which pram for tall people

[petemurphy]

Gonna need my first pram soon and im 6 2 and have a bad back. i dont want to be stooped and dont want to keep kicking the back of the pram whilst driving it.

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people? so far i like the look of phil and teds but have to admit my sole criteria so far has been it must have black wheels!

going baby show to compare but interested in others comments

thanks

[Superhoop]

I can't answer your question, but can offer some advice...

1. The Baby show isn't all it's cracked up to be

2. I don't know where you're based (It's not in your profile), but a trip to Kiddicare in Peterborough would be a good place to start - They have a whole floor of prams/buggies/travel systems, and stock pretty much every brand you can ever imagine - The staff are pretty knowledgeable, and there's plenty of floor space for test drives

[ascayman]

Stokke, not alison.

[petemurphy]

thks - bugger was hoping to compare and get a nice discount at the babyshow is it not any good?

am south east

[off_again]

As daft as it sounds, Mothercare - adjustable handle at the back. Turn it up for when I was pushing and then down for the wife. Its not perfect, but it was way better than most. Try them out - find a decent sized Mothercare and go and try them out...

[T84]

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

[Bill]

We had a Quinny Buzz because of the same issue, and a Maclaren Techno XLR (IIRC) has adjustable handles too and is the tallest of the compacts.

[spikeyhead]

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

There is a company that makes prams for adults. They are stupidly expensive though.

[nonplussed]

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

We have a Phil & Ted double buggy (which can also be used as a single) with a neat adjustable handle. I'd like it to go even higher than it does - I'm 6 ft 1 - but it's better than nothing. Great buggy as well, even if it does cost an absolute fortune.

[petemurphy]

nonplussed said:

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

We have a Phil & Ted double buggy (which can also be used as a single) with a neat adjustable handle. I'd like it to go even higher than it does - I'm 6 ft 1 - but it's better than nothing. Great buggy as well, even if it does cost an absolute fortune.

does it only adjust up and down though ( only had a quick look at them ) rather than extending? does this mean if you adjust it up for higher grip you walk closer to the buggy and end up kicking it?

[WorAl]

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

God damn you, less than 20 mins too late

[BlackVanGirl]

spikeyhead said:

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

There is a company that makes prams for adults. They are stupidly expensive though.

I can't help but wonder how you know that...

[nonplussed]

petemurphy said:

nonplussed said:

T84 said:

petemurphy said:

any recomendations for prams that are good for tall people?

The main problem that you're going to have is that most of them are designed for babies.

We have a Phil & Ted double buggy (which can also be used as a single) with a neat adjustable handle. I'd like it to go even higher than it does - I'm 6 ft 1 - but it's better than nothing. Great buggy as well, even if it does cost an absolute fortune.

does it only adjust up and down though ( only had a quick look at them ) rather than extending? does this mean if you adjust it up for higher grip you walk closer to the buggy and end up kicking it?

Yes, it's only up and down, so you do walk closer to the buggy with the handle up, but I haven't found that to be a problem at all, and I'm, er, large as well as tall, shall we say.

[Cock Womble 7]

You're looking at this the wrong way. Couldn't you adapt one of these somehow:



(It's got black wheels.)

[Ritchie335is]

We have a Mutzi thats adjustable. I think its pretty good.

[ewenm]

The Quinny Buzz handle extends diagonally so you are further from the pram when it's fully extended.

[Cock Womble 7]

For the record, I saw a proud Mum pushing her offspring along in a proper old-school Silver Cross pram the other day.

Haven't seen one of those since, well, since I was in one.

[Superhoop]

petemurphy said:

thks - bugger was hoping to compare and get a nice discount at the babyshow is it not any good?

am south east

Don't get me wrong, there's loads of stands there, but don't expect huge discounts It's basically all of the online stores getting together in one place) - When we went Kiddicare actually had a huge stand there - They have much more on display in store though, and like I said before, the staff were pretty clued up on what they were selling.

We actually bought a Concorde travel system, which also has an adjustable handle, although like most, it adjusts by pivoting, rather than actually extending upwards.

As someone else said, the Stokke stuff is really good, but has a price to match

[Vidal Baboon]

I think you can get handle extensions & some of the silvercross range extend for taller people.


HTH.

[randlemarcus]

Cock Womble 7 said:

For the record, I saw a proud Mum pushing her offspring along in a proper old-school Silver Cross pram the other day.

Haven't seen one of those since, well, since I was in one.

I've still got mine from the kids in the loft.

The Volvos of the parm world