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to ask if you are judgey about pushchairs?

347 replies

MakeItUpAsYouGoAlong · 08/05/2013 15:42

I need to vent. Why does it seem the world and his wife has an opinion on your flippin buggy!!
I am looking to buy (from Gps as a present) 7 month old Dd a new buggy. I love the bugaboos but i just dont think i can afford a decent one so ive been looking at different styles for her.
No matter what i pick it seems to come under fire. So i thought sod it, im going with what WE like!!

WE like a Quinny Buzz 3, in black for £100. I think unpon research this is good?
Now ive just heard i will look chavvy, they are cheap and naff, common and nasty.
WELL im buying it arent i? Cant people just be nice and non judgey???

Please dont flame me for this because i do know peoples opinions get to me too much. Could you suggest a suitable response please? Also what you think of the Quinny!

AIBU to still even look at the Quinny?
or AIBU to give a shit on thoughts?

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Pobblewhohasnotoes · 09/05/2013 12:34

*looks.

OhHullitsOnlyMeYoni · 09/05/2013 12:37

To be honest half of the people around here with Bugaboos and ICandy prams are from the estates anyway, so it is really silly to assume that because you have an expensive buggy no one 'chavvy' will have it. Look at Burberry!
Get what you want and sod everyone else.

CrabbyBigbottom · 09/05/2013 12:40

Yes I'm incredibly judgy...

Every time I see someone pushing a Bugaboo I think
"Why on earth did you buy such an expensive and impractical piece of kit just because they're fashionable?"

And yes YABU to give a shit what anyone else thinks. Wink

CommanderShepard · 09/05/2013 12:44

Thinking about it I do notice other people's prams/pushchairs/slings but only in a 'never seen one of those/that sort seems popular/I like that colour' sort of way. I've never judged anyone and I haven't noticed anyone giving me nasty looks either. I've had nice comments though, especially as the Britax carrycot is comparatively enormous (suitable to 9kgs) and DD was in it for ages until she could sit up. People often commented on that in a 'I do like prams' manner.

The Bugaboo family wouldn't really work for me but I think the Donkey with the convertible shopping basket doodad is a feat of genius.

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 09/05/2013 12:46

My Bug Bee is very practical, which is why I bought it. But then I guess I could have bought something cheaper, bigger, bulky and impractical. With wheels that you have to take off just to get it in the car.

When I see parents getting their pushchair out the car and start putting it together, I smile as I quickly put up my Bee with one click.

Grin
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MakeItUpAsYouGoAlong · 09/05/2013 12:49

I am loving this thread Smile it was a good one to start I guess.
Have been looking on eBay at the amount quinny buzz's go for and it seems to vary a huge amount.
What would be a reasonable amount for one? This one is pristine, with the accessories such as parasol, footnuff, carry cot, drink holder and wheel covnveter.
Just incase DD and I are impressed Wink

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catgirl1976 · 09/05/2013 12:56

Oh........I have a Quinny Zapp (the little Buzz)

I didn't know I was chavvy :)

It's been a great little pushchair for us. No complaints.

No one has pelted me with eggs and rotten veg either, nor have I been refused entry to any toddler play establishments.

I think you'll be fine :)

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PoppyAmex · 09/05/2013 13:50

"Why on earth did you buy such an expensive and impractical piece of kit just because they're fashionable?"

Bugaboos are extremely well crafted, spin and take corners with as little as one finger guidance, have all terrain wheels so we can use it on the beach and on the countryside where I live, are workhorses and wash well.

Mostly, because I wanted it, can afford it and apparently it annoys people like you who believe they can judge my motives and character without even knowing me "just because they're fashionable" .

Advantages all around Grin

SchroSawMargeryDaw · 09/05/2013 13:55

I think the Donkey is also the only double that can as a rule fit through a standard UK doorway?

The frogs are normally about £110-£130 second hand as well so they aren't as expensive if you buy second hand.

CrabbyBigbottom · 09/05/2013 14:02

Really poppy? because what prompted my mental question (too polite to say it to them, obviously), was friends coming on a country walk with us and their bugaboo was bloody hopeless. After that I thought they were a bit pointless. I had a mountain buggy years ago (prob just as fashionable at one point, don't think it was when I bought it) and it could cope with any terrain.

Anyhow, I was being a bit flippant to make the op feel better about her buggy preference. I'm not really judging your motives and choices - couldn't give a toss tbh. Smile (not a passive aggressive smiley, btw)

MiaowTheCat · 09/05/2013 14:05

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PoppyAmex · 09/05/2013 14:06

Really, Crabby.

That's good though, that way we can both not give a toss, which is the main point I feel. Smile

RooneyMara · 09/05/2013 14:19

Tbh the Bugaboo has grown on me. (not the bee - that is still in its probationary period!) but the Frog is fairly sturdy.

