If you were buying a pushchair specifically to use in conjunction with a buggy board, which would you buy?

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Basically, which pushchair allows you to walk properly without kicking the buggy board? And 'works' with a buggy board, i.e. access to brakes and basket, comfort for both children, etc?

At the moment I am looking at buying a Silver Cross pop, but someone said it was a serious pain with a buggy board. Is it?

Children are a small 3 year old and a one year old. We want something relatively lightweight but not cheap and nasty. (Though I am a bit cheap myself, so intend to buy it on ebay if I can.)

I realise this is not the most important question in the world right now, but do feel free to express violent, drunken opinions on this matter of enormous significance to me.

Maclaren xt or xlr

I'd get one of these

I don't know about buggyboards (I have no idea why I opened this thread ), but I have a friend with a Pop and it seems pretty rubbish to be honest. The breaks started to go after 2-3 months and I can see how easy it would be for them to get damaged so quickly. Also, I believe most strollers aren't strong enough to take the weight of a child and buggyboard attached to the back.

Hmm.. I have looked at the Joovy thingy, but we already have a double buggy. And we need a buggy seat that reclines as one year old still sleeps in the afternoons.

Any advance on the Maclaren recommendation? There surely must be some strong opinions out there?

The Joovy Ultralight has a fab reclining seat at the front for an older baby. They are long folded though.

Hi, what about mamas and papas pliko. Not very light I know but toddler step is already attached and nice and comfy for baby. I could not get on with a buggy board at all but found the pliko fine. Pick them up for good money on ebay too

I have a maclaren XT and I found the buggyboard was a right pain. I am very short though, so I walk close to it. DH managed fine, he is a big tall lanky thing.

Look on ebay for a mamas and papas sherpa. They're often yellow/blue or orange/blue. A little retro but well made and a bit "surf dude" looks wise.
They have a built in toddler step and the seat reverses. Often they are less than £50.

Ebay search just now for Mamas and Papas sherpa returned zero results.

Pliko appears to be a travel system and both our kids are beyond needing that now.

Am I really asking the impossible? Lots of people use buggy boards, don't they? How hard can this be?

Wails.

Something with air tyres will be much much easier to push than an umbrella buggy. I used a nipper with board easily for an 18m old and 3yo

I love my Jane slalom 3 wheeler with buggy board (importantly - not the jane surfer board - I have lascal).

Pushchair can still recline
Brake can be applied - but only with board clipped up
It has a single handle bar to anchor the board strap to
The handle bar can be rotated so the child on the board doesn't have to lean back or stick their head under the bar
There's a handbrake which is dead handy going downhill as it's so heavy with 2
yy to 3 wheelers being easier to push - it's very light and smooth

sorry yesshesagirl said airtyres not 3 wheelers - that too!

Jane slalom looks a bit big and heavy. We just gave away our Quinny Speedi so we are looking forward to something smaller.

I defiantly think the mclaren xt or xlr are your best bet with a buggy board. They are well built buggies and most come with a life time guarantee. I have a silvercross pop butterfly and they are not as sturdy as the mclaren. Also the hood on the pop is so flimsy, it always unclips itself from the buggy chasis and falls off.

i have a joovy caboose and it is fab, but see your point about recine on front seat, although i think the newer ones recline a bit more and toddler could stand on the back when seat is reclined, i have also used a pliko switch [the normal pliko is great but toddler would not be able to stand on back when seat is reclined] the pliko switch has a reversable seat, so you would be able to have dc2 facing you and dc1 still standing on the back, they do work very well and prob my fav as to using a buggy board, i have used a buggy board on the following as well, jive buggy, xlr, to name a few and they were horrid, have a board [micralite rider board] on the back of a micralite fast fold, i have the extendable handles and buggy weights on front wheels [both are needed] and it is very easy to push, but no shopping space [don't know if the new ones have an easier basket to get to, i have always found buggy boards get in the way of applying the brake, i do think perhaps the best option is the pliko switch, but it is heavy to lift when folded [although i have had worse and the seat can be taken off to fold to make it lighter] it is heavy to get up kerbs, but this is over come by putting your foot on the step the toddler is stood on to help get it up the kerbs, my ds stood on the back very happy and i always managed to put my foot on the step to get it up kerbs [came as second nature after a while], they are not a one handed push, but are quite nice to push and more importantly your dc1 will be stood on the back out of your way and feet. i have owned 1 switch and 4 plikos over the years [got a pliko switch as soon as they came out], i always seemed to go back to them, after the buggy board hurt my back, the buggy board i used was a lascal maxi board, i think it is the best one on the market, what ever you do, do not buy a board with a centre wheel they are very hard to walk with and it will be an expensive mistake

We have a micralite. When baby was little we used car seat adapters for maxi cosi and now she sits in the puschair. We have the purpose made rider board for DS and handle extenders. It can be a bit tippy if your try to put anything on handles but as it is a,l made by same companies it works weel together.

The Comfort+ Strollirider is supposedly better with the bucket seat and harness. I nearly bought one until a friend told me the handles are very low and her DC found it better to hold onto the back of the pushchair. My pushchair didnt really work for that. She liked hers. There's also the Mountain Buggy Freerider but it only fits certain pushchairs.

Should have read...as it is all made by the same company it works well together.

www.micralite.com/rider-stroller-board.asp

Thanks, I am working my way through all of these suggestions!

Questions:

The Pliko switch. I really like the built in little toddler step. But... does the toddler have to lean back? I can't quite see how they could stand upright, as the seat protudes over the foot step thingy. Is it easier than it looks?

Micra lite stroller board: Do your feet hit the board when you walk?

when the seat is facing you the foot rest has to be down, but the back of the seat can recline, however when the seat is forward facing, you will not be able to have the seat reclined and a toddler stood on the back, i always used my switch parent facing with the footrest down and ds stood on the step facing dd.

re micralite rider board, no not once you get used to walking with it, i kicked the board wheel twice and thats it, they are easy to walk with, but i have found the pliko switch the easiest or the pliko if you dc2 does not nap, both are on ebay

Thanks pramsgalore. With the pliko facing, does the smaller child kick the one on the step? (or would that just be my badly behaved children?)

I think I am about to bid on a Pliko, but want to make sure I get one with a recline feature. Is it only the switch that has a recline? What about the Pliko pramette or the Pliko P3?

yes the younger one could kick your older one all the plikos recline, what i was trying to say was with a toddler stood on the back of a forward facing pliko, you would not be able to recline the seat as then there would be no room for toddler to stand on step, the toddler basicly stands right behind the seat leaving no room for recline, so if dd2 does not ever nap then a pliko would be fine, however if dc2 does nap in pushchair you will require a pliko switch as the seat is reverseable, the pliko pramette is only parent facing while lo is a baby, then it turns into a forward facing pushchair, the pliko switch the whole seat comes off and can be turned around so a 3 year old could face you if you wanted.