Any Quinny Buzz owners out there?

[paprika]

I am really taken with the Quinny Buzz and would like to get one for my 10 month old but wondered if anyone who has one could help me with a couple of questions?

I've heard it's a bit of a faff to fold- do you really have to take the seat off to fold it down? I'm not worried about it being tightly/ properly folded and clipped. Just want to get it in the boot and go!

What's the nicest colour? I quite fancy the red colour- would it be too girly for a boy?!!

Re: the no shopping basket thing (this gets me a little nervous), can you buy some sort of clips to hang a couple of light bags from the handle? If so, where can I get them?

Thanks so much

Ok, I have a Quinny Buzz. I love it...gets lots of second glances and comments

It comes in three colours in the UK but loads of colours in Europe. We went to look at the colours when we were on holiday in France, then ordered one from a company called "fokkodio" or something on ebay (based in Holland). It was the same price at the time, but has since been reduced - I think they are £247 now. Arrived four days later, no problems.

In my opinion, all the colours are suitable for either boy/girl. However, a few of the colours are very nice indeed - namely the "blue mist reflection" (I've got that one) and the purple one (can't remember the name but it's the colour of a Cadbury's wrapper!)

Folding - no, you don't have to take the seat off, but it does need to be facing outwards before you fold it, which, at 10 months, would probably be your child's preferred direction anyway - my 4 month old is still facing me, so I take the seat off to fold it, that's my choice - and it's no bother, really simple.

It doesn't fold especially flat unless you take the seat off.

The no basket thing - it does have a "buzz bag" on the bottom, which is actually quite roomy, but no, you can't get loads of shopping in it (to give you an idea, I got the raincover, pump, one bag of groceries and two pizza bases into it the other day (pizza bases hanging out!!). I did buy some clips like the ones you describe before the baby was born, but the first time I used them, they fell off, so I didn't bother again.

One of the advantages of this pushchair is that the handle is height-adjustable. It really does go very high and low, which I find useful for my husband, but also for going up/downhill. Also, the hood doubles as a sunshade because it can be moved across 180 degrees according to where the sun is (which is just as well, cos I can't get a parasol to fit my buzz)

On the flip side, the base is very wide. Sometimes have to open both double doors to get into restaurants but never found anywhere I couldn't steer it, and it's not as long as some 3-wheelers so not so obtrusive.

sorry, thought this was a vibrator.

Thanks for the info meg. I will have to look on ebay at the different colours. I noticed you can get the zapp (from germany) in lots of different colours that aren't in the UK from ebay! I have slept on it and am still in love with it but going to look again today to have a go at collapsing it etc and see whether it fits in the boot (quite an important issue I nearly forgot )!

Would be interested to hear any other feedback on colours etc. Still like red but navy seems a lot cheaper online. Does anyone have the footmuff and would they recommend or is it best with a buggy snuggle or something? Oh and has anyone ever bought from kiddisave.com?

Thanks

there was a thread on babycentre - we're someone said that in november they are releasing a basket to fo underneath - if you go on the quinny site and look under a different country but select english language you can see it there

HTH

I have the buzz in the black reflection colourway and love it - we bought it in toys r us for our ds a couple of months ago after our previous buggy was wiped out in a car crash. The web site is showing that they are bringing out a shopping thing to go under the seat and a parasol which is great. In the meantime I have been using some clips from a nursery shop I found in north London - the ones from mothercare and john lewis just ping off the handle in minutes! The buzz box is suprisingly roomy and easily takes bottles, nappies, change of clothes etc, nothing too heavy though or it falls off. You can always hang a bag over the handle of the buggy. I find it quite easy to collapse down although I do take the seat off (my ds still faces me rather than forward) and it does take up quite a bit of space in the boot. Our buzz was pretty stiff when we first got it so it took a while to get used to collapsing it properly. All in all though, I love it .... and people do comment all the time on how great it looks. If you are short on space in the boot, I would seriously consider the zapp as an alternative, I think it looks really cool and I love the purple one!!

forgot to add, there's a knack to folding it...you have to stand in front of it, not behind. You then have to pick it up by the central, chunky bit. I have a golf, it fits into my boot but it won't go into my mum's polo.

I bought a kipling bag to hang over the handle, which is great.

I have a buggle snuggle on mine, but I have a friend who has the quinny footmuff on hers. I think mine looks better, but hers is probably much more practical (and warmer??).

Good news about the basket and parasol...a major error in the first place, really.