BabyStyle Oyster

I,am,a,new,mum,so,i,cant,really,compare,it,to,another,one,as,i,have,never,use,one,before!

However,what,i,will,say,it,is,fab!!So,light,weight,really,easy,to,use,turns,really,well,one,hand,is,compact,and,really,durable.

I,live,in,a,city,with,lots,of,cobbles,on,the,floor,and,was,looking,to,buy,the,bugaboo,but,am,so,please,i,did,not.

all,in,all,well,impressed.

I just love the baby oyster. I did extensive research before choosing the baby oyster and chose it mainly because it was a Which best buy. I have had it for six months now and I am really pleased with my choice. It is comfortable, easy to maneouver and small when folded. There is a wide selection of colours to choose from. It is compatible with a Britax car seat, which is also a Which best buy and is a car seat that performed really well in impact safety tests. I recently had a problem with one of the wheels on the pram (my fault for not checking the bolts). I emailed the customer service department and the problem was dealt with quickly and efficiently - they sent me a replacement wheel free of charge within two days. I am very impressed with the pram and with the customer service. I would definitely recommend it.

Advantages:
-Small so easy to manoevre and fold into car.
-Easy to swap carrycot, seat unit & car seat.
- Adjustable handle (good for taller people!).

Disadvantages:
-Although helpful on the phone, as the manufacturer, they are unobliging when it comes to problems with the buggy and leave you to battle with the supplier.
-Problem collapsing chassis, no replacement was offered when taken for inspection - extremely inconvenient.
-Stitching easily came away on seat unit cover, had to ask for replacement.
- Small basket underneath and difficult to access when carrycot/seat unit/ car seat in place.
- Some companies do not give refunds for Babystyle items (e.g. Bambino Direct and affiliated companies).

I love this pram! the carry cot lasted for 4 month, until my little one got bored and decided he wants to sit and watch around, but it was perfect as a travel cot/moses basket. This pram is so small when folded (fits even very small carboot) and very light to lift up.It has all the bits and bobs you need, including good size basket.Also looks very elegant.there is only one thing I don't like - the clip system for the warm cover - its little tight, but after some use will loosen up.

I have the babystyle oyster package.. the car seat is awful, the chassis has broken, the carry cot wobbles when it is on the chassis... I have had it since March and been using it since August... When I rang both the supplier and babystyle to try and get something done there was gonna be a charge of £15 AND a 2 week wait without a replacement to get it fixed.. never buying babystyle products again.

I bought this after reading the good reviews on Mumsnet and after trying to "pop to the shops" with a baby on one arm! Not possible! So having poo-poohed the idea of a travel system I decided to invest in this one when DS was 4 months old as he hated going in a flat pram by then. Generally I'm very pleased with it and have had 10 weeks of good use so far (mainly used in a town for walks from my house or car, not public transport).

It's brilliant with the Maxicosi car seat for nipping round the shops and things like going to the pub/cafe - means baby can be at table level with you and you can wheel in all his gear underneath (obviously I hold him on my lap as well!). It's a little hard to remove the car seat with baby in it: the catches work well but you need to use both hands so it unbalances a little, I expect most travel systems are the same.

The pushchair is fab too and can be lifted off so easily to face either direction or fold down. I've only used the most reclined position so far so can't comment on it more upright. One disappointment is the hood - in the photos it appeared to stretch down a long way to shield baby, but of course in the most reclined position that's not the case as the hood reclines too. It's still better than some hoods but that's my main gripe. The sun-net doesn't keep the sun out of DS's eyes (which annoys him) but hopefully it does keep off the UV rays and is a clever idea.

The only other complaint is the chassis, sometimes the catch to fold it down doesn't quite work and you have to waggle it around. That could be the individual product or the design, however when that works it is very easy to fold down.

It's quite bulky (though I believe it's not bad as travel systems go). I have a 5-door corsa and can't get the oyster in the boot if the pushchair seat is included. So I end up taking the pushchair seat out and stacking that separately. But that's easily done. Still if you want something lightweight and smaller then go for a stroller not a travel system.

The plus points:
Lightweight to manouver / carry
Handle means easy to steer one-handed, and extends/folds easily
Seat can face both ways - great
Fab with the Cabriofix carseat
Shopping basket nice and sturdy
Very stylish

Minus points:
Fairly bulky for a small boot
Hood doesn't come far enough when reclined
Chassis sometimes sticks when folding up

Love this travel system. We did lots of research and this met all our needs, we have used it from the beginning with the Britax SHR carseat which fits into the frame without any adaptors.
The carrycot was great and used this up until our DD was just over 5 months, the pushchair is great and we love the fact that it is rearfacing and also lays really flat for when they are a bit younger. Folds away really well and is lightweight too. Comes in some great colours too - well worth the money and would really recommend it.

Love it!! What makes this an absolute winner for me is that I can use it rearfacing for baby, with my 3 year old on the Oyster Ride On Board. Because Babystyle have designed this board for the pushchair it clips on easily without oscuring the brake and whats more - does not invalidate your warranty like other buggy boards.

Plus price includes footmuff and insect net/sunshade and raincover. Bargain! Previously owned Icandy Cherry and I prefer this, and it was loads cheaper!

