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best travel/compact stroller
ajmum · 07/03/2005 15:55
We already have a M&P monstrosity travel system and a very very expensive (and huge) proper jogging stroller from Canada (that I really need to use more often), but now I feel the need to buy a travel stroller. Something light and compact that can stay in the car, come on holiday etc. We travel quite a bit so it is more than a luxury really. We took the M&P to Mauritius and South Africa when dd was 5 months old but now she's older (10 months) I think she doesn't need a from birth stroller as much.
I have recently seen a Quinny Zapp in mothercare. It looks really cool, but the best bit is that it folds down to nothing and could even be stored in an overhead bin on an aircraft.
However, style comes at the cost of some function. There's only one seat position and there is NOOO shopping basket. The lack of a shopping basket means that the rating for the Zapp is quite low on the Mumsnet stroller rating, but all other figures are quite high. I think it would be the highest rated if the shopping basket wasn't an issue.
So basically should I go for a good Maclaren Quest (shopping basket and more seat positions) or should we look cool on holiday with our Zapp?
I am favouring the Zapp at present as I am v shallow and like nice things....and I feel upset that I ended up with an M&P bog standard stroller when there were nice things like Bugaboos and Xplorys out there (of which I was oblivious until the M&P was in use)!
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uwila · 07/03/2005 16:12
Maclaren volo is the smallest lightest one I know of. I have one in my boot and it's great for what it is. But, you have to be prepared to live withour rain/wind protection and it doesn't recline at all... also has no brakes, but I think that newer models might have brakes??
uwila · 07/03/2005 16:16
Also if you like to travel to places with cobbled streets (like Prague) I recommend a pram with big wheels. I had to pick the cloody pram up and carry it more than once!
almost40 · 07/03/2005 16:19
I don't think the Volo has a shopping basket either though. I am a big fan of Maclaren too - and I think it actually handles cobbled streets very well. Also, I think they are stylish enough . Don't know what the Zapp is though.
Niddlynono · 07/03/2005 16:22
Sorry if this is putting a cat amongst the pigeons but just thought I'd share my views on the Maclaren Quest.
Whilst it is nice and light (even with a 2.5 DS in it I can still manage to carry it up a flight of stairs) the things I don't like about it are:
Brakes - difficult to use (especially wearing summer shoes/flip flops!)
Basket - too small
Raincover - a b*tch to get on or off
When I was researching a lightweight stroller none of them seemed to have all the features I was looking for which was so frustrating but one of the things which convinced me to buy the Quest was that I'd be able to collapse it with one hand, while still holding DS. In reality though I've only had to do that once in the 2 years I've had it.
Good luck.
Niddlynono · 07/03/2005 16:24
Oops, I forgot to add that the Quest is very easy to manoeuvre though.
hunkermunker · 07/03/2005 16:28
Would second the Quest (also, DH told me as he was leaving for work this morning that the Bugaboo came bottom or near bottom in a recent Which survey, so don't feel too bad about not having one!).
uwila · 07/03/2005 16:34
sorry, forgot to mention that the volo does have a shopping basket.
gingerbear · 07/03/2005 16:35
The Zapp looks v space age (but where is the basket??)
what about a micralite(??)
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