parent facing, all terrain, takes car seat, lightweight/narrow and neat folding

[PrunellaDeVille]

having had loads of help ascertaining what i need (thanks MNers), this is now what i need i think

so far on my list are the Jane T/Rider (but not sure if it does rear facing???) or Jane Slalom Reverse
and the Baby Jogger City Select - only baby jogger that's all terrain and rear facing but i'm not really that keen - i prefer their three wheelers

BUT i've got a budget of around £150-200 so it has to be second hand and these models tend to go for more/or are pretty rare

any suggestions?
TIA

Okay, the city select is parent facing, kind of neat folding for a large pushchair and takes car seat with adaptors but it's wide, 65cm iirc, the bog standard width for a single pram is circa 60cm. The rider and trider are 60cm ish and do parent face. The trider has good reviews for terrain use. The bj versa is the other parent facing bj, the versa gt being more terrain suitable but they're expensive also. You could get a used normal versa for 200 just about.

You would get a slalom r in budget, i don't know how good they are though. Plus it's not compact either.

I'm trying to think of other options, what you want is pretty much what a lot of people want.. parent facing, all terrain and compact is a difficult combination, even without a budget.

You could get a used bugaboo cam with snow wheels? Light, terrain and forward facing is okay - mountain buggys, bjcmgt, nipper etc. You would find something in budget. Terrain and parent facing but heavy and not compact is fine - maxi cosi mura, teutonias, emmaljungas maybe, peach jogger and more (i'm missing obvious stuff). Oh, the mothercare my3 may suit you. It all depends on your definitions of compact, lightweight and neat folded.

thanks idon't- I guess the most important factors are all terrain and parent facing so I'll look up those you've suggested.
to date I've been using a borrowed m &p sola - not sure how that compares to others in terms of size /weight/fold but it's suited OK on those scores.

I have a trider and love it- it's great 'off road' but it is quite heavy and large when folded (unless you take it into a million pieces). Also quite expensive and not so many are sold second hand. I LOVE the Jané pushchairs but I would also warn that the accessories are quite expensive and also not readily available second hand (or not for the trider)!

Our second choice would have been a Quinny Buzz (which in hindsight we should have bought)- cheaper, readily available second hand with all of the accessories / extras for your budget. Replacement bits are widely available and fairly cheap.
It is lighter than the trider and folds down well (a friend sold her silver cross and bought a buzz as the sc was too heavy for her- buzz is fine).
Would a buzz suit your all terrain needs? That was a big need of mine (along with parent facing, hence the trider but we have found it easier/ better to put DD in a sling or carrier for most walks and the game fairs etc we have used the pushchair for was nice to have it for but we could have got away with a buzz type instead andit would have met all of our requirements and saved us hundreds of pounds

I live on a farm and have a Jane Trider and a Jane Slalom
Trider is lighter weight and not as stable off road folds small i can fit it in my Yaris boot very eadily with plenty of space left .
Slalom is utterly fantastic off road as it has a lower more stable stance .
i have to put Slalom on the back seat of my Yaris as it does not fit in the boot .
You will find a Slalom on ebay cheaply .. but not a Trider .
both prams fit through shop doors aisles easily

hope this helps

Both prams are parent and away facing .

I suppose it also depends what you mean by .. off road
? Off road to me is going around all the fields at home up and down huge uneven hills dirt tracks over rocks through water for hours on end checking cows sheep horses.
to others off road is wandering through a park or on gravel paths .

off road is a farm, fields and rutted tracks.
I'm seriously considering an ebay slalom - wasn't sure if they're always both front and parent facing as Jane list 'slalom reverse' too so wonder if some do some don't.

i'vegot an old Peugeot 306, I reckon most buggies will fit but not sure. as long as they can squeeze down our hallway I should be OK.

I'd love a trider but I think they're too new to pick up cheaply second hand

Quinny buzz is my back up option if I can't get hold of a slalom by the time I need to return the current borrowed pram.

thank you all for the suggestions, great help

Yes, the slalom doesn't rear face, the slalom r or slalom reverse does.

Probably not nearly terrain enough for you but the easywalker mini has a lot of what you asked for. It's certainly compact. I haven't tried it though so can't recommend / comment. I have tried most of the compact light parent facing and narrow pushchairs available but don't need off road here, so no expert on that front

Actually the mini does have 'off road' wheels. Maybe tiggywunkle has tried it off road and can comment. It does seem to tick all your boxes

I have a city select and love it, it's really nice to push and doesn't feel big compared to others I've had. I use as a double occasionally and it is quite heavy but still nice to push.

been trawling through pictures to find out (Jane website is dreadful)and it seems that the slalom pro stroller is front facing but the car seat faces rear when it's attached. is that right?

dh doesn't dig the babywalker mini though I reckon it'd probably be pretty nice, i think he's set his heart on a 3 wheeler

I can't wait to get my hands on an Easywalker Mini....it looks fab. I love the June too, but the Mini just seems better. I think its due out next month.

As i said i live on a farm major off road and i can honestly say there is nothing my Slalom has not been able to cope with.

its the Slalom reverse your looking for and you will definitely get one on ebay for your budget .

My little one prefers to face outwards as he can see what's going on with the animals ..

I have a trider and its fantastic wouldn't be without it and I can take it on the beach

Hope you don't mind me highjacking but we're looking for the same thing. Has anybody any experience with Phil and Ted's? Would you recommend?

Buzz is definitely not an off-roader.

You want one of these.

regaining they look lovely, but I don't think my back could take a 2 hour hike with 7MO DS in that!

You'd be surprised. I carry my 2.5 year old in one, up big hills, for hours at a time. (And round town, weaving between the shoppers & buggies). Like a good backpack, the weight is put through the hips, not on the back.

Have a look on Facebook for your local sling library and have a go. Honestly, I bought it when DS was 4mo and have barely used the pushchair since.

(Oh, and I'm in no way super fit or strong or anything. Perhaps the entire opposite!)

I agree, for proper off road a good sling like the one on the link is much better than a buggy. Unless you're carrying shopping anyway. I'd have considered 2 hours with the sling easy up until around 12 months. I only stopped using it altogether at 19 months when I got pg. I'm not fit or strong