I read the your meaning of “FUD”, well it did presenting realistic facts to me, not something out of thin air.
We have a incident happens to us (related) in Hawaii 2003. We did carry the diaper pad but it got mess up with split sticky juices @#$

My 2 cents.

It appears that the deck portion simply rests on the hinge. I can imagine our little acrobat, mid-tantrum planting his feet and arching his back enough to deform, if not break, this otherwise unsupported hinge.

It looks like a standard stroller harness, too. So the passenger’s shoulders are tucked in but not secured once the poetically-named crotch strap is removed.

From the cursory overview of the blog, it looks like they’re working to create FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) in parents about the wisdom of using a normal changing pad:
“The ideal of a comfortable travel with a baby is often foiled by a sudden need to change the baby’s diaper. This is especially annoying for tourist couples, most of them young and inexperienced. While traveling with their baby (or babies) to a resort on vacation, tourist couples frequently confront the lack of any restroom facility. Baby changing tables, of course, are out of questions at these spots. As a result, parents have to lay their child on the ground, in the open, and change his/her diaper. Annoyance and risk of infection go hand in hand!”

Classy, let’s stigmatize popular methods and add even more doubt to the lives of “young and inexperienced” parents.

I’ll stick with a changing pad. If you have trouble remembering them just buy a package of 3 of the washable ones (I like the embossed fuzzy sheep) and leave one in your stroller basket until you exchange it with another.

Though i wouldn’t appreciate another mom changing her child in the middle of the food court simply because having this stroller would be a more convenient alternative to actually getting up and getting to the bathroom, I do recall instances in which this feature would have come in handy. Let’s suppose your Honda Odyssey is jam packed with all your goods from Costco and there’s just no room in the trunk? I can see this becoming so popular (as popular as, you might say, a portable changing pad was once back in the dawn of baby inventions…) that I won’t be surprised to see it as a standard feature on most decent quality strollers someday. I might say as standard as a canopy or a foot rest, even.

I’m curious to see the many generations of models this will go through until they’ve perfected it and how it will address those practical issues, some of which AJ has mentioned like the weight issue. THough as far as the weight issue, the part that clicks up looks like it only needs to support an infant’s/toddler’s legs. The actual stroller seat should support the majority of the weight.

Their marketing tactics seem very cheesy but a good product is a good product. FAR LESS practical gimicky baby doodads have done well, unfortunately (like that baby fruit in the net pacifier looking thing. ew.)

I can tell you that if the better, european (or US!) stroller manufacturers start incorporating something like this onto their strollers, the general population will be all over it. Wait a little longer after that and it will be standard.

Besides, my back hurts enough as it is. I can’t imagine bending down to use this…

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wow! I like the idea!
For some ppls, esp me, wiping of public changing station is like wiping off the toilet bowl on every use. You still feel ‘yucky’ thinking someone elses poop/bacteria is still sticking there.
Well, you may attempt carry diaper pad along with other stuffs anywhere, but, I bet, one day, at the most odd location, most critical moment, you may just find your beloved diaper pad no where around (forgot?)… ==> crying Baby and worst, No Diaper Changing Station around! By then, you best $499 stroller just sitting there, smiling at you… lol!
I believe, this product could be the solution to the *problem ( I have to actual use it before I can give you better review) . Based oncommon sense, If we can adjust and recline the seat, then shoundn’t having any problem to change the diaper on the same setting. In addition, I saw many parents use diaper pad on the floor, it hurts more back this way!!!
lol..

As he gets bigger we may find this to be more of a challenge.

Our biggest struggle with diaper changes is on airplanes. There is just no easy way to do a diaper change with a disabled child on an airplane!

I don’t know what kind of changing pad they are using, but I don’t really find it inconvenient to carry one around with me.

I’d rather buy a really good stroller and carry around the pad than buy a mediocre stroller with a built-in changing pad so that I don’t have to carry one around.

Besides, my back hurts enough as it is. I can’t imagine bending down to use this…