The INSANE World of Strollers

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Even if you don’t have a baby, we can all agree that thousands of dollars for a stroller seems a bit excessive. Today we’re going to show you just how these upscale strollers became common in the marketplace.
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Script: Holly Maley
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Host: Levi Hildebrand
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[@billhwang7228]

Our Daddy Levi

[@MikeLeitner]

PIN HIM DOWN!!!

[@hap6782]

Oil up

[@FutureProofTV]

this is wild hahahaa

[@Tanuki1397]

Our? What is this communism?😅

[@james36o9]

Daddy? 😘

[@PinKeeDJ]

I have 2 kids, we're past the stroller era now but the ones we used to have were all bought second hand. No point in wasting so much money on things you will be using for just a brief period of time. After we were done with them, we sold them so next kids can make use of them. THIS is the real recycling and caring about the planet (plus your wallet will thank you :)

[@FutureProofTV]

love this mentality!

[@ManiacMeats]

1000% this^

[@doraspoljar697]

The second hand stroller for my first baby just arrived and is in such an amazing condition. Why would I ever spend so much money on something used for such a short time?

[@runningfromabear8354]

My older 3 in 2004, 2006 and 2008, we were happy with an Eddie Bauer second hand. There were much fancier ones but they didn't seem relevant to us. We did buy a cheap umbrella stroller later. It worked. When the older child was big enough to walk, the younger one went into the stroller. This was in Toronto, big winters but a stroller mostly used in cleared parking lots was fine. Then 2022 we had twins in northern Canada and I have a previous back injury. Parking lots full of snow and ice for 6 months of the year, we needed something with bigger wheels and especially in the first 6 months, I wanted both facing me, in arms reach for the many appointments coming and daily walks. We splurged on a $2000 bugaboo donkey. It's not a place where other parents buy expensive strollers, they tend to hibernate for the winter. We wear snowsuits and get out every day because I'm prone to seasonal depression, I can't just hibernate. When the snow is really, really bad, I strap some skis on the bottom of the wheels. Doesn't look pretty but gets us out the door. I hadn't thought I would spend that sort of money on a stroller before our twins. But for the versatility and my mental health, it was money well spent. Which is funny when you compare the ikea highchairs, used clothes, and Graco car seats, and ten years old minivan. We're not typically spending people, but there are times we've realized it's not worth the hassle of being cheap, just pay for whatever conveniences can make a tough slog a little easier.

[@suwarnatalwar1575]

We need a parenting series! 💯

[@joseescobar9751]

“You better not” Okay Daddy Levi

[@Michael-mm2zm]

Daddy 😩levi

[@nenetovar]

Our DADDY 😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

[@ropro9817]

I'm not a parent, but the first time one of my close friends had a baby, I was shocked to learn that some of these strollers can cost _multiple_ thousands of dollars. 🤯

[@FutureProofTV]

similar experience here, we didn't even know it was like... a whole thing

[@semekiizuio]

​@@FutureProofTV when you all open about having a baby my thought was pets.. so maybe thats why

[@soulknight89]

I didn't know strollers can get into the thousands until a niece was gifted one during her baby shower. I think it was about ~$6000. I was shock. Most expensive one I got was about $150 and it was a hard purchase. LOL

[@TheUnknownCatWarrior]

How about you build a stroller out of everything you can find at your hardware store?

[@rey_nemaattori]

At those numbers I'd expect to be able to drive myself to work in that thing....

[@kennywah5024]

Yes this whole subject of parenting classism and stuff is interesting

[@jeffmcdonald101]

I think the whole "posturing" thing would be very interesting to look at. Was chatting to my 70 year old dad yesterday about it. I said it was a shame so many well employed, dual income families are living week to week. To which he replied. In my day, no-one aspired to having anything but a roof over their head. Life wasn't a fashion show. People had work-life balance. Now all my family have mortgages they will die with, cars that are way more complex and flashy than needed, new iPhones, handbags, sunnies, clothing of course...the list just goes on. Many countries have gone this way. Here in Australia people are leveraged to the hilt. Even my teenage niece feels like she "needs" a big truck. People seem to feel very inadequate. I note...this has gotten worse since we were all locked inside for two years.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

@@jeffmcdonald101 Social media has had a HUGE influence as well. I have heard comments about fashion where a woman is questioning why she likes something-is it because she actually likes it or is it because she likes it in other peoples outfits or she sees it all over Instagram and TikTok

[@MrTimah101]

Agree, I would watch more of this content please!

[@AlanMars]

Are straight people okay

[@boofriggityhoo]

We spent about $400 for a stroller/car seat/baby carrier combo that could grow with our baby, and I considered that expensive. Worse yet is that we haven't used it a single time as a stroller; it's a lot easier and more convenient to just carry our baby around in a wrap. The biggest thing I've learned since having a child is that parents are being convinced left and right to buy things that are either overpriced or completely unnecessary; the only things we've bought that aren't secondhand were a bassinet, that car seat/stroller combo, and cloth diapers, and we're keeping it that way.

