Parent facing

[superbfairywren]

I have had a search and all the threads I can find on parent facing strollers are a few years old so i'm wondering if things have changed...

I am looking for a pushchair to probably buy secondhand as my second. I Have an original oyster which I actually love, I know a lot of people don't like them but it suits me and we got it cheap new. I keep it in the car and use it whenever we are out which is quite a lot. I also have a pliko that a friend gave me that I keep in the house and use when walking the dog every day. We don't have a drive way and so where I park the car is quite far from the house(if we had a drive I really wouldn't need A Second pushchair!) The pliko has been really handy but Dd is now wanting to sit up and chatter away and not lie down when we walk. The pliko can only be parent facing in pram mode so she is facing away from me. Hoping to sell the pliko on and buy something to keep in the house which I can use daily and have her facing me.

Don't mind if it's umbrella fold or not , doesn't need to be from birth as she's 6months, doesn't need a big shopping basket, single handle would be good, but pliko isn't and I've managed 6months walking the dog with 2 handles... could do with having extendable handle though. Folding relatively small would be good, as only a small hallway to put it in, pliko is relatively large!

Any ideas?

Looking for cheap as possible but also willing to pay a bit more for something perfect as will be used for quite sometime. Obviously doesn't need to be shiny and new as less likely to be on eBay cheap! other option is to get a new house where I can park outside the door!!!

We had a Loola and it folded small enough to put in the back of our Ford Fiesta. It was comfortable to push (I'm 5'8"). I liked the parent facing mode. It was quite heavy to manoeuvre and had quite a wide wheel base. We ended up using a handed down Nipper 360 for our 3rd DC which is a dream to

Oops. Was just saying the Nipper is a dream to push, and we can still walk and chat, but obviously not what you're after. Loola was good though and they are cheap 2nd had.

I love the idea of an out n an out nipped but would really prefer parent facing. Looks like I might be able to afford a second hand icandy cherry, jane muum or possible rider. Am on the look out for one of these or possible mutsy evo if I can get it cheap enough.

The jane rider is looking like a favourite, really like that you can fold it in one piece while seat is parent facing.

So to get the pliko out of the hallway quickly (is now in the garage) I bought a graco evo mini locally for 30quid. Really like it so far and am actually not minding having dd facing away from me. It takes up so much less space and I love that it folds in one piece. It is so light and the recline is great too. I am probably going to need to get an all terrain pushchair so will probably end up posting on here again when I find some cash to get one of those second hand. Am finding the steering on the graco lovely, but could do with much larger wheels for some of the walks I do with the dog.