Stokke Xplory stroller hack
Hi, there! I will be doing much less software today but much more of hardware hacking, but not in the usual way 🧐.
The topic would be: traveling with a toddler. It turns out to be quite challenging to do in a safe way. Your stroller with a nice baby car seat is too small already and toddler car seat is too big and can't fit onto a stroller base. So if you fly you either rent a car, look for a rare taxi with car seats or walk around with a huge toddler car seat on you back.
Neither option seemed good for me, so I googled and found various stroller hacks. Stroller hack is when you take your stroller base and attach a lightweight toddler car seat on top of it. Most often car seat used is Cosco Scenera as it's lightweight, safe and easy to use.
The problem with those hacks is that they often look ugly. But bear with me. As soon as you've got Stokke Xplory as your stroller, you can make a pretty nice stroller hack as I did.
First, take you Stokker Xplory base:
Then, get Stokker Xplory Graco car seat adapter. It says Graco, but it creates a very nice basket that can be used for a stroller hack:
And now you can install your Scenera car seat pretty nicely and even fixate it nicely with it's own belts
You can even set it up in a laying position where your kid can sleep safely 👌
You are ready to travel! It's very easy to switch from a plane to a taxi or an adventure park with no extra burden on your back but with proper safety for your loved one!