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What should I buy?

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13loki · 03/08/2013 15:28

I'm in Sweden, nowhere near any decent shops with a large range of pushchairs to try out Sad

I've tried to narrow down what I want, but I keep getting distracted. I had a Joolz for DD (who is now 3), but it was too bulky to make the move to Sweden. I need a pushchair that probably doesn't exist! I want:
Suitable for walking in snow (last winter it started snowing in October and thawed in March), also suitable for offroad (lovely forest walk in summer)
Carrycot suitable for overnight sleeping
Able to get a buggyboard or similar attached (to take 3 year old to nursery)
Sturdy enough for lots of walking- I hate driving in the snow, so we will do at least a mile to and from nursery twice a day.
Parent facing
Things I would like, but they aren't deal breakers:
Big basket
Looks nice
Big canopy/sunshade

Size doesn't matter (massive storage room downstairs and chrysler grand voyager) No set budget (but whatever I can save I can spend on shoes and bags) We don't have any kerbs in our village, so I only have a 3cm lip going into the garage to negotiate.

What would you buy?

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Ihateparties · 03/08/2013 16:12

Unless you specifically want to import i would probably buy a brio or maybe an emmaljunga. I had a brio smile, which was lovely and meets your criteria. I know a good few happy brio go owners too, the terrain wheels for the newest one are very cool looking.

The carrycot suitable for overnight sleeping is something i'm not sure about, there is always a lot of talk about that but I think very few are actually approved and it's unclear what the standards are from the pov of the consumer.

A baby jogger versa gt may work for you, i am assuming it handles snow okay. The snow is really the reason I would probably buy something more locally, it will be designed for the climate.

wallpaperaddict · 03/08/2013 16:51

I had a brio sing, similar to ihateparties brio smile. It did everything you are asking, although I'm not sure about overnight sleeping. Another option would be the Uppababy Vista, which is very similar. My friend had this and we had no trouble walking with the Brio and Uppababy in snow.

Tiggywunkle · 04/08/2013 17:19

Bugaboo Buffalo apart from the overnight sleeping carrycot. I want to say the Stokke Xplory would be good in snow, but no good for the forest walk unless you pull it through?

13loki · 06/08/2013 21:17

Thanks. I have narrowed down my search to a Brio Smile or a Kronan Duovagn, which is a Swedish pushchair with four fixed wheels. I'm going to find a shop with both (hopefully within a decent distance from home) to try them out. Thanks again

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13loki · 28/10/2013 19:04

Just to update, I bought the Brio Go (the model up from the Smile) and go some terrain wheels with it. So it comes with lockable swivel wheels and you can replace them easily with larger fixed wheels with suspension. So far so good (although I've only taken the 3 year old for a 10 minute each way stroll to nursery today - I normally wouldn't put her in a pushchair, but I can't lift her at 35 weeks pregnant with SPD) She fits in really well.

One of the swivel wheels was broken when it was delivered, but they are just sending me a new one, and since I have the terrain wheels I can still use it while I wait.

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Emmabombemma · 28/10/2013 19:13

My uppababy vista is brilliant and the customer service is great too.

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