To think Stokke pushchairs look ridiculous?

[olimpia]

Honestly I turn around whenever I see one. The futuristic look is quite ridiculous and they look like a heap of cheap plastic.
Can't imagine why anyone would spend £800 to buy one!

YANBU they look weird. And TheCunning I can push my 4 year old's SN Mountain Buggy with two fingers, off road as well. Pushing with one hand is hardly an unusual feature of a good buggy.

Yanbu I'm not keen on them either, they look like space ships to me, but each to their own.

I got an icandy peach for dd, which I love and think was worth every penny - I live in London and have no car, so walk everywhere. I've walked it for miles everyday and its still good as new and so easy to push. In my case it was better to spend more on a pram than buy a car...

Are they really Cunning? I'm impressed, I thought they would be odd to push, you know, they just look so easy to tip over!

I'm glad they're a good pushchair at least for those who have them and like them.

I agree the MB is also very easy to push. I think I like babies to be fairly low down, because it feels more protected somehow though maybe that is an illusion.

Is there anything negative about the Stokke?

I have mobility problems and the reason I was recommended an Xplory was because they are easy to push.

I try to stay on firm ground as I don't walk very well, so didn't have much experience of other terrain (apart from sand and snow which it didn't like much - but then neither did I!).

I kept the pushchair facing me with both DC so that I could hear what they were saying. When they were old enough, they just walked. DS1 used it until he was just over 2 when DS2 was born and DS2 last used it when he was almost 2 1/2.

Apart from when we were out and no highchairs were available, I didn't turn the seat round. It could be lowered when necessary, but even with my bad back I didn't find it too much of a bother to pick them up at that age - I found it far harder getting them into the shopping trolley at the supermarket.

It might look a bit odd, but I had very few negative comments - most of the time people thought it was a great design when they saw that I could talk and interact with the boys and I could put huge amounts of shopping in the bag at the front.

I could lean on it heavily when walking and it never once even remotely looked or felt like it was going to tip over.

I can also recommend the changing unit which was safe and big enough for the boys even at 2 when I had to do nappies (getting down on the floor and particularly up again was hard). It is a large piece of kit, but was worth it for me. However, we will not keep it to turn it into a desk.

The only negative thing is that it's more suited for urban than rural terrain. Although mine was usually quite happy at Stowe Gardens and it managed well at the New Forest Show.

I wouldn't have wanted to take it across a ploughed field though.

They last well though. My friend's one has done very well over all terrains!

I bought a stokke when I was pregnant and had lost my judgement with dc1. They are ridiculous contraptions, it barely fitted in the boot of our big car (when dismantled!), looked a bit gauche, almost toppled when the bus went round the corner, I could go on. Yanbu.

I can't believe anyone can seriously diss the stokke! It is a fantastoc buggy. My DD is still using it, aged nearly 3 (although as big as a 4 year old) and I would not consider changing it. It is great that she can still be forward facing in it- we chat away the whole time she is in it. And being up high has other advantages- she is at the right level for chatting away to checkout operators- and in fact has made a couple of "friends" at waitrose as a result!

In terms of the folding the wheels to go up stairs- this is a godsend for someone like me who lives on the second floor of a tenement flat; it makes it so much easier to take up as the weight is properly distributed.

I really love my stokke xplory! It's the best pram/stroller I've had yet. The carry cot was really comfy when ds3 was newborn (he slept in it for six weeks as we were awaiting our furniture shipment. As I have a chronic back condition, not having to continually bend down to check how warm he is etc. is a godsend. I love having him up high facing me, as it is lovely to be so close and also keeps him away from sniffing dogs, sticky toddlers. It is really easy to fold down, and fits easily in the back of my car. It holds loads of shopping. It is a dream to push and maneuver, fairly narrow in comparison to other pushchairs I've had. And it is very stable, and I feel ds is very safe in it. I fell in the shopping mall just before Xmas when ds was only 8wks old, and managed (due to irresponsibly hanging about 8 shopping bags in the handle) to tip the pram towards me, and virtually upside down. Between the 5pt harness and roll bar, ds was safe as houses (although my nerves and left hand were destroyed). The stroller seat has three infills which can be removed to make the seat grow from suitable for a newborn to big enough for a full grown toddler! Tbh, there are so many good things about it I'm probably forgetting some, and the only downsides I can think of are that I haven't worked out how to do the bumping stairs mode (although don't have a problem on stairs), and you can't buy an add on for second child anyone want to buy a slightly used stokke xplory when dc is born in jan?

