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Pushchairs

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Out n About Nipper

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tarl · 24/06/2018 07:25

Has anyone had one of these and not a travel system as well?

I am looking for a pushchair that will work for our rural lifestyle. We have dogs so do a lot of walking, but mainly on bumpy Farm tracks, so I’m hoping to manage with a sling for as long as possible to begin with.

We also have a very long, uphill front garden which isn’t accessible via a vehicle (or a pram, due to steps from the driveway) so I think any pushchair will have to be kept in the car. I don’t love the idea of lugging a baby in a car seat up that path, so sling just seems easier.

We don’t use public transport, don’t walk around town centres etc, we are either on the farmyard, walking the fields, or occasionally walking at the beach.

I love the Nipper (have worked with children for over 10 years and tried a lot of different prams/pushchairs) but I don’t know if I will regret not having a travel system. I have seen the Nipper has the option to add a carrycot, but I’ve never used one for a tiny baby so I don’t know how clunky this would be.

Do you think a sling and then the Nipper would be sufficient for us?

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Cockatoo23 · 26/06/2018 20:34

I used my nipper from about 12 weeks, she was really comfortable in it. It’s a great buggy, I had the double and loved it so much I bought the single!

xyzandabc · 26/06/2018 20:37

I had both single and double nippers and loved them both. They didn't have a carrycot when mine were little so it wasn't an option.

However the Phil and Ted's cocoon fitted brilliantly, just laid it on the seat. I used it from newborn with no.3. It has handles so easy to lift in and out if they are asleep.

honeysucklejasmine · 26/06/2018 20:39

I have the double. I didn't use a carrycot with it, just laid it flat. I absolutely love it.

welshgirlwannabe · 26/06/2018 20:45

It is the ideal pram for your situation. Brilliant in all kinds or terrain, lies flat and my two year old sleeps really well in it. I also live rurally and never used a travel system or regretted it. Are you sure the out and about can't manage your stairs? I've pushed it over stairs, up mountain tracks, across the beach, through kissing gates... it really is a work horse, it might get over the stairs

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tarl · 26/06/2018 21:31

With it laid flat, are the sides sturdy? I just can’t picture a newborn not rattling around in it! Good to know others have loved it though.

It probably could manage our steps although they are very deep in height. It’s more that the steps lead to a narrow, windy path which is very slippy when wet, and then there’s more steps to the front door or a narrow walkway round the back - it’s all a bit of a faff and not child friendly at all! Every delivery driver moans about it there’s not really loads of space to store a buggy so it seems to make more sense to have a shed or something down the bottom where the buggy can live.

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Scrowy · 26/06/2018 21:46

To offer a slightly negative perspective I'm afraid...

I live on a farm and got an out and about nipper as they were recommended by lots of farming friends.

All the positive stuff above is true, but:

If like me you live so rurally you have to go in the car to go anywhere the nipper can be a bit bulky, and I have a 4x4 so should have plenty of room. However, I couldn't actually fit both the carrycot and the nipper in the boot at the same time, and the carrycot had to go on the back seat instead. So I ended up hardly using the carrycot (or the pushchair if I'm honest, I mainly used a sling) for DC1, and bought the adapters to make the car seat (Maxi cosi pebble) fit for DC2.

I can't say I wouldn't get the carrycot as it has turned out to be useful for daytime naps in the house for DC2. But I could have managed without it for DC1.

Scrowy · 26/06/2018 21:47

You can get a newborn insert for when it's laid flat if you don't want a carrycot.

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tarl · 26/06/2018 22:07

Scrowy that’s interesting, thanks. We do generally have to drive everywhere, unless it’s dog walks, but I just can’t picture doing dog walks with a pram as well (more logistics of wanting two hands if dogs need to go on leads, not having dogs tripping over wheels etc) I’m also unsure how I’d fit two dogs plus a bulky pushchair in the boot!

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TheWanderlust · 16/09/2018 07:24

With the out and about you don't have to have a carry cot for your new born, we bought the maxi cosi car seat adapters (which also fit the Cybex cloud Q lie flat car seat)

I only have a mini so space is at a premium with our 2 dogs.

chipshape · 16/09/2018 08:27

I have the double and while it's a great buggy (I live in suburbs) I've had a fair few punctures. On the other hand I have a single Baby Jogger and it has foam tyres so un-burstable. I think that's important if you live rurally.

ellybo · 17/09/2018 09:42

I think Mountain Buggy double one would be a better option as it folds smaller but works for rural lifestyle :) And then you can have a travel system as well.

MynameisJune · 17/09/2018 09:48

We have a mountain buggy, can put a car seat or cot on it with adapters. One handed fold, that and the carry cot fitted in the boot of our estate car. There might come a time when you want the push chair for walks. DD was too chunky to carry forward facing on my front, too old and nosy to face to my chest but too young to really go on my back in a sling. Saying that we never really needed to drive and walk the dogs. We live opposite a huge wood and fields.

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