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Re-activateConsumer Reports tests strollers for ease of use, maneuverability, and safety. Here are some specifics:
Ease of use scores take into account such factors as how easy it is to fold and unfold the stroller, lift and carry it, engage the brakes, adjust the harness and backrest, remove and install a car seat (in applicable models) and access the basket.
Maneuverability is evaluated on a test-course created by our engineers. The course measures a stroller's maneuverability when going uphill and downhill; over paved blacktop, grass, and dirt; through a series of "S" curves between traffic cones; up and down a simulated "curb"; and through a narrow space alongside a parked van. Strollers are scored on a nine-point scale.
Safety scores include each stroller's performance in the voluntary American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard tests, as well as in Consumers Union's own stability and braking test. The latter test involves placing each stroller in different orientations on a platform whose angle is gradually increased to 20 degrees, unless the stroller slides or tips before then, and comprises a significant part of the score.
Stroller safety is assessed primarily by applying ASTM F833-09, a voluntary industry standard. Tests cover the efficacy and integrity of the restraining system; occupant retention; passive containment; unintended folding or release of an attached car seat during an impact, and hand and finger entrapment points while the stroller is in the normal operating position. We then go beyond the voluntary standard and perform a Consumers Union-designed stability and braking test. (See video at right for strollers that pose a risk.)
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