purpelina
02-27-2009, 06:16 PM
Hi all!
(Sorry,this is a long post)
I'm looking for a lightweight everyday/travel stroller, and my search led me to Peregos, but I don't know much how this brand evolved, what improvements were made on models produced in say last 3-4 years. I see good deals on my local CL, plus ebay is my next best friend, but I just don't know much about these strollers to make a good =desicion.
Some background: I once had a hand-me-down perego (venezia, I think), and I had a love/hate relationship with it. I always thought it has the best design ever, with all features you might need, so I loved it. But wheels where terrible, horrible, hardly rolling over smooth surface, especially when I flipped the handle to face the baby, so I HATED it...And thought never in my life will I push another perego!
But promises to oneself are made to be broken, and now is such time :)
My youngest dd is a finicky lil' thing. Shejust turned 10 months. She loves sleeping in fully reclined position (or as close to it as possible), she either hated or plainly didn't like Maclarens except a techno, but techno seemed to me too big to lug around on a bus, plus basket is small and kinda shallow. Don't get me wrong, i LOVE maclarens, had all of them at one time or another, and my oldest dd loved nothing better than a Mac. Well, this dd is different. She also "likes" suspension (which also only techno would have) and a bumper bar (which a mac global would have, but I have my doubts about this stroller).
Now as you probably can see, I am a Mac gal, and I could answer you pretty much any question on a Mac, like what was different on a given model in a given year (fabric type and color, harness type, tippyness factor, brakes etc). Now I'm looking for someone knowledgeable in Perego area...
Main diff I see: pliko has 2 handles, and my toddler can step on the back platform, but I much prefer a single bar that aria has, and aria seems to be lighter?
Both have suspension, big rotating hood... BTW can I unsnap the hood in the back? sometimes it helps to pivot it further forward, when the sun is in the eyes, esp. afternoon sun. Does this feature differ on diff. models / years?
I also plan a trip to Europe this spring or summer. There won't be much of a cobble stone, but some cracked sidewalks for sure. so something to take on a plane, then on a small european car, and keep closed in a smallish european apartment, yet comfy for baby, for sleeping and riding in it - that's what I'm looking for. After hours of serach I think I found a new friend - a peg-perego :)
I just saw an aria MT in very good condition on local CL - for $50. Seems like a good deal, even if it gets banged up on the aeroplane...
Anyway, thoughts and rec's are very welcome!
Thanks in advance!
Oh, and I ruled OUT some strollers, here they are:
BJCM, combi's , graco's, chicco's, inglesina's...
There seem to be more negs thn positives about those, I just don't want to go into detail, since my post is long anyway. But maybe later, down the road...
(Sorry,this is a long post)
I'm looking for a lightweight everyday/travel stroller, and my search led me to Peregos, but I don't know much how this brand evolved, what improvements were made on models produced in say last 3-4 years. I see good deals on my local CL, plus ebay is my next best friend, but I just don't know much about these strollers to make a good =desicion.
Some background: I once had a hand-me-down perego (venezia, I think), and I had a love/hate relationship with it. I always thought it has the best design ever, with all features you might need, so I loved it. But wheels where terrible, horrible, hardly rolling over smooth surface, especially when I flipped the handle to face the baby, so I HATED it...And thought never in my life will I push another perego!
But promises to oneself are made to be broken, and now is such time :)
My youngest dd is a finicky lil' thing. Shejust turned 10 months. She loves sleeping in fully reclined position (or as close to it as possible), she either hated or plainly didn't like Maclarens except a techno, but techno seemed to me too big to lug around on a bus, plus basket is small and kinda shallow. Don't get me wrong, i LOVE maclarens, had all of them at one time or another, and my oldest dd loved nothing better than a Mac. Well, this dd is different. She also "likes" suspension (which also only techno would have) and a bumper bar (which a mac global would have, but I have my doubts about this stroller).
Now as you probably can see, I am a Mac gal, and I could answer you pretty much any question on a Mac, like what was different on a given model in a given year (fabric type and color, harness type, tippyness factor, brakes etc). Now I'm looking for someone knowledgeable in Perego area...
Main diff I see: pliko has 2 handles, and my toddler can step on the back platform, but I much prefer a single bar that aria has, and aria seems to be lighter?
Both have suspension, big rotating hood... BTW can I unsnap the hood in the back? sometimes it helps to pivot it further forward, when the sun is in the eyes, esp. afternoon sun. Does this feature differ on diff. models / years?
I also plan a trip to Europe this spring or summer. There won't be much of a cobble stone, but some cracked sidewalks for sure. so something to take on a plane, then on a small european car, and keep closed in a smallish european apartment, yet comfy for baby, for sleeping and riding in it - that's what I'm looking for. After hours of serach I think I found a new friend - a peg-perego :)
I just saw an aria MT in very good condition on local CL - for $50. Seems like a good deal, even if it gets banged up on the aeroplane...
Anyway, thoughts and rec's are very welcome!
Thanks in advance!
Oh, and I ruled OUT some strollers, here they are:
BJCM, combi's , graco's, chicco's, inglesina's...
There seem to be more negs thn positives about those, I just don't want to go into detail, since my post is long anyway. But maybe later, down the road...