Great Pushchair on a Budget: Micralite Fastfold Buggy
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Natalie writes…
Yesterday over at Bambino Goodies, I was discussing the possibility of buying the highly rated Micralite Fastfold pushchair. If you’re looking for a robust pushchair that’s also a travel system, with style, function, but doesn’t cost the earth, this should definitely be on your shortlist. Which?, the consumer magazine that also does highly regarding consumer product testing rates this as the best pushchair again and again.
The RRP is £150 with the current cheapest price being £134.99 at Baby’s Mart. So why is this such a great budget buy?
If you purchase a very, very lightweight pushchair, whilst you may find it great for getting about very quickly, they’re not the most robust plus the typical plastic wheels mean that you feel a lot of the terrain and you put in more effort to push. If you’re the type of person who wants a halfway house between heavier pushchairs and the very lightweight, this is a great buy as it’s actually still very light at 6.8kg, but you get the function of your heavier pushchair. One handed steering, single handed fold, pneumatic wheels, good underseat storage, handles rough terrain well and manoeuvres really well on the street. You’d have no problem getting on a bus with this, they fold down well, they travel well, plus if you have a Maxi Cosi car 0+ car seat, it can be used on here too making it a great travel system. If you want to use it from birth, you’ll need to use the carrycot, so this is probably the main negative in that you can’t use the pushchair from birth. However, it does mean you have a dinky pram.
For me, the size of the pushchair was what always made me pause as it does seem small but for some that is a major plus.
It comes with a raincover and optional extras include a footmuff and handy travel bag.
If you purchase it with the carrycot, it’s £269 instead of the RRP £285 at Baby’s Mart. However, I have found it cheapest at So Baby where it’s £249.