Anyway, you can probably now guess that I'm a fan, and imho OP, yabu. :)

Oh and I've never had to use a hughchair while out and about - once you slide the handle down and tip him to upright - voila, a clean hughchair of your own (not a scuzzy preused one) :)

YANBU they look like office chairs on scaffolding! In winter i kept seeing a woman in tesco with one, she had a furry muff attached to the handle to keep her hands warm whilst she was pushing. I find gloves very useful for this and they don't look ridiculous!

It sounds as though they have quite a few good points, but still I think for the money I would rather have a couple of others which do various things better, iyswim.

For example the MB as prime choice for any terrain whatsoever, that comes in at around £400 9but I wouldn't buy a new one anyway since they were taken over - quality has apparently gone to pot, luckily we still have Ds2's in A1 condition!) and then for lighter travel the Maclaren. I really don't feel comfortable with something so high up, even if it protects the child well when it falls.

I think the only thing I could fault with the MB actually is that it doesn't face the parent - hence my indulgence with the Teutonia - but otherwise it's pretty near perfect. And it doesn't pretend to be a style icon, but actually, I feel it kind of is out of sheer functionality.

I have one and I couldn't care less how it looks! It's really comfortable for DS and really comfortable to push. I often use it as a high chair in cafes and restaurants and I like that DS is at a good height to interact with people, push the traffic light button etc..it's also very comfortable for naps as it's sturdy and goes down almost flat. I also like that I can change the seat to face out or face me.

I find it fine on London buses but a pain on the tube as even in two wheel mode it's heavy and I struggle to hold a toddler and bump it up and down steep flights of stairs.

I also have a second hand city jogger that I use for the tube but it's nowhere near as comfortable to manoeuvre.

btw that 9 is meant to be a bracket!

Also, Teutonia market a furry handlebar cover too - it's not a Stokke exclusive! I wouldn't be seen dead with one though

I've never used the ones I got for the motorbike either

It does seem to rouse strong passions, as does the Stokke highchair. I had one (still have it, now adjusted for leggy eight year old) and my sister was so upset by it I thought she was going to stop speaking to me!

wowzers.
I had a Stokke 6 years ago for dS and it was one of the totally BEST Things we bought for him.
And they sent me a totally brand new replacement when one of the wheels went a bit funny, without any questions.
We had the full caboodle- Xplory, shopping basket, changing basket, footmuff and travel/flight bag. We took it to St Lucia and the USA and it was great, though you have to accept that (especially in the US) you are going to get stopped every 5 mins and asked about it.

ooh we have 2 stokke highchairs too - now they are just chairs as DS is 6 and DD is 11. And DP has a super reclining stokke chair for his dodgy back.

I REALLY wanted the whole round crib and stporage system but that was pushing it a bit too far.

These scandanavians know a thing or two. They do forest school too. and really super keeping warm and dry in the winter clothing......

Nettle, luckily I didn't know about the extending baby bed system or I would have bankrupted myself buying it!

They are the ultimate more money than sense pushchair. And that's what they are, a pushchair, not a pram.
Ugly, very liable to tip and with seemingly not thought to the child's actual comfort, just parental comfort with the handle height.

I have one, it's amazing. We love it so much we didn't want to put it on an airplane and bought a Philnteds to take instead. I really missed my stokke on that holiday. The holiday buggy was a pain to push and my son was to low down.

The Stokke so easy to push, great for tall dads and my son LOVES it so, so, much. He chats away to all the people at the shops and people in the street on it, and loves to help at the till while in it. He can see everything that's going on and we talk all the time while he is in it. I get it be and off the bus and train by myself no problem.

He sleeps very well in it, and it's lasted so well.

Best bit of baby kit we bought.

Sorry zeeboo, but you're wrong there. With the carry cot it is a proper pram, and even the seat with the infills and horizontal position allows the baby to lie completely flat. It also took all 11.5 10st of me plus about eight Xmas shopping bags draped (where they shouldn't have been) on the handle to tip it. My ds is always incredibly comfortable, not to mention kept interested by his surroundings, rather than other peoples knees etc.

Oh and I absolutely don't have more money than sense. :)

zeeboo how can you say they're not comfortable for a child? My DD loves hers and we were stopped several times by people saying how comfortable she looks in there.

not sure why they raise such heated emotions, they're great to manouvre prams/ buggies and fantastic for having an yet contact and a chat with your child. DD likes bring up high when she can see everything. Also the nappy and shopping bags are ace.

Op yanbu. They are horrible looking things and I struggle to understand why anyone would pay that much for a pram.

And no, they don't tip easily ... Did anyone see one tipping over or you just assume they do?

Yabu. I love my stokke. It's light,good on buses,adaptable for sitting/sleeping & I like being able to see ds.
The only minus is the fact it scratches a little but I'm a bit obsessive!