Fantastic customer service

I've just bought a new pushchair, a loola up from babyvalue on ebay which is actually dorel's (quinny, maxi cosi, kub ect) ebay shop and got a right bargain a new maxi cosi by bebe confort loola up in starlight grey for £74 posted and it came to me very quickly I'm very impressed with this seller it's like my 4th pushchair from them and happy every time!

 Anyway my loola up has come and it is fantastic much better then the normal loola but the only thing that bugged me was the fact the harness is just so small for my 15 month old I would not be able to do it  up with a big coat on him, so I email dorel through their contact tab on their facebook page and two days later  they have ordered me  harness extensions for free I'm very impressed.
This wasn't my first time dealing with their customer service department I once had a quinny buzz that I did love until once my brake got stuck on in the middle of town, once I got home at 4pm I emailed them to see if it needed to go in for repair. They emailed me back the next morning asking me for my phone number and with in an hour I had a phone call of one of their engineers talking me through how to fix it myself.
I have now decided I love Dorel products next on my list is the maxi cosi mura, quinny senzz and I've heard on the grapevine that there is a soon to be released new pushchair that I'm bound to want.
Thank you dorel I'm a very happy mummy well done.

Nabru sofa (self assembly)

Back in 2008 when I was pregnant with my second baby we had just moved into a new house and we decided with our new house we need new sofa's but with money being a bit tight we decided on the argos BOGOF offer on their leather sofa but me being pregnant in my brain as well as belly I ordered two two seater's instead of a three seater and two seater. We have put up with  two small sofa's for three years and now we have three kids we no longer have enough places for the bums in our house so the hunt for a new sofa began.

We started the normal hunt for a sofa in the normal big sofa shops and decided we should get a corner unit but not wanting to spend over £2000 on a sofa when we have 3 young kids I took the hunt on line and came across Nabru self assembly sofa's and thought we would give it a go.

We ordered a high wide arm, 2 large seats on left side and a medium seat with chaise on the right side and a small foot stool in holland pecan (you can get free fabric samples on the website) all this came to £764 and we got to choose when it got delivered and could have had in in under a week not 12 weeks like other places. 

It came on one pallet which I must say was taller then me but was packed really well and waterproof, but I was a little worried. We unloaded it and bought the bits in.

As you can see parts everywhere 

I was surprised it only took me and Simon 3 hours to do it all and an hour of that was sorting parts out a labelling them.

All the bits simply just slot into each other and instructions was very good and easy to understand.

The only thing is the fascia fabric seemed a tiny bit to small and doesn't look fantastic but good enough and we will have another go at it 

I am very impressed and shocked at how comfy it is.

 This is the finished sofa 

Our trip to Gullivers kingdom in matlock bath

With L starting school in September we decided to make the most of him not being in full time education and take one last chance to go on a family day trip in term time without the millions of people around in school holidays.
We choose gullivers as it is only a short train journey from Derby, this was the first time we have been on a train as a family as simon has always been at work the other times I've took the kids on it. 
A day out did mean a chance to buy a new pushchair for the occasion I got the cosatto ditto twin (will do my review soon). 

The journey took about 30 mins from Derby to matlock bath and the kids loved every second although every time we went through a tunnel Abs though a monster was going to get her.
The walk from from matlock bath train station takes about 10 minutes, just follow the river on your left until you get to the fishpond pub the just walk up the steep hill next to it.

The park is great for kids and if there over 90cm they can go on most rides with an adult in fact there is only two they can't go on as they must be over 110cm.
The park is also set on a hill side so your either walking up a hill or down not much flat ground so don't go if unable to walk well.

We had a fantastic day cost us £52 to get in as we only had to pay for the 4 of us as under 90cm are free. The food is rubbish though I recommend  taking a pack lunch.

Mothercare urban detour double

I've just been on holiday with my kids and parents and they bought me a mothercare urban detour, I was a little worried as it is quite wide and heavy but I was actually impressed. 
The good points

• Large seats 
• Upright seats
• Individual reclining seats
• Massive basket
• Very easy one handed fold, just pull over red button and twist
• rain cover fits easy
• Bumper Bar
• Big foot plate for kids to rest their feet
• Nice big air wheels, was easy to push over sand

The bad points

• Larger then standard doors
• heavy folded but light to push
• Hood tiny doesn't give much protection from sun

Overall I give this pushchair 7/10 it is good value for money

bugaboo cameleon

This is a review of my favorite from birth pushchair

The good points

• customisable
• looks fantastic
• fantastic to push it just bounces up curbs
• large carrycot
• adjustable handle
• reversible handle (switch to big wheels at front for rough terrain)
• reversible seat (parent and word facing)
• brake on handle
• bumper bar
• easy to clean (all covers easy removable and machine washable)
• comes in fantastic colours and easy to change the look bu just buying new textile covers ( seat liner and hood
• very well made will last for years
• huge bag like basket
• nice 12" foam filled back wheels (no more flats or pumping up)
• swivel front wheels
• large hood
• fantastic raincover (is best used with out hood)

The bad points

• two piece fold
• hard to learn how to fold but does come with a dvd to teach you
• the hood is low and makes the seat look small
• although the raincover is fab if used with hood then baby can't see much
• expensive to buy

Over all I give the cam 9/10  it is a fantastic pushchair very much worth the money it works as good as it looks  I really did fall in love with it, and it will last though all your kids as it is so well made.

my 1 year old in the cam

my 2.5 yr old in cam

cam folded

Mamas and papas Joolz

This is a review of my mamas and papas Joolz
I bought this 2nd hand from ebay on a whim. I really like this pushchair but does have somethings that bug me. I have this in red with a orange hood lining the colour is really nice.

The good points

• Sits up high for good parent to child interaction and keep baby away from car fumes
• Parent and rear facing
• Sits upright in parent facing
• looks fab
• The seat is huge would fit a large 3 yrs old
• Foot rest extends
• Can fold with seat on
• Light to push
• Wheels are quick release
• Nice large back air wheels
• Bumper bar
• Easy to fold, to do this you slide the handle to the lowest position then press the little gray buttons and lower to the floor the just pull up center bar
• Easy to un fold, to do this just flick front wheels out and pull handle bar up the just adjust to   desired height
• Adjustable telescopic handle bar, this is massive would allow the tallest parents to push without kicking
• Easy pedal brake

The bad points

• The fold is massive can be made smaller by taking off seat wheels ect
• very squeaky
• small hood doesn't give much coverage
• very small basket
• very wide

Over all I give the joolz a 7 out of 10 it is a very nice pushchair and could do with a bit of work but Joolz have now stopped using mamas and pappas to distribute their pushchairs it the uk and bought out a newer model out called the Joolz day and has some improvements

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