Tell me about prams

[angelaartsstudent]

Thanks Sasha, I will look it up...haven't looked into the Maclaren range at all.

Loving your blog, btw.

[onthefly]

Have you been to a baby&kids market? You'll often find a pretty good range of 2nd hand prams there (as well as all sorts of other baby stuff).

[FabFiona]

I'll support all the lovers of the Bugaboo Bee. I use mine on trams all the time and I love it.

[mummydreamer]

well, im guessing if you're looking at the bugaboo you're not too fussed about budget, but i just picked up this on layby and love it!

EDEN LAYBACK STROLLER - Travel Systems - BRITAX AU

it's really lightweight, easy to manouvre, has a bumper bar, lays flat for newborn, fits up to a toddler, and folds narrow. all of my specifications LOL.

oh and at the moment it's only $152 from baby Kingdom, so cheap. But good quality

[sasha]

Thanks Sasha, I will look it up...haven't looked into the Maclaren range at all.

Loving your blog, btw.

Aw, shucks thanks *blush*

I second marcellus' recommendation of Baby and Kids' market - if you pick up a Parenting Paper (you know, the ones they have free outside supermarkets, in chemists, etc) they tell you when the next one is.

[AngelPants]

ha i was just about to post a thread asking almost the same thing!! *steals suggestions*

[Taurean]

I have a Baby Jogger City Elite which is a 3 wheel all-terrain pram so not what you're after but I would highly recommend the brand, they are brilliant prams! So my vote would be for the City Mini. The Baby Jogger prams have an amazing quick fold system which allows you to collapse the pram with a simple pull of a handle - you can do it with one hand!! The sun shades are huge too and they have lots of other groovy features that no other pram on the market has.

Check out BJ Strollers website for more info

[Cassius2]

also check out the other bugaboos. i have a gecko and they go cheap as chips on Ebay (well in bugaboo terms). they werent fully released here in Oz (i think only for maybe a year if that so dont really hit the bugaboo radar). oh and also the bugaboo frog (which i reckon is the prettiest lol)

i love my gecko...gets on all styles of trams and can even fit up the front door of the old trams with stairs.

[Danielle_NZ]

So gotta keep an eye on this thread... I thought I'd picked our pram until I saw it on saturday at the markets with a 18 - 24 month old in it and the seat wasn't tall enough to suit a toddler... strider plus :-( start again...

[angelaartsstudent]

Ja, and strider plus is too wide for my liking.

I have found a Valco with a narrow base - 54.5cm - which is cheaper than the City Mini, just.

My only concern with the City Mini was that I would kick the back of it while I walk, which I do with a lot of the smaller style prams and strollers.

Haven't found one of the CM or the Valco to try out yet, though.

[SammyRo]

I'm another one with a maclaren vogue which I really like - its alot more solid than other umbrella strollers whilst still being compact. Only thing I don't like is how it tips when you forget you've got shopping on the back and you take the baby out.

So gotta keep an eye on this thread... I thought I'd picked our pram until I saw it on saturday at the markets with a 18 - 24 month old in it and the seat wasn't tall enough to suit a toddler... strider plus :-( start again...

I'd give it another look, my DD is a tall 2.5yr old (I think up above the 75% from memory) and she still fits fine in both seats on the strider plus.