Advantages: Can carry tons of stuff! Disadvantages: Makes the buggy quite wide.
The Phil and Teds pannierbags are fantastic!
What are they?
You get two bags, 25 litres each, which strap onto either side of the stroller. They strap on with velcro strips which are really easy to do. The front one can be a bit fiddly at first before you get used to it.
Do I really need one?
If you have two children in the pushchair then you can't fit much in the shopping basket so these bags are essential. My handbag will fit in the basket by my daughters feet and maybe a drink but not much else.
When used in the newborn position i.e. the seat is folded flat you can still use the shopping basket but it is difficult to get to!
The pannierbags are 25 litres each so all nappies, spare clothes, lunch, drink and room for plenty of shopping aswell.
The bags have a big main compartment and also the "lid" of the bag ...
Advantages: Lots of extra space, easy access, doesn't unbalance the pushchair Disadvantages: Makes the pushchair quite a bit wider
the chair unstable by pulling down on the handles.
Having had these problems we asked our local specialist (BabyBoom2000 - highly recommended by the way) if they had anything in the way of a larger tray or similar. They came up with these.
What you get are two panniers, very similar to what you've doubtless seen on bicycles. They secure on to a horizontal bar on your pushchair with wrap around velcro straps. The bags are mirror images of each other and feature a large main compartment, a mesh pocket to the rear and another pocket in the "lid".
To get a bit more descriptive;
The main compartment has a 10.5cm extension "neck" sewn onto its top edge which you can pull closed with a drawstring (fitted with a sprung cord lock). This is what you see on a lot of rucksacks and it stops things falling out or getting in without your ...
Advantages: I don't have one Disadvantages: I don't have one
While awaiting inspiration for a new review, I remembered that this one was overdue for an update. Although I rewrote it a year or so ago for Dooyoo, to include selected items from handbag reviews posted over there, I never got round to revising the Ciao version. So here it is. All the articles mentioned appeared in reviews by women on one site or the other.
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What have I in my handbag?
I mustn't tell you lies;
In truth the only bags I own
Are those beneath my eyes.
You don't need special insight,
No expertise in rockets,
To guess that, being just a man,
I keep stuff in my pockets.
But if I now said: "Nothing!
So there, and that?s your lot!"
You might not feel satisfied
And rate this Helpful ? Not.
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In any case, the subject
Has made me realise how
Much women carry in their bags ...
torr 06.11.2004 (11.10.2009)
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