Didn't use travel system but can say that this is the best pushchair I've had and I don't feel the need to get another one. This is pushchair no 10 and have had it a good few months. Only negative I can think of is need 2 hands to fold so not great for public transport.

Excellent travel system, takes upu very little space in the boot as wheels are detachable at the press of a button. The shopping basket is a good size and you even get a bag or life that matches your colour pack, pushchair apron/cosy toe and rain cover are all included in the price. Also the two built in uv and insect nets are brilliant. The pushchair faces either direction which is great and very important for me especially when ds is only 7 months. Cant think of anything negative about it my dp loves it to and as the handle is height adjustable he find it easy to push as well.

brilliant pushchair and so much better value for money then some of the similar ones on the market.

Hands down best travel system in my opinion. We did loads of research beforehand and heard about it when it received an excellent 'Which' review. It takes the bugaboo idea and perfects it. It also comes in at half the cost! Can steer with one hand, light but sturdy, excellent in country as well as city.

We LOVE our Oyster! Spent a lot of time researching travel systems online and we are so pleased with it.
We have used it since birth with the carrycot which doubles as a bassinette which was great as J could be wheeled around the flat while he was sleeping! It fits a maxicosi car seat (which we used) as well as a britax one and one of theirs I think. Once baby is too big for the carry cot, the seat unit fits on facing mum which was really important to us as well as the other way which he now does :(. It is really light, easy to manoeuvre, folds up really small and is super comfy. It also has a bar to attach toys to. Although it is classed as a 'city pram' we have taken it through fields, over ice and snow and across parks. Pleased we waited to get the colour pack. We have bought a cheapy buggy to take to nursery but only as I can't bear the Oyster being bashed around in the buggy shed! Its not too bulky and fits in our Vectra with room for a million other things. Def have a look at the video on the babystyle website.

Brought this when before my baby was born. Found it excellent and still using it now when hes 16 months! Value for money is excellent - we also looked at an i-candy and I'm so glad we chose the oyster. The carrycot is excellent and with a proper materess doubled up as a moses basket. The pushchair with the built in sunshade was invaluable on hols and very compact for a travel system buggy. Only sligt fault was the car seat and I would buy a maxi cosi in future

excellent stroller so lightweight and fitted perfectly in the back of my Vauxall Safira boot which is tiny, thanks to the removeable wheels. The matching carrycot is so easy to put on and take off and my baby sleeps lovely in their.
Although not an all terrain pushchair i have been for walks in the woods, accross a beach, cobbles and even across the corseway to St Michaels Mount and have been realy impressed with the durability.
I have had five children and compared to some of the heavy bulky contraptions i have used in the past the oyster is a dream.
I would recommend to anyone and everyone and wish this was around when i had my first child. Love it

love this push chair/travel system i also used it with the maxi cosi car seat.. this was my 3rd travel system after being very dissapointed by mamas and papas and graco symbio.
the chassis folds very small quick and easy, resonable light for a sturd pushchair.
good size shopping basket.
variable accessory colour packs.
ajustable handle for hight.
although i have only used with carseat the pushchair seat seems alot wider than most.
a cant think of any negitives

i would recommend this travel system/pushchair

We LOVE the Oyster!! After hours of searching for the best we could afford, Which said this was one of the best and so we decided to get it. We didn't check if it would fit in our 2 door Beamer but it fits fine :) The basket is a little too small but I love the handle (no temptation to try and hang bags off it) and I love how smooth it is. Definitely a brilliant buy! Although we did buy the Maxi Cosi Cabrio car seat.

It's the best out there. Had a problem with it after the warranty expired, took it back to the shop and was surprised that they sent it off and Babystyle fixed it even though we didn't have a receipt. The fact that you can turn it both ways is brilliant and the shopping basket holds loads. Very lightweight and the handle extends plus sunshine and mosquito net.

I bought this to use as a buggy, so can't comment on the rest of the travel system although we did use a Maxi Cosi car seat with it. DD2 was much taller than DD1, and although we mostly travelled sling-style, when she grew out of our pram, I wasn't ready to move her forward-facing so shelled out for the Oyster as it had both rear and front-facing options, expecting to only use it for 6 months or so.
It's easy to use, the fold is neat enough for our boot, and although you can fold it in one piece in forward-facing mode, it packs in neater when you take the seat off. It seems comfy enough, I like the fact it doesn't have a deep seat, so the child's view isn't obscured. The car seat converters worked well, and it also fitted a Maxi buggy board easily. Because of the frame finish it scratches easily, and the pale grey shopping basket is capacious but not particularly practical (it looked filthy as soon as we'd been out in the rain once). Really my only quibbles are these: because the front wheels are small, it feels like you're going tip your kid on their face going down kerbs; I found the seat now needs me to put my full body weight on it to click it onto the frame; I would like a better viewing panel to check on your baby when front-facing (or at least one that doesn't have strong velcro on it that is guaranteed to wake your sleeping baby undoing it!)
I particularly like: the easy of folding; weight and maneuverability; the height adjustable handle (6' DP had no trouble); the child's unobstructed view.
Hope that helps.