Pushchair in the park

Pushchairs: Top pushchair picks for different activities

  • Find the best pushchair for your lifestyle
  • Top pushchair picks from big brands
  • Buggies for walking, shopping and taking on the bus

To help you buy a buggy that best matches your lifestyle, we've hand-picked pushchair models that scored well for particular tasks during our rigorous lab-based and real-life parent tests. 

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iCandy Peach pushchair

If you'll be doing a lot of walking with your pushchair, look for good handling

1. Pushchairs for parents who walk everywhere

Are you likely to be walking in the park or to and from the shops, nursery or school with your pushchair on a daily basis? Look for a model with good handling, manoeuvrability and comfortable handle bars. The following models are worth considering – and all have reversible seats, meaning your baby can face you as you walk along.

iCandy Peach

Our testers found the iCandy Peach easy to push on both smooth and rough ground – and the side and rear viewing windows are useful for keeping an eye on your baby while you're on the move.

If you're likely to go on lots of country walks find out more about all-terrain buggies.

2. Public transport-friendly pushchairs

Getting a pushchair on and off a bus, train or tube can be a parent's nightmare. If taking public transport is a daily necessity, you'll need a pushchair that folds easily and scores well in our real-life public transport tests.

Britax B-Agile

Maclaren 4 Seasons stroller

Pushchairs can be a pain to take on and off buses or trains

The Britax B-Agile is a good everyday stroller. It's lightweight, has an easy one-handed fold and its small wheelbase makes it well-suited to balancing on escalators or getting on and off the bus.

3. Pushchair picks for car owners

If you'll be regularly switching your little one between car and pushchair a travel system – a pushchair you can attach a child car seat to, as well as a regular pushchair seat – can make life easier. Don't forget to choose one that's easy to fold up and fits neatly into your car boot.

Maxi Cosi Streety

With the Maxi Cosi Streety you can use the chassis with the reversible seat unit, or the Streety child car seat, which attaches easily using the integrated car seat adaptors. It folds down to a compact 132 litres, which should be OK for most car boots. 

Find out more about the benefits of travel system pushchairs.

Mamas and Papas Sola

Enjoy shopping? Look for a pushchair with a decent-sized storage basket 

4. Best pushchairs for shopping trips

Hitting the shops with a pushchair? You're going to need one with plenty of storage space and a model that can nip between tight shop rails without too much trouble.

Mamas and Papas Sola

The Mamas and Papas Sola has a spacious 3kg storage basket beneath the chassis, which is accessible even when the seat is fully reclined. It also handled well during our testing, so it should be able to move smoothly between shopping aisles and fittings.

5. Top pushchairs for outdoor lifestyles

A pushchair needn't be a hindrance to hiking, picnicking or enjoying the countryside. Our all-terrain tests put pushchairs through their paces on a wide variety of surfaces, including bumpy ground, so you can find the right buggy for your lifestyle. A sling or baby carrier could be an alternative.

Jane Trider

The three-wheeled Jane Trider is an off-roader travel system that comes equipped with adjustable suspension to help it to tackle rough surfaces.

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