Zooper Twist Navy Lightweight Umbrella Stroller - Everyday Line
- Raincover, UV Filter, and Footmuff Included
- Secondary Safety frame lock
- Adjustable Footrest
- Summer Air Flow Ventilation Netting
- 6 mos to 40lbs
Zooper Twist Navy Lightweight Umbrella Stroller - Everyday Line
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- Publisher: Zooper
- Label: Zooper
- Studio: Zooper
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 3 reviews
- Sales Rank in Baby: #20614
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: best of the bunch 2008-01-19
Comment: My wife likes to make fun of me. Whenever we need something for our toddler that's a bit costly, I spend a month or more researching it. I stop random parents in the street and ask their opinion. All our neighbors w/kids become a focus group for me. I'm a zealot for a nicely designed product that's well built and reasonably priced.
This stroller is just that. When we bought this 1.5 years(?)ago, I had a very difficult time finding a mid to lightweight stroller that had a reclining seatback, a rain and sun hood, had a snap on winter leg cover, could fold up to a reasonable size, would be large enough for our kiddo for a year or two, was sturdy, and the price wasn't bugaboo level. This thing has survived days on end walking around Manhattan and it's high curbs and cracked sidewalks. Rainstorms in Seattle where my wife and I got soaked but my kid stayed (relatively) dry. We have literally walked the wheels off this thing. And the wheels have been very durable, in my opinion.
The recline mechanism on this stroller allows a very low angle for sleeping (my daughter slept through D.C.'s rolling thunder and it's revving Harley's for at least an hour in this!). The basket is difficult to access with the seat all the way reclined but I can usually sneak things out that aren't too big.
Amazing product...
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Worth every penny a whole lot more. 2007-07-24
Comment: I recently needed to find a stroller to take with me to Europe. I needed one light enough to be able to carry at a moment's notice, durable enough to bang over cobblestones and push up historic monument, yet comfortable enough to allow my daughter to sleep while I continued to enjoy the sights.
I did so much research in order to find the Zooper Twist. I looked for days. I read every single review I could find. I read all of the product info I could. I went to several different baby stores to try out their strollers. And in the end, I decided on the Zooper Twist because it met all of my requirements and was by far the most affordable.
I could never get into all the details about the abuse I put this stroller through, but it is a gem. It withstood 10 flights, being pushed all over Dublin, all over Athens (including up the acropolis and a GIANT hill), it banged all around the islands of Greece, on several ferries, all over Prague, and ran around Edinburgh like a champ. I took this stroller up thousands of steps and back down thousands of steps. There were many instances that I was so grossly misusing this stroller that I was sure it would fall to pieces at any moment because no stroller could withstand what I was doing to it. I took this stroller up and down escalators, all over the subway systems, on buses, on trolleys, you name it and the stroller went there.
There is a weight limit to the stroller, but I think it's just to protect the company incase the stroller breaks under too much weight. At first I had my 27 pound daugther in the seat with her 7 kg backpack on her lap (double the kgs and that's a bit of an underestimate of the weight.) I would put my backpack (13 kg) on the back of the stroller, carry one of our suitcases, and then hook the handle to the other one over the handle of the stroller and push the stroller while it pulled that 17 kg suitcase. It got to the point where I couldn't get all of this stuff up the really steep hills so I figured out a new way to do it. I'd make my daughter hop out and in her place I'd put the suitcase that was on my back - 15 kg (about 33 pounds.) So, all in all, the stroller was carrying at least double what it's rated for with not so much as a creak.
As far as appearances, this is a really nice looking stroller. Mine is a nice red color with gray and black accents. It looks highend and before we took it overseas, people complimented us on it constantly. My friends all joked about how fancy my strollers had gotten. The part that supports the child's legs is adjustable (which my daughter loved to play with.) It comes with a winter boot to keep kiddy's feet warm, a raincover (which got a lot of use in Prague and Edinburgh) and a sunshade (which is like the raincover, but a different material) which saved my daughter from heat exhaustion in Athens.) Mine is a 2006 so the cupholder is a net bag, but I don't know why everyone whines about it. I put cups of coffee (with lids) in there no problem. The basket underneath was fantastic. I had to be searched before I went into Parliament in Scotland. The guy couldn't believe how much stuff was hidden in the basket. It's very hard to access with the child lying down, but you can still get into it from the sides (I kept 1.5 liter bottles of water handy that way.) The seat reclines to a fairly decent angle - enough for my daughter to sleep and not look uncomfortable.
The ONLY three even remotely negative things I can say about this stroller - the seat can be a bear to recline. I found out the trick though. When you push down on the button to recline it, push the seat forward just a tiny bit. I think that the weight of the child pushing on the chair supports makes it hard for the buttons to click. Second thing - the latch that keeps the stroller closed is spring loaded. Mine somehow got caught up while I was rushing to close it one day and the spring snapped out. The latch still works, but doesn't always keep the stroller shut (I remedied this with a luggage strap if I really needed it to stay shut, like on the metro, but otherwise, it held well enough when gate checking it. Oh, and while this thing has a carrying handle, it doesn't have a strap. I improvised that as well and used a carrying strap from a bag.) Third - as I was taking the stroller down some rough terrain and over a curb in Paros, I noticed that when I leaned the stroller back to get over the curb, the front left wheel was still on the ground. I started freaking out and was scared to death it had snapped off and I was going to be in big trouble without a stroller for the rest of my time in Europe. I set the stroller back on the wheel (the stroller stayed remarkably balanced without the wheel) and managed to push it about a quarter of a mile to where I was going with no problems at all. When I sat down, I leaned the stroller back and saw that one of the cotter pins had slipped out of position which is why the wheel wasn't being held on. Whoever designed the cotter pin was very smart and had planned for the possibility of it slipping out, so they made it where the pin didn't fall off if it slipped out - it was still firmly attached to the leg of the stroller. I pulled it off, reinserted it and the stroller was fine. That was a cotter pin I had put in originally, so it's very possible I didn't push it in all the way.
This stroller is AMAZING. Do not even think twice about purchasing it. I will never shut up about the wonders of this stroller and will highly recomend it to anyone and everyone. It is by and far the best of the 4 strollers I owned and I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy it years ago!! You will not be disappointed in the Zooper Twist!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Beautiful product at a steal! 2007-03-20
Comment: What an amazingly great stroller. This is an umbrella stoller with all the bells and whistles. It is light enough but yet has heft. There is a detachable canopy... basket underneath... mesh baggy bottle holder... winter boot... rain cover and sun shade. There is so much. Where the child lays there is even a way to elevate the legs... you usually don't get that with the lighter strollers. If it gets too hot in the summer, you can even remove some of the fabric on the seat so that it is ventilated. I would say my favorite part is that on the canopy there is a zipper for parents to store what is necessary. First time I have seen that.
Haven't really tested it yet, but it seems to roll smoothly, close down easily and open just as easily. I love the fact that I can push up the levers on the back of the stroller with my barefoot.... usually it hurts through my boots. Great buy... you won't regret it. The navy one really does look black, but the canopy seems navy. The accents that look hot pink in the picture are actually red. Good looking!
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Zooper Twist Navy Lightweight Umbrella Stroller - Everyday Line
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