Quinny Zapp

Advantages: Small, lightweight, easily manoeuvred
Disadvantages: Struggles over rough terrain, not suitable for all ages, no basket

I bought my Quinny Zapp when my daughter was tiny, after falling in love with one at the registry office when we went to register her birth. As we struggled into the lift with our cumbersome, bulky travel system another new mum zipped (or zapped) in next to us, pushing her tiny pushchair with one hand, fitting into the very small amount of space we'd left beside our four-wheeled monstrosity. I'm not ashamed to admit - I damn near drooled. Three wheels, ...
...firmly attached to the stylish silver frame, it was practical, unusual and everything I now realised I wanted in a pushchair. Three weeks of nagging eventually persuaded mr monkeybelly, and I ordered and received my gorgeous new buggy, delivered by Kiddicare.com for what I considered to be a bargain £110. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT IT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. It's tiny: It is the smallest pushchair in ... Read review

Advantages: Folds very small, Has own bag.
Disadvantages: Has it's fault's.

...bill and it was the Quinny Zapp, advertised as the smallest folding buggy available it appealed as we were planning a holiday later in the year to Malta and had quite a few hassles with the Mclaren because of size on the last holiday. The Quinny Zapp is average sized when erected but once folded it is nice and compact and the size of a medium holdall once in it's bag. To disassemble all you need to do is unclip the front wheel and push the support ...
...there as we had our Quinny and were all ready for the holiday and it stayed in the box until we set off for the airport. The first experience of real use of the Quinny was when we arrived at the airport and stuck our littlest into it whilst waiting for our call for boarding and this is were we encountered our first problem(I know should have checked it fully before leaving). When we unfolded it it all came together quickly and easily but be warned ... Read review

Advantages: So compact, Fab Styling
Disadvantages: It can tip, Has no storage

Quinny Zapp Working in a Baby Shop doesn’t really help my addiction to baby equipment. My 1 year old has had five buggies so far, and I can’t seem to stop, but thankfully if you chose your brands wisely they all will make a lot of their money back if you flog them on Ebay when you’re finished with them. The Quinny Zapp is my current ‘second stroller’ (How bad do I sound, most people only have one!) and I bought it for very specific reasons. Working ...
...purchases I make. When your Quinny Zapp folds down it is minute. I can easily pop it on the floor behind my seat and have the whole boot space for my goods. This has been my primary reason for owning it. To make this review easy to read I will break it down to Pros and Cons. It is very good to know these when choosing a stroller as you can get blinded by features and can miss how these will impact you as not all are as positive as they sound. Quinny ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to Steer, Folds easily and compactly, looks smart
Disadvantages: Not so great with curbs & steps, putting back up not as simple

I've had my Quinny Zapp for nearly a month now and am largely pleased with my investment. At around 150 pounds it is alot more expensive than most umbrella style buggies but it does have certain advantages over the conventional lightweight 4 wheel buggies that can make it worth the extra cost. I think it is suitable from around 6 months to 3 years and comes in a variety of colours. First I'll briefly go into my reasons for buying the Quinny Zapp ...
...onto the bus. The Quinny Zapp beats any of the 4 wheel lightweight buggies on steering and manouvrebility simply because of the three wheel design with swivel front wheel. I can spin the buggy rightround with one hand with my toddler in it whereas I found even steering the four wheel types awkward with one hand, never mind spinning them! The problem I had lifting the buggy into the luggage compartment of the bus was solved by the fact that the ... Read review

Advantages: small/compact/great for air travel
Disadvantages: flimsy/no storage/strange put up method.

The ZAPP is my " holiday/car" buggy I keep it in the boot as its so very small and I travel with it,again for the same reason. I wouldnt have it as a main buggy for these reasons: no-where to put shopping, no adjustment in reclining, its up-right or nothing, its too small for tall toddlers and too big for tiny babies ( again as it doesnt adjust, its for 8 months to 2 really. Its really light so you pop a bag on the handle and BANG, its over. Its ...
...( although mine seems to like this!!!!) I have had it 18 months and still forget sometimes how to put it up, you have to do this weird foot pull out thing below, and as my glam sister-in-law said " well, how the heck are you supposed to do THIS in high heels?" Once when I had a real baby-brain on I just couldnt work it out ( hadnt used it in a few weeks) thought I sussed it and my baby in buggy slowly collasped into the pavement, quite neatly folded ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to fit, easy to clean, compatible with some Quinny systems
Disadvantages: Baby sweats more easily

...We bought the Maxi-Cosi carseat to use with our Quinny Zapp travel system - lucky for us as otherwise we probably wouldn't have looked at it! Initially this carseat seemed more expensive than some others, but as soon as we investigated in the shops I could certainly see why. It seems to be a higher quality than other, cheaper carseats on the market, with an interesting design that I've never seen elsewhere. There is no assembly or fiddling required - all you need to do when you get this home is have a browse through the instructions, then off you go! Fixing the carseat into your vehicle using a seatbelt is very easy - I tend to be very easily confused (embarrassing but true) but even I find this very straightforward and obvious. The seat comes complete with a cushion insert so that younger babies can lie in a more horizontal... Read review

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Advantages: Stylish and choice of colours
Disadvantages: Not that hard wearing or easy to push on rougher terrain

...I bought this pram after I had a Quinny Zapp which the tyres kept punctured. So I decided to upgrade to the bugaboo as it has the foam filled tyres. Sure enough I haven't had any problems with the tyres, however after just over a year, screws on the adjustable handle have dropped out and the locking mechanism on the handle has also broken. I did some research and it appears that this is a common problem. Hopefully bugaboo will sort this out otherwise another chassis replacement would be expensive. I have found that although the small front wheels are fine about town as soon as you get off road the pram becomes quite difficult to push. Bugaboo suggests that you turn the handle round and push with the bigger back tyres at the front, though I have found this uneffective as it is fine if you want to keep going in a straight line but as soon... Read review

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Advantages: Good price, does birth to 3, folds up easily-ish, can attach car seat
Disadvantages: Bit heavy, hard to push one handed,

...to push and lift into the car boot. There is an argument for buying a full pram to start you off, and a cheapy light stroller for later. * If you have the handles extended to their highest it is quite long when getting it into the car boot. * It doesn't fold up properly with a cosytoes on, anything in the shopping tray or the rainhood attached, so there can be a bit of a performance when you get back to your car if you are out shopping with it. Overall I would buy it again if I was still leading my "back to work mum living in the city, constantly in and out of my car" lifestyle I had when we started. Now I am living in a village and staying at home, only using my car twice a week, I wish I had something like the Quinny Zapp or Phil and Teds (ooh I wish I'd bought that so I could have converted it into a double buggy) with three... Read review

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