Recall? Who cares?! When recalls are announced, some people run back to the store to get their money back, but others keep on keeping on with their less than perfect goods. Such is the case with many a Maclaren pushing mommies. As I strolled about town yesterday, I couldn't help but notice the dominance of the British buggies rolling around in San Francisco — yours truly included. All different models with varying ages of children made their way through small spaces and tight sidewalks. While some mothers might have stopped using their recalled models, some clearly have no problem pushing the popular, if hazardous, strollers. When asked about their continued use, some declared they were more cautious when folding and collapsing it because of the hinge issue. Others said they called for the hinge repair kit while others threw caution to the wind saying there are probably dangers with every pushchair on the market... touché.
Are you taking the recall to heart or just using your stroller with caution?
Lom Bok
I don't own a stroller, but I think with any recall you just have to weigh the risks. I think in this case, the risk pretty low and something that can be easily avoided.
1Oddly enough there has never been an issue with the Mclaren strollers sold in Canada. I wonder if our hinges are set differently?
2Anyway, isn't only 12 kids in 10 years? I'm surprised there is a recall at all.
"Anyway, isn't only 12 kids in 10 years? I'm surprised there is a recall at all."
Oh yeah, what are a couple fingers anyways?
3I requested a kit but am still using my maclaren in the meantime...it seems that my other strollers pose the same risk though (UppaBaby and Phil & Teds.) I have a hard time picturing how exactly fingers could be pinched, unless your child was holding onto the stroller when it was being unfolded...
4I have to agree with Zivanod that 12 kids in 10 years and over 1 million strollers is a very small risk 0.0012000000000000001% to be exact. Sorry to the kids who lost fingers but also too bad for the parents who werent careful closing their strollers.
5I'm not worried about this at all. I have a better chance of dying from the swine flu (oh yeah, I went there).
I'm ignoring it. I'm not going to stop using my stroller, and I think there's a good chance I would somehow end up breaking it if I tried using the hinge repair kit. Like someone else pointed out, the number of kids who have been injured compared to the number of strollers sold is SO small.
6This is just another case of a manufacturer having to stay one step ahead of our stupidity. Crap happens when you're not careful, and it's no one's fault but your own if you can't keep track of your child for the two seconds it takes to flip open a stroller. It's not the stove's fault if you get burned, so to speak. I imagine even moderately intelligent people should have no problem continuing to use the recalled models.
7I would have no problem using it while either waiting for the recall or not bothering with the recall. All of my strollers have similar risks in opening and closing and none of them have been recalled. I am impressed by the manufacturer for doing something about it with very few incidences being reported. Good for them!
8Ignoring it as well. If it was something like the breaks not working such as with the Bugaboo Bee recently then I would stop using it until I received the fix.
9brakes I mean
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