Her last contribution ended with this question: the Pop Up seat can be used facing the mother and facing the world. Which will I choose?
Here's the answer:

“Over the past few months I always kept my eye on Iris and noted, or could predict, what was happening. She was about to fall asleep, to cry, had her hat covering her eyes and so on. When she was facing me I could soothe her if a dog barked or an ambulance went past, stop the little old lady at the supermarket from kissing her and pulling faces. It's great that I can choose her position and this is not just determined by the change from the capsule to the seat."

Read more of Francesca's comments on the regulation of the chair and the hood in her review at PeriodoFertile.it. Have you noticed how much Iris has grown up?

One of the tests that our products are subjected to in the Testing Dept. - a test demanded by current regulations - is in fact the step test.

The stroller is “loaded” with a weight that equals that of a child, and an additional weight in the basket, and is subjected no less than 30,0000 alternative lifting cycles for the front and rear wheels by machine.

More or less as you can see in this short video.

If you think about it for a moment 30,000 steps are really a lot :-O Something tells us that you'll remember these pictures the next time you face the stairs

Could we expect less from our toys? Of course not. There are tests and testing procedures we have prepared for toys and that are carried out directly in the plant. In particular, we have set up a real circuit on which our rechargeable-battery vehicles "travel" for hours and hours. This allows us to check the performance and capacity of the main components, such as the gear motors, the battery and the tire tread. We test acceleration and braking, power going uphill and control during descent.

Trust us - no matter how enthusiastic and wild your children are, it will take them some time to match what we do to our toys every day... It's obviously worth it, isn't it?

A further test measures the effect of abrasion on fabric that is expressly wet.

Here is a short video that shows the effect of abrasion on wet fabric.

Our testing never ends, even for the fabrics that we choose for our products

The “Abrasion and pilling test”, or the answer to the questions “How resistant is this fabric to wear?”, “How resistant is it to breakage?”, “And
what about pilling?” During this test, fabric samples are subjected to cycles of continuous abrasion.

Special machines are used and the results are assessed by specialist personnel. Here is a short video that explains how the test works.

The cycles are pre-set in terms of duration and abrasion pressure. The test must be carried out on at least three samples at the same time. The test ends when the first pilling ball appears and when the first thread breaks during the resistance assessment.

The number of cycles required to produce a worn sample is the test result (e.g. 20, 00 Martindale cycles).

At the end of the test the results are compared with the reference effects for this procedure.
Thanks to this comparison we can check the fabric's actual resistance to liquid.

The test is carried out with distilled water but of course the results are also valid for rain

The test that measures a fabric's capacity to maintain its color is called the light fastness test. As always, it starts with a sample.

The test measures the resistance of the color (its ability not to fade) during exposure to a source of natural or artificial light over a fixed time interval. The fabric samples are inserted in a special machine.

The samples inserted in the machines are subject to strong and continuous light over a fixed time.

At the end of the test the team assesses the color of the fabric, and determines if its pigmentation is "stable”, that is resistant to prolonged light exposure. Of course, the parameters applied on these product quality tests are based on average usage. To ensure that the product maintains its quality over time you should limit extended exposure to sunlight, such as on the beach in summer, particularly during the hottest part of the day.

To perform the test, out testing department has a special machine.

The detail of this caption provides a good explanation on what the test consists in – the wheels are loaded with weights that depend on the kind of vehicle and use and rolled 200 km over various kinds of surfaces, moving and braking. Worn tire treads are acceptable, but not broken wheels.

Here is how it works.

All data is written on a sheet that contains the results of the tests.

At the end of the test the wheels are changed and another test is started… As you can imagine there is no shortage of materials to test!

Like all other machines, it has a notice explaining how it works and the properties checked during this test.

The product - in this case a stroller – is "loaded” with weights corresponding to the passenger (15 kg) and a bag (5 kg) in the carrier basket and then put on the modified conveyor belt with obstacles. After about 38,000 cycles, members of the staff check the stroller is not broken in any way and no part has come loose after the long run and stress.

Here is a short video to help you understand exactly what happens.

All your daily obstacles are here, in a very long (about 200 km!) ‘walk’, to check that the product deserves our “It’s obviously worth it!"