it depends on where you live, if you are country based then you need big wheeled jobbie, we live in manchester so got a bugaboo
yes a bugaboo is one of those travel system jobbies and it was pricey but we've definitely got our moneys worth - miniEd wasn't really much of a sleeper but the one thing that got her to sleep was being pushed round in the cot. I have done so many bl00dy laps of heaton park in the freezing cold and p1ssing rain it's not true 
good job she's ace
2 children and 4 prams later, if I had to do it all over again I'd just go for a cheapish regular, standard, pram. Too many people fall into the trap of shopping for a pram like it was a car. They really don't need to be trendy or have "sport" in their name...it's a bloody pram. It's likely to get fairly trashed, and they all essentially do the same thing anyway.
This.
Having an expensive pram just means you bought an expensive pram, it's not big, it's not clever, it's a pram.
Having had 3 kids, the thing you need most in a pram is that it is light and putuppable with one hand, when you drag kid from car and get pram from car boot, you need to whack it up and get gone.
I laugh every time I see modern parents with their off road prams, struggling through the world like Daleks.
We've got a M&P 03 awaiting the big day. It's a hand me down from my sister, it's been going 8 years and has done 3 boys. It's even withstood enthusiastic uncle off roading ;-). Needed to pump the tyres up, tighten the spokes and give it a quick clean, just like a bike really!
Had a Bugaboo Cameleon which the father in law bought. We were very pleased with it, nice and light, turns on a sixpence and fitted into the car. Tot two arrives and we got a Phil and Teds Sport. Bit of a lump but very practical for two. We still use it a bit but both like walking but it's great for when they are tired. Also just got a stroller. Three prams is the law.
Classy.
Well, better than chavvy, that's for sure. Burberry cosytoes, anyone?
Silver Cross 3D - was fine; now going strong as a pushchair.
Factory shop in Bradford if you're near there.
Andy
Buy second hand or wait till people donate.
Big wheels for offroad (fixed front is good). Any wheels for Tarmac.
Good prams don't fold up small so buy a van or get two prams...
Do not waste your money because it's your first baby and you want to 'do things right'.
It's just a pram, it's just a pram, it's just a pram...
We also use a cheap Lidl rucksac thats designed for carrying kids, £30 new, free from a mate!
Cheap canvas papoose before that. They aren't in things long enough to spend a fortune. The only thing we have bought new is the Hamax Kiss bike seat because I would hate to get to my destination and find him missing...
Also, my boy is 8 months old and is truly the best thing that had ever happened to me
As someone once said,when you have your first kid you want the best pram,when you have had your 4th you would be happy taping a box onto a skateboard. go figure that one out.
Ours had good prams but it always seemed to be the cheapo mclaren that got used.
A second hand Phil and Ted and the best sparkly Maclaren buggy you can afford will see you good over most terrain.
"Buy cheap, because you WILL buy twice" 
We just got a simple, lightweight pushchair that went flat so we could use it for her as a newborn. After about 6 weeks she was big and strong enough for the Papoose thing and the pushchair is rarely used now. When she gets heavier it might come back into use for mum. But by then I'll have the bike trailer I should add that we don't often have a car, which explains why I have no idea what those transformer thingies are actually for 
One thing I have to ask though, how exactly are people having a problem with **** kerbs? It's the same principle as a bike, lift front wheels, then lift rear wheels, no?
we got a baby jogger city mini which is a brilliant
very manouverable, can steer it with one hand and wheel the bike with the other ~(i do this on the way to nursery in the morning)
comes with adaptors to fit a variety of car seats including maxicosi
we also got the pram attachment for the first few months which doubles up as a very hand carry cot
it folds down instantly too with one pull of the handle, a lot easier than some others we looked at- often the sales assistants would struggle!
We've got Graco Symbio travel system, served little one very well. As most people mentioned, those travel system all-in-one are solid choices but aren't best at any chosen categories.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7DVhcHABOg
But to be honest, whichever pram you buy ... your wife will come back at you with a request of 2nd pushchair at least!
Women heh?
But to be honest, whichever bike you buy ... your bloke will come back at you with a request of 2nd bike at least!
Women heh?
no need to thank me
We did have a conversation with a butcher at a farmers market, he was asking how much our bugaboo was and then said appropos of nothing, 'I can't talk, I spent that kinda money with George Longstaff'
Just to clarify, we never really took the big Silver Cross pram anywhere much, except for the short walk down to the allotment, or backwards and forwards up the garden path to get the kids off to sleep, but it was really big and had a waterproof cover and we really did leave our kids out in the rain asleep in it (if it was raining really hard, we'd push the head end of the pram inside the shed.
If we were going anywhere we had one of those shopping basket style car seats when the kids were really little, then the big pushchair (and of course the baby sling mounted in the Chariot bike trailer).
Ah... it's all coming back to me now. Just remembered the Wilkinet too, which was also great for the first few months.
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