Hi, well after some searching and help from you MN beauties, I managed to track down an old Kiwi Explorer version of the Phil & Ted's. (Actually someone tracked it down for me!!)
It's here, arrived today, and I'm a bit confused. I realised from threads on here that the instructions are meant to be rubbish, well it took me about an hour to put on the newborn bit and I found a few straps etc. were missing - hopefully might get a response from P&T whose online enquiry form is currently down...anyway!
Questions!
For anyone who has owned one of these beasts...
Am I right in thinking the parcel tray attaches with velcro straps? (these are nowhere to be found!)
Do the underneath straps from the main sling REALLY have to pass through the eyelets and through the newborn section, to be tied to the frame? (seems like new baby might get feet caught in them?)
Does the newborn section really accommodate a kicking newborn - it looks impossibly short! (I can see why the new E3 has the toddler raised up, giving the baby more legroom)
And finally, is the whole thing supposed to be quite so wobbly. It's not in danger of falling to bits but when you raise the back section off the floor, using the handlebar (as if reversing up steps) it seems to have a lag between you lifting it up, and the wheels leaving the floor.
On investigation, the higher 'release button' (used when folding) on the left of the buggy, seem a bit loose in its mooring, it looks like the hole has worn down so it has some give, thus the two halves of the buggy don't lock 'firmly' and move as one when lifting it.
Does this make sense? I doubt anything can be done as it's part of the frame, and obviously the whole thing is pretty old.
But I'd like to know whether to worry about any of this stuff or not - so any experience or ideas most welcome!
Thankyou Ladies