would you avoid getting a buggy with blow up wheels because of potential puncture probs?

[angels1]

Morning all,

Am hoping to buy an off road quinny this week end from a work colluegue second hand (comes with lots of fab attachments etc and all ready to go) but several people have said to me 'ohh, don't buy that, it's got blow up wheels and you'll spend your whole time getting punctures'. Is this true? Surely so long as you have a puncture repair kit at home to fix when needed and we keep a spare wheel in the car for a last minute change if needed it shouldn't be too bad? I like the idea of an odd road one so we can take it out and about for walks etc and if we get a good deal on a second hand quinny then if it doesn't work out and we realise we have other priorities once we know how and where we will use it most (which I can't see us actually quite figuring out until baby is here) we can always get another second hand one.

Any comments/experience?? Am I really mad?!

Btw the buggy has already been used for 2 years if that makes a difference to the life of the wheels - not sure how long they're expected to last.

It really depends where you live - I am constantly repairing punctures, but then I live in the sticks and probably go over rougher ground that city dwellers.

Just get that green gunk stuff you put in the tyres, which means if you do get a puncture it doesn't deflate.

I'll let someone else do a link.

The green gunk does not stop the deflation over time, just the immediate psssss clunk effect.

IME if you are going to get a puncture the psst clunk is easier because you don't just shove it back in the car thinking 'I should really do something about that'. But that may just be me

didn't even stop the "psssss clunk" for me >

I did once get an excited pssst clunk and a blob of green goo on my leg. That made the £15 to put it in worthwhile

I had a Land Rover Pegasus 3-wheeler in pretty much constant use for six years; never had a puncture.

Well not a reference to a buggy as not had one yet but wheelchairs have blow up tyres so they must be doing something right!

My nan was in hers for 10 years and we had one trip to Halfords when they fixed her straight up and we where back shopping in no time!