Jane Powertrack 360? or other threewheeler?

[princesspeahead]

Looking to buy a three wheeler that is quite light to push around, suitable for country tracks and walks, beaches etc, and which also has a carrycot attachment for a newborn. Size doesn't matter too much as I've got an estate and will probably use a mclaren for town trips when it is a bit older, but don't want to be TOO heavy to lug around obviously.
I've looked at the "mumsnet recommends" section and old threads, but there seem to be quite a lot of new things on the market since then.
The Jane Powertrack 360 looks good, and has good carrycots attached - does anyone have one? Do you like it? Or is there anything else that people would recommend?
Many thanks - third baby, but first foray into "all terrain pushchairs" !!!

honeybunny, don't know about Jane 360 3-wheeler, but when our Mclaren broke (not its fault, 3+ yrs of heavy use) we decided to get an ATP; fab local pushchair shop recomended Instep Nipper as only one that wd take a buggyboard (essential as it's our only pushchair and DD was only 2.5 at the time). Now it seems it's the only 3-wheeler the shop even sells as it's so good. It has to be the new style b-board (so we had to buy a new one of those too) but the pushchair is very light and easy to manoevure. Pals with an older 3-wheeler always comment on how light and portable it is. £200+ tho so not cheap. Wheels come off easily so good for holidays with a full car.

forgot to say it does go totally flat so suitable for newborn tho you might think a bit open-plan, but then that's true of anything but an old-style 3-in-1 or a sling of course.

honeybunny we have an (older style) Boogie - its been brilliant, we still use it almost everyday for dd2 (it is 5 years old) and it has a buggyboard. It is quite heavy-duty but we needed a three-wheeler that was more than a fashion item!!

And it had a car seat attachment for a newborn (although I didnt use it for dd2 as I think it looks uncomfortable).

We have a Jane powertrack 360, we have been told that no buggy boards fit. Other than that it's brilliant

The buggy board manufacturer's site has loads of info about whether a BuggyBoard will fit.

Apparently: the connectors attach to the upright tubing that rise from the rear wheels; between 10 and 43 cm from the ground, fixed on tubing up to 15 cm circumference. The distance between the uprights can be 30-51 cm. And then you need space for the child to stand in between the carrycot/pushchair and the handle.

Would anyone who owns a Powertrack be kind enough to do some measuring for me to see if the buggyboard would fit? I have a Matrix carseat and would love a Powertrack for no. 2 but I don't want to do the drive to my nearest stockist if I can't fit a buggyboard on... I've asked them and they've said "Jane don't recommend it". Yeah, well I guessed that!

I've just had a look with those measurements you gave. I've never seen a buggy board up close so had a look at those pictures to try and get an idea. On the uprights, it should fit, between 27cm and 31cm from the ground. How big are the adapters that stay on the frame, would they fit in this space? Certainly the width is fine, but my other concern would be the pushchair handle, unless your toddler is quite small, I think you would need the handle in a very high position.

hth

Thanks Spod! I emailed some of the online shops that sell Powertracks and most of them have replied "no you can't" in a way that makes me think they haven't looked or thought about it IYSWIM. But I did get one reply that said the handle would interfere with the position of the child. Drat. I really want one! Wonder if dd will be walking well - she'll be 2y10 by then. Hmm, I don't mind if dd is uncomfortable on the buggy board though - I want to encourage her to walk after all...

Result! After another web rummage; the highest handlebar position is 107cm. I've just measured the position that I have the handles at on my Carerra and its 105 so I could live with 107. And the buggy board is 13 cm high. And if dd stays on the centile that she's been firmly on it since birth, she's got till 3y8mo before she hits the handlebar... Unless that 107 is the top of the handlebar not the bottom. Heck, she can bend forward - its only going to be the last 5 minutes of the journey home up the hill. I want a new pram!

Do you think I might be obsessed ?

