Highly recommended luxury stroller at a great price with almost ~25% discount. Can also get additional discount by buying David Jones GiftCards using Entertainment Book or AGL rewards.
Stokke Xplory Stroller $1249 (RRP: $1699) @ David Jones
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For that price, you'd expect it to.
Only an ugly baby for that price … the good looking ones go for at least twice that price in China and don't come with a buggy.
It would want to be all titanium and carbon fibre for that price…
Lmfao
What advantages does this stroller have over say… a train. Which I could also afford.
Thank you. I've been waiting so long for someone to use this line on here.
The tiny little front wheels are more easily caught on uneven surfaces.. and the high baby position allows for a increased likelihood of the center of mass (baby) moving outside of the base of support (area of wheel base) allowing for a greater force of impact when the stroller tips over and baby strikes the ground with a thud.
This is why I won't have kids.
Im sure this isnt the only reason.
looks like less is more with prams
Must be a Apple brand considering the insane price.
One of the worst designed pram in the market, a coles shopping trolley is more practical than this
And those only cost a gold coin!
A stokke pram is the beats by dre of the pram market.
the stokke pram makes you brokke
This is close to the "it's cheaper to fly to the US to buy software" argument and yes, insane price. These are however quite common and affordable in Northern Europe (at least) plus if you're travelling with your pram-age baby it's free to take on a plane. I personally don't like the Stokke design, I have had two Emmaljunga prams though which are similarly priced, bought overseas for quarter the price.
It's 12.1kg in weight excluding the baby. Basically this is making your other half do gym exercises getting in and out of places or the car. Not to mention it s bulky and requiring a $100k+ Range Rover to fit it into.
Wtf? Was just scrolling through this looking at jokes about the price (was not disappointed), assuming it was so expensive because it was 100g lighter than its competition or something, but 12.1kg? What the hell?
When you have fifty million things to worry about and carrying a baby, every kilo matters in weight. We shopped around originally for anything <9kg where possible. Wife complained of Phli & Ted's being too heavy (she's small Asian girl) at 10.5kg - but we got that later on to accommodate our second child.
actually the major negative of stokke's prams is their weights. the size is not a big issues for anyone that drives an suv or stationwagon or even a decent sized sedan as long as they know how to tidy up their car space. this price actually is pretty decent for anyone who wants an xplory. we use a silver cross which is not very light either. if i can redo the picking, i will definitely get a one-piece pram <9kg.
btw, your comment is probably the only intelligent one here pointing out the weight issue of this pram to any potential buyers. those "jokes" above are simply cheap….
Yeah, we had a Phil & Ted's Vibe that was given to us, but ended up buying a $400 one that's a whole lot lighter.
@aec:
These also require both hands to get into the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKn8fPtbTE (see around 35sec mark)Different brands have much quicker and simpler folding mechanisms such as this which be done with one hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFjVFxeVJR8The time taken to setup a pram is possibly only small inconvenience, but if its pouring rain in the car park and you are heading home, every second counts
@gummibear: if you read my comment, you will realise i know very well about how to choose a practical pram (learn from my experience). i totally agree with you. it is why i stress the importance of a pram being one-piece (you dont need to detach the seat and place it on ….somewhere…. and then fold the chasis and chuck it into the boot and then put the seat to the car again). Its also why we really want to replace our silver cross (two pieces and weighing above 10kg)
however if its pouring, i will stay in the shopping centre for a few more minutes.
The stokke does have its positives. it is really stylish (this xplory in particular; but we know styling is abit subjective). it is not that impractical (apart from the weight and being two-pieces). I think this price point is quite good.
@aec:
This also require removing the storage bag when folding, you kidding me!
The sit cannot lie flat when forwarding facing. When rear facing the kid will have a thick bar in between legs. Folding also require to remove the foot rest first. This is stupid design.
@aec: Only real experienced parents can comment about the weight and hassles of having an oversized SUV-type pram vs something that is light but comfy. A lot of first time parents overdo it with spending gazillions on a pram only to find out it isnt really what is practical under pressure.
We started with a Steelcraft Bang-for-buck one, went to a P&T (but sold it after a few uses) and then got given a japanese branded super-light alloy one when the kids started to sit up-right. The last one was my favourite - was so portable and light that I carried it around even on overseas holidays. I strapped it to my back for portability because it was seriously only a few kilo's in weight, but still super strong.Higher the weight = lower the centre of gravity. You need something heavy if you want something stable, especially when you are carrying the weight of a baby up high.
@aec:
I just saw they need to remove the storage from YouTube.
You need to remove foot rest if the seat is rear facing right?
@flaminglemon: The weight does not change where the centre of gravity is. Only the distribution of the weight does that. But for a given centre of gravity, the force required to make an object fall over is higher if the total weight is higher.
The base separates from the seat. It all fits into the boot of an Accord Euro at least. The narrowness of it means it fits through narrower gaps, say negotiating between the tables at the local mummies hangout. Yeah I had one (well, my kids had one). It's an expensive pram no doubt but it was a far better proposition than everything else at the time (2010). Especially those awful three wheeled foodcrud encrusted battering rams favoured by the My Precious crowd of various fatnesses.
I couldn't decide whether to like +vote or -neg vote on this comment … so I'll leave it as no vote.
lol
you do know your last sentence will offend heaps of aussie women, right?;)
I wouldn't have noticed them if they weren't there….
How is this ugly pram worth one and a half thousand dollars?
Stokke Xplory
Marketing for dummies…
Come up with a crazy sounding name, with even crazier way to spell it.
Charge insane prices.
laugh your way to the bank.
I can't remember the term… "premium pricing", is it? Make something expensive so the consumer thinks they're getting something good.
OK, so here's some feedback from someone that has actually owned one (me).
We bought one about 8 years ago for my daughter and it was the only stroller that my daughter was happy in. We went through a couple of cheaper options but she would never sit still in them and would cry and struggle to get out. She liked the Stokke because she was higher up and closer to her mum and would sit still, so that itself was worth it for us.
Pros:
- the baby sits higher up and is closer to the parent
- easy to manoeuvre - wheels aren't too wide either
- pretty stable considering the raised centre of gravityCons:
- not much storage - only the bag in the front, which we ended up taking off because it would slip to the side. Traditional underside baskets are more handy
- heavy and takes up a lot of boot space. That said, we still managed to (just) fit it into a small hatch
- takes longer to pack up
- no cup holders
- attracts attention - at the time they were pretty uncommon
- priceWould I buy it again? I don't know what is on the market these days, but if I had to go back, yes, I would buy it again because it was the only one that worked for US. That said, my friend is expecting a baby and asked for pram suggestions and I recommended looking at the Bugaboo rage.
Hi , i totally agree with you . I bought this pram two years ago and i never regret it . My son only will sit still in this Stokke pram instead of my other cheaper and lighter pram. Yes it is expensive but it is worth it.
Is this what happens to prams when you leave them exposed to radiation?
Whenever I see a contraption like this, I assume it must be a "David Jones" purchase.There are many nice prams/strollers that can be purchased through Amazon.com for less than half of what we pay here, and that's including shipping.
Confucious say: Muppets will get a dacking.
A fool and their money are soon parted…
We did spend a little more than we expected on our first pram around $700. These days we use the $60 stroller from Kmart which dies the job.
First time parents often fall into the trap of buying something good looking. But in the end you realise you just want something functional.
Baby included?