I have had the Pear which is similar to the Apple and it wasnt bad. I found the fold large though for a single so I don't know if it will help you. The hoods are fairly shallow. It feels quite heavy - I don't know how it compares though to the Cherry or Vigour. The seats are nice and wide but the harnesses were large with no way to tighten them enough to fit my 12 month old. It was easy to push and has a decent basket. I am not sure I would buy one....

I had a apple with my last child and would never have one again. It was very heavy pushing , didn't fold very compactly down, the harness didn't tighten up enough even for a four year old. The frame was exposed so got scratched very easily. I like the look of the new strawberry but think it will be like the rest of the icandy range expensive and heavy. I really hate heavy pushchairs and even though I had lots of compliments over it I sold it on. I am a sucker for a flashy pushchair but won't be going for that one again. Have you thought about a bugaboo bee, had one of those after the apple and loved it. Also had a baby jogger city mini and they were both better in performance than the icandy apple. Loads of people buy a large pushchair like the apple then when the baby gets older sell it for a small pushchair.

Just to say, the single Pear / Apple is definitely the heaviest I have tried. I love my Peach and having tried the Strawberry, I think that too could be fab to use.

I love my apple jogger. It's really good off road, and was good in the snow last year.

The harness is fine with my 13 month old, and has been fine since we first put her in it at about 4/5 months.

It's sturdy, and I don't find it too bad to push. MIL is fine with it too.

It is pretty big folded, so it might be worth going and having a look at one to see what you think.

I don't think the frame is any more exposed than lots of other pushchairs- I think most travel systems have fairly exposed frames. Ours doesn't look scratched, anyway.