Quote: 'wouldn;t go through my front door (and therefore not through many shop doors either), weighs a ton, would never fit in the car however you took it apart, is hard to steer and poor on rough or muddy ground I thought again.
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It fits through my bog-standard width double-glazed front door. The pram's 22" (55cm) wide.
Goes through all shop doors so far.
Weighs 10kg, that's as light as a medium-priced buggy.
The carrycot detaches from the chassis and the chassis folds down, though the wheels don't pop off, it's still smaller than a double buggy.
It's been bounced over ploughed fields at a steam rally..great suspension! Not easy, you have to take baby out first, ideally!
It's actually shorter than my Jane Powertwin: 45.5" long. I'm taking it on the bus tomorrow (modern lowliner 'buggy friendly' type), I'll update next few days whether it fits in that buggy space (wheelchair space)and how well or not in manoeveres into position (some of those spaces have a vertical bar in the way and narrower aisles).
I've just moved from Todmorden in West Yorks which is a bit of a nearby-Hebden Bridge hippy overspill town (like Heb it's full of Londoners ) and only 1 Silver Cross in Tod, owned by onesuch of them types).
Now in a Northamptonshire village, I'm the only one with a Silver Cross, but I'm thinking these are gonna have a popularity resurgance since some pesky 'Slebs have been out and about with them in LA...
I recommend it. I feel like a proper old-fashioned mum who's put baby's comfort before practicality and/or vanity. If I saw someone else with one though, as long as she wasn't a blatant Mother Earth Hippy or SnootyMiddleAgedBoden showing off her money I'd probably think the mum liked to be a bit kooky, perhaps Young Fogey, .... I don't know, my reasons are definately Young Fogey, definately not mainstream buggybuyer (also had Micralite, Land Rover atp, Nipper 360...none of them exactly trendy, popular or attractive!) but I also like the tech spec such as outstanding suspension, robustness of build quality (them wheels ain't fell off for 40 years, ain't gonna any time soon either!), all metal parts engineered and the idea that it might just protect bub better in the event it glances off a car crossing a busy road (I don't want to generate too much imagery there).
They also aren't that dear, nevermind this £800 quote, that's brand new, you can buy immaculate ones for between £50 - £150 on eBay.