Are Black prams too hot for summer??

[flower gal]

Hi, I am wanting to purchase the love n care adiva sport pram this week, and have rung around the shops in Perth where I live, and they all only have colours in stock that are predominantly black.

I wanted the Sahara colour which is mainly beige, but none of the shops have this colour in stock.

I am concerned that black will be too hot for bub in summer (she will be newborn) - I am due in December.

Does anyone had any experience with having a black pram in summer? And did it get too hot?

[JordieC]

We have the BeemaQ which is black with green trim. To be honest I have never noticed it being too hot but I don't have anything to compare it to. We have a sunshade but that is also black, as most of them are. So even if you bought a beige pram the sunsahde may be black anyway.

[nic]

Hi flower gal,
I was looking at buying the adiva, but was unable to see one in the flesh. Afterwards, DH measured it up against our boot space, and found it was a smidge too long for our boot, so it worked out well that i didn't buy it lol.

Anyway, the place I almost bought one from was called pram warehouse. They are in QLD, but freight australia wide for a pretty good price. I liked the beige colour in it too.
Happy pram hunting

[Erin_25]

I had this mentioned to me when looking at our carseat & all I wanted was black but they didn't have it...I think they just wanted me to buy another colour. I have a black carseat & a black pram..no prob at all & up until mid this year we lived in the Pilbra - very hot!! never had a problem. On the really hot days when walking with DS I would pop a gel ice pack under the wool liner & that would keep him nice & cool.

[Curly]

I definitely see your point and I was thinking the same thing when I was shopping for a pram but in the end I thought black would be more practical long term (dirt marks). We are planning 3 kids so the pram has to last. In the end I decided that if it is too hot for a black pram then it is probably too hot outside to be taking bubs out for a walk anyway, IYKWIM.

[Aphrael]

I've a black Phil and Ted's and haven't had this problem at all and I live in QLD. Never really thought about it being too hot, even with a newborn in it. They aren't fully enclosed at all and if your out in the sun with a newborn that might not be the best idea in the world. Just make sure not to cover bub too much.

Cheers,

Beck

[inlove]

Hi i have the black adiva sport and it wasn't too hot over summer. Would highly recomend the adiva sport we love ours we are sadly trading up to the first wheels twin as number two is due in feb and number 1 will only be eighteen months.
Good luck

[flower gal]

Thanks girls for your replies. I didn't really think about the fact that I prob wouldn't be outside with bub on the really hot days anyway! Plus if i went walking, it would only be early in the morning or late in the evening when it is cooler anyway.

I was more thinking of picnics and things that we might get invited too where the pram would be sitting under the shade of a tree but may still get hot - but i guess if it is too hot we would just go home or not go in the first place.

it looks like getting a black pram should be fine.

i have also been looking at the Love n Care Nova too - if anyone has had one of these can you please let me know how you have found it? I can't seem to find any reviews on them at all!

[Kitt3n]

hi FG,

pretty much everythign is black anyway!

I just bought the love n care nova on the weekend, with the bassinette, obviously havent used it with bub yet but from playing around with it in the store -

very easy to steer (even DH could manouvere around and he has never pushed a pram before - DD even pushed it without smashing into things!!)

very easy to take bassinette in/out of frame and change over to stroller mode

good discounts as apparently a discontinued line

easy to fold down once in stroller mode for hopping on/off the bus (i did it with one hand and held dd's teddy in the other )

so, wihtout actually taking it for a full walk I am very happy (I have always had peg perego's in the past and love them - but when i tried this in comparison to the skate teh price difference spoke for itself)

you can get it on line from my baby warehouse - best price I found (inclusive of bassinette)......

[TreeTops]

Hey flowergal,

I guess you've probably already bought your pram by now, but I just wanted to let you, and anyone else who's interested, know that I've seen the Adiva Sport in Sahara online. I love the look of it, and just want to see one in real life before ordering (the shops I've called only have black ones too).

[*Belle*]

I have a green P&T and it still gets really hot in the newborn and first upright position in summer, best to check the pram has good ventilation even though the P&T does at the sides ours still gets hot, the girls get really sweaty.