Review: Stokke Scoot v2 compact pushchair for London baby on the go
‘Do we need a carrycot in the first 3 months?’
‘No, we don’t. Let’s keep life easy. We want something compact, and this will be good for taxis as Baby Boy will be strapped in’
‘True’
Daddy T and I soon agreed. We had opened the Stokke Scoot v2, a stylish aqua-coloured and grey urban pushchair we had received from Stokke to review, and within minutes we had managed to click all the parts together and were excited to see the new 2015 buggy.
We had even figured out how to do the one-hand fold and couldn’t believe how easy it was–as soon as we had realised we had to empty the easy-to-access spacious basket underneath.
The compact Stokke Scoot, which doesn’t feel as chunky as our previous buggy and folds without removing the seat, will easily fit in the car, and it will be neat to store in our terraced house with narrow hallway.
With the addition of Stokke Scoot Softbag, Baby Boy will have a comfy place to sleep when we’re out and about in the first months. The bag is machine-washable, but there’s no removable insert, so we might get a sheepskin liner for it partly to have different options for keeping it clean. The seat harness goes through the Stokke Scoot Softbag , and I have practised taking the harness on and off, which is not too fiddly, meaning it should be fine to hook it off if Baby Boy is asleep and we need to carry him in the bag to a different room. We’ll also be swaddling him with the harness on, and when taking London black cabs with a buggy, I know I’ll feel safer knowing Baby Boy’s strapped in.
The oversized canopy is also easy to take up and down, and with us having a summer baby, it is practical to know the canopy offers SPF 50+ protection and mesh ventilation on both sides when the canopy is in the sleeping position.
I also like hat the seat position on the Stokke Scoot is slightly higher than the three other pushchairs we have from other brands, as this makes Stokke Scoot good for Baby Boy when he’s old enough to be joining us by the table in a London cafe.
The v2 has larger wheels than the previous Stokke Scoot model and the seat has three positions –sleep, rest and upright. The seat can be used two ways, so Baby Boy can be facing me at first, and when he wants to see the city instead, we can click it into a forward-facing position.
For London life, I think a lightweight, compact, easy-to-steer pushchair with swivel wheels like Stokke Scoot v2 is ideal. I can’t wait to take Baby Boy out for a stroll–and neither can Baby Girl who’s already tried pushing it around the living room and is thrilled with how well Teddy sleeps in the Stooke Scoot.
Stokke Scoot Pushchair (£529) comes with mosquito net and rain cover, and Stokke Scoot Softbag (£54) is designed to use with Stokke Scoot from birth
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