... is pretty damn awesome for the price.
I have been using it for a week or so now and apart from the fact it's a little jiggly it seems fantastically functional for the low price. Plus it looks pretty decent and has almost every feature you would need in a basic sense except for a tiny fold and terrain capability.
Where I live is rough urban, lots of ever changing surfaces.. granted it's not amazing on cobbles but it does okay. It folds in one piece with the seat either way, it's reasonably compact for that approx 80x57x35.. or 45 if you leave the bumper bar on. The basket is massive. I wasn't sure how it would cope with a buggyboard but so far it has been great.
All in all I'm extremely happy for the price AND i have the carrycot and car seat still boxed as I don't need them. Even at 200odd for the pushchair it's pretty good value.
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Ihateparties · 17/07/2013 17:06
Btw what's the handle adjust like, and what colour did you get? 
Hmph. Well the update is, if I might hijack slightly! I took the Brisk back.
It is enormous, I mean maclaren Techno scale, huge wheels as well, and it's got a nice finish and so on.
BUT I didn't feel very secure about using it with a child. Why? Well the fold and unfold is Harsh, with a capital H - I hurt my feet with it, it's quite heavy, it's loud and feels almost industrial in its clackyness. I was scared of me, or a child, getting something trapped in it - it's such a new brand that I couldn't feel 100% trust in it.
Also, and this is significant I think - the harness has like a soft, cotton, almost knitted feel to it - I don't know how long that would last in regular use - and the way that the shoulder straps slide onto the side buckles is useless.
You put them on, and they just instantly slide off again, meaning that with two hands and great care and a sleeping infant you could do it up, but with a wriggling toddler, any sort of movement or disturbance and the shoulder straps are OFF never to return.
I gave up without even trying it with a child in there.
The fabrics on the brisk are shiny, not expensive looking at all, the hole in the footmuff for the strap to go through had been sewn in at an angle, and it was not the high quality attention to detail I'd thought from reading the box.
Took it back to mothercare this morning...which is good as I have too many already!
Parties I hope you are faring better
Yes fair point. It is good for the price - mine was only 70 at Mothercare. I certainly wouldn't pay £149 (that's the price at Argos)
I'm glad the car seats are better though...all in all I think I have super high expectations, you know what I was like with the versa 
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