How many pushchairs have you got?

[CarmelaDeAngelis]

There doesn't seem to be a product that fits every scenario single handedly (town/beach/country/shopping/baby facing mum/durable/lightweight/fits in car boot) etc.
So how many pushchairs do you have - and what are they best used for?

[BikeRunSki]

One P&T Sport that lives in shed, for walking round countryside, village and locally.

One Cossatto umbrella fold that lives in car boot, as car boot too small for P&T without a lot of effort and very precise positioning. Used for car trip shopping, and town park vists after.

One second hand (formerly neighbour's) elderly Maclaren Pulse, at my mum's house, which is nearly 300 miles away. Obviosuly used at Granny's so we don;t have to take even more stuff with us on the hellish trip down there.

DS's favorite way to travel - by backpack.

[4andnotout]

I'm down to three pushchairs, a phil and teds sport double in pink, a pink century side by side buggy and a silvercross linear freeway.

[Jojay]

CDA - that looks pretty cool doesn't it?! Ds1 is now 3 and loves his scooter, so not really an issue now, but i could have done with it a few momths ago...........!

And yes, I did get a bargain didn't I? It was a complete fluke - I'd never heard of BJCM until I saw it reduced on the Argos website and luckily for me my local store had one left. Now I see I could sell it second hand on Ebay for more than that!! ( if I don't run it into the ground first )

[CarmelaDeAngelis]

I am down to 2 pushchairs only now - my main one for everyday use is the babyjogger city elite - off ebay for good price - I LOVE this one for the long walk to school and back - but I have to have something smaller to put in the car or for on the bus/train - so my 2nd buggy is a micralite ff.

I would use the bjce for everything if I could - it's the best pushchair/pram I've ever ever owned....(and I've had a few!)....

[CarmelaDeAngelis]

Jojay - here is the answer to your buggyboard problem:
babyjogger jump seat
It hasn't yet passed UK safety standards and is not available to buy within the UK - so the only way to get it is to import it yourself.. there is a canopy to go over it also - so you would be able to use a universal tandem raincover (ebay!)....
I would suggest putting the smallest child (if over 6m) in the jump seat - and the larger child in the rear seat.
It will only work on 2008+ models!
You got a bargain from argos at £65 for your BJCM!

[WomanwiththeYellowHat]

3 (ish) 6 by some calculations

Silver cross 3d - error - baby outgrew pram in weeks and was too small for pushchair (left at parents and lent out to anyone who wants to borrow it!)

Hauck Infinity - Love it to bits. Used for both girls lovely big carry cot! Currently on loan to friend!

Maclaren Techno - our favourite. Now in daily use with buggy board.

Maclaren Twin Techno - just outgrown but has been invaluable for our 18 month gap

Jane Twin Two - bought on ebay and now sold on but was lovely for my DD2 Christmas baby - she was so snug in her carry cot and I loved looking at her as we staggered around the streets through January and Feb. Used til she was 5 months

(we also had a 2nd hand Twin Rally that fell apart!)

[Tinkerisdead]

We have bugaboo chameleon which has proved fab, carry cot, pushchair off roading, city mode etc. very versatile and turns on a pin. But...had to get a stroller as we found it too much when you are jumping in and out of the car say looking at cars at car showrooms or different shops at different retail parks so we have an O'Baby sport stroller.

Cham lives in my boot, O'baby lives in DH's.

[carrielou2007]

Bugaboo cam ready for new baby (we walk miles and miles and miles) with buggy board for dd.

Pliko switch to live in car as I like having rear facing for at least first year. Pliko selling as bought pliko switch insted.

Zapp frame and adaptors to sling in car and plonk maxi cosi seat on for very very short trips/late playgroup dashes.

Maclaren XT I still use for dd but will pack away very soon when new baby arrives until he/she is approx a year, use for car/holidays.

Big 3 wheeler for running/beach (we live by seaside) lives in garage as too big to fit easily in house.

Use 2 at a time really, one for walking, one for the car.

[RockBird]

Three;

Bugaboo Bee lives in my car
Techno lives in DH's car

iCandy Apple lives in the house for walking to shops and in reserve for dc2 should I ever need it.

[Jojay]

I have one - a BJCM and it's brilliant - they best one I've had. Smooth to push, huge hood, easy to fold and chuck in the car yet sturdy enough for the odd occasion when 3 yo DS1 jumps in. No good with a buggy board though, that's it's only fault.

I started off with a second hand Graco travel system for DS1 - horrid thing, awkward to fold and gave a bone shaking ride.

Then I bought a Babies R Us own brand stroller. It was ok, but then I got a P&T Sport when DS2 arrived. It was heavy and awkward to fold but a dream to push and converted me to 3 wheelers.

Sold it when Ds1 walked everywhere, nad my old stroller felt horrible to push after the P&T, so I bought the BJCM - a £65 Argos bargain.

Should have bought it 3 years ago and saved myself a lot of hassle!

[EldonAve]

techno
quest
basic umbrella fold (emergency city break purchase when older child refused to walk - had only taken 1 single on holiday)
P&T
twin maclaren for airports/holidays

[nappyaddict]

I don't think I could cope without at least 3 - one for walking, one for the car, one for the bus.

