Lightweight pram easy for steps - recommendations please

[babywhen]

I am just starting to look at pram/pushchair options and we have a couple of steps up to our front door and I wondered if anyone had a recommendation for a pram that's easy to lift up steps when I'm on my own?

I had three steps up to my front door (and numerous prams/pushchairs). Is the lightweight criteria because you want to be able to lift it up the steps? Or for another reason?

My preference out of many pushchairs I’ve had to get up our steps was one with large air filled tyres so I could bump it up and down the steps without lifting at all. The air filled tyres meant it was so smooth that I could do it without waking a baby/toddler

Other options - one with a lift off carrycot that has a carrying handle so you could lift the carrycot into the house and come back for the wheels?

The challenge with lifting a pushchair up steps and through a door is that it’s incredibly awkward (assuming you’re doing it with a child in) - either trying to lift from the handle end or squeezing through next to the pushchair from the side. Even before your baby gets bigger it’s not great for your back. If you’re not doing it with a child in then any pushchair can be bumped up the steps easily when empty

I'm getting a bugaboo bee 5 as it's small and light and hopefully light enough to carry.

For just a few steps like that you want big wheels so you can just roll over the steps (with a bit of tipping if necessary) and/or something you can easily tip and "step" over the steps, like a kerb.

If you go to a big baby shop you can normally try out prams with weighted bags in them so you can try out how easy and sturdy they are if you're pushing on the handle.

And yes - worth thinking about whether you have a turn as you come in the door or can roll right in.

Another option is just to stop in front of the door, remove carrycot/car seat/child, take them in and put down in bouncer/on floor mat/in playpen and come back to fold up the buggy and bring it inside.

What about where you've got quite a few steps? Should I be looking at getting bigger wheels do you think?

Are we talking a few steps or a flight of stairs?

As in, would you bump/tip up the steps or will the pushchair need to be carried or stored downstairs?

I have 5 stairs up to the front door then another 2 flights up to my apartment. Most of the time I do store the pram in the boot of the car but if DH has the car or if I have to park further away I have no issue carrying our Babyzen YoYo up. Usually I fold it in the street and use the shoulder strap to carry it up like a large bag but I can carry it without folding, with DD in it/shopping underneath up to the communal hall if it’s bad weather and I don’t want to faff in the street.