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AIBU to hate anything Bugaboo

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Bamboobambino · 14/09/2013 13:19

Because I'm trying to rationalise it. I know they're supposed to be quality products and everything, but it's just the sight of the the brand/logo.... I can't stand them.
I've tried to think this through. Is it jealousy? No, as I could buy one if I wanted. I really can't think of the real reasons
Why do I have a weird hatred of a pushchair brand FFS?!

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PoppyAmex · 14/09/2013 17:51

I live in the middle of nowhere in semi-rural Scotland and my Cam goes through everything, but thats hardly the point as you're not really debating its merits.

I think it's odd you have such a visceral reaction to a pushchair; then again I never notice or care about what other people are pushing/driving.

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Bamboobambino · 14/09/2013 18:04

Yes, I think it's odd too, just trying to unpick why?

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AndHarry · 14/09/2013 18:12

I'm on my second Bee and hate them too so you're not the only irrational one :o

softlysoftly · 14/09/2013 18:13

People naturally make instant judgements, anyone who says they don't is lying.

We react to looks, accent, age etc, and in more marketing led times that probably extends to brands, clothes, possesions etc.

Your visceral reacts is because you judge negatively onthat brand, your mind aautomatically links it to aspects of a personality you don't like.

The ability to then in the next, more rational, moment stop think and get past your initial judgement to the actusl person snd object is what reflects who you are.

or that could be armchair pop psychology bollocks albiet logical and based on my alevels about 15 years ago

softlysoftly · 14/09/2013 18:14

And my inability to type renders me less believable Angry

tethersend · 14/09/2013 18:17

I used to love bugaboo. Until I discovered micralite.

Now I convert anyone who will listen- all the sturdiness and smooth ride of the bugaboo cameleon but foldable and light.

Am about to sell my bugaboo cam, and I can't wait to see the back of it.

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Bamboobambino · 14/09/2013 18:21

Yes yes that's it, thanks Softly... Very well articulated too.
I need to work on getting from the third paragraph to the fourth in your post.
Nothing like a bit of psychoanalysis on a Sat afternoon :)

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topicsactiveimon · 14/09/2013 18:28

YANBU. I have the same reaction. I instantly judge - negatively - anyone pushing a Bugaboo. Obviously this doesn't last if I meet and get to know the person!

HystericalParoxysm · 14/09/2013 18:44

Well the options for twins are limited anyway, as you will know, but especially if you want both to be parent facing. My choice was based on that, not the logo. I find it a bit sad that people would judge me for that Hmm

mummysboys1980 · 14/09/2013 19:00

I feel that about phil and bloody teds.

Massive pushchairs. Yuck.

Pickle131 · 14/09/2013 19:22

YANBU. What annoys me about them is that they didn't come out nearly as well on independent reviews as the brand I went for, and yet they're supposedly so desirable. So I always think 'more money than sense' whenever I see one. Of course, that's not to say the reviews I read are the only ones, I just wonder how many people really do their research and how many just go for the brand du jour.

ILetHimKeep20Quid · 14/09/2013 19:31

Absolute substance.

This time 8 years ago the frog was the only pram on the market that ticked all the boxes for me.

It's on baby number 3 now and going strong. Mud, sand, gravel and snow conquered.

Highlander · 14/09/2013 19:33

Bugachav as they're known around her Wink

northernlurker · 14/09/2013 19:34

I had one for dd3 and found it wonderful. I have no idea why you hate it but onestoly you're judging the parents because of the wheeled conveyance their dc are sitting in? Get a grip.

KenAdams · 14/09/2013 19:35

Love mine. It's so much easier to push than others and isnt flimsy. It will stay in our family for a long time.

ILetHimKeep20Quid · 14/09/2013 19:37

Of course in the bizzare inverted snobbery that thrives on mumsnet, anything more lavish than a 20 year old McLaren rattle wagon bought for 10p from a car boot sale is chavvy, show off, excessive, unnecessary and tacky.

chocolatemartini · 14/09/2013 19:38

Love my cameleon. I tried loads of crappier pushchairs before getting this one

Ilovemyself · 14/09/2013 19:40

bamboobambino. Are you serious that the donkey was heavy? Ours was light as, and was the easiest buggy we tried and was perfect for our twins when they were tiny as we could have it in single mode and have them share and then convert to to twin as they grew. And then have it with seats as they grew even more.

The only reason we sold it was that no 3 arrived as the twins reached their first birthday so we needed something with 3 seats Grin

Kaekae · 14/09/2013 19:45

I bought one in 2007 when I was pregnant with my first baby, I loved it. I used it again in 2009 with my second baby and it was like band new. I just loved the fact it was so light. I've still got it and would use again if I had another baby so it has been worth the money. There is no way it is chav! My sister had a Quinny Buzz, she bought it because she is tall and it was one of the few buggies she didn't have to hunch over. She hated it but loved my bugaboo.

PoppyFleur · 14/09/2013 19:46

Life must be really good if you can waste so much energy on an irrational hatred! Wink

Each to their own. My aunt had a saying...if you want to live my life, start by paying my bills. So as long as the Bugaboo devotees (& I am one of them) do not present you with the bill for their pushchair, why care?

CookieLady · 14/09/2013 19:47

YABU. I adore my bee.

SHarri13 · 14/09/2013 19:51

Are they really chavvy where some of you live? They're not at all here, must be a geographical thing.

NicolaSeven · 14/09/2013 19:57

YABU, I really miss my Bee. I remember Daisy Waugh ranting about them in one of her vile, try-hard, reverse-snobbery attacks on irrelevant things in the Times.

It works really well. Child looks comfortable. Who gives a shit about the rest?

No?

britaxmaxwayuser · 14/09/2013 20:01

I am the most down to earth, pragmatic, practical person you will ever meet and I have a Donkey and love it. It was bought purely for practical reasons after test-driving a load in Mothercare and John Lewis. The grandparents were so impressed with it in terms of handling and practicality that they gave us some money towards it. I didn't get any choice on colours as we needed it quickly, but I wasn't that bothered about what it looked like.

It is absolutely the best pram for my twins, as they are both parent-facing, it drops down to a single which is VERY useful for going to the hospital and through airports etc (with one twin in a baby carrier) and it has a kick-button which converts it to going on sand and off-road which is a lifesaver when dog walking.

What's to hate?

Larrygogan · 14/09/2013 20:02

When I was a north Londoner, Bugaboo Bees were most commonly pushed by the thirtysomething middle classes who didn't have cars and/lived in flats up steps. You could usually see about twenty of them in any five minute period on Stoke Newington Church Street.

I can't get excited about buggy brands, but from what I remember, we bought it because it was the lightest one on the market that could go front and rear-facing, and was suitable for a newborn. If we had lived then where we live now, we'd probably have bought something chunky that could handle rough ground.

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