Comments on: The Best Prams, Pushchairs & Travel Systems in the UK http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/ Nipping from the Bugaboo to the Maclaren - we'll hold your hand through the maze of buying a pram Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:12:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Danielle http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Danielle Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:18:45 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-675 Hi Jane. I think if the truth be known, I always wanted a Bugaboo but didn't feel I could spend that much money on a pram! Daft when you think I've probably spent twice that much trying out cheaper ones and discovering they were rubbish! Hi Jane. I think if the truth be known, I always wanted a Bugaboo but didn’t feel I could spend that much money on a pram! Daft when you think I’ve probably spent twice that much trying out cheaper ones and discovering they were rubbish!

]]> By: Jane http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Jane Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:06:09 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-569 I've had 3 children and the only Pram i've ever had is the Bugaboo Frog, the best pram/pushchair ever, so light, so easy to manouver you can have your child faceing you or faceing out it's brilliant! and if your having your first child and planning more it is worth the investment, it is also fully washable and still looks like new 6 years on, I don't know if the frog is still available but I'm sure they've only got better, I'm keeping it forever, maybe for my gran children, I love it. I’ve had 3 children and the only Pram i’ve ever had is the Bugaboo Frog, the best pram/pushchair ever, so light, so easy to manouver you can have your child faceing you or faceing out it’s brilliant! and if your having your first child and planning more it is worth the investment, it is also fully washable and still looks like new 6 years on, I don’t know if the frog is still available but I’m sure they’ve only got better, I’m keeping it forever, maybe for my gran children, I love it.

]]> By: Andrew Martin http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Andrew Martin Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:54:50 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-490 Anyone heard of/got info on the Seed pushchair which folds really small and is a combined carrycot and pushchair. I have come across them on internet but cannot see any in store?? Thanks Anyone heard of/got info on the Seed pushchair which folds really small and is a combined carrycot and pushchair. I have come across them on internet but cannot see any in store??

Thanks

]]> By: Danielle http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Danielle Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:35:45 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-466 Amanda! I'm impressed! What did you get to? 15? I'm only on 12! I bet your daughter ends up just like you, and there's EVEN MORE choice now! My youngest wants to walk all the time so my new MacLaren hardly gets an airing. Hasn't stopped me lusting after the new Mamas & Papas Mylo or Urbo though! Amanda! I’m impressed! What did you get to? 15? I’m only on 12! I bet your daughter ends up just like you, and there’s EVEN MORE choice now! My youngest wants to walk all the time so my new MacLaren hardly gets an airing. Hasn’t stopped me lusting after the new Mamas & Papas Mylo or Urbo though!

]]> By: Amanda http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Amanda Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:50:13 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-463 ROFLMBO!!! Yes, I was so glad to find this thread with everyone talking aout their pram.stroller.pushchair addictions, as my whole family thought I was nuts, buying one set of wheels after another!! I'm now proud to be one of your number, ladies - long may we all keep buying them until OUR wheels fall off, never mind theirs *chuckles*! I'm rather tempted by something called an iCoo Platon 4. It looks amazing for the price. For my GrandBaby when he/she comes along, of course. I might be odd, but I've always kept abreast of the latest strollers-I'm truly addicted to them, even though I don't have a babba to push around any more. Mind you, you know you're addicted/need to be 'sectioned' when you find yourself 'rocking' a shopping trolley back and forth out of habit when your last baby is walking everywhere and you miss pushing them *huge embarrassed grin*!! Oh, I also missed a pushchair out of my list. I bought a Mutsy Urban Rider after the Teutonia, as pushing that tank was making all of my muscles ache like no ones business! I loved the steering and the way to adjust the handle height on that one, plus the way that the pram ag fastened on to the back of the seat when I took the hood off.I would recommend it to anyone. Believe it or not, my little fella will be 10 this July and the Mutsy is still standing in the downstairs lobby being a very expensive sleeping place for my cats!! I've forgotten how to collapse it, otherwise it'd be in the attic along with the Emmaljunga!!! Any help with that, anyone? Thamk you so much for that lovely welcome too, Louise! I'm loving this site, and it's been saved to 'favourites' right next to the 'tacky weddings' site - you're both equally addictive!!! Manda xxx ROFLMBO!!! Yes, I was so glad to find this thread with everyone talking aout their pram.stroller.pushchair addictions, as my whole family thought I was nuts, buying one set of wheels after another!! I’m now proud to be one of your number, ladies – long may we all keep buying them until OUR wheels fall off, never mind theirs *chuckles*! I’m rather tempted by something called an iCoo Platon 4. It looks amazing for the price. For my GrandBaby when he/she comes along, of course. I might be odd, but I’ve always kept abreast of the latest strollers-I’m truly addicted to them, even though I don’t have a babba to push around any more. Mind you, you know you’re addicted/need to be ’sectioned’ when you find yourself ‘rocking’ a shopping trolley back and forth out of habit when your last baby is walking everywhere and you miss pushing them *huge embarrassed grin*!!

