European and American carts are usually made of sufficient materials and the frame is stocky to ensure stability and safety. Japanese strollers have a significantly different design concept, although the seats are relatively small, but they are good at using a flexible frame structure to achieve the purpose of shock absorption, so most Japanese strollers are known for being lightweight. Aprilia and Combe are typical examples of Japanese strollers, with more than 80% of the market share in Japan.
In terms of frame structure, Japanese cars are more unimaginative. The basic frame of the April is the same double triangle structure as that of Gray and Zhigao, but the skeleton is thinner, and at the same time, the landscape is raised, making it appear very slim and redundant, so that the weight of the Aprilia light car can be controlled within 3kg at a minimum.
Aprila's most well-known series, Magical Air, has a net weight of less than 3kg, which can be easily folded with one hand, and the use of double-row suspension wheels makes the trolley have good stability, and the sitting height above the ground is also 50cm, which basically meets the needs of daily short-distance travel. However, the seat size is relatively narrow, and the backrest can only be adjusted at a maximum angle of 135 degrees, so the baby cannot lie down comfortably. The high-landscape version is slightly heavier than the feather version, and the awning, cushions, storage baskets and other aspects have been improved, and the price is around 1500 yuan.
The Karoon is more comfortable than the Magic Breeze, with seats that can be adjusted up to 170 degrees, front and rear adjustable trolley handles, and a dome-shaped anti-UV awning. It's slightly heavier than the Mojie Light Breeze series, but it's still less than 5kg, and the Kaile Feather Edition, which was launched at the end of 2018, is only 3.9kg, and it can also be folded with one hand. The function and price are similar to the Good Baby Hummingbird series, but the size is slightly larger than the Hummingbird, close to 2000 yuan.
Although it mainly focuses on the Chinese market with umbrella cars, in recent years, Aprilia has paid more and more attention to comfort models, and subsequent products such as the Solan Magic Bag, Optia New Vision and three-wheeled sports car Smooove are equipped with head protectors, and the seat cushions are made of breathable and skin-friendly fabrics. Among them, the seat cushion of the Solan Magic Bag can achieve temperature sensing in all seasons, and the Optia seat cushion has a reflective heat dissipation layer and is equipped with 6 full-cover awnings, which is more suitable for summer travel.
As the high-end representative of Aprilia, Solan Magic Bag and Optia are not only dual-purpose and two-way push, but also equipped with four sets of universal wide wheels, and the seat adjustment angle is 120°-170°, which is suitable for newborns, and has made significant progress in handling and shock absorption, but it cannot be adapted to the safety seat, weighing 7.5kg and 6.8kg respectively. The price of the Solan magic bag is about 3500 yuan, and the price of OPtia is slightly higher by 200 yuan because of the double shock absorption design, and you can also buy an upgraded version of Optia Premium with foot covers.
Aprilia is now part of Newell Brands, along with Gray, and most of the carts currently sold by both brands in China are made at Newell's Dongguan plant. There is no need to worry about the problem of producing in China without a foreign brand, the competition of cart brands is mainly based on design, and it has become understandable for the industry to move production lines to regions with lower labor costs. Even if it is produced in China, the products need to go through the national standards and even industry and international standards of each brand, and the quality is still guaranteed. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong provinces have also absorbed the process technology and design concepts of foreign brands, and gradually accumulated their own strength, forming a win-win situation.
