city select, opinions please!

[ubba82]

Yay i picked my layby up! Well, just the pram, i left the second seat and bassinet on layby. Its not needed until july anyway.
So, after pushing it around the streets and shops for a few days, id like to give you all a mini review!

I have been taking the seat off the frame to put it in the boot. Being pregnant, i want to be lifting the least amount of weight i can. I havent found this to be annoying or time consuming, probably easier beacause its lighter.
Puting it together agsin is a breeze. Once you get used to lining the seat up, you put it together in seconds.
I find it easy to push and manouver around corners and in the isles at the supermarket. I havent had a problem getting through the checkouts or through regular sized doorways. This includes shops and houses.
It is a heavier pram but this just makes me feel confident that it will be sturdy enough to support 2 children. However, i dont find it too heavy that its uncomfortable or cause me any discomfort.
I dont recommend this pram for uneven surfaces as the suspension isnt the greatest and can cause the child to bump around alot eg- walking accross the school oval today.
Overall i am stoked with my purchase and very happy i chose it over the strider for a few reasons.
If you have any q's for me - ask away!!!

[Loula]

Over the last week I have had more than 6 people say to me oooh I love your pram! Total strangers!


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[buliej]

I too purchased all my BJ accessories from the US - so much cheaper. I almost purchased the pram from overseas as well, but was concerned about the warranty issue.

[ellasmummy]

i've got the city select too sarah. it was super easy to put together and I have practised taking it apart and putting it in the boot, soo easy we are just hiring a safe n sound unity capsule to use as car seat/pram seat, then will change over to the seat that came with the pram when this bub is big enough....have wheeled it around with DD sitting in the front facing out, and it didn't seem like it wanted to tip or anything either. my only concern is that DD may be too tall for her seat soon - but she is 3 and tall. they also have super cute pram liners which i am going to buy

[~Lashes~]

thank you all for your replies!! DF has most of march off work boss feels the need for baliso i could just be going and checking some out then! (bit of luck he will like it and just buy it for me, wishfull, very wishfull!) im not a big fan of the baby capsues, weve got a spare reversible car seat, and i like to use a baby carrier for the first month or 2, leaning towards just getting the pram and seccond seat, dd just turned one so will get alot of use out of them!

another question, i assume it has a rain cover, but is it good for both seats or do they each have a seperate one? the weather isnt always in my favour when i need iit to be!

[BlackCat]

When we asked the sales assistant, we were told that each seat has its own rain/sun covers

[MrsBexie]

Well I dont have it, but I do know of a website where it is $849 NZD so in aussie dollars it's only like $680 and free delivery to Australia... I found this after I had bought my strider plus otherwise I probably would have gotten the baby city jogger instead. Oh well, I love my pram!

PM me if you want the link...

[ezymay]

The safe n sound unity, the maxi cosi mico and another one (which I can't think of right now) all fit into the city select with the special adaptors. I've read the maxi cosi is the best fit and easiest to click in.

ETA the third is the peg perego viaggio capsule.

[Taurean]

I just gave one a test run at a baby shop with DD in the seat attached at the very front - was trying to envisage it with a capsule. It handled pretty well and although it felt a bit long (I think I'm just used to my Elite), I could see it being an excellent purchase if you have a toddler and newborn.

With regards to the bassinet, I bought one for our Elite and used it for 9 weeks. I wish I'd just bought a capsule instead. DD didn't really like it and it was a pain to wake her to take her out of her car seat. A capsule would have been so much easier! The bassinet on the Select does seem to make it very long IMO too.

I got the sales assistant to measure the base for me too and I was surprised to find it's 3cm narrower than my Elite! I have few problems navigating my pram but a narrower base is a bonus. The seats a really spacious too, like the Elite (DD, 18 months this week, had loads of room). Another nice surprise.

[FabFiona]

I recently did a test run of the City Select in a baby shop also!

It's far too long in front for my preference with a seat and a capsule, but that's just me.

In regards to the capsule, the Safe n Sound Unity looked like a major pain in the bottom to get on and off. Too many straps and fiddling. By comparison, the Maxi Cosi Mico was a piece of cake. Just clicked on and off. However the Maxi Cosi Mico is probably the most expensive capsule on the market so you might want to look at hiring it (that's what I'm doing!). You'll have to buy the adaptors for them but the basinette would have been an extra expense regardless.

[Miss.B]

Thanks ezymay, might go with my SIL this week and have a lookie at the capsules and I'll show her the bassinete as well, was hoping to give her mine but it doesn't fit the select model

Taurean, I agree with the bassinete for the elite. I only used mine for about 10 weeks and DS got really hot some days in it as it's quite high and it has no ventilation.

[Shar]

I've been using my BJCS for months now and it's a great pram to push, steer, fold etc.

Will be getting out my 2nd seat and safe and sound unity to have a play this week as bubs isn't far off now
And want to be a dab hand at using it (and dh) when he arrives.

I'll be using with a 12month old and newborn.

Will update when I've had a play

[buliej]

I have the BJ City Elite and Safe N Sound Unity - the adapter piece that you need for the BJ to snap the SNS capsule in works, but it's not great. Whoever said above that it is designed for the MaxiCosi is correct - and then they kind of did a "good enough" for the safe N sound, and it is good enough but it's not great. In fact, I had to return to Baby Bunting to ask them how to use it as it didn't seem right...and I didn't have it correct. The correct way is OK - baby is safe but it's not a "snap" to use.
I don't know the ins and outs of the other BJ prams, but I didn't know it had a bassinette option, and we just purchased the Valco thing that fits in the seat. I wish I had known abou tthe bassinette because it would have allowed me to see DS while in it as it faces the handlebar whereas the Valco thing is hidden by the big BJ hood - but I'm not buying yet another BJ add on. To be honest, had I known how much I would spend on add ons, I would have looked closer at the Bugaboo and other top end prams which I think come with all the accessories - I have a feeling the price difference would be small given what I've spent on the add ons.

[BlackCat]

The seats a really spacious too, like the Elite (DD, 18 months this week, had loads of room). Another nice surprise.

My 3 year old was our testing boy and he is on the larger end of the scale in both weight and height and he had plenty of room... looked very comfy compared to most other prams he has been in. One day he will walk lol.

[Shanti]

We picked up our City Select in Onyx today!!! Stoked with it.... we have wanted it for ages... So much room for both kids esp as they get bigger and longer legs on them.... lots of basket space underneath and I find it easy to fold down and up. Yeah it's heavy but all double prams are! We'll have a newborn and DD who will be 2yrs 3mths and only 12kgs.
Lady at the store said you can put newborns in it too and it's safe just recommended using head padding inserts and like lambskins etc to support them a bit and reclining their seat back more than the toddler seat would be reclined. ITMS.

I don't think it's very long, compared to some of those double prams where the seats are fixed and can't be moved, some of those prams are SUPER long!! LOL

[Miss.B]

Shoot, my SIL is exchanging here city select. She keeps comparing it to my city elite and says my pram is heaps bigger (by that she means the seat). She is now exchanging it for the elite. She said that when my DS went into it for trial, he looked all squashed up and his feet kept hitting the metal bar at the bottom and the bit where the baby sits is too soft. Oh well, I told her to get what she really wants. I think it was me who persuaded her to buy it..

[ubba82]

MissB does she know the foot rest extends?

[Miss.B]

Ooh, I don't think so! I'll go over there tomorrow to have a lookie. Thanks hun!