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London ladies (or other City dwellers)...If budget were no issue what pushchair / pram would you choose?

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Skyler · 01/10/2007 21:09

Doing some homework for a dear friend who is yet to be convinced to try the joys of MN. She has 6 weeks before her baby is due and is now choosing her buggy. She lives in a flat in London and has an unlimited budget courtesy of the in laws yay!
So what pram / pushchair would you choose. She is looking at the Bugaboo chameleon, but had only spoken to a few people so far....
I would say it needs to be light to get up and down flat stairs and prob fold relatively small. Will obv need to lie flat for newborn and I am sure she will want it to face her.
I have to disappear to watch episode of 24 with DH now, who has been waiting, but will check in tomorrow. Hope you can help, thank you.

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CarGirl · 02/10/2007 16:32

I loved my coach built prams apart from all the old biddies keep stopping you to talk which stopped me using it in the end!

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Skyler · 02/10/2007 16:41

Lol that is so true! I had dd1 on a pram seat thing by then so they couldn't see the baby much....

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CaraLondon · 02/10/2007 16:42

We found we can just about manage the bugaboo chameleom going up and down 3 floors to our flat, but it is an effort - the cot is very large for a newborn. However, if money is no object, I'd go for the stokke xplory - lovely, lovely travel system.

Cappuccino · 02/10/2007 16:43

do Londoners need different prams to the rest of us?

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Skyler · 02/10/2007 16:56

I did put other city dwellers too.......

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Cappuccino · 02/10/2007 17:04

oh I thought you meant The City cos you have capitalised it

you can live in a flat in a town you know

we don't all live on blardy farms

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Skyler · 02/10/2007 18:28

Yes, perhaps 'City' capitalised is a bit misleading now you have pointed it out.

Thanks for the education though. You have opened my eyes with the news that not everyone lives on farms .

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Cappuccino · 02/10/2007 20:40
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Skyler · 02/10/2007 21:42

. So what would be your recommendation Cappucino?

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Cappuccino · 02/10/2007 22:11

I'd ask the inlaws to put some of the money away in the Child Trust Fund

and buy the lightest buggy I could find if I was going to be schlepping it up and down stairs all day

but if there were that many stairs I'd be using a baby sling

cockles · 03/10/2007 10:33

I wld avoid the Jane because the car seat /carrycot thingy is very heavy and hasn't done well on safety tests. I'd go for a quinny with carseat to start with, then a maclaren techno. But everyone I know who had a bugaboo, of course, absolutely loves it!

MeAndMyBoys · 03/10/2007 10:36

this would be my choice Stokke think it's fab and love the funky colours. DH is a foot taller than me and we have real problems with finding something comfortable for both of us.

Susianna · 03/10/2007 11:06
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Skyler · 03/10/2007 11:36

Um sorry to say this Susianna but I believe the lie flat Jane car seat was a Which? do not buy as it did not pass any of their tests. I think it did a bit better in the sat up position but not much.....
Thanks ladies. I am going to send this thread to her as there are good ideas and good advice to be read.

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Nbg · 03/10/2007 11:41

I would tell her to get on the internet, look at all the pushchairs recommended and compare the weights and folded dimensions.

Bugaboos and Buzz's are great to look at but highly impractical for where she lives.

Nbg · 03/10/2007 11:42

there was a thread on the jane car seat last week and it linked to a crash test video.

it was not pleasant viewing imo.

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Skyler · 03/10/2007 11:43

I have sent her an email with a link here and a summary of best suggestions plus an insistence that she folds and CARRIES any one she is thinking of . Anything to avoid the mistakes I made just buying the first crap piece of (heavy) plastic I saw.

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lennygirl · 03/10/2007 11:48

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ImBarryScott · 03/10/2007 11:51

we live in town and have had this lovely techno XLR since DD was born.

Lies flat for the newborn
You can use the travel system bit if you are keen on baby facing you (never bothered myself)
And it's a dream on the bus/tube/train
You friend definitely needs something light though - I carry mine (with DD in) up and down the stairs in our building a million times a day and I'm really glad we got a light one .
The other one we eyed up was the pliko pramette, which I've seen people manouvre on the bus fairly easily.

trixymalixy · 03/10/2007 11:52

micralite toro with toro carrycot and maxi cosi car seat.

It's light, easy to steer, easy to fold and looks cool.

Susianna · 03/10/2007 12:58

Eeek! I did try to look on google but it only tested the matrix, not the auto pro which is more like a pram. I will try to find that thread, thanks girls

ScottishMummy · 03/10/2007 15:41

live in london - have bugaboo cameleon.use it on/off bus daily, long walks highgate and imo. completely recommended this pram

pooka · 03/10/2007 15:47

Love my cameleon. Just think it's the bee's knees.
But.... I do also have a buggy now ds is 2, for train trips (easier to hoick down the stairs).\

DD sits in occasionally, while ds rides on the boards. She is 4 and there is no problem whatsoever with comfort/size for her.

nappyaddict · 03/10/2007 19:48

i have just found this it looks really nice.

also the fisher price kuji in the argos catalogue looks fab.

nappyaddict · 03/10/2007 19:55

ah just read she needs to be carrying it up and down stairs. definitely the fisher price one then. only 8.5kg so the same weight as some lightweight buggies. my friend's luna is 8.8kg!!