Mountain buggy or City Elite????

[Caitlin]

Hi!
My husband and I are due to have our first child in August! We are both very excited! We are also starting to think about buying osme essentials like a pram. We have narrowed our choices down to the Mountain Buggy Urban Elite and the Baby Jogger City Elite.
I would appreciate any advice, opinions good or bad, experiences....anything!
Thank you in advance xo

[Lozza]

Hi, we have the Mountain Buggy Urban Elite. It's a good pram easy to close, lift and move around. I don't find it as wide as most 3 wheeler prams are

the only thing i have found with it. The basket to hold shopping etc is tiny and doesnt hold much. I wish the the handle would move to in front of the child so if your out walking you can change the direction of the handles and see your child. The tyres puncture really easily, but i have heard most do anyway

Other then that i love my pram looks good and is easy to use

[Caitlin]

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply Lozza. I really appreciate it! It is so hard to know what to buy, when you can't trial it first!
Thanks again

[~breeze~]

I have heard HEAPS of great feedback on the mountain buggys. I've used the mountain buggy on the Gold Coast (you can use them at the theme parks instead of taking your own pram) & I really liked the feel of it.

Make sure you do your research though & get the one that fits right with YOUR wants & needs. Its a big decision, remember you'll be using this baby item ALOT, its one of the "big ticket" items so try to get the right one the first time.... most woman go through at least 2 (often more) prams/strollers until they find the right one.

Asking here for feedback is a great start

Good luck choosing!

[jaspen]

i have a friend whose baby jogger had a dodgy brake- she thought it had been seen too and then it failed again and her child rolled down the driveway - Baby Jogger themselves are replacing the pram immediately - it turns out the shop who supposedly sent it in for a service/repair the first time never did. She spent many months researching the pram and really liked it - i think she is also now more than happy with their service although disappointed it took an incident to get it sorted although this was not as a result of the company's (Baby Jogger) inactions rather the shop she trusted to return it when she first noticed and they never did - she did want a pram that she could jog with though which a lot of the other three wheelers aren't made for so that was her specific requirement.

[Andjxx]

Hi - I have a City elite and so far it has been great. To be honest the two you are considering are very similar.

When I did my research the main differences were the city elite's rear wheel base is 1" narrower than the mountain buggy and there is no toddler seat attachment available for the mountain buggy whereas there is for the city Elite. Even though the wheel base is smaller than the mountain buggy - it is still v. wide. I find I get 'trapped' occasionally. It doesn't bother me though.

Also - I spoke to the aust distributor for baby jogger and they told me the city elite was the only 3 wheel pram on the market that you can actually jog with - although not very far - only 3 -5 km and on a smooth pathway. I find it a bit rough occasionally but I wonder how rough other prams would be - probably equally as bumpy!

I like mine though!