Pushchair for stairs

[francohoops]

Hi
We are expecting our first baby in May and are our very excited.
We were planning on moving to a house, but it fell through last week. We now plan to stay in our first floor flat.
We have been looking at the iCandy Apple and Maxicosi Loola Up as potential pushchairs/travel systems, but they just seem so heavy. We need to be able to get up a flight of 20 stairs, which makes choosing a pushchair difficult.
Is anyone else in a similar situation? What would you recommend? We want a good, reliable pushchair/travel system, but it needs to be reasonably light so that we can up and down the stairs.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Regards
Frank

How about a bee?....my friend is in a similar position, but I think she ends up leaving the pushchair in the car and carrying the baby up the stairs.....of course the baby only gets heavier!

If you are planning on bumping a buggy up and down stairs you need a good set of tyres on the back!

I have a steep set of steps outside my house and my Cam is fine being bumped up and down, with a very large 16 month old in it!

bugaboo bee til they walk and can climb up/down stairs then get a maclaren

bee or maclaren

I would get a maclarean or something else more stroller like with a handle on the side so you can fold it to go up and down the stairs, buggy in one hand and baby in the other.

I would definately recommend a sling in this situation for most journeys.

you could do that bee tho too and it RF

Thats all very well but when babes asleep and you don't want to get them out and wake them bumping is the only way, speaking from experience small plastic wheels are no good for bumping!

The best I ever had for bumping up and down stairs was the Mothercare Urban Detour that I used for DS. It had air-tyres and suspension so it was comfy for DS. It was also quite stable, so although it was heavy-ish (about 13kg I think) I always felt in control of it.

I don't think Mothercare do the same model anymore, but a Mountain Buggy would be similar.

When I was going on the tube I used to use a Maclaren Volo and just pick the whole thing up and walk up the stairs, but I did hurt my back doing that once. Anyway, you can't use a Volo until they are quite old as the seat is not good for their posture IMO.

what about a baby jogger city mini with the carrycot for a newborn. its folds with one hand and apparantly you can carry it in one hand, maybe leave it at bottom of stairs whilst taing baby up?

The Maclaren XLR would be a good bet. You can get a soft carrycot that easily clip in and out. So when baby is asleep you can unclip, carry upstairs and carry pushchair (an umbrella fold) seperatley.

Mountain buggy swift is a cmpact three wheeler that bumps up and down stairs really well. It has10in air tyres.

I've always lived in a flat with dd, and bumped the buggy up and down many times - its a real pain! Thats why I recommend a sling!

I have a Baby Jogger City Mini for DD and it's not brilliant for steps. It's not as bad as a small-wheeled Maclaren type, but it doesn't have air tyres so it's quite bumpy for the child. Also air tyres would be better at gripping the lip of the step because they have a bit of give, so there would be more control over the pushchair.

The City Mini does fold very quickly and isn't very heavy but it folds quite large so unless you're tall it's a bit of a pain carrying it on steps. It is a one-handed carry once folded though so it would be easy to have the child in one arm and carry the City Mini with the other hand. You'd probably have to make a second trip if you had any bags that you couldn't sling over your shoulder though. It would be best to try carrying it in a shop first.