WaPo article on how the BOB stroller should be recalled but isn’t

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Thank you.

So all relevant info was out were for a while.

If someone chose to spend $500 on a stroller without looking up the instructions or the independent reviews...what can we do?

Shall we outlaw all fruits because some kids may struggle with the seeds?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Also this https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/britax-jogging-stroller-settlement/

+1.

Market problem.

Market solution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: This makes me laugh at the smug cult of BOB. How’s your status stroller now? Ahhahahahahahahaha


Seriously though, they should recall it if people are getting hurt. Even if it’s an operator error it sounds like there’s a problem with the design.

You laugh at people who have the nerve to want to exercise (safely) and be a parent at the same time? What is wrong with you?

I have a jogging stroller that cost less than a half of a BOB. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen selling these things for $200 plus that have let them sit out in their yard for a year or two. That’s what I’m laughing at they insist that they hold their value but they don’t take care of them. You can be a parent that exercises safely without dropping several hundred dollars on a stroller. It is a status stroller that’s why people get so hyped about them.

Having run with our BOB and other, cheaper jogging strollers, the difference is night and day. There may be status to them, but they also are a heck of a lot smoother to push. This news is horrible for what many of us believed was a great product.

Then you’re an idiot. Do you tie your running shoes and then kick them off at the end of a run, expecting them to fit the same next time you slide them on, intird?

Our BOB is still an xcloent product but *gasp* we occasionally adjust the brakes, quick release, and other components. Just like we do our bikes.

Do you people never actually check anything?

This isn’t about Britax. It’s about deferring safety to someone else. Britax cares about children.. as much as any large corporation. Are you implying that large corporations are supposed to cost more about kids then the parents who aren’t reading and heeding instructions?m

Large corporations are supposed to take into account how people ACTUALLY interact with products -- not expecting them to read the manual every time, especially when the product works in a way that is very DIFFERENT from the standard product (most strollers don't have quick-release wheels) AND the product is often re-sold on the grey market without instructions. Everyone knows that fine print doesn't work. A product that hurts people when consumers use it as expected is a defective product. This has been established ad nauseum in consumer research and consumer protection law and policy, so your griping is pointless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Thank you.

So all relevant info was out were for a while.

If someone chose to spend $500 on a stroller without looking up the instructions or the independent reviews...what can we do?

Shall we outlaw all fruits because some kids may struggle with the seeds?

Nobody wanted to outlaw the BOB. They wanted to recall the BOB and have them fix the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Also this https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/britax-jogging-stroller-settlement/

+1.

Market problem.

Market solution.

Um, no. Market imperfection => government regulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Thank you.

So all relevant info was out were for a while.

If someone chose to spend $500 on a stroller without looking up the instructions or the independent reviews...what can we do?

Shall we outlaw all fruits because some kids may struggle with the seeds?

How does a report written in 2018 help you buy a stroller in 2015?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Thank you.

So all relevant info was out were for a while.

If someone chose to spend $500 on a stroller without looking up the instructions or the independent reviews...what can we do?

Shall we outlaw all fruits because some kids may struggle with the seeds?

How does a report written in 2018 help you buy a stroller in 2015?

by the magic of the markets, I guess. not only to consumers have perfect information and use products perfectly according to all the fine print every time, they can also travel forward in time to see if any future issues develop.

[Anonymous]

So buy a stroller with a fixed wheel (Baby Jogger... or wait! Some BOB models, I think).

If you’re that worried about safety, you read the instructions and PERFORM THE CHECKS.

[Anonymous]

Why was WaPo reporting this again when it seems the 2018 CR article linked in this thread covered it already?
And shame on Britax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was WaPo reporting this again when it seems the 2018 CR article linked in this thread covered it already?
And shame on Britax.

Oh and shame on Trump supporters in favor of “deregulation”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Also this https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/britax-jogging-stroller-settlement/

+1.

Market problem.

Market solution.

Um, no. Market imperfection => government regulation.

That's the Stalin model.

We don't live in the USSR.

Guess which model leads to better safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So buy a stroller with a fixed wheel (Baby Jogger... or wait! Some BOB models, I think).

If you’re that worried about safety, you read the instructions and PERFORM THE CHECKS.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was WaPo reporting this again when it seems the 2018 CR article linked in this thread covered it already?
And shame on Britax.

Why was WP covering a story even though another quasi-journalistic entity already covered it? Really? You do know that different magazines, newspapers, books, websites, etc often cover, gasp, the same events... right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are $400-$500 strollers. People buying them expect quality and safety. Don't charge me $500 and then say "well you should have checked some lever."

Do better Britax.

Doesn't Consumer Reports actually test and review strollers?

I'm pretty sure they do, and if so I wonder what happened here.

You are aware that Consumer Reports is not the same as the Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Reports is a non-profit that is not run by the government - at all?

Of course I am aware. I am also aware that CR has 100 times more impact that the CPSS, which is why I was wondering about their take on this.

NP - google is your friend.
https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-a-bob-jogging-stroller/

Also this https://www.consumerreports.org/jogging-strollers/britax-jogging-stroller-settlement/

+1.

Market problem.

Market solution.

Um, no. Market imperfection => government regulation.

That's the Stalin model.

We don't live in the USSR.

Guess which model leads to better safety.

Regulated capitalism is not communism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG.. I have a BOB. I check the assembly before every use LIKE THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY TO.

I know, crazy, right?

I also position my child’s helmet before bike rides, on her forehead, even though the size of strap means I could position it on top of her head. I check my road bike quick release. I tighten my car seat straps. I even check the temperature of water coming from our taps!

I guess I’m just pissy because I’m in Canada, where I can no longer buy uncooked chicken fingers because people are too stupid to read cooking instructions, like stroller instructions.

Honestly, the most flameful thing in this thread is that there’s some weirdo Canadian trolling on a website called “DC Urban Moms” to make fun of parents whose children have been injured. I have secondhand embarrassment for you!