Hello, I'm just starting my pushchair search. After lots of looking at catalogues I had a cursory look with DH in John Lewis and despite myself I think I fell in love with the Bugaboo Bee! Will still do lots more research but wondering what other people thought.
It is my first child. I'm only 5ft 1 and we need a transport system(!) that folds easily and is robust yet lightweight. Smallish car (Polo) and no plans to change it just yet. We've been given car seats (from family so known history and no accidents) and the car seat will stay in the car - I do not need a pram/pushchair that is compatible with it. I live in a city, and I want something that can cope with city streets, shop doorways etc walks of an hour or two at a time (at least). I use buses too so it must be easy to fold down. I want something I can use from birth, although I hope I can use a sling/baby carrier for early months and shorter excursions too plus more country/off-road walks . The only off-road I'd consider with the pushchair is local slightly muddy park paths. The other essential is height adjustable handles so both my DH and I can happily push. Until I saw the Bugaboo Bee in the flesh, I was keen on the Maclarans (4 season and Techno XT) and I thought the Chameleon /Gecko too pricey. But the Bee seems to fit the bill and is still in budget (just). Neither of us were that impressed by the 3 wheelers we looked at.