Silver Cross - Pioneer

I’ve been considering the Valco Trend. It has the option for a bassinet but it’s actually newborn ready and the actual seat has a built in bassinet mode. The canopy on it is massive and the entire back of the stroller can be lifted away so that the baby has ventilation in the warmer months. It’s also phenomenal on different types terrain. https://valcobabyusa.com/products/trend-duo-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoqyt-1eupzWwEfUEaEXCL6E1Nl4ofizPItzLVjkhYZ409iC-aBm EDIT: Seconding the Silver Cross if you want the option to add a second child later on. This was our first stroller and I would never consider getting a different inline stroller. We got ours in 2020 and it’s still amazing. It’s not as popular as Uppababy here in the states but I do feel that the quality and stroll are superior. 

We had the silver cross pioneer to begin with and i hated it. It was genuinely awful. Its currently in my in-laws attic and their friends borrow it when the grandkids come. We switched to the joie versatrax which is a *joy*. Its light, folds with the seat on, seat can parent and world face, has a cup holder, bottle holder, and fits piles of stuff in the basket.

On baby 2, with baby 1 we used a few second hand buggies. For walking, even in the city on uneven pavements, 3-wheel buggy is best. I'm thinking about buying nipper v6 plus with swith bassinet, os I can have my kid in parent facing mode for a bit longer. Earlier we used baby jogger city mini gt 2, which was mostly good, but had no option for parent facing seat. You can buy car seat attachments for it if needed. We gave pram away after our first to save space, not because it was bad. We got it second hand from someone using it for about 8 years, we used it for another two and it was still going strong. For travel we have gb pockit all-terrain plus. It's very small, can have car seat attachments, and has carrycot option if you need. In airlines they frequently let me take it on board. We also used oyster, which was okay but the front wheels sometimes were bending underneath the stroller when getting off the curbs. We had briefly silvercross pioneer but hate it. It's huge, front wheels bend underneath it on even small bumps, basket is huge but somehow I can pack less than in our baby jogger and to access it for anything bigger I need to take off whole bassinet.

I'd suggest going to a place that has loads on display if you can to try them out to get a feel for what you like. We had a silver cross pioneer, although I think it's an older model now. But I loved it, my daughter is nearly three and we still use the pushchair rather than switching to a stroller as it's so nice to use! Plus the basket under is massive which I like for shopping!

I used this for a holiday abroad when my baby was 6 months and he got on really well with it. It was super light yet not flimsy and he napped great in it. I have a Silvercross travel system which I love but I use the Joie from time to time as a lighter option. I think it’s really good for £50 if OP doesn’t want to spend much

We got a second hand Silvercross travel system (I can't remember the exact model) and we used that from birth until our daughter stopped using it at about 2.5y. I think if she was going to use it for longer we would have got a lightweight pushchair.

We got a cheap silver cross travel pram off fb. We’ve had it nearly 2 years and it was probably 2 years old when we got it. It’s been on probably 10 trips and it’s just this week sustained its first damage on a jet 2 flight. Will 100% be doing the same thing again and buying on fb to replace it. I would not take our expensive and large bugaboo on a flight for fear it would get damaged. If you take your car seat make sure it is well wrapped

TLDR baby is now 8 months and we've just swapped from a huge Silvercross pram to a lightweight, easy to fold Maxi Cosi pram. We bought a Silvercross travel system on FB marketplace for £100. The seller had barely used it, it had every single accessory you could think of, bassinet, car seat, all the rain covers, etc. It's been brilliant for the last 8 months, but we've been fed up of it taking up the entire boot, so we've picked up a Maxi Cosi Lara 2 (apparently suitable from newborn) new in the prime day sales for £130. I'll resell the Silvercross pram as although the wheels now have some wear, it's in otherwise excellent condition.

Never been happy with Silvercross. We’ve had the Silvercross full bundle - car seat was rubbish and the pram was heavy and impractical. Rucksack and hand warmers were a nice touch. I would avoid any Silvercross products based on my experience. We’ve had the Bugaboo double (side by side, called donkey I think?!) - it’s good but a bit unwieldy, Doona one that converts to a car seat (useful but heavy and uncomfortable for child), Babyzen yo-yo (useful for travel but limited) and the Joolz aer which is great for travel (can get on a plane) and more versatile than the Babyzen so it can be used more like a normal pram - it’s been my favourite travel pram. On a side note, the Cybex car seats that rotate are amazing.

Cx3 and using a redsbaby skip 3. Although I should mention that’s our secondary pram and only for indoor use eg at the shops, main pram is a silver cross that goes in my partner’s car