Quinny strollers have been getting major style points with
the Euros for a few years now, and this summer they arrived in the US.
We got to see if the newest import lived up to the hype, or was a Bugaboo
chasing knock-off. Good news! For those of us excited by style, affordability and
space-saving; the Quinny Zapp holds its own in the design class of modern
strollers.
The Zapp is the less expensive stroller in the Quinny family,
but you’re still getting advanced features such as the oh-so-popular 360˚ turn,
a quick step brake and vibrant color options. The Zapp should also fare well on
your errand days: its compact size is store friendly (although we did wonder if
the substantial wheels could pose a problem slipping into boutiques), the
material is stain resistant for those grocery store mishaps and the weight of
the stroller is distributed so that hanging your shopping bags on the handles
won’t be a problem. We should note, that no stroller companies recommend
hanging anything off the handles. But
we know that you readers out there, just like those of us here at Babble, do
the bag balance thing out of necessity, every now and then.
While the Zapp was a great match for our toddler testers, it
does not have the full recline feature necessary for the littlest babies.
However, the Maxi-Cosi Mico infant car seat fits into the Quinny, so if you
want to purchase your car seat to go with your stroller, that option will allow
you to slip your tiny tot in and out of the stroller with ease. And the Zapp folds
up to the most compact size of any stroller we’ve ever laid eyes on, making travel
with the squirmy ones relatively easy. Relatively, in that carrying hardware
and an infant is never easy, unless you’re traveling with a staff. But at $239,
the money you save could perhaps buy you a man servant to help out with those
harrowing days of intense kiddo transport. Before you write in, it’s a joke. I know man servants go for much more
these days.
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