Londonmum, can you tell me a bit more about Stokke stroller? How old is your baby now? Is it a good option for going around the city (Zurich), taking trams and trains, also easy to fold and fit in the car ? Storage wise?
1. Bugaboo Frog (and all the accessories Chf400 from Ricardo) now 8yo, it is getting a bit loose in the wheels but all the fabrics look as good as new. Was used as a jogging stroller for the first 6m (2x) so the little fellas could lay down while my wife ran.
+ves Very easy to push and manoverable, durable
-ves Every yuppie and his poodle has one, price - secondhand is worthwhile looking at.
2. Quinny Zapp, travel stroller at it's best, folds to nothing can go on as hand luggage on a plane (but pack it up in the departure lounge or the "helpful" staff will stick it in the hold, depends on the airport where you get it returned to you). Ours has been everywhere, we pack the maxicosi baby car seat full of nappies + baby milk powder, wrap in several garbagebags and duct tape for our flying holidays, then we always have a safe car seat whereever we are.
+ves Looks cool, price, highly manoverable, lightweight 6kg, adapters for maxicosi baby capsule.
-ves wheels are a bit small for rough ground, can fall over with a heavy bag on it when you take your child out, not much room to carry/store things in/on it, not really durable enough for an everyday stroller.
3. Koolstop jogging stroller http://www.wayfair.com/Kool-Stop-C447551.html our has done an estimated 6/7000kms through Swiss forest (disclaimer - my wife is a mad keen runner). Paid AUD300 6 years ago and thought it was a bit loose and flimsy new, well it is still loose and flimsy and going strong. The only problem we had was the rear handle mounts (plastic) broke (-15c running through snow ) so I fixed it with an old ski pole and a few screws. Has 20" wheels so will (and has) go anywhere.
+ves Cheap, easy to run with - well balanced, tracks really well (3 wheels are permanently locked), lightweight, packs up easily and wheels come off so would easily fit it a small car boot, loads of carry pockets and storage underneath, go anywhere with 20" wheels, seat is hammock style so the baby's back is well supported, huge sun shade.
-ves The looks I get riding my bike while the missus is jogging with the stroller , the brakes are not so good but there is a wheel strap for complete safe parking on hills.
We also purchased the Quinny xtra like the others posted. It is excellent for shopping and on the go. We decided on it because of the simple usage with our Maxi Cosi car seat. It was also not very expensive having purchased it from Austria The prices are quite good at Purzelbär in Feldkirch... http://www.purzelbaer.at/
Airplane strollers are difficult, some allow, some don't Sleazy Jet depends on the line you spin them, "i have a hernia" usualy works ok. We have a stroller it's American, Mia Moda which folds up like a small suitcase. If i have the bag to put it in, there's no problem ever, it's cabin baggage, no bag and it can get taken as luggage.
Lot of luck involed with strollers and airplane companies with a dusting of BS
It was which nu 1.
Only negative the rear wheels are wide n can catch cafe chairs. But no biggy.
Also, the nice thing we found with the bassinet aspect of the stroller is that we could carry it up to the apt. when baby was asleep so no need to wake her. A stroller with a carseat type attachment would serve the same purpose.
I know this will seem a nutty thing to say, but think about if/when you would have another. If the possibility of two close together exists, then I'd recommend a BabyJogger. either the city mini or the city select.
For baby no. 2: Trends for Kids Duo Twister
Lot of research went into the choices and very happy with them. For airports we have some cheap fold thing that just does the job of carting from A to B.
The main disadvantage that I found was getting it in and out of the car it does not fold very compactly and is quite heavy, also if you want to use it with the maxi cosi you have to fit the adapters on first and then take them back of before putting the seat or bassinet back on, unlike the concord neo which is the easiest buggy to adapt from car seat to bassinet etc, you literally can change it with one hand, and car seat, seat unit and bassinet all fit into the same frame with out any adapters, it also folds very easily and really compactly, the other great advantage to the concord neo is the scout bassinet as it folds flat and then in half which means that it is so compact and easy to take around that when i had a new born I always took it with and if I would be out for a while I would use it as oppossed to keeping the baby in the maxi cosi for a long period of time.
hope this was usefull and if you want to know any other details about the stokke feel free to pm me.
G R E A T
Still using at 15 months with no urge to move to the Maclaren
There are a few threads on this you may want to search
Cheers,
K