Monday, February 4, 2008 Tamzin joins the great double buggy debate!
I’ve got a Phil & Ted and it’s WONDERFUL!!! The whole pushchair thing is mad really, you read up and ask friends and it seems like no-one is ever perfectly happy with what they’ve got! I found myself regularly stopping people during my last pregnancy and saying “Are you happy with that pushchair/pram?” And they’d look at me as if I was a crazy woman and say “Yes thanks - are you trying to sell me something?” before they scuttled off, holding onto their ‘Bugaboo’ tightly!!
Actually most people were less suspicious than that and it was quite useful really. In the end I got a ‘Pliko Pramette’ which was/is great in some ways, although what I did find was, as Isla got bigger, the pram got less supportive and ended up with a big dip in the middle so then I’d have to shove things under it to pad it back up. I remember accusing Pete of losing something like a blanket and getting irate, only to find it a couple of weeks later under the Pliko mattress!
That was the same night we were away in a hotel and I got furious with him for losing a baby-gro, I was convinced he’d tidied it away somewhere (he’s a bit anal on the neat and tidy front) only for him to finally spot it hanging out the back of my jumper where I’d shoved it to warm it! He was exceedingly smug! That sort of thing seems to happen quite regularly since pregnancy and childbirth!
Anyway, back to pushchairs...I was generally pleased with the Pliko despite the saggy middle (makes two of us!), it was good for out-and-about shopping and when she was too big for the pram the pushchair was lovely and comfy for a day out somewhere. However as time went on I started to wish I had something lighter to lift in and out of the car and more manoeuvrable around shops etc so I ended up getting a Maclaren too, which is brilliant. It’s been on holiday with us to various places and it’s so light and quick to deal with, you just flick it up and down. But of course now I need a double buggy and so after asking friends and, of course, stopping people on the street, I went for the Phil & Ted. I love it with a passion, I go on about it to friends and family the same way my friend goes on about the wonders of her magi mix.
I love it because:
1. It’s great for walks on rough ground (now I can’t carry Isla)
2. It’s soooo smooooth!
3. It’s got a single bar handle rather than 2 like the Pliko which makes it easy to push one handed – which you do need to do sometimes!
4. It’s incredibly easy to put up and down.
5. The straps are really easy to manage – a lot less stiff than the Pliko.
6. I hate to say it – but it looks cool !
7. Lots of room underneath
8. The hood is nice and small so Isla can turn round to look at me, which she can’t do in the Pliko.
9. It’s light.
10. It’s brilliant and I wish I’d got something like it originally!
Actually most people were less suspicious than that and it was quite useful really. In the end I got a ‘Pliko Pramette’ which was/is great in some ways, although what I did find was, as Isla got bigger, the pram got less supportive and ended up with a big dip in the middle so then I’d have to shove things under it to pad it back up. I remember accusing Pete of losing something like a blanket and getting irate, only to find it a couple of weeks later under the Pliko mattress!
That was the same night we were away in a hotel and I got furious with him for losing a baby-gro, I was convinced he’d tidied it away somewhere (he’s a bit anal on the neat and tidy front) only for him to finally spot it hanging out the back of my jumper where I’d shoved it to warm it! He was exceedingly smug! That sort of thing seems to happen quite regularly since pregnancy and childbirth!
Anyway, back to pushchairs...I was generally pleased with the Pliko despite the saggy middle (makes two of us!), it was good for out-and-about shopping and when she was too big for the pram the pushchair was lovely and comfy for a day out somewhere. However as time went on I started to wish I had something lighter to lift in and out of the car and more manoeuvrable around shops etc so I ended up getting a Maclaren too, which is brilliant. It’s been on holiday with us to various places and it’s so light and quick to deal with, you just flick it up and down. But of course now I need a double buggy and so after asking friends and, of course, stopping people on the street, I went for the Phil & Ted. I love it with a passion, I go on about it to friends and family the same way my friend goes on about the wonders of her magi mix.
I love it because:
1. It’s great for walks on rough ground (now I can’t carry Isla)
2. It’s soooo smooooth!
3. It’s got a single bar handle rather than 2 like the Pliko which makes it easy to push one handed – which you do need to do sometimes!
4. It’s incredibly easy to put up and down.
5. The straps are really easy to manage – a lot less stiff than the Pliko.
6. I hate to say it – but it looks cool !
7. Lots of room underneath
8. The hood is nice and small so Isla can turn round to look at me, which she can’t do in the Pliko.
9. It’s light.
10. It’s brilliant and I wish I’d got something like it originally!
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