protect against the cold.
hope that helped