[SausageRocket]

None

[TwentiethCenturyHeffa]

I have two - a Bugaboo Gecko, which I use for everything. It probably wouldn't be great on public transport but I don't use public transport (I live in a rural market town so there's nowhere to go on a bus). Since I don't drive, I walk everywhere with it so I've found it ideal. Not sure how well it will work out with a buggy board when DC2 is here though.

I bought a Maclaren Volo as well because although the Gecko fits in our boot OK, it was a tight fit when we were going on holiday. I'm not sure it was worth it though since the few times we've used it, we could have carried her just as easily. We have a back carrier which is just as good for travelling.

[JjandtheBean]

Pigeon pie

One in the car, and then we have a lobby that just houses spare carseat, infant carseat and buggys, oh and a freezer, we are moving in a month, think i may have to sell atleast one as ill have no hidey hole for them!

[JjandtheBean]

2 singles and 2 doubles,

I candy pear, my favourite ever buggy, it just ticks every single box for me! just a pita to ram in the boot of a 106

Maclaren twin techno, nice double but mighty hefty to push when used to pear!

Maclaren techno xt, the best stroller there is.

Loola, nice compact parent facer that fits the same carseat as my pear.

All my buggys have there uses, the two maclarens are the least used though!

[rusmum]

lol frog under stairs, kato under dd cot, zia in my car, combi in kitchen, pliko in DP car that them all?? lol Am trying to sell 2 though and 1 sold only keeping 3

[beeny]

Sorry for hijack, can i ask where i can get a bugaboo board for toddler.

[PigeonPie]

Sorry, but can I ask where on earth you put them all when you've got more than one?

[rusmum]

i have a bugaboo frog (soon going)
a kato strolller (for sale)
a petit srat zia
a combi dash
a pliko P3
and a pulse

[CarmelaDeAngelis]

Ps lol PurlyQueen at your "peg perego monster pram that lives in the loft - for little monsters?!

Ten10 Good on you managing with the XT alone - if it had fit in my car boot - I maybe could have lived with this one - except for the fact that it wouldn't go in the boot - and DS hated not seeing my face! It is indeed a lovely and lightweight pram! (I sold mine to a friend - so I still see it every day )

Oh, and we do off-road a fair bit at weekends - so I'm not sure what to do about that - the loola is fine for moderate off-road - but we do live near beaches and forests - so sometimes I have to walk along the footpath near the beach while my hubby and kids are walking along the pebbles near the water.... which is why I was contemplating the micralite - but I wouldn't want to use the micralite ALL the time because of DS facing away - which he hates atm.... it would probably go most places at weekends but for whole days outings (and we do those too) he wouldn't have much comfort for his naps - or see me as oft as he's used to in he mura or loola....

So - like Mrs Badger said - I either compromise and not necessarily have the perfect tool for the job - or I will have more than one pushchair.

I guess more pushchairs is still cheaper than:
A: me having a car/roadtax/insurance to pay and 1 buggy that does all (and fits in the car!).
B: A bigger Family car (for more boot space.
C: A roof box permanently on the car (which makes for extra fuel consumption due to wind resistance dh reckons)!

[Megglevache]

one, who needs 12.

[CarmelaDeAngelis]

Well, I've got a double baby jogger in the garage - that I prob ought to sell - but I did buy it with the thought that my friend and I were going to start running together - and we would be able to do this when the kids were at school and our babies were in the baby jogger (we both have babies approx 18m old)!.....so far we've talked plenty about the running but not done any!

Then I have a Mura 4 - in daily use for the school run - the pavements in my locality are pretty rough - so anything with little wheels just isn't that good....

I have loola for weekend outings with the family (because we have 4 kids and the mura won't fit in our zafira anywhere once the kids are all in their seats! I can't use this one every day as it really really doesn't feel right reversing it - and it needs to be reversed up a slope and some steps to get into our house - I think it might break if I did it daily with the loola (only has single back wheels that "splay" out if you reverse - has anyone else noticed this effect?)...

I have a tiny (only cost £25!) old volo - that I lend to the grampies if they need to borrow (for visitors or carrying picnics/coats for my lot - they never take the baby)... It wouldn't be worth much if I sold it - and it's the only one they can cope with the folding system on (simple)!

FWIW I don't have a car myself for daily use (haven't even passed my test yet anyhow), and I walk 6 miles daily for the school run -also in kids holidays we mostly use public transport so I need the loola for that too).

I just feel quite guilty about having more than 1 pushchair sometimes - I have tried (bought and sold a LOT - at least 50! - but mostly 2nd hand or on bargain sale) loads and this is what I have now....

I also use slings when I can but the last 5 months my back has been so bad (dr thinks maybe slipped disc) and having tried wraps and mei tais - sometimes I can get away with them - but other times I can barely stand up straight - and I still have to go out for the school run - having a pushchair to hang onto can help a bit.

[madrush]

Had one 3-wheeler with swivel wheel and lightweight frame for girls when they were small then from about 1yo a light-weight umbrella fold for ease of taking on transport when needed.

I still used the three-wheeler more but umbrella fold was useful for planes, tubes, escalators and when boot space tight etc.

The umbrella fold eventually fell apart and we're back to 3-wheeler only but dd2 is 3.5 now so used a couple of times a month at most.

[Claire2009]

One now, a silver cross stroller. There was a time when I had 5 buggy's at one time