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Q for Uk.Rec.C.M. dads:pram mechanics

not the usual question for this group,but i think the people with mechanical knowledge are here

i am shopping for a baby pram car seat & stroller. the decision is between either buying seperate car seat/pram/stroller or

a 3 in 1, with 1 chassis and multiple attachements can serve as a pram , a car seat, a baby / toddler stroller

also there are some pricer models which have prenumatic tyres,suspension dampers, cable brakes, self centring front castor wheels etc. i am wondering if these features are worth the added weight

also at the speeds achieved by a stroller, do preumatic tyres and suspension make any noticable difference?

many thanks

Reply to
xamman
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Get a Wilkinet baby sling instead. I used one for both our kids and loved every moment of it. Close, snuggly, warm and more importantly, involving. Instead of being in prison down at knee height they're up where they can learn from adults by watching facial expressions, picking up gestures and all that stuff.

We had a pushchair, 'cos my wife couldn't use the sling, but we hardly used it. Once they were about 6 months old they either went on my shoulders or in a backpack.

Reply to
Guy King

You won't use the 'pram' for more than a few weeks. Being able to attach the car seat to the pushchair frame is very useful as long as you don't have to undo the harness, and as long as you can put it in/out without any yanks that will disturb the little sod (who's only just gone to sleep after a long drive).

No. Nor are the long three wheeler buggies - great for when dad's there out for a walk in the country, but useless round the shops.

After quite a short time you'll gravitate to the lightest simplest one-handed opening buggy you can get, the big all in one or 'luxury' contraptions are only needed for a few months then just get too big and heavy to bother with.

Not really.

Reply to
PC Paul

*YES*

Our situation is that we bought a Maxi Cosi Stage 1 baby seat, with adapters. These adapters are compatible with the mounting spikes on our Bugaboo Frog.

This has suspension on the front wheels, and pneumatic rear tyres (unless you move the handle, in which case the tyres are the other way round!).

This has a frame that does as a carry-cot, or as a traditional pushchair.

We borrowed a McLaren stroller one day, which had solid tyres. We pushed it on grass and gravel. Compared to the Bugaboo, it was a total nightmare. Hard to push, would stop dead on the smallest of pebbles, and killed your back in minutes (comparatively).

We got a Quinny Zapp from Boots (on points when it was 1/3 off), and it's got solid tyres. It's not as bad as the McLaren, but it's still harder to push.

We've now "upgraded" to a Phil & Ted E3, with a "Doubles kit", so 2nd baby can sit in the top seat, and 1st toddler can sit in the secondary seat underneath when she's tired enough.

This has 3 pneumatic (whitewall - nice!) tyres.

HTH

Pete.

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Pete Smith

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