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3-wheeler prams - is this best for 'off road'!!!

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Janus · 12/12/2007 20:16

Another pram question!!!
I am 18 weeks and although this is my third the choice still seems so difficult!
This time around my difference is I have a big labrador that needs walking every day and we are moving to the New Forrest so her walks may be a little bit more 'rustic'!!, ie not on proper paths.
Would a 3-wheeler be the way to go or do those wheels puncture at any given opportunity? I have had a look at the Phil and Ted ones, look lovely but the price may sting a bit so any other recommendations would be gratefully received.
Appreciate this is a difficult one and may only be able to be replied by people who also have dogs but thought I'd ask.
Thanks.

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whomovedmychocolate · 12/12/2007 20:20

I've got a urban detour from Mothercare and it's pretty darn good cross country (although the stiles are a bugger ). Three wheeler are definitely a good plan. HOWEVER, I give you fair warning - take the ficking pram to the bike shop and pay them a tenner to fill the wheels with gel because the tyres WILL puncture and you WILL hurt yourself trying to limp home on two wheels (or less) if you don't

micegg · 12/12/2007 21:03

Good tip Choc! This is what put me off the P&T double buggy.

Gemy · 12/12/2007 21:32

We have the phil & teds and go off-roading all the time. The only pucture we've ever had was from a glass bottle in a supermarket carpark! [And it wasn't one of those where the tyre goes down straight away, took me a whole week to realise one of the tyres was feeling a bit strange!]

My friend has the Mountain Buggy and loves it but think these are even more expensive than P&T....

daisymo · 12/12/2007 22:05

I have the urban detour too and love it, but have now got a flat tyre - the wheel has lost the cap off the bit you inflate via - I'm not sure what to do, feel a bit stressed!

coldtits · 12/12/2007 22:06

I have an Urban Detour and I adore it - I was lucky and picked mine up in fab condition in a charity shop for £30.

Jammy!

Rachee · 12/12/2007 22:18

i have jane slalom, very very good as it's car seat folds out flat into carry cot.... we looked at phil and teds and urban detour, phil and teds def lighter in weight, big advantage but i didn't think it looked that sturdy for all the off roading to be done ( moors and beach) , so jane slalom won the day, £ 660 new, but we bought from ebay for £215 !!! only used twice !! so look for a second hand one of the more expensive one , you get what you pay for .....

CantSleighWontSleigh · 12/12/2007 22:23

I have the Mountain Buggy Urban (their Terrain model would be better if you pretty much only want to off road with it), and have only ever had one puncture. Dh researched the best thing to do with the tyres and got some product or other to put in them before we used it, to make them more robust (not the gel that someone else suggested).

It's a fab pushchair, and you'll find lots of threads about it if you search.

CastorAndPollux · 12/12/2007 22:24

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moljam · 12/12/2007 22:26

we have a xts twister-i really love it.i use on and off road,its easy to steer even with one hand,mines second hand-about £40 i think and ive not had any punctures although im sure i should have!

coldtits · 12/12/2007 22:45

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this is mine. It's gorgeous. I can push my nearly 5 year old uphill, while eating a bag of chips (so one handed!)

they are VERY room, will hold a lot of weight and lovely to push over grass.

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 12/12/2007 22:50

for real off-roading then a mountain buggy terrain.

i had a mountain buggy breeze (like a mini terrain but without all the fancy-whoosits etc), and was chucking it down the beach, using it at festivals and through the woods, it was so easy compared to an urban detour (*which btw, i do rate as a good budget 3 wheeler, but is not a proper terrain pushchair IMO).

another one to look for, i think there may be one on ebay atm, but they are hitting our shroes in the spring is the http://www.bobtrailers.com/strollers/strollers.php BOB pushchairs. atm there is a delay in getting them upto UK safety standards as they are american strollers i think, but they are safe, its just our safety standards are different.

bunnyhunny · 12/12/2007 22:57

we have a mountain buggy urban, and that has been all over the place with us and the dogs - 4inch thick grass on the gallops, beaches, rocky terrain, even lifted it over stiles and the like.
it is fab

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 12/12/2007 22:58

MB urban is also one of my favourites.

but i loved the breeze.

TooTickyDoves · 12/12/2007 22:59

I have an urban detour which is 6 or 7 years old and frequently carries an extra child, still going strong.
Only get punctures when they hack the hedges and leave all the sloe/bramble branches all over the road

TheChickenLady · 12/12/2007 23:12

Mountain buggy - sturdy, easy to pushand fab on rough terrain.

bunnyhunny · 12/12/2007 23:17

and you can push the mountain buggy one handed over all the potholes and divots

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Janus · 12/12/2007 23:37

Fantastic, thanks. Am confused though is the 'Urban Detour' quite a few of you mention the Mothercare Urban Detour? Or is 'Mountain' a make and therefore different from Mothercare?? Sorry!

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FairyTaleOfNewYork · 12/12/2007 23:39

mothercare make the urban detour range.

Mountain buggy is a brand on its own. they make proper terrain buggies, hefty price tag though, just so you are forwarned.

AandMsmum · 12/12/2007 23:46

I have a Chicco S3 jogger, the suspension is brilliant, I've jogged with it and my dd doesn't jiggle around a bit. So i would suspect it would be okay for long walks in the New Forrest.

ChorusLineMistletoeAndWine · 12/12/2007 23:47

Ive got an M&P 03 - I love it lots!

mulledwinestein · 13/12/2007 00:01

Another vote for the Mountain Buggy. Still "mountaining" with it and the dog after nearly 3 years (DS still needs it for dog walking) and concur with everything everyone has said about them - they are by far the best. It's the ability to push and control it one handed over ruts, divots and the like which wins for dog walks hands down.

They are expensive, but perhaps you could consider a second hand one off Ebay?

stockingfiller · 13/12/2007 00:13

i have the old graco comfort trekker,
and it is fab we walk dog round farm/park thing and it copes really well with the rough ground dd loves it so easy to push as long as tyre fully inflated mine lies flat too which is always helpful.
have used it from about 2mo she now 18mo and still fits in great.
my only problem with it is its heavy and akward shape when folded so cannot get on bus by myself with it!

mulledwinestein · 13/12/2007 08:47

That reminds me SF, that was another reason I homed in on the Mountain Buggy - it's one of the lightest 3 wheelers around at just over 7kg

TEUCHywithallthetrimmings · 13/12/2007 08:51

Go for a proper off-road one rather than a 3-wheel 'jogger' or similar...these are just to unstable for proper countryside!

I live on a farm and I now have arms like Popeye from trying to keep it from tipping over...(Hauck Roadster...I know, I know the clue is in the name )

CantSleighWontSleigh · 13/12/2007 09:34

mws - pretty sure the MB is 10/11kg, not 7, but still light for what it is.

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