Oh, I also missed a pushchair out of my list. I bought a Mutsy
Urban Rider after the Teutonia, as pushing that tank was making all of my muscles ache like no ones business! I loved the steering and the way to adjust the handle height on that one, plus the way that the pram ag fastened on to the back of the seat when I took the hood off.I would recommend it to anyone. Believe it or not, my little fella will be 10 this July and the Mutsy is still standing in the downstairs lobby being a very expensive sleeping place for my cats!! I’ve forgotten how to collapse it, otherwise it’d be in the attic along with the Emmaljunga!!! Any help with that, anyone?

Thamk you so much for that lovely welcome too, Louise! I’m loving this site, and it’s been saved to ‘favourites’ right next to the ‘tacky weddings’ site – you’re both equally addictive!!!

Manda xxx

]]> By: admin http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-461 admin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:02:09 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-461 Whooo hooooo! Come out, come out, wherever you are! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a brand new new contender in the Pram Addicts Premiership, and what a contender she is - coming from nowhere and blasting straight to the NUMBER ONE spot! :) A huge warm welcome to you, Amanda. You're clearly completely bonkers, of course ;) but you're in very good company here so we'll budge up and make room for you! Your grandbabies will be very lucky babies indeed :) Louise xxx Whooo hooooo! Come out, come out, wherever you are! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a brand new new contender in the Pram Addicts Premiership, and what a contender she is – coming from nowhere and blasting straight to the NUMBER ONE spot! :)

A huge warm welcome to you, Amanda. You’re clearly completely bonkers, of course ;) but you’re in very good company here so we’ll budge up and make room for you! Your grandbabies will be very lucky babies indeed :)

Louise xxx

]]> By: Amanda http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Amanda Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:52:25 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-460 I just wanted to say that 'pram envy' isn't a new phenomenon *grin*. Mine goes back 19 years to when I had my first daughter, we just didn't have a lot of choice then. I really envy you all the massive choice you get now! I'm already making shortlists of prams for a future 'grandbaby', as Eldest's already told me she's going to be settling down with her childhood sweetheart, ready to procreate in the next year or so. Well, isn't it my job to buy my first GrandBaby's pram *coughs*? Anyway, my rundown was this: 1. Silver Cross puschair I can't remember the model, but faced both ways and I hated it because my friend had the one with swivel wheels and thought she was IT!! 2. 2 Silver Cross coach built prams too - 1 at my Mum's in the North East of England and 1 at my home in London. 3. Second hand Emmaljunga in a blue leather fabric. Was given this as one of the wheels kept coming off. I was a Mum with very little money at the time, so my Dad fixed the wheel and I was off and running (well, not really RUNNING, but you know what I mean...) 4. McLaren E-Type stroller. This was amazing and I loved it! With baby number 2 I had the Emmaljunga and a brand new Eichhorn 3-in-1 in a navy-and-pink check fabric. These were incredibly expensive then, you didn't see them anywhere, and heads turned everywhere I went! Baby number 1 (that makes 2 daughters) was 22 months old, and I thought she'd either walk, or buggy boards had just come out then, so I got one of those. She wouldn't even stand up! Wanted to be in the pram where she thought she belonged, so I got... 5. Graco tandem something-or-other. Built like a tank, toddler in front-baby in back, but looked very uncomfortable for newborn. I'm only 5'3", and I had to literally bounce on the handle to get it up a kerb! When daughter no 2 could sit up I got 6. Some side-by-side generic make pushchair that was really cheap, as no 1 still wouldn't walk (I ended up pushing her to and from nursery most days when she was 3 and 4!)This thing didn't even lie back! There were also the 7. 2 Marmet coach built prams, as per baby number 1. One for mine and my Mum's house. These were both second hand, but they were so easy to come by in the 90's, pre-owned. (I wish I held onto stuff!!( I then had a 7 year break until no 3 made an appearance. By this time I was 34 and more 'comfortable' financially. A Boy!!!! 8. Emmaljunga 3 in 1. Just before they introduced adjustable handles, duh! 9. Mamas and Papas car seat and chassis for shopping. Not strictly a pram/pushchair but cost a bloody fortune - we didn't even have a car at the time!!! 10. Graco CitiSport. Amazing for going back and forth between the NE and London, could wheel it down the aisle on a train without having to collapse it. 11. Jane something that I bought second hand and passed on really quickly. 12. A ghastly green and black 3-wheeler 3 in 1 that I gave away just as quickly. Hated the 3 in 1s with a passion, and still do (just MHO, nothing personal) 13. A blue with yellow trim pushchair, also a generic make with chunky swivel wheels that I should have kept, it was the best pushchair I'd had, apart from the Emmaljungas, but the snob in me went for... 14. A Teutonia Y2K2, which was the model one up from the one that the Beckhams had for Brooklyn. I just saw his, got the brochure and fell in love with this. My son was 2 by that time, and the Teutonia with accessories came to just over £750, but I just wanted it so badly!! Got it and I hated it. It handled like a bloody tank, but I loved the disc brakes, the flashing lights on either side and the front for being out in the dark (happened only once - who takes their baby out in the dark??). It just looked gorgeous, but was sooo heavy. As I said before, I'm only short, but had muscles like Bluto's from handling this thing. I still have the Emmaljunga from my youngest in the attic, as the bassinette is huge, more than big enough for my granbabies to stay overnight as newborns. The bassinette's on the new models look much smaller. My son could easily lie down full length in his even when he was 2, and I loved the back rest in it. I'm looking at the Orbit system for the first grandchild then...well, that'll be his/her first one, then if my daughter is anything like me...? I just wanted to say that ‘pram envy’ isn’t a new phenomenon *grin*. Mine goes back 19 years to when I had my first daughter, we just didn’t have a lot of choice then. I really envy you all the massive choice you get now! I’m already making shortlists of prams for a future ‘grandbaby’, as Eldest’s already told me she’s going to be settling down with her childhood sweetheart, ready to procreate in the next year or so. Well, isn’t it my job to buy my first GrandBaby’s pram *coughs*? Anyway, my rundown was this:
1. Silver Cross puschair I can’t remember the model, but faced both ways and I hated it because my friend had the one with swivel wheels and thought she was IT!!
2. 2 Silver Cross coach built prams too – 1 at my Mum’s in the North East of England and 1 at my home in London.
3. Second hand Emmaljunga in a blue leather fabric. Was given this as one of the wheels kept coming off. I was a Mum with very little money at the time, so my Dad fixed the wheel and I was off and running (well, not really RUNNING, but you know what I mean…)
4. McLaren E-Type stroller. This was amazing and I loved it!

