Taking wheels off pushchairs to get in boot

womble12345

The pushchair I really want (Uppababy Vista) is a bit too wide to fit in my car boot with both rear wheels attached, it will however fit with 1 wheel removed. It is easy to remove the wheels on the Vista but how much of a pain is it removing wheels in real life? Do the wheels get mucky and you dont want to touch them to remove them or am I worrying about nothing?

Do any Mums on here have to remove wheels on their pushchairs regularly? What are your opinions?

There are narrower pushchairs that will fit my car but I have to make other compromises with them.

Thanks

warmhands.coldheart

It would be a pain in the ring! in my opinion. (3 kids) Never really got all these fancy expensive pushchairs, but then I'm a bloke!! we raised our 3 perfectly well with basic pushchairs that didn't cost the earth.. When you say the narrower one would require you to make "other compromises" are we talking colour range or something as similarly non safety related?

womble12345

The 'other comprimises' are mainly to do with weight as the narrower alternative (Britax B-Motion) is a few kilos heavier than the Uppababy and doesnt have as good a fold mechanism and other more minor things such as size of shopping basket, etc.

Nicki

I've never had a pushchair that you have to remove a wheel from (or indeed even could) but it would put me off to be honest.

Possibly all well and good on a summers day when you have all the time in the world to get where you are going. Not so great though when you have been caught in an autumn shower with a thin coat on, and rushed back to the car, then have to stand in the rain faffing with the pram wheel to get it in the car, or where you are running late to get to where you are going, or on a cold snowy day when you have to take your gloves off to do it and your hands are freezing. And that's all leaving aside your perfectly valid point about what happens if you have accidentally pushed the pram through some spilled food, or much worse on the pavement, and are having to wrestle with a manky smelly wheel.

Personally I'd rather compromise on something like the size of the basket, rather than the ease of folding and putting in the boot, because that's much easier to work round. Surely there must be other parent/forward facing travel systems which would fit in your car? We had a Bugaboo Bee for example which I loved and although we have an estate car so a big boot, my bee easily fitted into the boot of my friend's mini cooper without being dismantled.

womble12345

Unfortunately the other narrower alternatives all have smaller wheels (such as your Bee) so would be no good on the rougher ground that we expect to be able to go over. It is really down to the narrower and heavier Britax or the wider and lighter Uppababy.

The wheels come off very easily, pretty much one-handed but I was just after opinions of people who do remove wheels regularly to see how they feel about it....

Hiddenidenity

I have a bugaboo cam, have with both previous babies.
I needed to remove wheels to fit in the car (still do when i use it now and will again when baby arrives)

It wasnt a huge problem for me just as easy as taking the seat off.

Only you really know if it will annoy you or not though

womble12345

Hiddenidenity wrote: »

Only you really know if it will annoy you or not though

True but the problem is we will only find that out for sure after we start using it.....
Thanks for your comments though, it is nice to hear that you didnt find removing wheels too much of a hassle.

Gillyx

I'd say no, it'l be a complete pain in the rear. My pushchair is a 2 part fold, ie seat unit comes off and then wheels fold down for the car and that is annoying enough as it is. I walk everywhere though so rarely have to do it, if I drove for sure I'd swap it for a one piece fold.

womble12345

Interesting.... both current contenders are one piece folds when in pushchair mode (in pram mode you have to remove the carrycot bit but that is the case for everything on the market).

Gillyx

My pushchair complete folds when parent facing but not out the way, and it's very bulky, so easier to get it into the boot separated.

beckstar1975

I don't think it's that awful, and good for when bubs is little (fab pushchairs are the vista) but after a while you'll probably end up buying a Maclaren anyway for when you're in and out the car a lot, and keep the visa for bigger trips out.

Good future proofing with the rumble seat too