Microlite Toro with Carrycot

[felt-tip]

any feedback on this pushchair?

baby is due in November and we have put a deposit down on the Maclaren Techno xlr but maybe want something a little more stylish without paying Bugaboo / icandy prices. I like the orange one.

Thanks

[Helen GV]

I had one and it was fab. Bought it too late to need the carrycot but i really liked the seat unit because it meant bubs could sit up nice and upright. might not be suitable for a tall child for more than a couple of years, but by then you may need a double anyway ;o)

light and easy to steer, i wasn't keen on the handle bars but you can buy a better version of them for 20quid

[Fudge]

I have the Microlite Fastfold....although I do love it....I don't like the fact that I am spending a fortunate on repairing the tyres, I have punctures the whole time.....If I decided again I would go for traditional plastic (?) tyres like a Maclaren and not the fancy tyres of a Microlite, bugaboo etc........It is not as though I take the pram particularly "off road"

Even one of the guys in the cycle shop just up from Goose Green said that they get A LOT of work from parents with these types of buggies...... gggrrrrrhhhhhh

[Helen GV]

I have to say I never had a problem with the wheels or tyres at all. Maybe I was lucky!

[jblack]

Just buy a bugaboo and stop being tight

[Helen GV]

I preferred the Toro to the bugaboo...

[The Nappy Lady]

Fudge,

That's so strange, I've had 4 buggies over the last 6 years with inflated tyres, and only ever had (touch wood) 2 punctures - and I was off road nearly every day so really not surprised, one puncture was down to a thorn picked up at Cox's Walk/Sydenham Woods, and the other in Nunhead Cem.

Are you regularly walking past somewhere that has a lot of building work going on, or a garage/workshop? I once has nails in 3 car tyres at once, which I think was down to parking next to a skip (though was seriously paranoid that I'd upset someone badly for a day or two!!) - very expensive and annoying.

Some of the buggy manufacturers make solid rubber tyres as an optional alternative to the air filled ones (I know that Mountain Buggy do for sure), so that you can avoid the whole puncture issue if it is a big problem.

Poor you though, can understand you feeling fed up about it.

Re the OP's question - I had a Micralite buggy pre the days of the carrycot option, and have to say I liked it apart from I found the front wheels being wider than the back a bit of a pain and quite often used to manage to midjudge gaps and catch the front wheels on things - I've posted before on here about it and others have had the same issue so it is something to bear in mind.

You would get a 2nd hand Bugaboo at a decent price if they are what you really like, and I would look at the Mountain Buggy's too as they come with a Carry Cot option and I think they are great (bit of a buggy holic I admit, but most of mine came and went via ebay or the ED Forum so never felt too bad about it as they tend to hold their price if you look after them).

I loved having a proper 'pram' with my 2nd daughter, so lovely and cosy when they are newborn, much nicer than a pushchair, even if it is one that reclines, just not the same.

Molly

[Fudge]

Further to Molly's & Helen GV posting - yes strange but true. I think that I might just be very very unlucky as friends also have the Microlite and have no problems either......but again at least if it is a Maclaren there is no opportunity for the tyres to fail.

I wish I could say that I am the very sporty type but alas no.......I just must be lucking finding thorns, glass etc etc.....

oh well keeps the local cycle shop in business :))

[charlie777]

I've had a Microlite Toro for 2 1/2 years. I stopped using it when my daughter was 18 months because the buggy material started coming apart. Microlite replaced the frame when it broke within the warranty period but the material came apart after that.

I like the carry cot and am using it for daughter number two but it is very annoying to push around because the front wheels are wider apart than the back wheels so I keep crashing into things (maybe it is just me?!)

However I am trying to buy a bugaboo now - so that says it all really.

Best wishes for November.

[The Nappy Lady]

charlie777, I used to have EXACTLY the same problem with the front wheels, I think it is just very counter intuitive, so not just you.