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Zapp, Zia, Verve or anything else opinions please?

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1legmummy · 30/03/2008 19:47

Hi I am leaning towards the Zia - need small folded lightweight but not umbrella as it pulls my leg off!!!

Thanks

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lizandlulu · 30/03/2008 19:55

i had a zapp but would have prefered a zia, just because they have the basket underneath.

apart from that i dont think there is much difference?

Fillyjonk · 30/03/2008 19:55

what are these things?

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1legmummy · 30/03/2008 20:54

they are pushchairs

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sazm · 30/03/2008 22:28

how old is your lo???
i LOVE my zapp,yes there are a few small niggles(no shopping basket and no recline), the shopping basket is easy enough to resolve.ut if your lo sleeps a lot in it i wouldnt go for it. my lo just turned 2 and we have had a zapp for 6 monthsish,and dd naps in it,she looks comfy enough but i wouldnt use it if she would need a big sleep in it.
i think the zia looks easier to fold/unfold than the zapp though,and i reclines,but i've heard of several people who said it was quite unstable on uneven ground,and cant be pushed one handed.

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1legmummy · 30/03/2008 22:32

Its such a difficult decision. My Son is 16 months but does not walk yet.

I am an amputee but also have weak wrists so the zapp sounds better for leaning on etc but I like the way the Zia is easier to put up and down.

I also like shopping!!

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scottishmummy · 30/03/2008 22:46

zapp is a dreadful pram - rickety, no basket, hard to fold. zia looks better with recline and
bag

sazm · 30/03/2008 23:30

maybeyou didnt have much luck scottichmummy,mines is very smooth to push,and is easy to fold (not so easy to unfold though and maybe wouldnt be great for your wrists) i hang one of those cheap swimming type bags on the back of mine and have never had a problem with it tipping,
i seen a video advert on a website( sorry i can't remember which one) and the zia looked SO easy to fold/unfold)
TBH i dont think you could really lean on either of them(i have a bad back and used to often lean on my big travel system!)

scottishmummy · 31/03/2008 08:36

i see lots of other zapps about.only used it for a few months.stopped when it tipped over spontaneously with baby in it (car seat mode)now its planes only for it

amazonianwoman · 31/03/2008 09:17

If you have weak wrists don't get the Zia. Friend selling hers because she got bad RSI in both arms/shoulders - it veers badly even on flat pavements. RSI cleared up as soon as she stopped using it.

You can get underseat baskets on ebay for the Zapp

scottishmummy · 31/03/2008 12:47

blimey!thats awful- so what is a good lightweight stroller?

amazonianwoman · 31/03/2008 14:07

Micralite? NEver had one but looks easy to fold

sazm · 31/03/2008 16:52

how about one of the new versions of the m&p luna???
or maybe just a normal style stroller?

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1legmummy · 31/03/2008 20:24

I cannot fold the normal umbrella stroller or put it up, I cant use anything that I have to balance on one leg or pull up with my foot

Anyone got a zia they are happy with?

Its between that and a zapp

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scottishmummy · 31/03/2008 20:42

micralite is a easy to fold. pull the lever at back at back. would that be suitable?

sazm · 31/03/2008 20:42

yeah sorry stoopid me lol,wasnt thinking, a zapp would prob be no good to you either then,as it is aukward to fold.
i would go for a zia then, god i cant think of the website,but i seen a video demonstrating it,and it is MUCH easier to fold/unfold thn the zapp,

i also seen earlier in the mothercare book,the graco mosaic which is a stroller but has a one handed fold system????
xx

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1legmummy · 31/03/2008 20:50

Oh I went to Mothercare today as well!! I have tried the Zapp and I could fold it fairly easily, I am just a little worried that it does not recline.

I am worried with the Zia because some people have said its rickety. I have seen the website though and it looks lovely.

I have a M&P Frankie Ziko if anyone is interested? I love it but my leg does not.!!

Thanks everyone for all your helpxxx

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scottishmummy · 31/03/2008 20:51

video of how to zia here - click view movie. looks same as zapp to me

sazm · 31/03/2008 20:53

lol glad you managed to find somewhere to try it,could you unfold it ok???i cant seem to get the hang of unfolding mine at all!!
i find it really easy to fold but i stand on one leg and use my foot on the bottom bit to fold it.
sarahxx

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1legmummy · 31/03/2008 20:59

Yes I folded it really easily and also found it easy to put up!! Also, I found the blue one in Toysrus for £99.99 so a complete bargain, but just worries me that I wont be able to reclibne him - am I worrying too much??
x

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1legmummy · 31/03/2008 21:08

scottishmummy - thanks so much - that looks great!!!

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scottishmummy · 31/03/2008 21:11

hth

sazm · 31/03/2008 21:20

ah well done scottishmummy!lol
i just cant get the hang of the best way to open the bottom bit,its SO aukward.

amazonianwoman · 31/03/2008 21:21

DS hasn't ever slept in his Zapp, but my friend's DD had a good nap in it, head didn't loll forward. She was 21mths at the time.

amazonianwoman · 31/03/2008 21:21

DS hasn't ever slept in his Zapp, but my friend's DD had a good nap in it, head didn't loll forward. She was 21mths at the time.

sazm · 31/03/2008 21:21

oh and meant to say,my dd was 18m when we got ours,and she sleeps fine in it.we have a kaiser cosytoes on ours and she loves snuggling in for a nap in it!