[@joelankeny6277]

Future Proof definitely needs more videos on the the whole parenting life style thing. When we were shopping for stuff for our son It was crazy how expensive this stuff is. Designer shoes/clothing, $3000 strollers, social media influencers, etc When you start following the money you can see where things are going lol. Thanks Daddy Levi for a great vid!

[@caroltiendo]

Currently 37 weeks pregnant with my first child and would be SO down for more parent-related content 😄 My partner and I moved from the SF Bay Area to Amsterdam a couple years ago for many reasons, and one of the cultural differences I am so grateful for is the lack of "keeping up with the Joneses" or trying to one-up each other. We feel zero pressure to make decisions based on expressing social classism or avoiding judgment from others here. 80% of the baby supplies we have gathered are either gifted, purchased secondhand, or being rented from an amazing Dutch company called Tiny Library, including our bassinet, reusable diapers, and baby carrier. (Pretty much everyone I've told about Tiny Library gives me the 🤯 reaction.) On that note, we plan to exclusively use a baby carrier and no stroller at all. A few reasons for this: (1) we live car-free, so just cycling, using public transport, or walking, (2) we live on the 2nd/3rd floors of a typical Dutch house (tiny steep staircase with zero space in the front entrance to store anything but a few shoes and coats) and there is NO way we're carrying a stroller up and down those stairs daily, (3) we personally disliked how much space strollers take up in public even before we got pregnant, and we also see how much other parents struggle with managing their strollers on the trains, trams, etc.). Basically we will be carrying our baby for as long as possible, and when she is able to walk, that is what we will have her do. (Again, this is such a non-traditional way of doing things, most people give us the 🤯reaction.) Granted, since this is our first child, we are perfectly aware that this plan of ours may not work out, and we fully acknowledge that we may develop reasons to get a stroller anyway. If that happens, we intend to rent it from Tiny Library, purely based on the features that fit our needs, without any consideration for what other parents might think, because here in the Netherlands, we "doe normaal" by being direct and practical and minding our own business.

[@ngohoiGEM]

Yes i love babywearing too! We don't have a car, and i hate waiting for lifts, so baby wearing is perfect and the pram is only reserved for park visits etc!

[@ElizabethJones-pv3sj]

Babywearing can be a great choice depending on parents needs. For me in the newborn phase it was so much easier to just put on a stretchy carrier as part of getting dressed in the morning then baby is happy and you can get stuff done with 2 hands. On the other hand my sister couldn't cope with the feeling of being touched all the time and found stopping and starting tasks to tend to a fussy baby less annoying than holding them all the time.

[@amandahodgin9316]

Tiny Library sounds amazing! What a fantastic idea.

[@sarawofford]

I have a 6 month old and still just use a baby wrap, don't own a stroller. It's great!

[@rey_nemaattori]

Living car-free only works if you live in the big city, work there and remain there. So yeah it works for Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. But I live in a village near Arnhem (in the east of the country) and a car is quite necessary, doing the weekly groceries by bike is almost a day job involving multiple trips to different supermarkets, farmers and greenhouses. I cannot fathom living without a car, but life on the countryside is different, even in a highly urbanized country as the Netherlands.

[@hellzbelle229]

I'm utterly flabbergasted by the TACTICAL stroller! 😳

[@RowleyFan2]

As long as you don't let it invade the whole channel, some videos about the parenting lyfestyle would be nice.

[@FutureProofTV]

good to know!!

[@leahb6013]

@@FutureProofTV I feel like it's extremely relevant to the usual content you make - It's just a specific sub category of consumerism is all. And a very big one at that. I plan on having a kid one day, personally. And it'd be nice to have a tidy little Futureproof "Parenting" playlist to reference at the time, when I suddenly have to make all these stressful purchasing decisions myself.

[@LoveAndSnapple]

@@leahb6013Like we could see another video on bottles or something.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

I think the consumerism aspect of weddings and babies is interesting. I am not married nor do I have children yet, but I know for a fact I want to get married in nature, low budget, and my kids will have mostly secondhand clothes. They grow so fast and get so dirty, what is the point?

[@LoveAndSnapple]

@@sarahkinsey5434 This is very true. I’m not married and don’t have any children either but I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of clothes they’ll have based on what’s cool at the time. 😊

[@user-fo8fn4ug8p]

Daddy Levi, rocking a waste free, Subaru “share the love” drive, vegan leather, organic, all natural, hydro flask, Nalgene stroller… national parks edition. 😂❤

[@salemhollst3884]

You didn’t mention anything about used baby gear. I hardly bought anything new for my babies (except diapers and baby food). You’ve got to buy used baby things or accept hand-me-downs from friends and relatives. Your kids outgrow these things so quickly.

[@MisterAnonymousOwO]

Never have I thought of my baby sister's stroller as a fashion accessory 😭😭😭

[@vvitch-mist20]

I never thought of it as an accessory. It's not my stroller it's my baby's as long as it does what it needs to then I could care less about what it looks like.

[@pineapplepotato6985]

Levi: “Strollers finally became something sort of somewhat affordable for the middle class…” Me: “Oh awesome! Maybe I should…” Levi: “For $630” Me: “Which middle class are we talking about again?”

