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Stokke Xplory Complete Stroller System Turquoise | 
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| Brand: Stokke
Category: Baby Product
List Price: $1,199.99
Buy New: $1,049.00
You Save: $150.99 (13%)
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Rating:  16 reviews
Color: Turquoise
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 1 month - 3 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 17.3 x 35.7
MPN: 513707
Model: 513707
UPC: 816559003702
EAN: 0816559003702
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Celebrity favorite including Heidi Klum and Seal and actor Russell Crowe. | | • | The open design allows even tall grown-ups to walk naturally and comfortably. | | • | Adjustable seat, foot rest, fivepoint harness and handle (height range 69 116 cm). | | • | Two way sitting child can face you or face forwards. | | • | Two wheel maneuvers for stairways give maximum control and safety. | | • | Easy to maneuver even in tight spaces. |
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Product Description
Stokke's innovative design lifts your child up and closer to you as you stroll. The innovative height facilitates easier eye contacts between parent and baby, and toddlers enjoy a more interesting panoramic view. Just as exciting, the height allows it to function as a high chair so dining out and other social activities are more enjoyable for all. Being higher up also means easy handling for parents in caring for the child no need to bend over! Extremely stable and easy to maneuver, it also features adjustable seating, a footrest that grows with the child, and 2-wheel mode to carry up stairs. Includes Baby bag for newborn, shopping bag, canopy and rain cover. Weighs 23 lbs.(without bassinet) and 27 lbs.(with bassinet). Fold compact. Birth to 45 lbs. or 3 Yrs. Black, Orange,Turquoise or Red.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Excellent feedback from everybody!!!! November 28, 2008
J. Yim (VA USA)
Stokke Xplory stroller is a Wonderful Stroller!!!
My wife and I shopped for a stroller for 3 months browsing through internet, visiting retail stores, and talking with many groups of mothers. At first we were hesitant to buy Stokke thinking that it's just a fancy and luxurious, but nothing-more kind of stroller. However the thing about this stroller that we loved was how this tall stroller, unlike any other strollers in the market, gave us a huge relief to our body since both of us had back problems. We didn't have to bend our backs as we worked our boy in and out of the stroller.
Another great feature we loved about this stroller was the bassinet. He sleeps so well on it as if it was his own crib. It's nice, spacious and comfortable. Now he's six months old and he still sleeps on it. The other day we had a trip to Vancouver, Canada and took our Stokke along with us. Amazingly, he had no problem sleeping throughout the night because of this bassinet.
Last but not least, every day we are enchanted by people who pass by us at the shopping mall, grocery stores, and outdoors. Because our stroller has a different look and style unlike other ordinary strollers, we are always stopped and surrounded by people who tell us how great and amazing our stroller is. However, that's not why we are excited. We are excited not because they commented on our stroller but because they complement on our baby who sleeps and plays in that stroller bassinet or seat.
We are grateful for our baby and happy with the stroller! It's worth every penny of it.
Snazzy stroller with minor flaws August 19, 2008
C. Sedek (Los Angeles, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great overall stroller with many great features. It also has some flaws but what doesn't. First, the price: super expensive. If I had to buy it myself, I wouldn't have. Luckily my parents were generous enough to buy it for us as a present.
The Good: Stokke Xplory is an extremely maneuverable stroller. You can steer it with one hand even in the tightest of spaces. It turns on a dime and you can do a 360 degree spin in place, so getting in and out of elevators is a breeze. As such it's a great stroller for a city setting and urban landscape.
Major advertising and selling point of this stroller is the height of the bassinet and the seat. It's actually really nice to have the baby this high up, especially in the newborn stage with the bassinet. Bassinet has 4 pockets: 2 on the side and 2 at the feet. They come in handy for bottles, cell phone, keys, drinks etc. The side pockets are great for storing the sun umbrella accessory and other small items: bibs, wallet, pacifiers.
The canopy on the bassinet is pretty large and provides excellent shade. Assembly is very easy and the fabric is completely removable and machine washable. The bassinet has a fitted mattress and sheet that are very comfortable - the whole thing is made out of a micro-fiber like fabric that's water repellant and stain resistant.
The rear wheels fold under to allow for dragging the stroller up the stairs or taking it on the escalator. That's the feature that turns most heads. It's handy when the elevators are full or out of the way.
The stroller is definitely a conversation piece. Depending on self conscious you are that could be bad or good. On a recent trip to the Farmer's Market, I've overheard many people commenting on how cool the stroller looked and how neat it was for the baby to be so high up.
The seat looks and feels very comfortable. It comes with a filler seat geared towards small infants, but even then it's pretty big for babies under 15 lbs. In fact the harness has a minor flaw in that the crotch piece is too long for small babies and the shoulder pieces are too long. So for an infant - not a great fit. However, I found a workaround by placing a Kiddopottamus Snuzzler inside and then putting our baby in. That allows for the harness to be safely buckled. Stokke suggests that the seat should be used for babies older than 6 months, but I found it works for our 2 month old with the above rig.
