To think that the word "only" should not go with £799 for a pushchair

[Molehillmountain]

I know it's a bugaboo and ours has been very good value as we bought the frog for our first and it's still goung string for our third dd but it's still expensive.

Well I love pushchairs. I don't know why. I have had nearly 60.

I don't mind paying a bit for really strong build quality and reliable after market service. But I can't afford to get new stuff and actually think it is a waste of money to buy anything over about 400, and that is pushing it (mountain buggy elite was possibly worth it, still not convinced!)
Instead I have a fleet of second hand, or new-but-display things that cost a fraction of the price.

I think a proper pram type of pushchair with large wheels is pretty important for a tiny baby as they still have the moro reflex, they need a lot of suspension - but you can borrow one for the first few months, or get a cheap one.

Sorry about the Stokke bashing, if it offends anyone. I honestly find their products are very, very expensive for what they are - not just the prams, but the cot, the specially shaped cot bedding you have to buy for it, the high chairs (nice, but SO expensive) and the shelving units.

Everything they make costs a premium and I don't know why. So I'm tempted to think it's purely fashion. If anyone knows better, then direct me to the sustainably resourced, ethically produced small print and I might reconsider.

Ed agree on the Stokke cot and the special shaped bedding and accessories - so expensive. Love my Stokke pushchair though (could you tell), got a great deal and it was the only one that my 6 ft with a slipped disc DH found comfortable to use that also worked for my 5ft 3 self that was easy to adjust. So they do work for short people too.

it's a hell of a lot of money but in the end it's all relative. Lots of pushchairs for firstborns are presents from grandparents and if the money is not a problem then fine - I quite like the fact that you CAN get perfectly serviceable buggy for less than £100 but if you pay more you can get a few refinements (best thing I've seen in ages was the flap in the raincover of a bugaboo so you can get to the baby without having to take it off). We have an icandy and a cheapy fold up buggy and they have pros and cons. The icandy is great to push one handed, so easier if I am dragging toddler along as well and is more substantial and higher off the ground which I like for the baby in the winter months. Its a pain that you have to take the seat off the chassis to fold it though - makes it totally impractical for any form of public transport. The buggy is much quicker and easier to whip up and down but is impossible to steer one handed and is less cosy.

I have a Cameleon and a Petite Star and my Bugaboo is ten times the pushchair the PS is! So much more comfy, lovely big carrycot, good basket, nicer to push, the handles go up higher...just better all round. I hate little babies flopping around in strollers. I got the Bug second hand but actually having used it for a year I think it would have been worth full price. It'll definitely do another child at least, whereas my Petite Star always feels so flimsy in comparison.

I knew someone would comment on that email :o

DD2 is my last child and I can't help the niggly feeling that I'd like to try a Cameleon. I have a bee and love it but do wonder if I should sell everything and try the cam.

Our cameleon was worth every penny; great thing. DS is still in it at 20 months and will be until DC2 makes an appearance next year. It's coped just fine in situations where friends' buggies weren't going anywhere (muddy festivals, carrying DS in it up stairs on the tube, etc). We certainly don't go for flash designer stuff or unnecessary baby paraphenalia, but I see no problem paying £800 odd or whatever it was for a really well designed & user friendly piece of essential kit we use every single day. Most people I know who went for an M&P, Britax, Quinny, etc. ditched them pretty quick.

It's an insane amount of money. Hence why I've got an old mamas and papas one instead. DH finds it funny as my refrain since getting pg has been "I'm not paying THAT"!

It isn't insane though, if you use a pushchair a lot and want a good one. I walk everywhere and worked out on maternity leave I'd walked over 1000 miles pushing mine. I could easily do another 1000 before DS is out of it and then it will probably do another baby (and it was used for one before DS). My foldable pushchair would be completely knackered by then and tbh, it's not very nice to push so I wouldn't have walked so far with it anyway.

We have a bugaboo. DH had just started his own business and I was working all the hours that god sends as in a crazy stressful A&E dept whilst 7 months pregnant. Stressed and skint. My parents had agreed to buy our buggy. My dad nearly had a stroke when his normally down to earth, (cheap skate) daughter opted for the most expensive buggy in the shop.

I still don't know what posessed me but the sales asst saw my emotionally fragile big bellied state a mile away. Anyway, I bloody love my bugaboo and will never ever admit that there is any other buggy out there that comes even close. I was right and it had nothing to do with my hormones okay!!

My dad still doesn't get it but has never offered to buy me anything ever again.

I have just sold my bugaboo Cameleon. I was suckered in by the hype and after using it for eight months, realise that it was a huge waste of money. luckily my SIL is a sucker is pregnant with her first and snatched my hand off when I said I was selling it. I have now realised the error of my ways and invested in a Maclaren XT, much better pushchair at the fraction of the cost of a Bugaboo.

DDs light weight buggy was £15

(Her Mountain buggy was ~£300 and I could only afford that thanks to TRU for a very cheap cot and a DF who lent me loads of other stuff.

Your pushchair is a tbree years old? I am so sorry this has happened to you :(

Never mind stokke - have you seen the spendy concord prams?

We had a bugaboo (well a bee+ and cameleon) and i would definately say they were worth the money, though we didnt pay full price for either. I loved them, they did everything i needed from a buggy.
I had numerous others before them and nothing compared.

I would like to see a decent pushchair for £100 that is lie flat, rear facing and takes a carseat.

The design of the Bug does tick most of the boxes...it is suspensioned enough for a new baby, it's light, folds small, has a decent basket, is rear facing, adjustable handles, swivel wheels (important for older babies/toddlers) and it looks nice. It's also very much compatible with car seats.
I have about twelve pushchairs/prams at the moment (most left over from last time) and it certainly surpasses all the others on my spreadsheet. in terms of its versatility I mean. And practicality. But it still feels flimsy to me and I don't like the way it does kerbs.

I tend to like the German/ North Europaische designs though (you know - Swedish and so on) as they tend to have to cope with the worst weather and in those countries, if it isn't engineered to the hilt, it won't do.
So my 'main' one this time is the Teutonia I got as an ex-factory testing model, probably been thrown around on a treadmill a bit, but it's new, and very very strong and has a lot of useful features. And it should have been about £500, but it was £83 on ebay. Oh yes.

sorry, European - been talking to German friend this morning!

I just got a lovely mothercare buggy from the charity shop for a fiver. And it's a nice lightweight one, not a huge monstrosity that weighs a ton and takes up all the boot / hall ( voice of experience)

crackcrack whats a spendy Concord? DS3 is 4 now and I loved my Concord when he was in it, it was the last of a very long list of prams I had for him! Although I do agree for tiny babies you need something lying flat with good suspension, I had a Bebecar at that stage.

I love my bugaboo, it is so worth the money. DD has had walking issues due to her hips and hypermobility so I'm going to be using it a lot longer than normal and it is still going strong.

Plus while shopping I can hang as many bags as I need on it and it has never tipped.

I can push it with one hand while having total control.. While walking the dog.

It feels much nicer to push than all of the other prams I tried, and is much nicer to push than all my friends prams.

What exactly do these pushchairs DO for that price? Do they have engines? Can they breast feed? WHAT DO THEY DO??

I remember being aghast at paying £400 for my P&T sports but it's been a mega work horse and done it's time well. My DD was 2 when DS2 was born and it was at the time, the only really sleak double buggy on the go and because it could turn into a single it was a great buy.

I think "only" is over used a lot in advertising.
And why do we still insist on £799 ot 99p? Why not £800?

I paid about that for my iCandy

I would pay it again

It was
My one expensive item and I'm glad I did it