[@squngy0]

Middle class also includes things like doctors and lawyers. It's people who have money to spend, but still need to work for a living. Upper class people are the people who make money through owning stuff, like stocks and factories. If you don't have money to splurge on an occasional luxury, you probably aren't middle class. There is a reason why people are saying the middle class is shrinking, more and more people are not in the middle class anymore.

[@Jovan_Aviance]

"You better not comment daddy" lol

[@MrTCFIRE]

Jogging strollers were super clutch for us when our daughter was young...I trained her up to enjoying a neighborhood 10k...as a side benefit the training became harder as she grew :)

[@socpancake]

my sister raised two kids without ever buying, borrowing or using a stroller 😅 just she and her partner juggling the baby/toddler in those ergobaby straps until the toddler was big enough to do their own walking for longer than 15 minutes. said they "couldn't be f*cked with those baby carriage tanks and all the hassle". I still can't wrap my mind around the perseverance and arm strength 😅 but I do think fondly of her approach every time I'm jostled around the metro by people with baby carriage tanks.

[@flaval24]

This is hilarious to me. A stroller is just a short term tool to make your life a little easier & if people are judging others based on their choices I think theyre simply trying to justify their own waste of money to themselves. If you want to overspend on something do it on something like a car seat for safety or start a college fund. But I've always been a practical person who avoids trends, as you may have noticed if youve read my comments. The highlight of this video though was Levi doing the detergent ad & using a tactic he highlighted in a previous video concerning detergent pods. In that video he pointed out manufacturers had to create a need for them by talking about having to lug heavy bottles around, something no one had considered an issue; yet today here was Levi talking about the same thing. It made me giggle. :)

[@Code7Unltd]

>college fund Yeah, good idea. Putting money away to make the kid into a dummy that knows how to riot like there's no tomorrow.

[@flaval24]

@@Code7Unltd how long have you been watching these two? Do you really believe they aren't going to want their child to go to college? I happen to agree with you but everyone is different.

[@Code7Unltd]

@@flaval24 I'm saying a blue-collar trade is better, and colleges can't teach trades. Especially as most of the white-collar jobs that colleges teach for are being firebombed by chatbots.

[@HeatherLandon227]

It's also a reflection of how INSECURE these "parents" are. Like? Do they want to pass on the judgemental attitude with their child? Because that's what's gonna happen further down the line with all this judgemental nonsense.

[@flaval24]

@@HeatherLandon227 wow. I'm pretty sure you don't recognize the irony in your comment so all I'll say is that opinions are like rights- everyone has them but one person's ends where the other's begins. It's not for me or anyone else to tell someone what to do with their child unless they ask. Besides, Frankie isn't even a year old yet, who knows what colleges will be like by the time he goes?

[@3dstaco]

Such a daddy, he proofs us for the future

[@sarag4743]

😂

[@radius50]

We bought a nuna stroller and car seat. It was about $1500. The nice quality and cushy feel were a big part. There's nothing wrong with wanting something that feels well made. We could afford it easily. But the other part is, they do have functionality. The car seat was the lightest one on the market. Carrying the baby upstairs is a lot easier when the carseat doesn't weigh 20lbs on its own. The wheels on the stroller are bigger and handle uneven sidewalk with less jostling. It folds up easier. The car seat slots into the base in the car much easier and smoother than the graco stroller we got for our baby shower. It's not just a waste of money. It's small conveniences that are worth the price, if the stroller doesn't represent a week of your paycheck.

[@ADHDqueenB]

I chose the first stroller on parenting magazine reviews and then found the cheapest one. It was a heavy beast. I had an older mom explain how an umbrella stroller would change my world. As soon as kiddo could sit up by themselves, I got one. OMG it was game changer. Lighter, easier to open and close, took up less space and so much cheaper. Bugaboos weren't big until my kids were in school but they look cool!

[@shoyuramenoff]

I didn't need more reasons to not have a kid, and this video dropped lol.

[@FutureProofTV]

oops lmao

[@shoyuramenoff]

@@FutureProofTV making the world future proof?

[@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427]

Don't make excuses. Embrace the responsibility like a man or a woman.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

​@@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427 get out of here with your nonsense 😆. Not everyone needs to have a kid.

[@shoyuramenoff]

@@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427 there's a lot of reasons why someone would not have a kid. I can handle my nieces for a few hours at a time, but being able to handle the full-time is beyond what I'm capable of...or really even them, because my cousin (who is happily married) has a lot of help with watching them. Takes a village.

[@TheSuedeSpade1]

My wife and I have the Uppababy Vista but end up using a $60 dollar travel stroller we were gifted the majority of the time. It's light and compact, which are benefits that outweigh any of the features offered on the tank strollers.

[@dichang3]

I tried to get my son to use alternative/compact strollers, but he refuses. Lol. He prefers the uppababy only. It is more comfortable though, I gotta admit.

