Buggy woes

To start with I had no idea what I wanted in the world of buggies and it took absolutely ages to find one i wanted. Eventually after playing with one in a shop I came to decide on a hauck manhattan and then ordered it online later cheaper!

Boy do i regret everything about it now. It was meant to be perfect - light weight - changes from a lie flat pram to parent facing or forward facing pushchair and even has a carseat which can clip into the frame as well - exactly what i wanted.

But its pants. The wheels keep buckling and the back wheels are so badly designed that the lil lever which unlocks the wheels to take them off can easily be knocked and i've been walking down the road only to notice just in time the wheel coming off (infact one time it actually did but luckily i was holding the handles firmly at the time).

so we decided to complain - kiddicare - and their reaction? we have to send it in and be without a buggy for 3 days! or bring it in to their shop (other side of the country from us) and if they decide there's nothing wrong we have to pay £30 for their time. problem is if they do fix it i just don't want it - its too unreliable and badly designed.

so what do i do? i cant afford another pushchair and the clip in carseat is very handy. argh >.<

i have fallen in love with a britax now to boot - it has a lie flat starting position then converts into a pushchair which can be parent facing which i want and then even better is a lie flat car seat!!! (although it does take up two seats which could be a problem really)

so these are my woes - just needed a lil rant really and a warning to you all!