Re: Jane and buggy board. I just spoke to someone who has one and said that they have fitted a buggy board on it (new style) in anticipation of new arrival and it worked fine. However, they had already taken the hand brake off because it had broken anyway, and they hadn't done a real 'test run' as they haven't had their 2nd yet. Also, spoke to someone at Lilliput's in London (who sell the Jane) and she said she personally wouldn't recommend it because it is a lightweight 3 wheeler, and generally the bb works better with something robust. I could relate to this as I presently have a bb on the Graco citisport (similar weight to the Jane) and it does feel rather rickety. She said that she did see a woman with one on, but the back wheels of the pram were bending inwards to deal with the extra weight.
Sorry, not very encouraging I know. Isn't it frustrating that there isn't a pram that fits all one's needs?
Good luck

Aww, flip. In that case, has anyone got a 3-wheeler (swivel wheel) that they really like that they think a buggyboard would work on? It would need to work when the carrycot was on (or when the seat was laid flat if no carrycot). The most off-roading it'll ever get is the gravel at NT properties, I just want a pram with a decent turning circle . And that I can push one-handed while holding on to the toddler who is refusing to stand on the buggy board. My local shop sells the Quinny and the Mountain Buggy so will check them out.

Have you seen the phil and ted explorer? It's technically a double buggy though. They sell it at daisy and toms online and a few other places.

I love my jane 360 but if this had been about a year ago I might have considered this.

Spod

Spod, if I'd got pg a bit sooner I'd have gone for the Explorer! But dd will be 2yr10mo and I don't actually want to push her everywhere - I live up a hill and 2kids+pram+shopping could get heavy! I just want the buggyboard as an option for on the way home when she's tired and whingy, or when we have to get somewhere quick.

Just thought I'd tell you our experience if it helps - we got a buggyboard for almost 3 yr old ds to use attached to a maclaren buggy for dd...but ds kept running off, refusing to stand on it etc. so it was unusable (he would be running off whilst I struggled to put brakes on buggy and chase him)..if he was tired he was even more likely to do this.
We got by for the first 6 months by letting ds go in the buggy and carrying dd in a sling but then she got too heavy.
We ended up with an Explorer - to encourage ds to walk I set it up with the baby seat on the front - this has the added bonus of letting you use the main seat as an extra large shopping store.
If ds is tired I can lift the baby seat and clip it on the back, put the shopping in the panniers/from the handlebars and let him sit in a proper comfy seat (takes seconds to do).
The explorer is fab to push, really easy to manouvere and I love it.
If you do want to look at an explorer try to find a dealer that understands exactly how you can set it up in different ways (our local stockists are useless at this)..if you live near West London you could see mine.

The mountain buggy has the ability to put a bb on it, is very light and the urban is good in that you can have a swivel wheel for the shops but fix the wheel for going along a footpath or park and then it is easy to push with one hand.
You can also buy attachments for the carseat/baby pram if you wanted to have that as well although we just put our newborn straight into the pushchair with the back down flat.

I read this thread with great interest but actually ended up buying the Maxi Cosi Speedi SX. It's a dream to push (front wheel swivels 360 degrees), has an aluminium frame so is pretty light for a 3 wheeler and the handlebar is adjustable so will easily allow for a child on a BB. (Which will fit as the shop checked for us, though I'm considering getting a step 2 go instead). It was 199, raincover and footmuff extra. You can use it from birth but there is also an option of a carrycot (another 100) plus it also fits a car seat. I can't wait for DD2 to be born - am very excited! (Sad I know ) oh, and it fits in the boot of my Yaris which DH is very chuffed about as he thought I'd be nicking his A6!!

Fruitful, I think you and I are doing the same research! In terms of the bb, I think that the Mountain buggy urban is a very good bet, and the bb definitely fits on there. I have only heard good press about it - I didn't go for it because I couldn't quite justify the price. I did look at the Maxi cosi, which did seem quite good (though doesn't the handbrake on the handle bar hit the back of the childs head?). Was that bit too wide for me. I still think that the E3 would be really good if one had a new baby. I was told that the Quinny was fairly heavy and was good for walking, but not that good in terms of sharp turns, eg. supermarket.
By the way, if you go for the E3, might be worth considering ebay - they do come up occasionally. Daisy and Tom's do sell them, but they tend to charge more.