Pushchair first look video reviews Nuna Pepp

The Nuna Pepp is a lightweight compact stroller designed for city use.

We’ll be sending this pushchair to our lab for full testing soon, and plan to publish our full review in early summer 2012. But in the meantime here are our first impressions.

See this pushchair in action in our Nuna Pepp video review:

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One of the first things you notice about the Pepp is its small wheels and chunky plastic frame.

The fabric feels reasonably rugged and the shopping basket’s a reasonable size, but a fixed bar across the basket front means you can’t fit large bags through the opening.

Shopping centre buggy

The Pepp is easy to push and feels nice and smooth on indoor surfaces, but it feels bumpy on uneven ground, particularly gravel paths.

You can’t lock the front wheels, which could make it easier to push over rougher terrain, but it’s clearly designed as pushchair for use in the town, rather than country.

The handlebar is adjustable to suit various heights.

Zip recline

The Pepp’s seat is fixed facing forwards, which is common for this type of pushchair. If you prefer to have your child parent-facing, we’ve tested lots of pushchairs that have a seat you can turn around to face either towards you or the outside world, including many Best Buys. You can search for specific pushchair features using our 'Compare features and prices' tool on our review pages.

Nuna says the Pepp is suitable for babies from birth, as the seat backrest reclines almost flat. This is something we’ll confirm when we send the pushchair to our lab for full testing.

The backrest has three positions, operated by two sets of zips. Our lab tests have shown that this type of recline can be tricky to operate when there’s a baby in the pushchair, as you have to work against their weight and fabric often gets caught in the zip.

Tricky harness

The harness is little awkward as you have to clip together the top and bottom straps before clicking them both into the main clasp. We think it would be tricky to fasten with a wriggling baby in the pushchair. We'll see what our parent panel think of it when we send the Pepp our test lab.

The brake is nice and big, so it’s easy to turn on and off.

Folding the pushchair

You need two hands to fold the Pepp, and have to lean over the handlebars to do so.

You can see how the pushchair folds in our Nuna Pepp video review.

The folded pushchair can stand independently and you can pull it along on its wheels, which is handy.

As it’s compact and reasonably light to lift, the Pepp should easily fit into the boot of a car. We’ll check this when we send it to our lab.

It’s easy to unfold the pushchair, and you only need one hand to do this.

How much does the Nuna Pepp cost?

The Nuna Pepp is set to cost £200 when it goes on sale in January 2012. It will be available from John Lewis. It comes in Night (black) and Sand (brown/ grey).

Find out more on the Nuna website.

Pros: Light and compact, reasonably easy to fold
Cons: Wheels are easily scuffed, only suited to pavement walks, awkward harness clasp

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