Shopping trolleys - naff or good idea to carry kids stuff about on days out when you no longer have a buggy ?

[CaptainUnderpants]

I am now buggyless . It was very usefu for loading up when on days out with two children ( eg Legoland etc ) for food, coats ,drinks etc etc.
I dont fancy humping round a big bag or rucksack so was thinking of getting a shopping trolley to carry everything in.
Good idea or naff ?
Have seen some really quite nice funky ones on web but they are very pricey. Any thoughts ??

I have one. Don't use it now, as I have a pram.

I think I'd feel silly at Legoland etc with one, though. Can't you put medium-sized backpacks on everyone's backs?

(Somehow, from the thread title, I thought you were suggesting using stolen supermarket trolleys to transport your children around in the street.)

F&Z's DS is mad for you, by the way, I'm told.

I have a 6 yr old and 4.5yr old and I know that I would end up carrying the bags if they had one each , its a bit of a pain aswell when you go on rides as you would have no where to leave them.

At least if they were on the buggy they were relativelty safe - I always carried purse etc round with me in small bag .

I though I could dump the shopping trolley along the the buggies in the buggy parking areas at the rides.

I think I would feel odd and conspicuous. Also wouldn't the 4.5-year-old want to ride on it sometimes?

I'd get them their own special knapsacks which are special and important, and put their stuff in their bags.

I do often use giant knapsacks, though - but then, I have no car and often do my shopping on a pushbike [weirdo].

He may want to ride on it , but he will not be riding on it .

I think they are fairly inexpensive as bags go... so I would be willing to give it a go, if it didn't work you could keep it for your dotage

I would have to get a habitat one, methinks at least it is an attempt at urban cool whatever that is...

I have a bike buggy and a car, so seldom need huge amounts of stuff for any length of time, have not been on lego land excursions or the like yet

Naff...but wierdly tempting...

I just thought it was a practical solution to all the kids stuff you can end up with on a day out , especailly with food & drinks .

Mine isn't urban cool, it's naff old lady (when we bought it, ages ago, there were no nice ones).

There is a local art (performance?) group called the trolly dollies.

I have one

I love it

I saw some in Habitat a while back. I am tempted to get one

and I do put it in a buggy park sometimes, although if I was going to take it somewhere like Legoland I might take a padlock - after all it will have all your gear in it!

Where did you get yours from Franny ?

Old lady = tartan

What do the funky ones look like?

I intend to make them very fashionable when I no longer have use of a buggy.
I figure if I look cool and my kids look cool and my DP looks cool and I look confident I can get away with anything!

mine is fairly cheapo one from local luggage shop

there was a thread with links on, will search

funky but expensive

look here they are

when my one breaks I will get one of those sort

the current one was an experiment

I fancy this one

Arn't they for old people?

They look really handy, just what I need etc, but somehow I just can't not think of old ladies.

that is the one I want losti, I saw it in my dd's copy of "the tiger who came to tea" - though in an ideal world I would need a rainy day one

anyhow when was th elast time anyone saw someone out with one of these?

in the day of the car and internet shopping? are they still "common"?

Some of these trolleys are quite funky I cant imagine an OAP with one of these , so there must be a market for them.

I don't tink I've gone out without a pushchair in the last 8 years. If I tried to walk down the street with out a pushchair now, I'd fall flat on my face.