i think they are expensive but i bought the steelcraft strider 3 and it was good but not wonderful. then we recently bought the urban mountain buggy. love it. sold the old strider on ebay for not much and it was virtually new. i guess buying a bugaboo to start with would have probably been better!! you get what you pay for and we're all about quality, no matter how much it is (within reason of course heehee!)