Graco Quattro Tour Duo Orbit
Do you need a special licence for that? - Graco Quattro Tour Duo Orbit Pram, Pushchair and Stroller

Product Type: Graco prams, pushchairs and strollers

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Do you need a special licence for that?
Graco Quattro Tour Duo Orbit

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Graco Quattro Tour Duo Orbit

Date: 11/02/12

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Advantages: Newborn can lie flat, HUGE shopping basket

Disadvantages: Feels cheap, very heavy, very big folded

I bought this pushchair when I was expecting my 2nd child.
Absoultely loved it at first, my newborn could lie flat and my 2 year old LOVES sitting at the front of her 'train'
However, as the newborn has got bigger (he's 5 months so not that big!) I really really struggle manoeuvering this. Admittedly I'm only 5'2 but I'm no weakling. A passer by summed it up with his comment of "do you need a special licence for that?"
Getting up kerbs is a nightmare, especially with the heaviest child at the front, and not something you want to be faffing around with with the threat of oncoming vehicles!
Unless you have a large hatchback/estate there's no way you're getting this in your car and if there's any other buggies on the bus you won't be getting on that either
Granted you expect these sort of issues with a double pushchair but there are other disappointing features such as the materials on the seats and aprons feel cheap, the wheels aren't the sturdiest and the shopping basket is temperemental with the 'drop' feature - sometimes you struggle for ages tring to get it to release other times it does it spontaneously, spilling it's contents.
There are some good points - the shopping basket is HUGE, both kids have a good seat position, a newborn can lie completely flat and you can see them through the large mesh viewing windows. The hood on the rear seat unit is also very big, giving very good protection to the elements.
Overall though, I'm very thankful I bought this second hand, would have been severley disappointed paying full price. And I have a 'one up, one down' tandem stroller that will actually fit in the boot and is more lightweight and manoeuverable on the way...

Summary: Not the best on the market