Mountain Buggy appear to be trying to fit a micro scooter as a buggyboard?!

[EldonAve]

this looks quite odd

I would think it would stick out too much

I've just left a rather scathing comment on their 'post a comment' board. I think this is ridiculous. I am so sick of 'innovative products' being brought out to make parents feel that they're somehow not bringing their children up properly if they're not being carried, driven, or somehow wheeled along everywhere.

OOOOH! I'm that riled about it!

Look at the way it sticks out at the back. I'm 5'11'', and most of that is leg (with size 8 feet to go with it!). Where are my legs supposed to go with that thing sticking out from the back of the pram? What sort of idiot am I going to look, pushing both my kids, with my legs splayed out like John Wayne either side of my child, as he rides in state and I contort myself in ever more difficult positions?

Not to mention the message that this sends out to your child, that their comfort is far more important than that of their parents. This is a dangerous message for a parent to send out, as it does not help the child to develop respect for others.
The sense of self in a child means that they only think (initially) of themselves and their own needs.
One of our jobs as parents is to help the child to move away from this 'selfish' thinking and develop a more empathetic and less self-centred attitude, where other people's needs are respected and taken into account. This starts at home, with parents teaching their children to have respect for their (the parents') needs.
The child will only be able to do this if we, as parents, encourage them in independence, and make sure that we do not do things that make our own lives difficult so that our children can have, literally, an 'easy ride'.
Naturally, I am talking here about allowing our children to have 'fripperies'. I am NOT talking about things like making sure the children get the food, love and comfort they need, which sometimes means we make sacrifices to our own comfort, such as staying up in the night to look after a child who's sick, or carrying a child who's worn out (as I did yesterday with sleeping Ds,3, on the school run!).

I think this looks like a product that requires the parent to take a submissive role and position in order to give the child an easy time, which in my opinion is sending out entirely the wrong message.

Sorry for the angry tone. It just brings out the worst in me to see products that take independence away from children at the very age when they should be getting more independent.

Blimey that was a bit OTT!

So you are OK with carrying a tired 3yo, but not, erm, putting him on a buggy board?

Sorry, I'm well confused!

I wonder if the micro scooter is patented?

Sorry flightattendant have had a disturbed night and am not at my usual light hearted self! Don't have pushchairs any more unless I absolutely have to as I live in a very hilly/cobbly area with tiny narrow pavements (that disappear at crucial points!) and so when I look at things like this I think about access, which would be impossible with that on the back of the pushchair round here.
No, I have no probs carrying my 3 YO, as use a sling.
When he was born, I used a pushchair for DS2 (who was then 15mo), made DS1 (then 3YO) walk and carried DS3 in a sling. Ocassionally, we would pushchair DS1&2 in double buggy and sling DS1, but this made me feel like a packhorse, so I wouldn't do it without DH to do the pushing.
Now, I have a little pushchair in the car for 'emergencies', but since DS3 was asleep when we got to school (which is up on the hills, 2.5 miles from home, which is why I drove and he had time to fall asleep in the car), I just put him in a sling and slung him into the playground. You have to climb a flight of steps to get to the school playground anyway, so anyone with a pushchair leaves it at the bottom and carries their Los or they make them walk.
Kids walk alot round here, as it's just too much hard work to push them up and down the hills!
I can't think of anyone round here with a buggy board. Maybe they just don't work on hills/cobbles?

No need to apologise! I think you're probably right, buggy boards would be useless on a cobbled hilly street

The scooter looks OK to me as it's sort of to one side. Interesting idea I think - though it's got comments from the NewZealand inventors, when I thought MB NZ had gone bust and production moved to China last year?

Also heard the quality of the new MBs isn't all that.

Don't know anything about MBs. I had a Jane Powertrack which looks similar. I absolutely loved it, it did for all 3 and is big enough to take them even when they're quite old.
The original style, which we had, had a sort of platform above the front wheel that DS1 used to sit on for a ride. It looked like it was a cool double buggy, with DS2 in the seat, and Ds1 facing him on his little sit-on bit. Trouble is, it ruined the suspension after a bit, and DS3 used to kick the others off when he was in the seat!
I can see what you mean about it being to one side, but it still looks like you wouldn't have enough room for yourself when pushing, IYSWIM.

The Powertrack had an excellent reputation among buggy pushers

ikwym about the suspension though! Have almost ruined a few that way.

mountain buggy were taken over by phil and teds.
chariots for one have stopped stocking them now as they don't believe the build quality is as good.
i suspect that we'll see a lot of new add-ons now p&t own the brand

MB used to be renowned for being simple and built to last. which isn't what p&t are about at all sadly.

i actually don't think this is that bad an idea tbh tho! i agree it would be hard to walk behind, but so is any buggy board, and at least you can tgake this off and let them scoot.

Mountain buggy would be fantastic on cobbled streets and up hills, certainly the old 'proper' mountain buggies are designed that can be taken up, well, mountains as the name sugests.

I think it looks like a fantastic idea, so much better than a buggy board which is the same width as the back of the buggy so you do walk with your bum sticking out and get a bad back. This looks about half the width and so easy to walk at the side without standing on the side and being a mountain buggy you can push it with one finger even with a very heavy child in it. I can get my dd (3.5) and her brother in mine, not that she uses a buggy of course but to if it rains they can both scooch inside.

Good job we are different in our opinions!!

hi, can i just say that this is exactly what i'm looking for but to attatch my microscooter to my buggy.

fyi
if you check the instructions fully you will see that the attatchments actually slide along the bar on your buggy so you can put it to the side and pull the child along right next to you. no more john wayne walking

And its absolutely awful to use! It wobbles from side to side as you walk. The scooter is very unresponsive and heavy. My DD is a whizz on her balance microscooter but she has no control over her Freerider. We thought it would be the perfect solution for us to move from a double pushchair to single given she loves scooting so much. But after a few outings where she's got cross / lost control we are going to sell it. We have bought a scooter hook instead from JoJo Maman Bebe for £8.