[@adorabell4253]

The uppababy is very useful from birth if you're using a stroller a lot and not just to hold the baby between car rides. While it is massive taking it on the subway with the insane storage space and upgraded comfort meant that I could go anywhere easily without a car. Same for groceries. I would just walk to the store, load up a whole grocery load in the bottom, and then walk home. Can't really do that with an infant in a travel stroller. Later as my kid got bigger I got the itsy travel stroller and that thing holds nothing but is probably the absolutely most compact and light stroller to exist so far. Very useful with a kid that is in and out a lot and for museums and such.

[@ttopero]

I bet there’s a market for well crafted, minimalist strollers! A common theme is that the big ones just don’t port well-kind of like they’re for suburban moms who venture out in the subdivision but rarely take it for an errand.

[@lamemechose7072]

I’m of an age where the no-frills “travel” strollers were $25 & the super fancy ones were almost $200. I heard from so many people that the travel stroller will be the one used over and over & that the fancy one will be treated like a special outfit: only brought out a few times a year to impress others. It’s very strange to see how drastically things have changed in this area. I get that the currently high-end items are lightweight and collapsible like the travel strollers of my day, but I’d never drop that much on a stroller. I’d be too afraid to use it in case it got stolen or puked/pooped on.

[@kristymayo494]

When my kids were little we were big fans of the cheap, crappy umbrella strollers. They were light, nimble, small, easy to fold, didn't take any room in the car, and basically disposable. We had a fancy expensive one (for the time) but it was a pain to take places because it was big and heavy and slow and not maneuverable and took up half the trunk. So 99% of the time we opted for the tiny crappy one.

[@GamesFromSpace]

That makes sense. It's not like the kid gives a crap, they're barely even aware of existing.

[@masu33]

1 kid, 0 stroller. Have been carrying around this guy in a "pouch" for the entire time and I loved it as a dad. The babywearing industry might be even weirder though, and flexing your merch is totally present.

[@masu33]

Oh, and judgement... yes...

[@janelleg597]

Good grief

[@clara5924]

Uppababy stroller is more sophisticated than my bike 😂 I can’t help but imagine soldiers pushing tactical strollers in war.

[@___asd159gh43]

Please do the series. My wife and I are planning for kids 2025 and it'd be awesome to get your pro tips!

[@FutureProofTV]

heck yes, doing diaper and formula research as we speak lol

[@___asd159gh43]

@FutureProofTV heres my thing about diapers. I love the idea of washing and reusing them, but the thought of baby shit going throughout my washing machine and being cycled through loads is horrifying. Obviously, you scrape off the big chunks, but does this bother anyone else?

[@semekiizuio]

​@@___asd159gh43wash them by hand? Pre wash them? Or use that Lysol germ killer pre wash before using it in the full load? Idk if that works but I am curious what future proof would say about reusable 🤔

[@GrEaTDemOnBlade]

Brother no offense to Levi but if you need tips for fatherhood from youtubers, you'd probably do good in re evaluating your priorities.

[@JTstratman13]

@@___asd159gh43I would probably just buy a kiddie pool and wash them with the hose and dish soap if I used cloth diapers.

[@ivanwilcox4377]

We got rid of 1 car, moved closer to a bus stop and grocery store. And currently we use one of the Chariots from Thule, also above the one thousand dollars mark but it is versatile and also goes over snow, tow it with the bike and tow it when cross country skiing. totally worth it if you are not car dependent. You save thousands a year with 1 less car.

[@story3877]

Chariots from Thule sounds like a 1930s sword and sorcery book where the women wear bikini armor 😆

[@mrb152]

Costs more than my first car.

[@yvindharila8225]

The Nordic three in one, Stroller, bicycle cart and ski sled.

[@kryan440]

the sled part really gets me, like why?@@yvindharila8225

[@Tormekia]

Cammo strollers? Dad:"Oh God where's my kid?!?!" Shrubbery: whaaaah whaaaaah whaaah! Dad: "Oh."

[@dazedneptune]

I think a parenting series would be really cool! I hope it would give parents and potential parents some comfort and good recommendations. I know many people are nervous about having kids because of climate anxiety and it would be great to have some resources to give perspective and a sense of support.

[@saharmesri1810]

Not gonna lie, we are a two stroller family. But rather than spending close to a thousand dollars for one of those luxury ones, we got the two cheaper ones which serve different functions. First we got a small, lightweight, and compact stroller that was still newborn compatible and keep that in the back of the car. The point was to be able to move our kid around from day one, while still fitting in even a small sedan, and not breaking my back every time I have to drag it in and out of the trunk. We can even cram it into the small exam room at the pediatrician's office. But it wasn't great for our nanny who takes our kiddo to the neighborhood park every day. It had little storage and small wheels that don't handle grass / woodchips / rubber play areas very well. So for her we focused on a model that had tons of storage and kept it set up in the garage with all the baby supplies and toys she would need every day. The combined cost of the two (plus accessories) is still less than a single luxury stroller and it's so much more functional. The other neighborhood nannies are actually a little jealous of how much storage is in our cheap 'park stroller'.

