Is there an unspoken truth that any stroller worth its salt must cost at least $500, and look like a pint-sized, impotent version of the Imperial TIE-fighters of the Republic? Perhaps my eye is untrained, but they all look the same to me, with their space age design and snap on parts. Which one comes with a tractor beam?
Setting the new Quinny Buzz Capri apart from its high-end competitors - the Bugaboo and the Uppababy - is certainly not its goofball name (God, just think of the consumer base they'd tap into if these things were called Twin Ion Street Rollers and Sith Infiltrators! It's a goldmine!) No, the Quinny's defining characteristic is its highly touted "automatic unfolding mechanism," and the claim that this stroller unfolds itself!! What, no ejection seat? The $499 price tag is considerably less than the tag hanging off the other models, but does not include an infant carrycot, a shade, a cup holder, or even rocket boosters. There is the Quinny Zapp Carpri, which is much more affordable at $199, but doesn't recline or have a storage basket, and it doesn't fly.
There is no arguing that these strollers look clean and fight dirty, but if you are a person who uses their stroller often, you need things like a storage basket, and a cup holder, and a reclining seat, don't you? I know I do. Is cool worth sacrificing convenience? I mean, one minute you could be out for a simple walk around the block, and the next minute you could be fighting Jedis, and it could be days before you get back to the Deathstar. And as a parent, you've got to be prepared.
Anyone out there get their hands on a Quinny yet? Do you love it or hate it? How does it compare to its starfighter brethren? Does it float?