The height is great if you're out in a restaurant or cafe because the stroller pulls up very close to the table and looks like a futuristic high chair.
I like the reversible seat that allows your child to face towards parents when they're very little and outwards when they're toddlers. It's easy to keep an eye on the little one and not wonder if they're doing ok, especially during the first few months. Reaching in and comforting the baby is easy and doesn't require stopping, bending over or crouching. It is especially handy for moms who who don't have to put in a lot of effort in lifting the baby out of the bassinet or the seat.
Storage bag is roomy and is removable so that you can unclip it and take it with you.
The stroller itself is made out of polymer plastic which is very strong. I've seen a store clerk demo the strength of a chassis by standing on the platform - it supported his over 200 lbs.
The Not So Good: the stroller takes some getting used to. It's not super intuitive the first time you assemble it or use it, but you get a hang of it soon. As previous reviewer commented, it is not the easiest thing to fold nor it's the smallest. You definitely need two hands and a foot for folding and a 3rd hand for removing the seat footrest. I found that you don't have to remove the footrest completely to switch positions, you just have to extend it to the max - that way you can slip it around the handle.
The stroller, even if folded is still pretty large. It's not heavy but it is awkward and fits in a trunk of our car only if the bassinet lies on its side. With the seat - it's not an issue.
The cross-bar on the seat does not come off easily. It's screwed with 4 twist-screws and is meant for picking up the seat, but it is definitely too close to the seat so slipping the baby in and out requires a sure hand and some minor wiggling.
I didn't think I'd gripe about not having a cup holder, but after a few times out in hot California sun, you want a place to put down that water or coffee. There are a lot of after-market third party cup holders, but none fit very well or obstruct folding of the handle.
We've only had the stroller out about 10 times and so far it's been great. The wheels are soft plastic, but they're surprisingly forgiving on concrete or other hard surfaces. This is definitely not a all-terrain stroller, so for the beach, trails or other off-roading I'd recommend a traditional jogger or a 3-wheeler.
For sunny days, I would recommend the umbrella attachment which can be positioned at any angle to block the sun. This is really handy when the sun is high in the sky and there's little shade from the canopy.
If price is not a factor -the stroller is a great buy, otherwise there are lots of other less expensive choices like Quinny Buzz, Mutsy or iCoo which are well made European strollers with unique features.
Me encanta June 8, 2008
Susana Quintanilla Aurich (Lima - Peru)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Realmente amo este coche, ademas de parecerme muy bonito es super practico. Tengo un hijo de un anio que lo adora. Antes tenia un coche tradicional, (de esos que van bajos), y el se aburria muy rapido, aguantaba unos 20 o 30 minutos. Ahora que va alto, puede estar horas, ya que ve todo desde otra prespectiva.
Las dos posiciones que tiene mirando hacia adelante son comodas, en una esta bien sentado y en la otra, esta un poco reclinado (no echado) lo suficiente como para que pueda quedarse dormido comodo. Mirando hacia atras tambien tiene dos posiciones y una de ellas es echado
A mi me sigue dando nervios ponerlo en la posicion de echado en lo alto, por eso (por precaucion) cuando lo echo, lo bajo. En realidad es muy estable, pero bajando me siento tranquila.
La bolsa para poner las compras es muy util y entra bastante
El plegado es bastante bueno, hace que sea muy facil subirlo y bajarlo por las escaleras
Como ya lo dije: amo este coche!!!
The height is great, but it does have some drawbacks June 5, 2008
J. Johnson
This pram is great in many ways. The height is perfect, it keeps baby up close to you. I have the attachment for my Prego car seat and I just pop the car seat in and my daughter is at eye level so she can keep an eye on me & I can get to her easily! The pram is very easy to push, I can operate it with one finger, when needed. It has great turning radius and the adjustable handle works well when pulling up to tables, etc. I really enjoy the clean look, as do many people that stop me everywhere we go and ask about it, it's quite an eye catcher. I like the different options for the seat with the baby bag, and the forward or rear facing seat options, especially since it can be used as a seat in restaurants and I don't have to worry about a highchair. But now that we are using the seat part more and leaving the car seat in the car, I notice more drawbacks. The center bar seems to get in the way at times when my baby is rear facing, she is always kicking the bar with her feet. The seat does not go on as easliy when you are using the rear facing option, you have to get it through the handle just right so that you don't have to take off the foot rest and you can not fold the pram with the seat on. I am also disappointed at how heavy it is when you are lifting it into the car, as well as how bulky it is when folded, it takes up a lot of room! The cross bar on the seat does not come off, so it can be difficult getting the baby in and out, especially when they are sleeping and you don't want to wake them! I am also not a fan of the clips used on the straps, they are very basic and little fingers can get pinched. The bag can be difficult to get in and out of and the diaper bag is not very good, it feels like I have to rummage through it to get at my stuff, but it does clip on the stroller and since there is no where else for any other bag to hang, you are kind of stuck, unless you want to carry the diaper bag all of the time. I would still reccomend this pram, just know about the drawbacks and see if you can live with them before you spend the money.
