Love our new wagon!
Love our new wagon!
We love our new Larktale Caravan. Although it can feel quite long pushing it around, it’s a great size. It’s not that wide like some 4 seaters are, but still enough room to fit 4 if you’d like, but in our case more likely just plenty of room for our son to move around and take a friend or two along with him sometimes. We really wanted a wagon with a footwell for better comfort, as well as one that had the footwell that could be made flat for naps and playing. We like the canopies and the coverage and ease of use they provide as opposed to the single canopy supported by a post at each corner many other wagons use, and the peak-a-boo flaps are a nice addition to this new 2023 model. The wheels are very smooth thus far, hopefully they stay that way. Folding/unfolding is pretty simple, as was unboxing/installation, it really just needed the wheels and canopies put on out of the box. It is fairly heavy though, my wife struggles to pick it up for loading/unloading from the van. Overall a great wagon design and we look forward to getting further use out of it!
A few areas of potential improvement from an engineer: the footwell cover flap can be difficult to get the zipper started. Our son steps on the frame at the middle of the wagon side at the bottom where it forms a ‘V’ to get in, but struggles to get out as he struggles to find that or another spot to step on climbing out. Adding some sort of step would be nice for toddlers to get themselves in and out more easily since they’re going to do it anyway. Pressing the folding button doesn’t always stay unlocked, so you need to press the button while pulling up on the loop in the footwell, which can be a difficult reach especially for shorter people like my wife. It needs a solid snack tray attachment. Any snack tray would be better than none, but preferably a hard one as opposed to fabric ones some companies use. With the canopies installed and the seatbacks upright, the loose fabric of the wagon doesn’t look very nice. I’m not sure what you’d do differently as it needs to be able to move for when the seatbacks are reclined, but it looks a bit goofy with the flaps when upright.
