£35 buggy 'is better than designer rivals'

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Here www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?_DARGS=/core/lowerHeaderBarWideFrag.jhtml

£770 for the xplory is an exaggeration anyway. i paid £449 for mine brand new from a 'proper' shop and not ebay or a secondhand one.

they weren;t really comparing liek for like. if they were comapring umbrella strollers with umbrella strollers then fair enough i would say a cheap one probably does do the job as adeqautley as a more expensive one, however a proper pram suitable for a newborn cannot be comapred to a cheapy holidya stroller suitable from 6 months and above.

they also said the seat from the xplory can be used in the car, and it can;t! very dangerous mis-information given there.

I chortled at the thought of the huns and their quest for the ideal buggy when I first read this in which.

I agree that you can't compare buggies with prams. Most parents start off (quite rightly) buying a pram where a newborn can lie flat all warm and comfy. Then buy a cheapy buggy when said child reaches at least 6mths or perhaps walking.

It looks absolutely fine for the odd walk to or around the shops but I wouldn't use it for anything more than that. They're only good for pavements as well. You couldn't go on a nature trail or walking in the woods with it.

Ubergeekian, the big proper tyred, 3 wheelers really are the only ones suitable for walking off road. 4 wheelers are very difficult to cut through mud with and are less stable off road. 3 wheelers are also far easier to get over stys, through kissing gates etc.
You buy what suits your lifestyle and, of course, your budget.

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cushioncover: "Most parents start off (quite rightly) buying a pram where a newborn can lie flat all warm and comfy. Then buy a cheapy buggy when said child reaches at least 6mths or perhaps walking."

'Swhat we did. Proper Silver Cross pram (eBay) for the start, mainly used as a mobile cot for the garden. Then a cheapo buggy (eBay) for occasional grandparental use. It's Silver Cross branded, but identical to at least two other makes - somewhere in China bashing them out for rebadging, I think.

"3 wheelers really are the only ones suitable for walking off road"

We tried a few 3-wheelers off-road (ish) for the test and just found them to be a pain. The central front wheel means the child has to sit higher than in a 4-wheeler, so added to a smaller wheel base they were much more toppleoverable. Of course the bigger wheels are nice, but I couldn't see the threewheelness as more than a gimmick.

Actually, I find all pushchairs a pain, and never use ours. My Vaude backpack (Freecycle!) is much easier and more companionable. Of course I may change my mind as The Boy swells to more than his current 12.5kg...

But the main thing, I think, is to try a ramge, find a solution which suits you and your situation (town/country, small/large/no car, height etc) and not to be seduced into thinking that only a hideously complicated "travel system" - all aluminium and useless mesh pockets (Jané, I'm looking at you) - will do.

Yes Jane are big and bulky.

TBH, I love my black phil&teds. It doesn't show the dirt and as we were living somewhere quite rural until last year, it was fab for transporting two of them through the fields and woods. I would have been stuck in doors a lot had I needed to get a double buggy. As I said, you need to buy for your own needs and lifestyle.