Baby travel systems (merged)

shellsuit

We have the Maxi Cosi Mura 3 wheel.

We did have the hard bodied carrycot, but we only used that outdoors about a dozen times! Didn't even use it indoors as I had a moses basket.

Another fan of the Maxi Cosi Cabrio car seat too, it attatches to the Mura, so handy when going out and about in the car.

Have to say it's been a fantastic pushchair since we started using it (7 months ago my little man is now!)

SammyD_2

We love our quinny, but it is an older model. It is really easy to push over rough ground, and the carry cot was great as I am a believer in babies lying flat. No probs with the pneumatic tyre, and it was the tyres that made it so easy to push - compared to our McClaren buggy which was unbeliveable cumbersome in comparison.

Also great for my husband (who is VERY tall) as it had a high handle (adjustable).

I have never seen the point of attaching car seats to buggies - either you are just nipping in for a short time somewhere (eg the Asda example above) in which case you can carry the carseat, or put it in a trolly, or the baby should be lying flat if you are going for an extended period.

Alias_Omega

Thanks for the updates,

Ive been at work all day, so not had chance to talk about..

shellsuit

SammyD wrote: »

We love our quinny, but it is an older model. It is really easy to push over rough ground, and the carry cot was great as I am a believer in babies lying flat. No probs with the pneumatic tyre, and it was the tyres that made it so easy to push - compared to our McClaren buggy which was unbeliveable cumbersome in comparison.

Also great for my husband (who is VERY tall) as it had a high handle (adjustable).

I have never seen the point of attaching car seats to buggies - either you are just nipping in for a short time somewhere (eg the Asda example above) in which case you can carry the carseat, or put it in a trolly, or the baby should be lying flat if you are going for an extended period.

If you're popping to shops, or popping to town, you don't get a trolley so it's handy for trips such as those.

It's hard to carry baby in the car seat, and carry bags or have other children to watch at the same time.

I suppose it's just what a particular family need.

koolkid

SammyD wrote: »

I have never seen the point of attaching car seats to buggies - either you are just nipping in for a short time somewhere (eg the Asda example above) in which case you can carry the carseat, or put it in a trolly, or the baby should be lying flat if you are going for an extended period.

You must has arms of steel Sammy- they're bloody heavy car seats!

csh_2

koolkid wrote: »

You must has arms of steel Sammy- they're bloody heavy car seats!

Totally! My nearly 9wk old baby weighs almost 13lb, I struggly to carry him about never mind him in his car seat!!!

floss2

emlou2009 wrote: »

the reason she wants a new one is cos while you're at work all week and might use it once, maybe twice a week, she uses it every day, so any small niggles she has with how it work will really get to her ...

I would agree - my ex-OH could suggest but I had the deciding vote! As I was a SAHM and could walk to the Dr's & supermarket, my parents bought a proper pram which was used for both children (with a pram seat on top for DS1 when DS2 was born) and then was sold to another family. We also had a Mamas & Papas umbrella-fold buggy for going out in the car, and then bought a Maclaren buggy front / rear facing flat-fold pushcahir for DS2, that had a metal step for DS1. This is going back over 23 years though!

Alias_Omega wrote: »

The Quinny Buzz lies right back to the horizontal, so is there really a need for a carry cot.?

Yes, as a carrycot is more substantial and therefore mcuh more comfortable, warmer & more protecting for a small baby.

emlou2009

we have a 3 door car, so a super quick trip to a shop or whatever could go like this:
park
move seat forward
take car seat out
move seat back
put car seat on seat
take child out of car seat
carry to shop/put in buggy
put child in trolley
commence shop
come back out
take child out of trolley/buggy
strap child in
pick up seat
move seat forward
put car seat in base
move seat back
fold buggy/take trolley back
get back into car exhausted!

instead, it goes like this:
park
unfold buggy
move seat forward
put seat on buggy
commence shop



i wouldnt leave him in the car seat if popping to shop for any longer than about 5 minutes, but it just makes sense for short in-and-out trips!

tiamai_d

Me and em have had this conversation before . 5mins is fine, it's when you see people with a huge expensive all singing all dancing pram take the car seat out their huge car, leave the huge pram bit in the boot and walk round the town centre for hours with baby in the carseat... just why?

As for a carrycot, with the boys I didn't bother, they had lie flat prams and cosy toes and were only in the pram occasionally (plus we couldn't afford one). With DD she is in her pram 3 hours a day usually while DS2 is at nursery and I walk into town (nursery in is the next town over so we drive there) have a coffee etc. She is still using it at 18 weeks so it made sence this time.

I still want a loola...

RoxieW

Lie flat carrycots are good but the quinny dreami is TINY! my baby was a 9 pounder and he would never fit in it. unless you have a tiny baby you will get a couple of mths use out of it max. My friend also has the quinny buzz and her baby is too big for it at 18mths old as the seat is very 'close' fitting.
I have the mamas and papas herbie ziko which has a nice big carry cot and is serving us well. We paid 275 for the system new in the jan sale.