[@thiamay7927]

We did the whole stroller thing for about 6 months. Then i switched to baby wearing and never looked back

[@ttopero]

YES, daddy Levi! Parenting is one of the most missing aspects of any genre of videos, including my areas of urbanism, neighborhood development and transportation. We need the voices of those who are parents to pull back the curtain, share their experiences, tribulations and successes, as models, inspiration and support for those considering to take on or have taken on the responsibility. Even if you have pull back the amount of footage later for their own privacy, please be the leaders in this desperately needed topic with your honesty and humility!

[@ellenmontague8425]

“My kid’s really good but I am tired a lot of the time” should be my personal catchphrase…. 6mo momma here and this video in particular hits so close to home as we think about getting a jogging stroller since our current Graco has NO need for speed 😂

[@yaughl]

The wagon idea is the best one. It has multiple uses including being used asa a stroller.

[@KellyS_77]

My 2 cents as a someone with a kid that's grown up and out of the stroller stage (he's double digits now lol). Get a stroller that comes with a car seat base for a baby. Nothing worse than having to wake up a sleeping baby to put them into or take them out of the car. A seat that can go from car to stroller base without unbuckling your baby is a truly wonderful thing. As someone that cloth diapered our kid, I gotta say we had a bad time with the microfiber inserts. They start great at first, but they lose absorbancy over time and eventually they pick up a stink that no amount of washing or stripping will get rid of. We eventually switched to cotton prefolds, you can use them just like the microfiber inserts, but they're much easier to clean (because cotton). They also have a multitude of uses after your kid(s) no longer requires diapers.

[@radius50]

Amen. Being able to take the whole seat out and gently clip it into the base in the car is the only way to go

[@08hahahah]

definitely interested in more videos on family stuff! The benefit with Strollers is that the resale value of them is actually very good! Unlike buying second hand carseats (which can be more risky), there isn't a safety risk.

[@XDarkGreyX]

So my parents apparently paid what is now equivalent to 460€ for mine at the end of the 90s. About what I expected and despite its functions not that luxurious.

[@kevinisasmith]

A series on the whole parenting phenomena is an interest. Letting you know per your instruction on this video. Cheers 😁

[@FutureProofTV]

Good to know!! Hahah thanks 🙏

[@cruelaz]

I swear as a european who got raised in a city with trams trains and busses there where strollers like these in the 90s already. because here regardless of gender you need a sturdy stroller to go in public transport also i was the third kid using my stroller and after i grew out of it it still was well off enough so my mother gave it to another friend of hers who was expecting. i cant imagine spending so much money on a stroller second hand for the win

[@wipis59]

Here in Korea a lot of parents have probably 3 strollers. One is the big everyday one for flexing on mom's in the park and walking to the store. One is an "umbrella" stroller. Flimsy and light weight. They fold up pretty small so they are great to throw in the car or travel with. And once the kid is old enough to sit up steadily they get a wagon. Often a big garden wagon. Some of them fold. Some are actually designed for kids. But these big guys are the family SUV of strollers. They carry the picnic basket and umbrella in there with the kid(s). They have mosquito nets and fans and tablets all mounted on arms. It's nuts.

[@AirisRethan]

Daddy Levi, I remember 10 or so years ago getting our kids there first stroller. When the wife and I started looking we saw the Graco gave us the most flexibility with car seats, stroller and shopping cart situations. Easy decision, swipe the card, done... now my little sister with her new born is going through this whole process and I do not envy her. So much has changed in only 10 years.

[@zim_]

Hold on let me get my Bugatti Stroller SuperSport

[@Kameezy]

I'm probably in the minority but I don't have kids, not gonna have kids, and not interested in parenting stuff. Daddy.

[@rexcarnederez]

Thank you Daddy for another banger video

[@hp1515]

😂

[@samanthaconnelly4046]

lol yessss hahaha the baby content. I was so pumped for you to enter this wild world. Edit- yes to the series… clearly haha

[@janaekelis]

one thing ive learnt about baby shopping coming from someone with a big family is that babies grow fast, just pass on whatever to the next relative. my family has been passing on a crib for maybe 30 years and i just keep it until another baby arrives. we have shared clothes no matter the gender too

[@venom5809]

I thank my parents for making sure I had super swag when I was a baby and had a proper Royal Silver Cross pram. 🙌

[@erinsjourney315]

My kids are grown but I’d love to see more on how the industry has changed over the years. I had one of those (vintage) Silver Cross pramsband loved it - however, it wouldn’t fit in the car and I couldn’t get it in the house its was so big! we even have a shot of three of the neighborhood babies/toddlers sitting up all in a row like ducks in it for a photograph. It was awesome.

[@ADHDqueenB]

Oh Levi, you're so cute! Your dad wasn't the only one who used a wagon. I haven't gotten to the end yet, but collapsible wagon are freaking expensive too.

