Advice needed on double buggy - thinking of getting a Phil & Ted...

[julio]

Can anyone help me make a decision on which double buggy to buy?! I've got an 18month old and a 3 week old. So far I've just used a sling and a pushchair which has been fine, but need to invest in a double pushchair now. I quite like the look of the phil & ted where one is behind the other, but not sure about how the little one would feel about lying down underneath her brother! Has anyone got one??

We have one and like it . DD (15 weeks) seems very happy being underneath her brother (25 months). The motion of it generslly sends her to sleep.

And DH loves it too - he took a bit of convincing but is a full convert

I thinkt he phil and teds looks horrible, and there is no way I would put a baby that close to the ground. You might as well get an ordinary buggy adn stick it in the shopping basket. Sorry, but that my opinion.

I have a jane powertwin, much nicer, easy to push, good resell value, nice roomy seats.

I'm just about to get a phil and teds for 18 mo and soon to be newborn. When it's in newborn/toddler mode the baby is nowhere near the ground as I worried about this too. Have seen one in real life when it's two toddlers and it doesn't look that bad either.

I have a staduim one where one is behind the other. This has been fine for me - narrow enough to get through doorways etc, not too bad to manoevre.

I sold mine on as I bashed my baby's head on the bar of the bottom seat and didn't like the fact she didn't recline once she was too big to go in the carrycot bit.

Bought a double Mountain Buggy and love it. Also have 18 month gap. Still use it now and DS is 3y 5 months and big (DD is 23 months).

Friend is selling her E3 as her baby kept holding the wheel. She tried my MB and her girls really liked sitting next to each other so bought one too. There's 13 months between hers.

We both got them from eBay and paid £250 and £320.

Oh, and the E3 gave me shoulder ache.

Thanks everyone. How old does the little one have to be before they go from lying flat to the seat with the Phil & Ted? Someone told me today that they can't go in the seat before they're seven months old?????
I've been thinking about the Jane as well as we have the Jane Powertrack & love it, but you can't use the Jane double from birth.

i had the p and t and did like it in baby and toddler mode. but dd2 kept putting her feet on the front wheel to make it stop (it has a soft foot plate, so her foot acted as a brake). so i sold it. also saw dd3 hands going towards the wheel once or twice.

i have just paid for a 2nd hand urban detour double as dd2 isnt coping well with walking. she is 3 but has suspected AS.

13 weeks DS went into the seat

Gem you did well! I tried to buy a double there the other day and the prices ended up nearly kiddicare prices!

Don't like the P&T personally, because when both are in it you can't recline either for a proper sleep. And when I tried DS1 in the back seat he kept touching the wheels. Yuk!

I have the Adventure Buggy Company's Everest Twin. Very like a Mountain Buggy but very slightly narrower and smaller when folded. Cheaper too! Really sturdy, masses of storage underneath. Interestingly, designed by Phil and Ted!

Check out ABC

UK contact (under outlets on the website), Dale, is very helpful. Brought a demo round to my house to check it would get round an awkward corner!