Mountain Buggy or Out n About???

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I currently have an Out n About 360 which I love bit have the chance to buy a Mountain Buggy. Please tell me the pros and cons of both...
I have heard great things about the Mountain Buggy!

I've got a MB urban jungle on order. My brother had had a Terrain for 11 years, lives in the sticks and it did all 3 of his children! So they are built to last

Very easy to manoeuvre, smaller now than they were, one hand fold and child facing options. Lots of storage.

No! Don’t do it! We have the Swift and the wheels have punctured seven times in just over two years. We don’t take it on particularly rugged terrain (we are in London!) so no idea why this keeps happening. I contacted them but they weren’t interested and just said the tyres can puncture much like car tyres can puncture...

That's annoying. I know my brother got a few punctures but they do puncture proof tyres now so had already decided to get those if it got a pain

On another occasion the brake cable jammed. Despite the efforts of myself and some helpful customers I couldn’t move the buggy and had to leave it in a local cafe and carry my child home - just around the corner, thankfully. Although the buggy has excellent steering and is light to push, the fact that it’s not reliable puts me off. I often resort to taking out the ‘crappy’ buggy - cheapo Argos job - as it’s actually never let me down.

We’ve had our MB urban jungle for 4 years, the tyres have punctured twice in that time. We got replacement inner tubes from Amazon. You can slime the types to prevent punctures.

Ours has been everywhere, the woods, beach, over fields, through shallow rivers. It’s on baby no2 now and still looks fab. I love it and would highly recommend especially if you want it for a baby is it parent faces which the out n about doesn’t once they outgrow the carrycot.

When I was trying to locate a new accessory for ours that was out of stock in the uk on their website. I emailed their customer service team and they located it and shipped it to me outside of their website.

Praying Really??? They didn’t mention this when I contacted them. Will investigate!

They are on the website.... I assume they are compatible with the swift as well 🤷‍♀️

I test drove the MB Swift and thought the (unadjustable) handlebar seemed on the low side (and I'm 5 ft 4!).

In terms of all-terrain pushchairs my Jane Epic has been brilliant and has non-puncture tyres. The chassis is compact for an all terrain and light enough that I can lift it into the boot one-handed very easily. It's really been put through its paces, through fields, rough tracks, woodland etc. and coped well. They have an even more outdoorsy model called Crosswalk that could be worth a look.

Ive got the mountain buggy terrain. I love it now it's a forward facing toddler seat. Easy to push and manoeuvre, taken it all sorts of places. The seat reclines easily to whatever position you like.
The only thing I didn't like was the bassinet and rear facing adaption. They were really poor quality in comparison, but did the job.x

Thanks for your replies, that’s really helpful.

I have the mountain buggy terrain and got the carry cot plus that could lay flat, on a slight tilt or be turned into a sort of hammock seat, loved it, very rugged and handled any terrain well, no punctures despite lots of use in the countryside, i'm 5'3 and it's height was fine for me.
The 'toddler' seat it also very good, only wish would be that the safety bar opened like a gate, would make it easier.
Basket having a zip cover is handy to stop things falling out, has a couple of pockets in the seat too for the childs things.
mountainbuggy.com/uk/Buy/carrycots/carrycot-plus-for-urban-jungle,-terrain-and-one