Mamas & Papas Aria Single Pushchair

~*~*~INTRODUCTION~*~*~ My husband and I had been married a month when we found out I was expecting. We were over the moon but realised it didn't really give us chance to save. We decided early that we would opt for a travel system as it would save buying a car seat and a pram. We looked around Mothercare and Babies'r'us at all the different options, the prices still seemed quite high so we looked at the old faithful, the Argos catalogue. We saw the Mamas and Papas Aria, it came as a pushchair on its own for £99.99, or along with the Primo Viaggio and Mamas and Papas accessories for £129.99. We ... more

Advantages: Lightweight, compact. Disadvantages: I haven't experienced anything negative about this pushchair. I bought this pram in a carboot sale for the bargain price of £10, it was brand new with the wrapping still on and I was really pleased! I am a bit of a pram-aholic, something a lot of women tend to turn into once they have had a baby it seems! I bought this for my son who was one and a half at the time and I loved it, I have wiped it down but not yet stripped it completely to wash as it isn't yet needed, however I think it is simple to strip the seat covers etc off and they will go ... more

I bought this pushchair after I had my youngest child for a number of reasons. It came with loads of extras which when bought seperatly can work out costing more than the pushchair, and it was very light, only weighing 5 kgs. This was a very important factor as I live in a block of flats on the third floor, and there is no lift. So I knew that I would have to carry it and a child up and down the stairs on a daily basis. It seems that this pushchair is exclusive to Argos, and dosen't seem to be even available in the Mamas and Papas stores, or even on-line. In hindsight, I suppose alarm bells ... more

After 6 months of putting up with this pushchair/travel system, I've finally gone out and bought a Maclaren stroller, mainly as my daughter was so uncomfortable I had to keep getting her out and carrying her. The pushchair and car seat were bought as a travel system. The description appeared to tick all the boxes (suitable from birth, lightweight, accessories included etc). However, it's not until you start using a pushchair, that you can see how useable it is. For the first 3 months we used it with the car seat attached as a travel system. This was ideal when going to the shops in the car ... more

I bought this for my daughter along with the infant carrier, base and bag from Argos. I paid £150 for everything which I thought was reasonable considering the infant carrier and base for the car were nearly that at the Mamas & Pappas store. I have never had the need for a pushchair before so cannot compare it to anything else. I did however look at quite a few others and decided without spending quiet a lot of money they were all pretty plastic and not going to last much longer than for 1 or 2 children. I guess I wanted something light also as my wife is on quite slight and did not want her ... more