It's just struck me as crazy generally that the pram of all things has become such a status symbol. It just seems accepted that you have to budget HUNDREDS for a pram when the time comes, when if people wised up about their priorities for 5 seconds they'd realise it was total BS
Same thing could be said about anything though; a £500 road bike does the same thing as a £5000 one for us mere mortals who wouldn't notice much difference.
People have varying degrees of money and attitudes to things; some people including myself like and will pay for well made things have don't fall apart in a year or two's time.
Dunno why you're specifically getting so uptight about people spending money on a buggy, to be honest.
People spend upwards of £500 on mobile phones that they then drop down the toilet 3 weeks later....
People spend thousands of pounds on cars that spend most of the time sitting on the drive depreciating, just so they can be the envy of their neighbours....
People spend thousand of pounds on, erm, bikes!! Crazy!!
We spent around £500 on our 'travel system'....and we have spent hours & hours using it in the last 15 months....probably gets used at least 5hrs a week, so in terms of cost/use it doesn't really register.
And, I don't think anyone has specifically mentioned them even being a 'status symbol' - it's just a tool for the job. Some people might think of them as status symbols, but they're the same people mentioned above who think that having a new car on the drive somehow elevates them above their neighbours....
Same thing could be said about anything though; a £500 road bike does the same thing as a £5000 one for us mere mortals who wouldn't notice much difference.People have varying degrees of money and attitudes to things; some people including myself like and will pay for well made things have don't fall apart in a year or two's time.
Maybe so, although there are several examples in this thread alone of instances where buying 'the best' on the market has proven to be misguided purchasing. I couldn't justify it i know that much. If others can so be it, good luck to them, but i think a reality check is lacking in many new parents who see all these prams and assume they have to do the same. You don't. It's depressing as f*ck.
And, I don't think anyone has specifically mentioned them even being a 'status symbol' - it's just a tool for the job. Some people might think of them as status symbols, but they're the same people mentioned above who think that having a new car on the drive somehow elevates them above their neighbours....
I'm not interested in debating what people spend on other items in their life- this thread is about prams right? That point has already been made, as if i was un aware of the parallel.
I'm just offering the suggestion that to those out there who - just as i was not so long ago - might be looking at the mounting costs for setting up their home and life for their precious bundle of joy, that they needn't think that they have to shell out such a huge amount of cash on as you put it, a "tool for the job"
Best thing we ever had (15 years ago) was an alu McLaren stroller...thing of an old style push chair from the 80's
Fold up one handed, weighs nothing, easily handles any city/town situation. We got the cargo net for underneath the urchin seat and that was invaluable. I really don't understand the expensive "system" buggys. A small light foldable push chair wins every time for me.
Plus zillions.
A small light foldable push chair wins every time for me.
I'm all for not spending silly money on this stuff, but small and light pushchairs do reach their limits quite quickly if you take them off-road. If the OP - or anyone else for that matter - is a keen outdoors person, a pram with bigger, chunkier wheels is a Godsend for easier off-road strolls. I was walking up on Alderly Edge last weekend. It's a great spot for a short, easy walk with little kids, but it's just a bit too rough for small-wheeled pushchairs. Ditto walking round the local reservoir near me.
Horses for courses, natch.
Stokke Xplory........end of!
Used Bugaboo for sale in classifieds.
