Britax Pram/Pushchair Italian Collection

[MrsFogi]

Does anyone have one of these? I'd be interested to know what you think of it as I'm interested in getting one but they don't appear to be stocked anywhere these days so it looks like I'll have to buy it by mail order without actually seeing it in the flesh.

I had one, and it was great for the first 12 months, and it would have lasted for much longer if I hadn't got fed up with the fact it's so bulky and took up so much room in the house and car boot. If I could do it all again I probably wouldn't have bought a travel system, but of its kind it's very good.

It's light and easy to push, easy to fold up and down, the various parts are comfortable and roomy for a baby and dd liked the carry cot part so much that she slept in it at night for the first 8 months. The push chair part is very adaptable, lies completely flat for a newborn but is big and comfortable enough for an older baby. All of the parts can be fitted either rear or forward facing, and it's easy enough to change them round. The car seat is fine, and I used it a lot as a rocking chair for dd when she was tiny. It fits the base too so you can use the car seat as a buggy seat if you don't want to carry the push chair part with you in the car.

I have my doubts that it would be as good for longer term use; as dd got bigger it got heavier and more difficult to push and manouevre, difficult to store, and I don't think it would have lasted dd until she was ready to ditch a push chair. But if you're looking for something that will do for a year and then change, it's fine.

I have one of these. I like it but the folding mechanism is a bit fiddly until you get used to it. The instructions aren't right. I ended up ringing Britax for stockists and brought from an idependent nursery shop in a village. None of the main nursery stores (John Lewis etc) stocked it