Doona Liki Trike Review (2023): Easy to Transport Leave a comment

Once I first noticed a trike stroller, I used to be instantly intrigued. A stroller that provides my energetic 1-year-old the feeling of driving on a trike? It seemed like his new comfortable place.

My son loves taking walks in a wide range of strollers—he’s been within the entrance row of my testing for the very best strollers, in any case. With the Doona Liki Trike S3, he gained extra freedom, but in addition misplaced a number of the consolation and assist he most popular if the stroll went too lengthy.

Extremely 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 delicate deal with, making it simple to choose up and transport. It’s nonetheless heavy, although, even when it appears good and small.

The one draw back? The bigger dad or mum deal with doesn’t fold. You need to both depart it on and have it stick off the trike at an odd 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 hooked up to the physique of the stroller with a brief twine. That makes it a bit annoying to make use of, however it’s a assure you received’t lose it.

It is a bit bizarre to hold the dad or mum 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, however it’s nonetheless a bit simpler than simply holding it in your fingers. If you buy the Liki Trike S5 ($300) as an alternative of the S3, you’ll get the journey bag included, plus picket handles. That’s the one distinction between the 2 fashions.

Breakdown isn’t the one factor that’s compact about this trike. Different trikes, just like the Joovy, are massive 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 if you happen to’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 manage if we saved the deal with peak decrease than a traditional stroller, nearer to our hips slightly than the elbow peak of a traditional stroller.

That glossy 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 slim body meant that when my son bought drained, he didn’t have as a lot room to lean and lounge again like he would in an ordinary stroller.

Reworking Trike

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