Quinny buggy - any good?

[PixieCake]

Has anyone got the Quinny Buzz buggy and would you recommend it?

Trying to decide between that and the Phil and Teds Sport - which is a bit more ££ but may be better in long run if I have another baby. However, apparently the P &T one is a lot heavier.

Any advice pls? x

no no no, avoid the Quinny! it is brilliant when baby is really tiny, for about the first six months, but then it rapidly deteriorates. we had loads of problems with the tyres, which kept deflating/puncturing. for some reason best known to the manufacturers the tyrers are not solid, they are air filled, like a bike. so they get punctured as often as a bike tyre punctures. you then have to send off for replacements, which takes ages. they also become extremely stiff and heavy to handle as they get older, and oiling doesn't help much. Admittedly this was two years ago now so they may have improved the system. However, I will never forget a truly nightmarish walk I went on with my DS when he was about a year old. it was pouring with rain and at some point en route the Quinny sort of seized up, so that I couldn't turn corners with it. the misery that followed trying to manoeuvre the thing was like an Olympic workout. I had to call my husband, pathetically, and ask him to come and pick us up in the car.

Gulp. Ok, thanks for the feedback. What did you get instead?

Anyone else?

I love my Quinny, and I've had it for 18 months. You can get inner tubes from Halfords, they are the same size as a small kids bike.

They have now improved even more than mine, as you can have the seat front or rear facing in all three positions, IYKWIM?

Mine went a bit squeaky at about 5 months, but DH tightened all the joints and its been fine since, and survived the journey to Australia.

did not like the quinny at all. am v happy with a maclaren and silvercross. the quinny doesn't move that well, also had problems with the wheels and found the handles quite low, so more effort to push it.

my dd is 21mths and she can't step off the quinny as too narrow in front.

Really love the bugaboo bee (we have the chameleon) but we travel so much and I found it a tad heavy.

Most value for pounds in a MacLaren. Loved the techno but settled for a daytripper as dd doesn't need to lie down in a buggy anymore. Also loved the Quest.

i bought my Quinny Buzz3 in April this year ready for DC2's arrival in October, have used it a few times with my DS1 but as he is almost 2 and a half it is hardly ever worth ghetting a huge buggy out just for a toddler who wants to walk most of the time!

However, when i have used it now and then i do love it - its so easy to glide around, with one hand you can easily do all the pushing, the only thing i miss is there isnt a handle as such to put your shopping bags on but u can buy a special clip for this which i will do before baby arrives.

I would recommend it if you have the money to spend, altho i dont think ill be using it all the way up to the 3 year mark as its quite heavy and bulky compared to smaller pushchairs which i switched to a while back with my 2 yr old.

I cant wait for baby to arrive so i can use it properly! good luck decision making!

what new mother has the time to trek to Halfords to fix inner tube problems with a pushchair? i well remember the panic that a flat wheel on my Quinny would cause. we don't live very near shops and i was on my own with my DS during the day. no pushchair pretty much meant no getting out of the house. it did move very nicely for the first few months but £300+ is an awful lot to pay for a pushchair that only performs really well for such a short period.
most people seem to start off with fancy makes, and end up with a Maclaren, at least once baby is old enough to sit up. They're real workhorses, and affordable enough to replace regularly. they're light and fold really easily.

Everyone recommended the Quinny to me but I want something that will last a long time especially for the price tag. They look really uncomfortable though.

Put slime in your tyres, I've been using my Quinny since March '08 and only ever had one puncture. DH fixed it with a bicycle tyre repair kit.

Oh, and also, the family that I work for (as a nanny, taking my DS with me) have a P&T sport and I don't like it nearly as much as the Quinny.

We have slime in our tyres and haven't had a puncture since! I have a love hate relationship with mine but it is sooo comfy for lo'sand lovely to be parent facing and spins on a 50p. I am thinking of selling mine as we are moving andi am becoming a pram Hun! Email me on [email protected] if interested.

Oh and kitty the handle on mine are extendable which is a reason I brought it as I am tall. Aren't yours?

We've got the Quinny Buzz 3-wheeler (bear in mind there is a 4 wheel option as well -- they're not the same) and it has pros and cons. Currently we're using it with the Dreami carrycot.

Pros -- brilliant turning circle, great manouverability, love the pneumatic tyres which give baby a very smoothe ride, even up quite large curbs/steps. Very versatile with the car seat option.

Cons -- very wide wheel base because it's a three wheeler, so sometimes hard to get through narrow gaps. Also it seems a little bit plasticy for the price; plus it's heavy, so I can't lift it myself at the moment because I had a CS.

We've actually just bought the Zapp as well, because we need to do some travelling by plane later in the year, and in terms of size it's fantastic -- had baby out in it yesterday with the car seat on the base.

I think if we'd thought about it more carefully/been willing to spend the money we would have bought a Bugaboo pram and a Zapp folding pushchair. But I still like the Quinny Buzz 3.

Oh -- and I've come to the conclusion that pretty much everyone dislikes something about the first pram they buy and end up buying at least one more! So you might be better off NOT buying a travel system at the beginning, and buying something perfect for the first 6 months or so, then moving onto a folding pushchair when the baby can sit up/