[@gk8961]

In my social circle parents used to buy second had stroller: either a fancy royal style and would drive across Germany to a store specializing on restoring "antiques" or some dudestroller, because of concern for outgassing of new plastics. Funny thing is even the sellers get it and tell you that it's been a couple years old and safe. But most of the parents now use daytowels after their second kid and make them walk as soon as they are able to and willing. Let them gain a little self confidence and independence and explore on their own terms. We just walk a couple meters behind the little ones and sometimes are quite amused about the ideas they get. Every now and then, the kids make sure we're still there. Not in the streets with cars but in pedestrian areas or parks, local shopping places (not department stores). They learned quickly, that my local organic grocery store hands out fruits and sometimes ice cream to "little costumers" and seek it out, before we can go on to the park. Some use cargo bikes or bike trailers, which are also good for grocery shopping. Most parents in my area don't care about appearances, rather wear something not as nice, expecting the get dirty and muddy. Makes life easier.

[@user-ku5hl8fd6o]

Congratulations!!🎉 There is nothing more pleasing than Taking babies 👶 on great adventures Peace and love to you all!,, Nice video!

[@LadyOfRain1]

I had my first child in 2001. Before she popped our, I knew what I would NEED in a stroller. I was someone without a car in a small town and knew I would be walking anywhere I went, incl grocery shopping. It needed to be a jogging stroller b/c these were the only ones at the time with wheels big enough to handle snow (incl snowbanks). It had to have a big enough basket in the bottom to handle at least half of my weeks worth of groceries, so I could carry the rest in a backpack. It had to be tucked in enough that it could handle the aisles of a store easily ( a lot of the joggers at the time were really stretched out looking). AND, it had to incl an infant carseat as part of the package (budget). I didn't have a vehicle but I could always count on someone for a trip to a doctor appt or other occasion where a vehicle would be more appropriate and you also weren't allowed to leave a hospital with a baby at that time unless you could prove you had an infant carseat for them. And it had to be affordable b/c I was on a tight budget. I only ended up with one option b/c of all this criteria, the Jolly Jumper brand one. And it was also sturdy enough to be able to be used with my 2 other children that followed and the way that the carseat could lock onto it also accommodated new infant carseats! That, my friends, was a score and it had ZERO to do with status!!

[@mugesherdil1796]

We have a Nuna Demi Grow (for a potential second baby) and we had to think long and hard before buying it since it is also close to the $1K mark and we did not want to spend a ton of money on a stroller initially. But, the reason for choosing Nuna was because of it being free of PFAs and flame retardants since almost all of the strollers/car seats have PFAs and flame retardants which require the manufacturers using highly toxic chemicals. Babies are more vulnerable when it comes to toxic substances so we finally pulled the plug. The all terrain feature came as a bonus and we started taking hikes with it every day including the Swiss mountain tops during our travels! But then it made us go down this rabbit hole of PFAs and flame retardants in general since SO MANY of the baby products have them and it pushed us to have a lifestyle change. Yasssss to the parenting content by the way.

[@timothynoll4886]

"How much do you wanna flex on the other tired people at the playground?" Yep, that's going in my quote collection 😂

[@toneeviera8336]

I'm just LOVING this daddy Levi content

[@Bailey1879]

Weird. We had the same two strollers for both kids -- an infant stroller (pram?) that lasted 3-4 months and an umbrella stroller that lasted 2ish years until the kids outgrew it. After the infant stroller, we were in love with the umbrella stroller -- small, lightweight, compact. . .

[@michalpitowsky]

The Baby jogger is awsome. I have 2 boys, they did just about anything you can do to it, and its still like new. My oldest is 6! Not sturdy, thats funny. The baby jogger is a friging tank. I remember being freaked out about these things in the begining, and later noticing it was just something to stress about instead of stressing over becoming a mom.

[@micaelaferreira8337]

15 years ago I went for a set of carseat and stroller. My criteria: fits in my car, it's in a gender neutral color (because people are annoying and apparently you can't put a baby boy in a pink stroller) and its easy to use. I can't tell how much other parents nagged me about how their stroller was better than my basic one. It puzzles me to this day why so much people buy certain strollers. Also, why do kids tend to use the stroller for much longer. I stopped using the stroller around 2/3 years. I see much older kids in the stroller now. Is it because it was so expensive that they have to use it longer?

[@semekiizuio]

The older kids who use the stroller it would really depend on lifestyle, if the parents are outdoors alot because of their work or dont have a vehicle, it helps the kids who tire out and get sleepy during the day for nap time, strollers are their beds. Speaking from my experience, my parents made money setting up in flea markets and my mother didnt know how to drive... so the stroller was used for us until like 5yr old I think I know my brother would want to sit down and steal my stroller who was w years older then me.

[@bulletdancestorm554]

You missed an opportunity to talk about the longboard stroller. That thing is hella cool. As a Diy er though, I bought a used jogging stroller and just replaced all the wheels with mower wheels. Took finagling but it worked fine.

[@ChristopherBrown101]

Oh please please do the parenting series! As someone who will have kids at some point soon that series would be incredible!

[@Cantseemuch]

I‘m sure this is a thing in my country as well, but most people I know will pass strollers on to the next parent in the family. „My“ stroller went to my cousin and so on. Babygear that isn’t needed constantly will be borrowed. Boxes of older cousins clothes at grandma’s to choose from. Saved a lot of money I believe 😅

[@TheOneAndOnlyTed]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whose life was consumed with stroller research, at least for a while.

