A girl's gotta go to the mall sometimes no matter how hard she is working. It's always great to take a break. So I decided to go strolling around the mall. Never in my adled mind would I have thought that I would find the coolest gotta have gadget in the baby section of Sears. But find one I did. Kolcraft which manufactures many baby items and has a fairly decent reputation for baby products in the moderate price range has partnered with iPod to create the iBaby Reclining Umbrella Stroller. I'm not sure which company I am more impressed with at the moment. iPod has been a genious in creating and marketing their products. Not only do they have proprietary software which makes them indespensible once you own one. They are constantly updating, upgrading, and moving on to bigger, better pods. Kolcraft though has touched on something that I as a parent have often lamented...I can't share my music with my baby if I am wearing headphones and when we are just walking around, I think we occasionally both find ourselves wanting a little more than nature to occupy our minds.
While I think this stroller is a great idea as well as a cool partnership, I believe that Kolcraft could have used a better stroller model in which to introduce this concept. So far the only thing really going for this stroller is the iPod adapter. There is no tray or storage at all on this stroller so it isn't a very practical stroller for daily use. But kudos for the effort. Hopefully this effort will pay off enough that we will soon see other strollers following suit.