With baby number 2 I had the Emmaljunga and a brand new Eichhorn 3-in-1 in a navy-and-pink check fabric. These were incredibly expensive then, you didn’t see them anywhere, and heads turned everywhere I went! Baby number 1 (that makes 2 daughters) was 22 months old, and I thought she’d either walk, or buggy boards had just come out then, so I got one of those. She wouldn’t even stand up! Wanted to be in the pram where she thought she belonged, so I got…
5. Graco tandem something-or-other. Built like a tank, toddler in front-baby in back, but looked very uncomfortable for newborn. I’m only 5′3″, and I had to literally bounce on the handle to get it up a kerb! When daughter no 2 could sit up I got
6. Some side-by-side generic make pushchair that was really cheap, as no 1 still wouldn’t walk (I ended up pushing her to and from nursery most days when she was 3 and 4!)This thing didn’t even lie back! There were also the
7. 2 Marmet coach built prams, as per baby number 1. One for mine and my Mum’s house. These were both second hand, but they were so easy to come by in the 90’s, pre-owned. (I wish I held onto stuff!!(

I then had a 7 year break until no 3 made an appearance. By this time I was 34 and more ‘comfortable’ financially. A Boy!!!!
8. Emmaljunga 3 in 1. Just before they introduced adjustable handles, duh!
9. Mamas and Papas car seat and chassis for shopping. Not strictly a pram/pushchair but cost a bloody fortune – we didn’t even have a car at the time!!!
10. Graco CitiSport. Amazing for going back and forth between the NE and London, could wheel it down the aisle on a train without having to collapse it.
11. Jane something that I bought second hand and passed on really quickly.
12. A ghastly green and black 3-wheeler 3 in 1 that I gave away just as quickly. Hated the 3 in 1s with a passion, and still do (just MHO, nothing personal)
13. A blue with yellow trim pushchair, also a generic make with chunky swivel wheels that I should have kept, it was the best pushchair I’d had, apart from the Emmaljungas, but the snob in me went for…
14. A Teutonia Y2K2, which was the model one up from the one that the Beckhams had for Brooklyn. I just saw his, got the brochure and fell in love with this. My son was 2 by that time, and the Teutonia with accessories came to just over £750, but I just wanted it so badly!! Got it and I hated it. It handled like a bloody tank, but I loved the disc brakes, the flashing lights on either side and the front for being out in the dark (happened only once – who takes their baby out in the dark??). It just looked gorgeous, but was sooo heavy. As I said before, I’m only short, but had muscles like Bluto’s from handling this thing.

