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★★★★★
An essential part of any posh person starter kit. (And a darn good stroller to as well)
This thing is great. Your child rides up high avoiding the low level "bad air" that inhabits most urban areas; undoubtedly the result of the American cheese-laden diet. Your child will also have a good view of premium merchandise that resides on higher shelves in most stores. For example, they can actually see the iPads at the Apple store. What other stroller can claim that? They are also able to look down on the other children who will one day work for them. Its important that your child begin asserting his position in society early. You can use the front bag for shopping and no one will suspect you are shoplifting because come on, you are pushing around a Stokke for heavens sake! How uncouth would shoplifting be, really?
You get to speak in a upper class British accent even though you're American (Just like Madonna). Speaking of Madonna, she has a Stokke along with Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow. Of course they do. Being able to reverse the seat is nice. It allows your kid to face forward and experience the world or face backwards and interact with your nanny so they can start learning Spanish early. Its stable, and does well on rough terrain, like the cobble stone they use in high end shopping districts. The black melange color is nice too. It looks sophisticated, cleans up well, and you get to say "meeelllllaaaaaannnge" a lot. Its Scandinavian (Norway) which is better than simply being European and you get to tell people is Scandinavian and then correct their pronunciation of Stokke.
There are a few cons though. First, its only slightly smaller than a Ford Fiesta, and doesn't fold down very much. It weighs a lot. You get stopped by lots of people who have questions about your awesome stroller, your awesome child and your awesome self. If there is ever an uprising by the proletariat you might as well wave a big "I'm the 1%" flag. It costs a lot, and adding accessories pushes up the cost even more, but the we don't discuss such things. You have to start using words like exoptable and hebdomadal and mendaciloquent in everyday speech. Of course these are minor inconveniences. This really is a well designed and well made stroller, that you and your child will enjoy until something trendier comes along.
February 2014 · Baby Products · verified purchase