@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!):
HEY! They stole my idea! I oughtta sue!
hahahahaha
Although I bet my idea probably ends up cheaper. Whenever they put things into "convenience packs" they usually "packs" the price up 4 or 5 times higher for our "convenience".

Too bad, it's pretty horrifying that a majority of a score of families had to go through that trauma.

Whereas, a lot of people buy them because they are the ones to have. You can be in your nice suburbs paddling your precious snowflake around in a Graco, Safety 1st or a Chicco, now can you?

So, yes, people may enjoy the schaudenfraud of all those people paying extra for an (ultimately) unsafer stroller.

My 2 precious snowflakes in my suburb have done just fine with their Graco, thank you very much.

@mariospants: Egads man or woman!! I don't know what to tell you then.

@mariospants: Dont subscribe to CR, I'm sure there is a publication out there which does the job adequately for considerably less money. :)

@pecan 3.14159265: Sure 11 fingers after his first use of the Maclaren Volo stroller!

You see lots of amputations???

It doesn't say whose fingers were amputated, the mom's or the brat's?

The bigger question is why parents are letting their kids stick their fingers in the stollers while they are being closed.

It's a new parental discipline tactic.

"SHUT UP JOHNNY or Mommy's going to fold you in the stroller again!"

Maybe they need a yellow safety sticker like the one's on car visors.

1) Remove your child.
2) Collapse stroller.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): We see people lugging around those behemoth diaper bags, and we feel sorry for them. We had a tiny bag, too.

We had a great idea for when our munchkin was on formula--we bought smaller ziploc bags at the craft store, filled them with a measured amount of formula, wrote the measurement on the bag, say, "6 oz." and stuck some in the diaper bag. This way, we didn't have to carry extra bottles of mixed formula that would get cold, and we could always find a restaurant that would fill the bottle with (6 oz.) lukewarm water for us. Then, we would just pour in the powder, shake, and serve. Especially nice if our outings took longer than expected. We would, of course, have to keep cycling the powder in the bags so they would stay fresh.

@mariospants: are you a sea monkey? There has to be a cheaper one that doesn't rust too easily.

@Freedomforall: little jonny can only count to 9 now.

@Skipweasel: I need to get me a Consumer Reports subscription because I don't believe that there are 5 cheaper strollers rated higher than a MacLaren (and we'd better be talking a minimum of $50 cheaper).

@dancemonkey: Idiots. I've owned both cheap and expensive strollers galore and in this industry, you definitely get what you pay for.

"Want a stroller that's cheaper and higher rated than a Maclaren, and hasn't been recalled for finger amputation?" I'd be seriously surprised if such a thing existed: we've been through umpteen strollers and the only brands we trust now are MacLaren and Chariot. The rest either aren't built as well are safety-conscious (ironically) or don't have decent warranties. We live where cheaper strollers will rust easily, btw.

the best finger amputation story i've heard involved a pinky ring and a flight of stairs. makes me think you can pull this off with just about anything.

@Taelech: When your kid gets to the age in which he or she can eat solids, just teach your child to position his or her mouth near the hinge and then you can dice carrots right in!

Wait...no...

@dreamking: "Recall" is simply the generic term used by the CPSC for removing an unsafe product from the market. Manufacturers, with CPSC's approval, are free to repair, replace, or recall the offending product. If you wanted to get technical, a recall would apply only to products that were returned and for which a complete refund were issued.

In this situation, they are offering a repair part. Hopefully they don't have the same firm that designed the repair kit for the EZ Bake Oven design the kit, where the guard that was added, actually trapped a chilt's hand in the oven more, and caused more severe burns.

How does one go about explaining a missing digit to a toddler? And why is the chance of such an injury not the first thing designers are instructed to avoid? I bet designers of glass bottles are alert to making sure no mouth cutting edges are left in the molding process, lighters should not be explosive, no ground glass in any of the baby food,...that kind of thing. This is like a bad Dan Akroyd children's costume skit from the 70's. "Saves on expensive 10 fingered gloves"

We used to have an industrial guillotine-style paper cutter with a massive blade. My fingers and toes would curl in fear just walking by that thing. I think my partner finally got rid of it, or else it's lurking in a closet with the rest of my childhood fears.

