{"id":816904,"date":"2026-07-22T16:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816904\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:36:20","slug":"big-ws-2-shower-cap-hack-solving-parents-muddy-pram-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816904\/","title":{"rendered":"Big W\u2019s $2 shower cap hack solving parents\u2019 muddy pram woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents are rejoicing over a cheap hack that solves a common and truly frustrating problem in the car. <\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how much you\u2019re willing to spend on a pram or stroller, no price tag can rid away the frustration of finishing a day out to find muddy tyres you\u2019re going to need to smudge into the carpet of the boot. <\/p>\n<p>Or so we thought &#8211; apparently there is a dollar amount, and it\u2019s just $2. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/de8117eb5b82ea3c17c3f3f212f5c05d\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Parents go bananas over $2 pram hack\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A viral hack, shared by Big W, has gone viral and sparked a flurry of excitement from parents of toddlers and babies.<\/p>\n<p>In<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DbCqsXYJEBw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the video<\/a>, a shower cap doubles as the ultimate wheel guard when placed over the pram\u2019s tyre. <\/p>\n<p>It can then be folded down and placed into the boot of the car or other storage spaces. <\/p>\n<p>Big W labelled the idea as \u201cthe pram hack every parent needs to know\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaving your floors and your sanity one shower cap at a time,\u201d the department store wrote on the post. <\/p>\n<p>Parents were quick to flood the comment section with high praise. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a simple way to save your car\u2019s carpet! Genius,\u201d one user commented. <\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cSo smart! How have I never thought of this?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI genuinely need these,\u201d a third said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter picking dog poop out of a pram wheel with a Bobby pin when we lived in an apartment, this is an insanely good idea,\u201d another shared. <\/p>\n<p>The hack seems to be transferable to other boot bound items such as a golf bag, luggage or beach wagons. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Big W said they\u2019re excited parents will find use out of the timesaving hack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamily life is all about the simple, budget-friendly ways to make every day a little easier. <\/p>\n<p>The struggle with muddy pram wheels in the car is something almost every parent relates to, and it can be solved with a simple $2 shower cap &#8211; how good\u2019s that!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time parents have been left stunned by a trick for folding down prams.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/parenting\/babies\/parents-amazed-by-mums-olympianlevel-pramfolding-hack\/news-story\/849633d44ccb5c9b83d379993d71402b\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"849633d44ccb5c9b83d379993d71402b\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Back in March<\/a>, a pram folding stunt by a mum from the UK went viral online for it\u2019s Olympic-level pack-down method. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, a sales rep for a European pram brand Cybex, shared a clip of herself folding down a stroller, writing: \u201cThe coolest way to fold one of the tiniest cabin-approved strollers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The clip amassed millions of views from envious parents who wish the pram folding process was as easy as Chelsea made it look. <\/p>\n<p>At first she lifts the stroller up into the air, before she clicks a button and brings it down to the floor in a compact position, ready to go into the car boot. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, the comment section came equipped with follow-up questions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in what circumstance would you do this in?\u201d one user questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Someone else asked, \u201cSo can you close it the normal way in case my turbo mode isn\u2019t functioning that day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said, \u201cJust a bunch of puffs and yoghurt melts falling into my eyes and mouth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi! Should I take the baby out first?\u201d one joked. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents are rejoicing over a cheap hack that solves a common and truly frustrating problem in the car.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[392019,391978,391991,392020,33873,391975,391982,392021,376516,392006,391972,392011,380597,392007,391997,384182,391998,379096,384614,391973,391996,392015,391995,391984,391981,381288,392022,376733,381082,392016,392001,392031,379059,392014,392025,64,63,224416,392029,99,2460,6187,391993,391970,392027,380864,392009,127914,66706,392002,13994,392023,191,392024,392032,391999,30132,29705,163519,391976,392018,392005,392033,391990,376743,392012,392034,1479,391971,392017,391987,391983,379588,392037,392008,377299,391986,392003,381869,392036,392026,392013,376549,380235,391994,110741,378979,391985,295305,391979,392004,391989,392028,391977,392030,392035,391992,353050,391988,376738,392000,18043,4050,391980,382822,391974,392010],"class_list":["post-816904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-s-carpet","tag-s-olympic-level-pack-down-method","tag-s-tyre","tag-2-shower-cap-hack","tag-33873","tag-a-bobby-pin","tag-a-button","tag-a-cheap-hack","tag-a-clip","tag-a-common-and-truly-frustrating-problem","tag-a-common-concern","tag-a-compact-position","tag-a-day","tag-a-dollar-amount","tag-a-european-pram-brand-cybex","tag-a-flurry","tag-a-golf-bag","tag-a-little","tag-a-mum","tag-a-pram-folding-stunt","tag-a-pram-or-stroller","tag-a-pram-wheel","tag-a-sales-rep","tag-a-shower-cap","tag-a-simple-2-shower-cap","tag-a-spokesperson","tag-a-stroller","tag-a-third","tag-a-time","tag-a-trick","tag-a-viral-hack","tag-almost-every-parent","tag-an-apartment","tag-an-insanely-good-idea","tag-an-unrelated-and-unexpected-product","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-w","tag-budget-friendly-ways","tag-business","tag-case","tag-chelsea","tag-common-car-concern","tag-dog-poop","tag-envious-parents","tag-every-day","tag-every-parent","tag-excitement","tag-family-life","tag-follow-up-questions","tag-genius","tag-high-praise","tag-home","tag-how-good","tag-just-a-bunch","tag-luggage-or-beach-wagons","tag-march","tag-millions","tag-mud","tag-muddy-pram-wheels","tag-muddy-tyres","tag-my-eyes-and-mouth","tag-my-turbo-mode","tag-no-price-tag","tag-one-user","tag-other-boot-bound-items","tag-other-storage-spaces","tag-parents","tag-prams-back","tag-puffs-and-yoghurt","tag-such-a-simple-way","tag-that-day","tag-the-air","tag-the-baby","tag-the-boot","tag-the-car","tag-the-car-boot","tag-the-carpet","tag-the-clip","tag-the-comment-section","tag-the-coolest-way","tag-the-department-store","tag-the-first-time","tag-the-floor","tag-the-frustration","tag-the-hack","tag-the-idea","tag-the-normal-way","tag-the-post","tag-the-pram","tag-the-pram-folding-process","tag-the-pram-hack","tag-the-simple","tag-the-stroller","tag-the-struggle","tag-the-timesaving-hack","tag-the-tiniest-cabin-approved-strollers","tag-the-uk","tag-the-ultimate-wheel-guard","tag-the-video","tag-toddlers-and-babies-in","tag-views","tag-viral","tag-what-circumstance","tag-your-car","tag-your-floors","tag-your-sanity-one-shower-cap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}