I hate the little front wheels (the Buffalo looks like it might solve that) because they make it tip sometimes when going down a kerb - but all round it's a good pram.

I still have an old MB and it's superb - much better in terms of user friendliness and strength than the Bug will ever be, but then the MB wasn't marketed as a trendy, looks-based product till fairly recently.

It's horses for courses but it does make me a bit sad when people seem to think they are stuck with something hopeless, uncomfortable and hard work to push when there are so many works of genius out there Smile

MummyPig24 · 09/05/2013 14:20

Jeez why would anyone care what buggy someone else has? Some may not be my choice but its not me who is using it so I don't really care.

Just sold our BJCM and using our mac quest which I don't like much but dd shouldn't be using it much anyway.

I've got my eye on a bugaboo cam for the next baby, not because of the name, because it has a nice big seat, a good sized carrycot and is easy to push. I like the look of the iCandy Peach but the seat is small and the chrome would drive me crazy if it scratched!

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 09/05/2013 14:26

I was looking at the Buffalo online, although I don't think it's available in the uk yet.

I don't find my Bee is good off road, but then it's not meant to be. I live in a city and so I've bought a city pram, it does me fine.

Even though I love my Bee I still like looking at prams.

Surely you buy what works best for you. And if that involves spending £1000 on an iCandy then who cares?

scarletsalt · 09/05/2013 14:32

Oooh I did not know that there was a new bugaboo out! Just has a look, it has nice big front wheels which is good - on the cam the small front wheels are useless in the mud as they keep getting stuck, but if you turn it around so the Bing wheels are at the front it's really hArd to steer. And a real bonus that you can fold it with the seat on as that is a pain with the cam as well. Looks like a great pram.,

And a mere snip at £859 Grin

EasilyBored · 09/05/2013 14:32

I love prams/pushchairs. I'm shallow, but I just love all the gadgets and different style etc. I'm not judgy, just interesting in why people chose the one they did. We have an Oyster, which I really like, and we bough because it suits us and planned for it to last until DS doesn't need it anymore, but more and more I'm swayed towards trading it in for an umbrella fold maclaren type. But then I change my mind because I love mine. I might just get a new colour pack for it and spruce it up a bit instead.

If I had another baby (haha!) later, I would probably go with something like the mountain buggy or a Phil n Teds because it would be good to have something that's a bit better off road/in the mud. But I would also probably not use a pram for a newborn as much as I did this time, and would just use a wrap/sling as much as possible as I did get a bit fed up pushing the pram around.

I do get pangs of 'oooh lovely' for the original coach built silver cross prams, but my friend reliably informs me that her (proper vintage one from when she was little) weighs a tonne and has given her really toned arms from lugging it around. Plus, good luck getting that through our front door. But still, they are lovely.

forevergreek · 09/05/2013 14:43

The bugaboo and iCandy are pretty much the only carrycot prams suitable for overnight sleeping.

So although expensive you do save on buying a travel cot for little ones or a Moses basket. And space!

Our all black bugaboo was £850 4 years ago including car seat. We sold carseat a year later for £60 to a friend, then the pram sold last month on eBay for £710. So made £770 back, so actually only lost £80 after 4 years use with x2 children. Was one and only pram we had And like I said we used as small babies instead of Moses basket

I don't think £80 is bad for a pram, and sleeping place, that has travelled across the world with us, never broke, and still looks as new

TwitchyTail · 09/05/2013 14:45

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KirjavaTheCat · 09/05/2013 14:46

Maclaren are also thought of to be chavvy, and cheap, so I've heard.

But around the time when DS, now 3, the Maclaren Techno was the only buggy getting rave reviews. There didn't seem to be as many trendy travel systems on the market back then. We got a great deal on a Maclaren, and it's still alive and kicking now, it's never failed us - sturdy, convenient, folds up nicely, really light (and I like the look of it). We bought a carrycot for it so it was comfy from birth.

We can't find a pram we like for this baby, so will be buying another Maclaren Techno. Really couldn't care less about what people think of it. Does it bloody matter? I'd favour useability over looks any day, thankfully I didn't have to learn the hard way like my friend, who bought the biggest, heaviest, most fashionable buggy she could find and finds it an absolute pain in the arse. She wishes she'd bought a simple buggy and saved her money.

LibertineLover · 09/05/2013 14:47

Hmmm, my DD is in DS old crappy stroller! she had a silver cross one when new born, but it was a bastard, and I was glad to get shot.

Sure some people think...she needs a new buggy, but not one fuck do I give :)

FreudiansSlipper · 09/05/2013 15:00

i have only seen judgements passed on buggies on here

really who cares, unless others are giving advice and you are taking it the wrong way