Pushchairs: Compare features & prices Silver Cross 3D Pram System review http://www.which.co.uk/baby-and-child/baby-transport/reviews/pushchairs/silver-cross-3d-pram-system/review/

I had this silver cross 3D travel system for 4 months! It was lovely when my baby was first born, using the carry cot. she was very cosy and comfortable! It has some lovely accessories with the cosy toes for each pushchair mode, this is what sold it to me! It then all started to go wrong when she out grew the carry cot at 3 months and because she was so tiny she didnt settle in the forward facing position in the pushchair mode, she wanted to see me! The downside to the system was you can not have the baby in a rear facing mode so i used the car seat on the system, this made it very heavy and difficult to get up and down curbs and stairs were a big no no! The frame then started to become lose and wobbly and became harder to push, the brakes were not good in wet weather and stopped working and the final straw was it would not collapse! This was when i decided to take it back and swap it for a Quinny! I feel this travel system is trying to do too many things, and although it is a excellent price i feel it has compromised on quality in some areas and would not recommend!

worst pram ever!!!Its really heavy and bulky, hard to put up and down. Need three hands to use it. Can only steer with both hands.I already had a new hood as the first one broke in 2 places. Ive had 4 pram bags as the zips went on all of them within 6 weeks!!Its very difficult to collapse the pram -- do not but if you will be using public transport.Pram is huge to fit into the boot - i have a ford focus and it just fits - doesnt fit in my parents mazda 3! As previously mentioned the parasol is super heavy and doesnt get into any position that keeps the sun of your child. rain cover super big and steams up very easily. Basket under pram usless - very difficult to access, and cant collapse pram with even a baby jumper in.Its overall a veery expensive piece of rubbish! I bought silvercross thinking it would be a very good brand - how wrong i was!

Agree with the other posts, very hard to put up/collapse down. Frame fault, I had to push the frame together to click into place too.Once baby gets bigger, very hard to push. Baby outgrew carry cot at 3 months & I also missed eye contact, having to put him in pushchair mode. Bad quality build.

We have been using Silver Cross 3D pram/buggy for 11 months and I'm not very impressed with it. Just like other users I found the folding/unfolding function a bit difficult to start with and even when we got used to it, it was still very heavy. I had C-section when giving birth to my son and I had to ask for help for months with the folding and lifting. Over time the "click-in" function of the pram when folded/unfolded stopped working as well. We have to manually press the frame till it finally clicks in. Brakes are unreliable as well - they often undo themselves as my little one rocks in the buggy. The wheels are squeaking even though we often apply WD40. During dog walks the buggy is hard to push on any surface other than smooth pavement – it also rattles a lot, which funnily enough my son quite enjoys.Other annoying aspects of the buggy are the unusable shopping basket (as the access is way too narrow) and the fact that you always need both hands to manoeuvre the pram. We have another little one on the way and I’m seriously considering buying a different brand even though we could do with saving money and keeping the old pram.

I bought this pram for my first child and it's now being used for my second with a buggy board attached for my toddler. I do have some niggles with it, but overall I think it's good value for money and well made. PROS: Unlike many prams we looked at it fits nicely into the boot of my hatchback car, leaving room for other things as well. It handles nicely, the covers come off and are easy to wash. The carry cot is lovely and cosy for newborns. When set up as a buggy, it has removable pads round the head so it can be used for both my toddler and my 6 month old. The cosy toes warmer that came with mine give added comfort in the winter. The back rest goes right down flat so I have used it as a buggy with my second child right from when she was a newborn to enable me to swap children around easily. It's easy to maneouvre around town and excels up and down pavements. If you are a public transport user, it's easy to get on and off buses and trains. The car seat is easy to add to it when you're in and out of the car. It still looks good after nearly 3 years of use.CONS: It's really hard to push one handed (but I think you sacrifice this for having a pushchair that folds down small). It is heavy when folded, but not unmanageable. The folding mechanism is complicated and we bent some of it by forcing it when first bought it. You have to follow the instructions carefully until you get the hang of it and if it doesn't fold easily you've done it wrong - start again! But, once you've got the hang of it it's quick and easy. If you have the carry cot part up, it's not a quick task to change it back into a pushchair. Maybe its a lot to ask, but I would have liked to have been able to swap between the two easily. As it was, my second born didn't get a go in the carry cot! It doesn't do well on rough ground.

I've had the 3D system in Tokyo Denim for 5 months and in that time I've had two hoods and both have faded. This is a known problem with the Tokyo Denim fabric but Silver Cross are still selling this fabric. I've been back to my retailer and have been offered a full set of fabrics in an alternative colour but I have to fit them myself and I can't see how it's possible to do this without taking the pram apart. The instruction manual only gives advice for sponge cleaning the fabric not removal.The pram is currently with Silver Cross for 'assessment' as it has developed a fault creating too much movement in the frame resulting in near collapse while in use. Silver Cross will assess whether this is a chargeable fault! I have searched mum and baby websites and found that this movement is a common fault with the 3D system, some people have had free of charge repairs, others have been charged.I've asked my retailer if while my pram is with Silver Cross could they replace the fabric but apparently they won't. The retailer then said "Silver Cross are not the easiest company to deal with anymore". On further research it would appear that Silver Cross have been bought by another company and they don't have the customer service attitude that they once had.I really loved the 3D when I first got it, but now I regret the purchase as it just doesn't seem safe enough to use, especially when the locking mechanism has slipped out of the frame when I've lifted the pram up to get over a kerb. I would also agree that the shopping basket is a complete nightmare to get to, even when the seat is not fully reclined. The only way to access it is to do so from the side while looking or you'll catch your hands on the frame.