When I first noticed a trike stroller, I used to be instantly intrigued. A stroller that offers my energetic 1-year-old the feeling of using on a trike? It gave the impression of his new completely satisfied place.

My son loves taking walks in quite a lot of strollers—he’s been within the entrance row of my testing for one of the best strollers, in spite of everything. With the Doona Liki Trike S3, he gained extra freedom, but additionally misplaced among the consolation and assist he most popular if the stroll went too lengthy.

Ultra Compact

Doona isn’t the one maker of trike-style strollers, however Doona’s Liki Trike stands out for the way simple it’s to fold. It breaks down right into a compact rectangle of types that has a gentle deal with, making it simple to choose up and transport. It’s nonetheless heavy, although, even when it seems good and small.

The solely draw back? The bigger guardian deal with doesn’t fold. You must both depart it on and have it stick off the trike at a wierd angle or take away it. To take away it, merely pull out the pin on the base of the deal with that connects it to the remainder of the stroller. The pin is connected to the physique of the stroller with a brief twine. That makes it somewhat annoying to make use of, but it surely’s a assure you received’t lose it.

It’s somewhat bizarre to hold the guardian deal with individually, which is why Doona sells a Liki Travel Bag ($45) that matches the folded trike and has a pocket to carry the deal with. It’ll stick straight out of the bag, but it surely’s nonetheless somewhat simpler than simply holding it in your palms. If you buy the Liki Trike S5 ($300) as an alternative of the S3, you’ll get the journey bag included, plus wood handles. That’s the one distinction between the 2 fashions.

Breakdown isn’t the one factor that’s compact about this trike. Other trikes, just like the Joovy, are giant and hulking, however the Liki has a smaller physique that takes up much less room on a sidewalk or a grocery retailer aisle. It’s a pleasant selection in case you’ll be someplace busy, like a park or bustling sidewalk. It’s additionally fairly reactive to your contact—each my husband and I discovered it simpler to regulate if we saved the deal with top decrease than a traditional stroller, nearer to our hips fairly than the elbow top of a traditional stroller.

That modern profile comes at a value, although, which is consolation. As my husband so eloquently described it when he noticed the trike, “There’s no cush for his tush!” The cushion is skinny, and the slender body meant that when my son obtained drained, he didn’t have as a lot room to lean and lounge again like he would in an ordinary stroller.

Transforming Trike

The deal with for the trike doesn’t simply take away for journey. The Liki Trike is meant to develop and alter together with your baby, from once they want you to push them alongside till they don’t.