 Good but with too many annoying flaws November 16, 2007
Jano (Spain)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was the first stroller we bought for our baby, but we no longer use it due to several design flaws that turned out to be deal-breakers.
First the good stuff:
The height of the child seat or bassinet (they call it the "baby bag") is wonderful for a variety of reasons. The stroller is quite stable despite the height of the seat. The stair climbing feature - the rear wheels fold under -is great. The optional bag that sits on the lower platform (spare seat?) is very useful. Great for putting heavy things in while going shopping. The stroller can double as a child seat in restaurants. Easy to remove and wash fabric parts. Good warranty service.
Now the bad:
My main point - the design of the stroller around the single aluminum support beam has created some design limitations that they have had to work around, and their workarounds are not very good in many cases.
The Baby Bag is too short, and the cutout for the beam makes it even shorter practically. Our child had outgrown it by 4 months and we had to put him in the seat and recline it instead, which was not ideal.
The foot rest is very badly thought out - it needs to be removed entirely from the seat in order to change from forward to rear-facing (again, this is because of the beam), and it requires three hands to adjust or remove it - one for each of the catches on the left and right sides, and another to move the rest. Last time I checked I only had two hands.
This wouldn't be much of a problem if it weren't necessary to change between forward and rear facing so often, but since the seat will not recline very much in the forward-facing position (the beam again) you will find yourself executing this maneuver regularly. I don't know why they didn't design the footrest in two parts, that could fold like on a wheelchair, so it could clear the beam without having to remove the rest.
The safety bar for the seat doesn't open, and it's positioned too close to the seat, so getting the child in and out is difficult. It is removable, but it's not a quick procedure. Also you're not supposed to use this bar to carry the seat with the child in it, which defeats part of the purpose of having it there in the first place.
It's difficult to fold the stroller, you need to use both hands and one foot to close it, and if you start off with the seat rear-facing, you'll need to remove the seat first as well. This makes it less than ideal for getting into a taxi, for example, unless you have someone else there to hold the baby, and even so it takes too long.
The canopy is not waterproof. In a mild to heavy rain, water will soak through the fabric and drip inside. There is a plastic raincover , but as it zips to the front of the canopy, rather than covering it, it does not protect from water adequately. Also there is a fabric portion of the raincover which has the same problem as the canopy.
The mount for the optional sun parasol is not adjustable, so if you recline the seat the parasol cannot provide shade for the baby. Also, the flexible metal stem for the parasol itself is very stiff and doesn't adjust well, and it breaks easily, which will happen when you attempt to move the parasol into a useful position when the seat is reclined.
The oval handle is quite adjustable and comfortable for a range of users, however it's very hard to hang a bag from there, and there aren't really any other places to hang one on this stroller. Forget the small bag they sell to hang on the beam, it's a terrible solution. The lower bag is great for carrying shopping and such, but you don't want to have to always be reaching down there for bottles, food, toys, etc. and when the seat is forward-facing with the footrest installed, it's hard to get to that bag.
Lastly, the quality is not as good as one would expect given the price. The wheels are plastic and scratch and look bad quickly. The rear yoke for the back wheels isn't very strong so if you use the stair-climbing feature with much weight on the stroller it will deteriorate and break - we had to have ours repaired. Admittedly, this is due to the fact that we were abusing the stroller by climing stairs with it with the child in the seat (which they say not to do, presumably for safety reasons), but designers should be realistic and realize that if they allow you to fold the wheels under to climb or descend stairs more easily, then people are going to do that with the child in the stroller because in many cases there is no other alternative (what, take the baby out and leave it on the landing of the stairs while you go down to retrieve the stroller?). Also, there was a problem that developed where the seat would start slipping down. Our retailer contacted Stokke and they provided us with a little metal shim that solved the problem, but the annoying thing was that the instructions for this fix had a date printed on them that was before our purchase date - if they know this is a problem, why don't they provide the shim when you buy the stroller in the first place.
I hope that they will eventually redesign this and solve most of these problems. With the exception of the limitation on how the seat can recline, I think all of these flaws are solveable. But until they come out with a second version, I wouldn't spend money on this one. We got lucky - when ours broke, Stokke replaced the entire chassis, wheels and all (good warranty service, like I said) so we essentially had a new stroller, and we sold it and got enough to cover the cost of the stroller we had already bought to replace it. (a Quinny Buzz, btw - also not perfect but more useable for our purposes).
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