Melly - we were looking at the Phil and teds, but i was never sold on it - one of the main reasons i didn't like it was that it seemed awkard to get the newborn in, and then when you had it in toddler-toddler mode, if the toddler on top got out, you would have to move the one from the bottom seat to the top or else it seemed really tippy - whereas, with the strider, DD has sat in the bottom seat, with nothing in the top seat, and its absolutely fine.

Eluned - quick q - when you the main seat on the most reclined setting, is yours completly flat? My seat doesn't seem to go flat - its still at an angle, roughly the same as a capsule angle would be, so its still ok for a newborn, but its not completly flat, iykwim.

We've managed to get ours on the beach, but DH had to drag it backwards through the soft sand, mind you even with my previous 3 wheeler jogger, it was extremely hard to get it through the soft sand.