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Don't put your baby at risk or waste your money on a terrible pushchair.
A Don't Buy pushchair might be so complicated to fold that you’ll need a degree in mechanics, be so heavy to push you may as well cancel your gym membership or even have an unsecure harnesses or ineffective braking system that makes it unsafe to use.
Our tough lab tests uncover the products which may let you down and highlight the pushchairs you should avoid.
Digital first year £39.50, then £79 thereafter, equivalent to £3.29 a month, cancel at any time.
Digital first year £39.50, then £79 thereafter, equivalent to £3.29 a month, cancel at any time.
Digital first year £39.50, then £79 thereafter, equivalent to £3.29 a month, cancel at any time.
Digital first year £39.50, then £79 thereafter, equivalent to £3.29 a month, cancel at any time.
Digital first year £39.50, then £79 thereafter, equivalent to £3.29 a month, cancel at any time.
With a brand-new baby on the scene, life can be complicated enough without having to contend with a pushchair that’s a pain to use, an effort to push, or has a storage basket so small you can hardly get a set of spare clothes in there, let alone your change bag or a bottle of water.
Despite what the manufacturers proclaim, we don’t listen to marketing spiel or promotional buff. Instead, we take a look at the results of our extensive testing to decide if a pushchair is easy enough to use and safe enough to become a Best Buy. If it doesn’t go the distance through our tough testing programme, or we have serious doubts about its durability or safety, then it becomes a Don’t Buy.
Join Which? to find out which pushchairs we've named as Don't Buys.
We’ve been testing pushchairs for over 50 years. Our first reviews were published in July 1968 and since then we’ve compared the performance and scrutinised the features of hundreds of pushchairs.
Every single pushchair included on our site has to make it through an exhaustive array of safety, durability, stability and construction tests, which no other review site can match. These include tests for:
Models from the most popular pushchair brands are tested in the Which? lab, including Mamas and Papas, Bugaboo, iCandy, Maclaren, Quinny and Silver Cross, as well as some own-brand models from retailers such as John Lewis. We’ve discovered that even the most trustworthy names occasionally drop the ball.
We don’t just let you know about the worst pushchairs, we also celebrate the best pushchairs to consider instead. Those that are easy to use, simple to push and have a great range of features that will help new parents.
Which? is independent – we work for you, the consumer, so you can be sure that our product recommendations are influenced only by our test results. We're not influenced by third parties and we don't accept freebies from product manufacturers or retailers. We buy all the products that we test ourselves, so our advice helps you to make the right choice first time and avoid costly mistakes.
Join Which? to find out which pushchairs we've named as Don't Buys.