We Are Strongly Considering a Solid $60 Hand Cart and a Sturdy Cardboard Box Full of Shreaded Newspaper as an Alternative to an $800 Baby Stroller…
…which of course, is not true.
As far as inner-city baby-gear is concerned, the stroller is item #1 on the list of things to be considered most carefully. I mean, mobility… We don’t have a car; will not own a car in the very near future. This family is on foot; on the subway and in the occasional cab. Eight hundred dollars; amortized over the 4 or 5 years we’ll be carting this kid around is a pittance. We have no problem wiping year old yucky-icky-goo off all the other used, pre-owned, pre-loved baby items we buy for our baby off eBay and Craigslist, but this babies gotta go good…
Sweet ride baby! - Comes with everything shown above, everything you need to convert it from a carriage to a stroller. The big ol’ back wheel make it ideal for tacklin’ the subway stairs. The ‘basket’ detaches in a snap; and weighs about 10lbs. We’ll leave the chassi chained up to the stairs downstairs when we walk up the four flights home; and heck, the kid could probably live in the bassinet and/or seat for the next 4 or 5 years.
It comes with accesories; an undercarriage basket, a couple of different tops and baby coverings… We’ll probably buy the add-on cup holder and travel bag that fits on the handle. I betcha, Robbie, with her years of ’street vending’ experience, will have this puppy customized to the point where a weeks worth of groceries could be strapped, buckled, pinned, glued and/or clipped on in a blink.
So; although we still like the cardboard box solution… Hey, from what we’re told; this COMES in a big ol’ cardboard box. We’ll probably end filling THAT with shredded newspapers and use it as a crib!
NOTE: I’ve been told that this is typical behavior; AND that my interest in the baby strollers will most likely become an obsession. I’ve already found myself contemplating, how I could motorize this machine; make it float, and ultimately, make it fly; in a stable controlled manner, obviously.
