Graco Mirage Travel System

(Now updated!) Like others, I bought this travel system in a sale and was impressed with the price of only £100 in Mothercare. The travel system consists of a car seat suitable from 0 to 9 months which clicks into the puchchair forming a very neat, compact pram. It is easy to control one handed and has a generously sized basket beneath for your light shopping. It's predominantly navy blue with an orange tartan trim (interesting set of colours, not very feminine!) - the newer ones are navy with light blue lines forming squares but to get the bargain price of £100 we had to buy last years model ... more

If you don't have children, you may imagine the choice of baby transportation to be a simple one. Prams, pushchairs, that's about it, right? Well, no, actually. There is a bewildering range of options out there, some of which retail at approximately the price of a small car (well, nearly) and are barely recognisable as baby buggies at all. (Those are the ones you see celebrities - stick-thin, naturally, two weeks after giving birth - pushing their ridiculously-named babies in for the benefit of the paparazzi. It's not so much a buggy, more of a fashion statement.) The Graco Mirage isn't making ... more

The Graco Mirage was my very first Travel System way back in 2006. At the time I was expecting my son and I was pretty clueless about what was out there in the way of baby transport. When my husband (well he was my fiancé then!) and I went to baby shops we were totally bewildered and baulked at the prices of the Mamas and Papas systems. We also didn't have a clue about fitting car seats to cars and the first couple of times we went in to the shop and left with nothing. As much as I looked at some strollers and thought "wow" we didn't have the money to splurge on baby goods at the time. We ... more

A 3 in 1 pram is definitly the way to go! It sees baby through for years! I choose this model because it was a bit smaller than many of the other brands, which were really heavy to move around. And I'm glad I did! It's a strong, sturdy and safe product, easy to navigate, the four wheels make it easy to turn. If there are downsides it would be that it is still a little heavy - although less so than other 3 in 1's we tried, it is almost impossible to use on gravel or on walks through uneven ground (eg, in my case, dog walk through country paths) - although yet again, this would not differ in any ... more

Graco Travel System Suitable from birth to approx 3 years Car seat suitable from birth to 13kg. Dimensions: L: 90 cm, W: 49 cm, H: 103 cm. Folded: L88 x W49 x H37 cm Net weight: 7.3 kg. Car seat weight: 3.6 kg When expecting my son, born earlier this month, my husband and I saw the Graco Mirage Travel System at a local store. We were impressed by the design, the idea of a travel system instead of a pram, and also the price in comparison to others available at the store. Being a bit of a web-nut, we had a look online to see what kind of price it was at various stores. As Graco is a well-known ... more