I love how this has also turned into a fine opportunity for people to bash the stroller itself, like people who pay a "high price" for a stroller deserve their child losing a finger? Bizarre...

@lehrdude:
I guess it's only funny if I don't get cut off...

Silly me. I just go with Consumer Reports. Oh, whaddaya know? 5 strollers are rated and higher and are significantly cheaper than a Maclaren model.

IlostmythumbsinastrolleraccidentsonowIcan'tusethespacebar.

I do like my (Graco) stroller for the farmer's market and for walking to and from the stores I can get to on foot from my house ... I just stash the bags underneath and off we go. It does take up a buttload of space in the trunk of the car, though, if I'm taking it with me somewhere.

If you're on a day-long outing, you definitely want a full diaper bag, and probably a more serious baby toting system. If you're running errands or something, less can be more.

Also, the cats can sleep in the Graco, but they collapse the umbrella stroller when they try that. :P

Unbelieveable that there were 12 amputations! I do see a lot of these around. Considering the prices of these strollers and this is what the consumer gets. Never had any interest in owning a Maclaren mostly because of the price. The umbrella stroller I have was $39 on Amazon.

@halcyondays: We got the Jeep 3-wheel (lock, unlock front wheel) one for our youngster from day one. We're very outdoorsy anyway. We installed some bicycle head lights for nighttime use. We've taken it on hikes in the woods, down dirtbike trails, through streams, all around grassy parks, miles and miles all over Savannah city, and we like to take it to the flea markets, because the load capacity is very large. We've used it so much, the tires have lost most of their treads. Still solid as a rock, and we'll be sad to see it go to yard sale soon, as the little one is outgrowing it.

Cigar slicer + heavy object. :)

@B: stop saying that!

@B: But a normal person has 10 fingers. The six-fingered man had an extra finger only on one hand. So he had 11 fingers total.

@neega: Oue Maclaren was $135. and sounds a lot like the one sharkd mentioned. But we can dice carrots with ours! Definately worth the extra fifteen bucks.

@sleze69: you can actually make one at home with $8 kitchen scissors.

Just send some twist ties out to the customers. Worked for Toyota.

@dmolavi: You got ripped off. There must be plenty of do-it-yourself finger amputators available online for free (with parts costing perhaps $10).

Just another reason, why I'm near 30 and am in no rush to have kids. I need all my digits!

It's very lightweight, has real rubber tires and a mesh cargo basket that holds a loaded diaper bag.

The best part? It cost all of $120, and should last him until he's 40lbs.

IMHO, Maclaren and Bugaboo are ludicrously overpriced.

@dmolavi:

IANA engineer, but I'm pretty sure that just about anything with a folding hinge can be a finger amputator.

@Colonel Jack O'Neill: I agree, maybe a parent recall is in order since quite a few seem to be defective. The world is and cannot be made safe for a child, that's why we parents exist - to serve and protect.

@halcyondays: Our MacLaren stroller is an umbrella stroller, just a nice one. It stores an ample bunch of stuff and is pretty darned lightweight. I can't speak for the doubles, though, since we don't have another kid.

@B: Inigo Montoya was looking for the six-fingered man, not a man who was missing fingers.

apparently you DID though ;-) Consider it an added feature, not a flaw. On the upside, at least it doesn't Julianne fingers...

Parents should take responsibility for they own kids when something happens, instead of trying to blame someone else.

@halcyondays: Aren't those unbelievably easy to tip over though? Also, where did you store your large amounts of baby supplies? I always see parents who have to carry a baby bag, and that gets tedious. Usually, the bag is put in the compartment behind the stroller - what did you do with your stuff if you just used the umbrella stroller?

I wouldn't say they were a waste of time. From my experience, anything that has ample storage space to keep your hands free is a good thing.

@zarex42: It is when you're that 0.0011%.

Then they cut if off.

Well, when you have only a 0.0011% chance of an accident, that's really not too horrible. But good for them for fixing it.

I've bought my sister 2 of these over the years, a single and a double. We've never had a problem. We don't try to fold/unfold the stroller while the children are touching them. ANY stroller could catch fingers during some part of the folding/unfolding process. I've pinched my fingers in my own Graco stroller several times.

I guess if they're going to replace my sister's strollers with brand new ones, it might be worth it.