anyone got a maclaren triumph? - urgent advice needed please

[bossykate]

hello everyone

our techno gave up the ghost yesterday. it will cost £50 to repair and the repairs will take a fortnight. we really can't manage without a buggy for two weeks so would need to rent one - the cost of this added to the cost of the repairs meant - guess what - it worked out more cost effective to buy a new one.

anyway, to get to the point, this happened on dh's watch yesterday when he was out with ds and decided to try and get a new one immediately. he phoned me, i said get a volo, he didn't like it, the upshot is we got a maclaren triumph. it only has two positions and now i'm concerned that the most upright one isn't really upright enough - ds looked very slumped in it today (he is nearly 2).

anyone using one for a 2 yr old and what do you think of the positions? any other recommendations for a lightweight buggy?

we can probably return the triumph to the shop if we act in the next 24 hrs but after that it will be too late - hence the urgency!

thanks in advance for your help

A friend of mine (who posts here) has one - I have e-mailed her to bring your post to her attention.

FWIW, we have a Vogue which I would definitely recommend. The Volo is also supposed to be very good (according to comments I've seen on a thread here in the past). If you do decide to return the Triumph and can wait a few days to take delivery, kiddicare usually do some good deals. A friend of mine recently bought a daytripper from there and it only took a few days to come.

HTH

We have the triumph and have been using it since dd was 6 months old - love it to bits. My worry was that the flatter position wasn't flat enough for her to sleep, but it's turned out to be just right. I don't feel that the upright position is too flat at all and seems to keep her comfy for long periods.

As your child is older, you do have the option to keep the restraints a little slacker, I guess, so they can sit more upright and not lean on the back if they feel a bit slumped.

Also, we bought ours at Mothercare and it comes with a guarantee that includes a free courtesy buggy if yours needs to be repaired within the first year. I don't know if this is a MacLaren thing or a Mothercare deal.

Does this help???

oops - posted too soon - I meant to add that IMO in basic shape the Volo and Triumph seem to be very very similar. It's just weight and materials that make the difference, and the fact that the basic volo costs £50 and then you have to spend £20+ to buy the sun canopy etc whereas the Triumph costs £70 and has it already attached.

Hi

Gingernut asked me to comment on the Triumph as have just got one for DS (19 months). I do find the upright seating position not as upright as Ds is used to (we also have a Mamas and Papas pushchair) which is very upright - i do find that he tries to sit forward sometime but otherwise he seems to find it fairly comfortable. Not entirely sure what SuzyJ means about slackening the restraints though. Having come from normal pushchair i find the Triumph nice and easy to use and much lighter than what i am used to but not sure how this compares to the Techno. I must admit that i wanted to get the Quest (which has 4 seating positions) which was on the Kiddicare.com website for about £60 but by the time i made my mind up they were out of stock and i wasnt going to pay upwards of £100 for it in a normal shop.

Hope this is of some help!

What I meant was that you could leave the shoulder straps a bit looser so that your child has more room to sit up, rather than being held back against the seat by tighter straps. not to the point where they could get out, of course, but just so there's room for a bit more forward movement. Does that make sense?

Yes i understand now - think ours are fairly loose anyway. Thought you meant something about the bit at the back which you release to put in the other seating position.

Wonder whether bossykate has made a decision yet?

thank you very much for these comments. i am sick as a dog today (not pregnancy related i fear...) so will be unable to do anything today...

will have a look at the kiddicare website and see if the quest looks better. dh seemed very certain he didn't like the volo (i've also read the +ve comments here on mumsnet)and wasn't impressed you need to buy all the accessories separately.

thanks again.

bossykate, I have an extra daytripper in the loft that was a little bent by an airline so they replaced it for me, but it really works just fine. I've kept it in case need it for emergencies. Anyway, you'd be more than welcome to borrow it while you're waiting for yours to be repaired if you'd like to do that instead of getting a new one.

sofia, that is really kind! after following up the suggestions here this pm, i came to the conclusion that the best thing to do was to repair ours after all... now to convince dh! i will get back to you tomorrow if that's ok.

thanks again for your kind offer.

BK, I too have a spare Daytripper you are welcome to for the time being (sun canopy no longer attaches though). I could easily drop it into your work on Thursday or Friday this week.

thank you very much, sofia and bells.

dh and i have had a "lively debate" with a "full and frank exchange of views" and have "agreed" to just get a new techno instead. gah!

so will not need to take you up on the offer.

thanks again - much appreciated

Just wanted to say that I too have just bought a Mclaren Triumph and I am concerned that the upright position is not upright enough. My 10 month old looks so slouched in it.
I bought it on Saturday, have used it once and am thinking of going back to the shop to exchange it. Anyone else tried that? Not sure where I stand with it.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

hi moonmonkey (great name!), just wanted to say that i am very glad we decided to take the triumph back, it was the right decision for us. why not try and take it back and see what they say? nothing ventured etc.

btw, i think we had used ours once when we took it back, we had no problem with the return. this was at lilliput in london who are usually pretty good about that sort of thing - don't know if other retailers would take the same view, would bet that say john lewis would. hth.