Maclaren Techno XT

gk172 · 7 January 2006 at 10:10PM

Costco today we found the Maclaren Techno XT for £68 bought it and came home and checked a few sites, glasgow pram center has it for £130 and boots are selling it for £150 and mothercare have it reduced to £120.

The buggy is in cornflower blue and is fully reclinable with swivel wheels - Link to mothercares listing

dandydon · 10 January 2006 at 12:40AM

we just bought one on Sat for 130!

Which costco was this? Is this a national deal?

BigAde · 10 January 2006 at 9:06AM

Brilliant buggy - great price that too...

We've had our XT for a couple of years now and it's been great. It's robust, lightweight, comfy handles, folds small and copes with the BuggyBoard attachment. No problems at all in fact and it's been well and truly earned its keep in that time.
Got ours for £99 from Kiddicare, so £68 is a no brainer.

fluffynit · 10 January 2006 at 9:31AM

I am the same as BigAde..got it from Kiddicare 3 years ago for £99..super buggy..only thing is the wheels...oh how that squeak annoys me! Probably need a good clean though..just me being lazy I guess!

fluffynit

Tharweb · 10 January 2006 at 10:28AM

dandydon wrote:

we just bought one on Sat for 130!

Which costco was this? Is this a national deal?

Don't know where the OP saw them but Costco Trafford Park have had them at this price, £68, for a good few weeks. I noticed as they were £150 originally and I commented that they had been reduced. I had bought one from them for £60 odd in the past and wondered why they had gone up so much. Think they must be bringing out a newer version...all look the same to me

They do have a tendency to squeak...mine does (or did 'til my Dad oiled it) but it bothers other people more than me

b1g1an · 10 January 2006 at 10:49AM

Just spray the axles with silicon spray every now and again, soon shuts them up. They made improvements to them last year, biggest one being the hood is now waterproof around the window!

The only real negative with these is they are very long when folded up so be wary if you have a small car and don't want it filling the boot diagonally.

The comment about all looking the same is a worthy of note, MacLaren have gradually been making the rest of the range look just like the Techno so to some it isn't always obvious to some which the cheaper ones are and there is a big difference between the cheaper steel ones and the aluminium Technos.

Anthillmob · 10 January 2006 at 11:51AM

the buggy i have its fantastic!

we got ours with the cosy toes as well for £120 (i think) from kiddiecare.com which was cheaper than mothercare without the cosytoes.

Ally · 10 January 2006 at 1:05PM

brilliant buggy and at that price it is fantastic ... got our one from boots worked out near enough the same taking into account the points earned.

Only bad points I find are the basket - very very small, practically no use to it as it is awkward to get things right under the seat 'cos of the cross bars - so it is wasted space.

The seat area for kiddies toosh is quite small IMO - I prefer them to be deeper.

Plus, does anyone else find that the foot rest extention keeps going back rather than staying out when you pull it? Or is it just me?

On the whole though - very easy to use and worth the money!

rockpeblar · 10 January 2006 at 2:12PM

Hi, checked the costco website and it says it is not open to the general public. Was hoping to pop into the the Bristol store and get one at the weekend but doesn't look like it is going to happen.

deanos · 10 January 2006 at 3:41PM

Costco is plus vat is it not so real price £79.90 ?

W1zz · 10 January 2006 at 3:46PM

Typical.. lol

Just got one of these last week from http://www.babyequipmentcomplete.co.uk/main_page.htm

£99 delivered (2005 model).

What model is it at Costco, 2005 or 2006? I'm guessing it would be 2005 as the 2006 isn't out till end of Jan.

(Although my 8 month old couldn't tell the difference).

Maclaren Techno XT

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