[@aersling5391]

My sister just used a foldable handchart instead of a stroller. Has more space and can be used multiple ways. That thing made her the queen of every playground because nobody thought of using such a simple, cheap and practical solution. 😂

[@klz_9710]

We have 4 kids, all past the stroller stage, we're located in the Midwest in the states, and while what kind of stroller you have isn't that big of deal in our specific area, it most definitely is for my cousin that's 4 hours away from me in a larger city, it's insane to me, while she's in a position in life where she can afford those higher prices, she has even admitted she feels the pressure to dress her kids a certain way, get higher priced toys, everything! I feel bad for her when it comes down to it, but at the same time she looks down on people that "don't care as much as I do"

[@MaryAnnWamboldt]

Crazy, I am a parent of three and had no idea this was such a thing. I was just happy to have the stroller with the clip in car seat for easy transfer from car to stroller. I think I paid $350 for the stroller and carseat duel at the time. I'm glad I missed out on the hip stroller crowd.

[@matthemming9105]

Given how much consumerism and psychological pressure that is playing on parents, I think thats useful for all of us to learn about, even those of us who dont have kids. If anything, we need YOU to keep us informed!

[@Mr.Septon]

When I first had my son I was pretty blown away by how costly strollers were, and just how many people care about specific brand names, just like any other status symbol, and then prices become ridiculous. Then you have the fact that there are a slew of parents that insist on everything being brand new, and everything being a big expensive brand. Then some of those people have multiple kids and each one has to have their own new expensive items. Now of course a little extra money for say a more sturdy built stroller (I live in Manitoba, so they need to be able to push through deep snow) is reasonable, but purely within what's critically necessary for function. We got ours second-hand, it was in great condition, and then we gave it to a friend that was having a kid shortly after we were going to be done with it, and I believe she was able to still pass it along as well. That's one benefit to reasonable cost on quality, but again, it's gotta be for quality and function, not a matter or brand or unnecessary features or design. That's just the strollers. I was surprised to see just how many items new parents do this with, from diaper bags to cribs, clothes to toys, and so much more. There is a lot of room for you guys to cover a lot of other parenting products/topics while staying absolutely within your usual product.

[@strxwberrylaces]

I work for one of the stroller companies mentioned in this video - and I totally agree with you. Also - the baby jogger model you got (great choice btw) is as sturdy as anything so I don't know why that petty comment was ever made?

[@bootedbuilds]

My kid's 2.5 now. I was given a free secondhand stroller at his birth. Rarely used it. Basically only between 1y and 1.5y when I felt like walking and combining it with doing a lot of shopping. After that I got us a Thule - a baby wagon you attach to your bike. Ideal since we havent got a car, and walk can be too slow. The Thule is not cheap, but very lightweight, can be used as sort-of-stroller, turns easily, can fit 2 small kids, and a LOT os shopping. Never looked back.

[@leighdyer6678]

You're not wrong about the desperation of new parents; i still can't believe how tempted i was at one point to try buying a $4000 crib and its promises of magic sleep-inducing qualities! The Babyzen Yoyo is the stroller of choice in urban Melbourne where we live; it's halfway between an umbrella stroller and a more full-featured model, and it's expensive for what you get, but totally worth it in our experience. We bought one for travelling to Japan when our son was 2, and loved it so much both there and at home that we switched over to it entirely. It was still in great condition when we were done with it, so we sold it on and got back a lot of that initial purchase price.

[@JKsk8ter]

Yes, please, more content related to kids, parenting, and everything in between.

[@okay5045]

Take a chill pill Daddy-O 😂

[@tajanatusek]

I would love to see more videos about the parenting paradigm, even though I'm not a parent. It's a huge part of our culture and it needs to be talked about more that is now.

[@hillfoxtc]

Daddy Levi has a really nice ring to it 😂

[@jimysk8er]

new daddy here as well, congrats! I go with this mindset for everything we buy for our baby; Do I remember my stroller? If the answer is of course not then who cares and I would challenge anyone who says different. You can't use your kids needs and wants as a reason to buy certain things. So much of baby stuff is geared for parents, so as long as baby is comfy and healthy then you might as well go for something you like. Buy what you want to buy and just accept that people make choices based off of different factors than you.

[@MrBoooooring]

I'm watching this and all the while my brain keeps repeating "It's. So. Lame. It's. So. Lame." Caring about these things I mean, the video's great.

[@reynaandtheworld]

Yes, please to more parenting content. This was hilarious and relatable. I tried to thrift or borrow as much as could when I was collecting baby gear. I did end up going with a jogging stroller because I thought it would be so great for being outdoors and like going to parks. Which it totally is and I love it but also takes over my entire trunk of my car so kind of annoying too. . . Would also love to see your take on diapers (cloth vs. disposable, are the "compostable" diapers even remotely compostable.) Thanks for sharing!

[@axle0foley]

Wife and I love your channel, and now we’re expecting in a couple of months. Please make more parenting vein future proof videos!

