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== Flagship Model: Diono Excurze ==
== Flagship Model: Diono Excurze ==
Diono's top selling stroller is the Diono Excurze (31.5 lbs., see price on Amazon), a modular type, "city stroller" with a reversible seat and all-weather boot. Additional features include:
* Seat recline is multi-position with lay flat option for newborns.
* Reversible seat.
* One handed steering and adjustable handlebar.
* Weather resistant material.
* Boot converts to carrycot apron.
* Can be used with carrycot (additional cost) and some infant seats (Nuna, Maxi-Cosi, Cybex—adapters included).
* Includes a rain cover.
* Detachable bumper bar.
* Narrow profile works well in city environments.
* Canopy with three height adjustments.
* Puncture proof wheels with 4-wheel suspension.
* Folds to standing position.
What's not to like about the Excurze? The fold requires two hands rather than the easier one-hand folds of other strollers. The bumper bar does not open when the seat is inward facing and adjusting the canopy requires two hands.

Revision as of 16:58, 2 August 2023

Diono (pronounced DEE-oh-no) is a seller of strollers and car seats, based in Seatle, Washington.

The company was founded in 2000 as the seller of a car seat belt tightener (the "Mighty-Tite") and then expanded into various accessories for both car seats and strollers. In 2005, Sunshine Kids expanded into car seats, selling the first folding booster car seat (the Radian).

After a legal dispute with the non-profit charity organization of the same name, Sunshine Kids changed its name to Diono in 2011. In the mid 2010's, Diono expanded into strollers with several modular-type models.

As of this writing, Diono has paired back the stroller line to two current models: Excurze and Flexa (although older discontinued models like the Quantum are still sold online).

Flagship Model: Diono Excurze

Diono's top selling stroller is the Diono Excurze (31.5 lbs., see price on Amazon), a modular type, "city stroller" with a reversible seat and all-weather boot. Additional features include:

  • Seat recline is multi-position with lay flat option for newborns.
  • Reversible seat.
  • One handed steering and adjustable handlebar.
  • Weather resistant material.
  • Boot converts to carrycot apron.
  • Can be used with carrycot (additional cost) and some infant seats (Nuna, Maxi-Cosi, Cybex—adapters included).
  • Includes a rain cover.
  • Detachable bumper bar.
  • Narrow profile works well in city environments.
  • Canopy with three height adjustments.
  • Puncture proof wheels with 4-wheel suspension.
  • Folds to standing position.

What's not to like about the Excurze? The fold requires two hands rather than the easier one-hand folds of other strollers. The bumper bar does not open when the seat is inward facing and adjusting the canopy requires two hands.