I still have the Emmaljunga from my youngest in the attic, as the bassinette is huge, more than big enough for my granbabies to stay overnight as newborns. The bassinette’s on the new models look much smaller. My son could easily lie down full length in his even when he was 2, and I loved the back rest in it. I’m looking at the Orbit system for the first grandchild then…well, that’ll be his/her first one, then if my daughter is anything like me…?

]]> By: lisa http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-457 lisa Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:44:18 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-457 hi ladies. i saw this and just had to reply. my total to date is 6. and im only on my second child! I am currently deciding on number 7 lol. I had a graco travel system with my 1st child but soon bought a hauck disney travel system because my other half wanted a pink buggy lol. that was the biggest mistake ever! it was horrible! i then bought a toys r us stroller which was great. when i was pregnant with my second child i found a lovely pink pram on ebay. called 'chelsea baby' it is a lovely pram but is so big i cant get it in the boot of smaller cars, and also it wont fold when in the pushchair position. I have a O'Baby double pushcair. and a Quinny buzz. Im now running out of space!!!! any advice on the next one??? hi ladies.
i saw this and just had to reply.
my total to date is 6. and im only on my second child!
I am currently deciding on number 7 lol.
I had a graco travel system with my 1st child but soon bought a hauck disney travel system because my other half wanted a pink buggy lol.
that was the biggest mistake ever! it was horrible!
i then bought a toys r us stroller which was great.
when i was pregnant with my second child i found a lovely pink pram on ebay. called ‘chelsea baby’ it is a lovely pram but is so big i cant get it in the boot of smaller cars, and also it wont fold when in the pushchair position.
I have a O’Baby double pushcair. and a Quinny buzz.
Im now running out of space!!!!
any advice on the next one???

]]> By: Emma Cunningham http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Emma Cunningham Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:03:43 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-295 Hi Louise, I loved this thread, I'm not quite yet ready for motherhood myself yet but if I was looking for prams, I'd definitely know where to go for reviews!! I have to admit that I was actually initially looking at your site as a potential partner for our affiliate program (Shopzilla UK Publisher program) and apologies for using the comment feature but I couldn't find any contact details for you. I then spent 20 minutes reading some of your previous articles and reading the whole of this thread from top to bottom (!!), great stuff. Was hoping just to let you know that we offer loads of pram related products and babycare on shopzilla.co.uk and if you're interested in joining our affiliate program at all, we'd be delighted to have you on board. Would be great to hear from you. Emma p.s. you guys are hilarious, it got better and better and I wish you luck with the pram hunting! Hi Louise,

I loved this thread, I’m not quite yet ready for motherhood myself yet but if I was looking for prams, I’d definitely know where to go for reviews!!

I have to admit that I was actually initially looking at your site as a potential partner for our affiliate program (Shopzilla UK Publisher program) and apologies for using the comment feature but I couldn’t find any contact details for you.

I then spent 20 minutes reading some of your previous articles and reading the whole of this thread from top to bottom (!!), great stuff.

Was hoping just to let you know that we offer loads of pram related products and babycare on shopzilla.co.uk and if you’re interested in joining our affiliate program at all, we’d be delighted to have you on board.

Would be great to hear from you.

Emma

p.s. you guys are hilarious, it got better and better and I wish you luck with the pram hunting!

]]> By: admin http://www.bestpram.co.uk/index.php/about-best-pram/comment-page-1/#comment-261 admin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:55:49 +0000 http://www.bestpram.co.uk/?p=11#comment-261 These comments are cracking me up now... I LOVE you guys and your crazy pram addictions that make mine seem so tame and restrained in comparison, lol! You're all totally brilliant. Mad but brilliant ;o) I'm now starting to think this phenomenon isn't quite as unusual as I imagined and the trickle could easily turn into a deluge of people confessing to their very own pram graveyards. Come out, come out wherever you are - the Pram Addicts Anonymous (PAA) group is here to support you as you unburden yourself of the heap of prams you've loved and left over the years in search of an even bigger high, sorry, sigh...lol. xxxx These comments are cracking me up now… I LOVE you guys and your crazy pram addictions that make mine seem so tame and restrained in comparison, lol! You’re all totally brilliant. Mad but brilliant ;o)

I’m now starting to think this phenomenon isn’t quite as unusual as I imagined and the trickle could easily turn into a deluge of people confessing to their very own pram graveyards. Come out, come out wherever you are – the Pram Addicts Anonymous (PAA) group is here to support you as you unburden yourself of the heap of prams you’ve loved and left over the years in search of an even bigger high, sorry, sigh…lol.

xxxx

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