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Which prams would you not recommended?

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Zigazagbox · 15/06/2025 09:58

Just looking for some inspiration about what to look for when I go pram shopping this week and wondering what prams people would recommend avoiding and why?

I’ve got an Ocarro that I used for dd1 and dd2 and I adored it but now I use the car a bit more it quite heavy to be getting in and out the car every a lot.

I used my sister’s Oyster a lot watching dn but the seat was so shallow he hated it and couldn’t use it past about 1

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Zigazagbox · 16/06/2025 23:29

Ellepff · 16/06/2025 22:29

I used a borrowed uppababy vista with my first and it was great in the infant cot, but a nuisance with the toddler seat - I gave it back and used a Thule Chariot jogging/biking stroller (highly recommend if you are active and NOT urban).

With my second I used a maxi cosi zelia and LOVED it. I could switch between baby and toddler for one and two, folds nicely (not super compact but easy and fine in most cars). Easy to push… loved it. And kept using the chariot.

Note a thule (although I’ve heard great things about them) but we have the nipper sport that and while I totally adore it and it’s brilliant for what’s it meant for the thought of trying to take it round the shops or get it on the bus breaks me out in a cold sweat 😅

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Zigazagbox · 17/06/2025 00:17

TwinkleToes2222 · 16/06/2025 22:32

I had a bugaboo cameleon, although it was 15 years ago now. Everybody and thier dog had one at the time and I wanted to be different, but it really was the best.

My DS would only sleep if I walked while he slept so I walked about 40,000 miles in 3 years. It did extremely well and was just creaking a bit by the time he stopped sleeping in it. The wheels are replaceable.

It's not that bad for taking on a plane even. There is a big bag for putting it in the hold of a plane.

I did try a Silver Cross coach built pram in John Lewis on Oxford Street and it was beautiful but would have been totally impractical. I know people still use them in my home town in the west of scotland where the weather is very harsh, and they really are beautiful as long as you don't want to turn any corners.

I’m also from the west of scotland! It really does seem to be the only place you still the big coach built prams, although it’s mostly the bebecar ones round my home town nowadays.
I’m not a great fan but I do have a soft spot for the Churchill ones, although they’ve stopped making them recently . Silver cross no longer make their coach built range either.

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CrispieCake · 17/06/2025 11:41

I like Babyjoggers. But the modular ones, not e.g. City mini GT. They wouldn't work for everyone and not particularly stylish, but they're built like tanks and you can fit an entire shop in the basket. I walk most places and can fit two school bags, shopping, coats etc. in the basket of mine.

Ellepff · 18/06/2025 20:53

Zigazagbox · 16/06/2025 23:29

Note a thule (although I’ve heard great things about them) but we have the nipper sport that and while I totally adore it and it’s brilliant for what’s it meant for the thought of trying to take it round the shops or get it on the bus breaks me out in a cold sweat 😅

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We had one giant supermarket I could fit in because it was well built for the disabled. Otherwise if I was out for a walk and wanted something I left it outdoors very scandinavian style.

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