There I am, besotted Pops with eyes only for the precious cargo on board the best pram I have ever used. This Stokke Xplory has been designed like most of the Scando gear -  to be child and parent focused. I am 6 foot 1 inch (taller in high heels, ladies) so the nice-n-high baby position keeps little Harper nice-n-close to me. When my completely normal height spouse takes over she can lower the height to suit her perfectly and obtains the same close parent/child ratio. The beauty of the Stokke Xplory design is that the baby always feels the reassurance of the responsible adult and if needed the parent can reach out and keep touching the child to provide even further reassurance. The stroller mode capsule (as glamorously illustrated above) is both rearward and frontward facing so when Harper has the proverbial gutful of Pops (unlikely) , she can turn and face the world. The pram we previously  owned managed to frustrate our first born due to us stopping at cafes or fences and chatting/perving whilst our son cried with frustration as all he could see was the underneath of the cafe tables or the bottom of the fence. The Stokke Xplory is designed in a way that if we can see ‘it’, Harper can too - problem solved.

Aesthetically the design is right up my alley, this really is the Audi of the pram world. The comments of curious passersby are both flattering and regular. I would recommend this pram for the both the highly evolved rationale ie. parent/child bonding as well as the terribly shallow rationale of cutting edge design and the constantly flattering looks and questions.