[@BumbleSmeeBee]

I’m all in for parenting content. I have an Uppababy Cruz because it fit our needs and seemed durable and good quality, but I am constantly checking out other people’s strollers because I’m still looking for a unicorn stroller that’s as good as the Cruz but is lightweight and smaller. It’s like a brain worm.

[@97SEMTEX]

I have my dads, mine and sisters pram that my Grandad made over 60 years ago. He was a metal fabricator and knew how to do upholstery (or taught himself), so he just made one out of off cuts of pipe over the course of a few months. If you want to know what it looks like it looks like the classic 1950 pram with 4 big fixed wheels and it even has a suspension system to it. The upholstery was made from wool or cotton blue tartan sheets (sort of like a picnic blanket). The Pram now sits in the loft in a plastic bag patiently awaiting its next assignment!

[@ChristianBehnke]

We bought ours used (a Baby Jogger City) and sold it to another family who we know used it for a number of years before selling it again. I'm just glad we bought a model that was solid and has seen use with multiple families! And almost 10 years later, I'm glad the period of my life folding a stroller into the back of a car is behind me. lol

[@Greenarchy]

I think you should make a parenting focused series. My kid just turned 10 so I’m passed the stroller stage, but there’s so much stuff. You could do one of two on the diaper stuff alone. Then baby food, baby snacks. Those awful apple sauce pouches. I could go on.

[@JourneyPT]

1st time I bought a okish stroller, for my 2nd kid I used the 1st stroller I bought, when I got to the 3rd one I got a used stroller and gave it away when she grew out of it. I don't judge parents by the strollers, I couldn't care less about other parents, with 3 kids I don't have time for that stuff. 😂

[@vrlchebolu]

Definitely please do the series

[@estertaitz1519]

So funny this is coming out now. Was worried you were going to crush my dreams for a second. We are on the search for our stroller and experiencing all this

[@neurchidesaucisses865]

even for someone who have no kids, this was really interesting! would love to see more videos on this topic

[@AtomicStudioIO]

We have a toddler and an infant and love our Vista V2 with the Rumble Seat attachment

[@timgo2345]

Yes! Please do that series about parenting !

[@crowsrose8789]

I- what happened to the strollers that were just metal poles and a fabric hammock thing for a seat with a seat belt? Maybe a sun shade and if you were fancy had a bendy arm on it to hold a little fan or a dangle baby toy? I remember that from my childhood fondly.

[@Lagggerengineering]

Yes, do the series. There is an incredible amount of stuff to talk about, which means a lot of *CONTENT*

[@shanatries9890]

Currently 38 weeks pregnant with our first. Honestly, never understood how expensive strollers would be! It seems to be even worse in the US than it is in the UK though :)

[@FutureProofTV]

it's wild out here tbh but best of luck and congratulations!!!

[@shanatries9890]

@@FutureProofTV Thanks! He's being born at 39 weeks, so will be here by this time next week. :) trying to get a lot of relaxation in before then haha 🤣

[@voicedbird]

Congratulations! I just had my second baby 5 weeks ago today, so very much looking forward to a future proof parenting series!

[@orangeblossom1712]

I'm a maternity social worker at a hospital in New York and would love parenting phenomenon vids. Big hug to you and Leah! And Frankie too

[@RealJonzuk]

you seem like the type of guy to be a great dad i hope to be a great dad too one day

[@Erdie5]

Yeeeah we went with a Graco system that was on clearance on their website with an additional 30% off for being new customers etc. Ended up being like $100. Thing worked like a champ for 2 kids. This was 5 years ago, and back then it was the same stroller as mentioned in the video. The Uppababy. Specifically the Vista. The $1,000 stroller that everyone had to have. I continue to point them out to my wife, who of course does not care. But I do it anyway, because dad. We went to a "nicer" mall in our area, and every single person with a stroller, it was a Vista. Not many. Not most. Every. Single. One. Now granted, this was a fancier mall in a fancier city. Also happens to be the only mall with an Apple Store (why we were there). It's insane. But! I have an additional phenomenon for you regarding fancification. That's now a word. Have you noticed that all cars have become luxury cars, more or less? And their price followed? Look at the interior of a 2013 Nissan Rogue and the luxury version, the 2014 Infiniti QX50. One's clearly a luxury car, one clearly isn't. And it's not even close. Now compare a 2023 Rogue interior to a 2023 QX50 interior. Huh. There's...not really a clear winner is there. Certainly not the massive difference there was a decade ago. Not a big difference in features either. And the prices have certainly reflected that. They've feature creeped the hell out of affordable cars. Face it, we've all been duped into buying luxury cars.

[@silverandexact]

Whoa. I'm a nanny for 2 families, one of which has the UppaBaby Vista stroller. Wild to learn that it's $1,500 and that parents pay attention to stroller brands. It's gonna be weird taking the baby around in that when I'm the only one aware that I make less than the median American single earner income of $40,000 and could never buy that.

[@JeremySpidle]

$50 will get you a nice stroller on FB marketplace. We used our FB scored stroller for two boys, and just sold it for $35.

[@notext2]

I got the Uppababy Vista for my first in 2011 and it was incredible. Sure it cost a ton but it lived through the second as well with extra attachments to handle both.