Hi all,
Have shortlisted the above from which.co.uk's best buys. Was also contemplating the bugaboo bee, but think I would quite like a carry-cot - or does it matter? Dh can't believe the price of some of the travel systems, and some of them do seem crazy expensive, so the oyster may be the best option because it seems much cheaper. However, I could stretch financially if really worth it.
Would like the following:
I have no car and will be walking/taking bus/possibly taking light train around town, so important that it's easy to push, not too bulky etc;
Dh has car so will also be in car often too;
Parent facing;
Would like a carry-cot I think (open to being convinced otherwise).
Baby due in January so perhaps icandy supply issues? They do look v pretty though...
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apachepony · 21/09/2012 00:20
If you buy new for PFB and make a good choice then you always have the option of keeping it for possible later children so you get your value that was iyswim. Sometimes you can buy very lightly used 2nd hand things that will be pretty much new. Watch out for warranties though, some are tied to the original owner (yes iCandy, that's you).
Of your listed options I have had a Cherry, Oyster and Peach. Of the 3 I think overall the Cherry was what I would have deemed the best. The Cherry and Peach both have huge baskets, the oyster is smaller but perfectly big enough. The Peach is lovely to push but heavy to fold, carry etc. I tended to bruise myself putting it in the car! The Oyster is great but the one I had seemed like a very hard ride. I pushed a very sleepy 6m old for 1h45m before she eventually went to sleep, which is unusual for her. She didn't cry and gave no indication she was uncomfortable exactly, she just didn't sleep where she usually does. Where I live is very bobbly and cobbly though so this would not apply everywhere.
I'm on the fence with carrycots, sometimes they're great, sometimes a lie flat seat is useful (like in the situation where the baby will no longer tolerate the carrycot but is too small to sit in a bucket seat).
It might be worth a trip to mothercare to see a Graco Evo, which struck me as very similar to the cherry but cheaper and with lie flat seat and carrycot as an extra accessory so you can chose how you want to use it. Hmm actually probably in Ireland I think the independent stockists have it. Mothercare had an exclusive here for some amount of time that I've forgotten before it went to anyone else.
June.
June June June. At least go see one if you can 
The uppababy comes with a carrycot inclulded which is a bonus. It's the one I would go for if i had to choose.
Plus the rumble seat (extra) means you can carry another child if the need arises! 
. There's a head to head comparison on my blog for three of the four, might be useful.
Hi Apachepony, these were all on my list a couple of months ago and I agonised over the choice! In the end I went with the Strawberry and I have to say I don't regret it, I absolutely love it!!! I had got it down to the Strawberry vs Uppababy Vista...I loved the look of the Strawberry and the idea of the more compact fold than the Vista but was debating whether I needed a double for my just turned 2yo.
In the end I decided 2yo would prefer to walk (which she does) but if I'd been on a first baby rather than my last 
I do think the Vista might have swung it.
The Strawberry is beautiful and pushes like a dream. We also use it as downstairs crib for baby in the house and its pretty slimline sitting in the corner of our not so big living room. The car seat clips easily to the frame and the whole thing is really light for a "proper" travel system. I also adore the huge basket underneath which I use for keeping all changing stuff in the house and then throw coats, school bags etc in when out for a walk.
My 2 pretty minor niggles are: the bumper bar-why is this not a swivel one where one side swings down????!!!! And (very minor) the rear wheels are plastic and compared to my previous Silver Cross Surf which had the no-puncture tyres I find them a bit noisy on hard ground and pretty dented looking from stones etc already...possibly a bit bumpier??
My sister is also looking for a buggy right now and I think she's going to go for the Vista. This is based on it being slightly higher as she has a bad back so doesn't want to be bending as much. She's also on a first baby so the flexibility to convert is good.
You'd mentioned you're in Ireland, as am I, so I ruled out the June for same reason. If you have a Tony Keelys near you they have the Vista and the Oyster.
Also I agree with the comments on resale on Strawberry, I have resold my other 2 buggies and always take this into account when buying.
I've no warranty on mine as I bought (new) on eBay but this is the chance I've taken for saving around £250!
Have a look online at the Vista as a double... how would you use it for a newborn and toddler?
You can't use the carrycot and rumble seat at the same time, you only have the options of using a car seat and the rumble seat OR the main seat facing forward for the baby with the footrest tucked away while the toddler faces backwards in the rumble seat. I'm not sure how this works because of course the main seat isn't flat so not suitable for a newborn. You could wedge it with something I guess.
Would you be happy with that as a double? It's good for two toddlers or toddler and older baby... but when you have 2nd child that's not what you start off with!
The Peach is a much more full featured double, can be properly used for newborn and toddler plus toddler toddler combos. You do pay through the nose for it though
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