Review

Micralite Toro Baby Stroller

The Micralite Toro is a luxury buggy stroller that’s capable of taking on any bumpy surface and still offer a very comfy, smooth ride. It’s perfect for those who wants a great all-rounder lightweight pushchair suitable for air travel, convenient and stylish enough for city use, and sturdy enough for off-road use!

Micralite Toro: The Pros

The Toro is a luxury pushchair designed to adapt to your child’s changing needs. It’s been designed to function as a 4-in-1 system:

1. a newborn system if used with the carrycot
2. a travel system if used with a car seat (e.g., Maxi Cosi Cabrio car seat)
3. Stroller / Buggy
4. All terrain pushchair, especially if bought with the all-terrain kit

What we are reviewing here is the stroller component only.

The first thing you’ll notice about the Toro is its good looks. It looks unique and trendy, and many parents who own it admitted how it turns heads anywhere and get a lot of compliments from strangers.

The Toro pushes extremely well and although it is lightweight, it feels very stable and sturdy. It’s one of the easiest Baby Pushchairs to steer – so much so that you can even manoeuvre it effortlessly with one hand. The raincover is included in the package too and can be zipped onto the hood.

The stroller is suitable from 6 months until your toddler reaches 40 lbs. (roughly 4 years). The seat is quite roomy, it’s made with waterproof fabric, comes with a removable bumper bar, matching front apron, a 5 point harness, and the matching hood has a sun visor that you can flip in or out from under the hood and offer good coverage.

The handlebars are not height-adjustable in the traditional sense, but the handle grips can be angled to point downwards, at 90 degrees, or to point straight up.

The seat recline is one of the easiest and smoothest I have come across. It has 3 recline positions and allow your baby to lie completely flat. You can even adjust it without disturbing your sleeping baby.

Like the Micralite Fastfold baby stroller, the rear wheels are pneumatic and air-filled, and the front swivel wheels are lockable (The front wheels are wider than the rear wheels). If you want to convert it to a full all-terrain pushchair, you can replace teh front wheels with pneumatic tyres.

Folding and unfolding it is very easy, and is secured in place with a clip when folded. It also stands upright on its own when folded. Its dimensions when folded is 96 x 38 x 41 cm and can fit in the boot of a medium sized car no problem.

Weighing only 8.5 kg, it really is easy to take it in and out of the car, taxis or even up and down stairs.

Other Pros worthy to note:

• Effective, easy to apply brakes
• Comes in a wide range of colours and trendy accessories
• Super comfy seats

Micralite Toro: The Cons

Now for the Cons. One thing we noticed right away is that the bumper bar is a bit high for a small baby.

As mentioned earlier, the handle bar angle position can be adjusted, but with an alan key. I think this is rather silly because it just makes it inconvenient, but in the bigger scheme of things it’s no big deal.

In fact I have a few improvements to suggest for the Toro, but they can all be regarded as minor flaws:

• The leg support is not adjustable
• The hood would have been better with a viewing window
• The shopping basket is prone to getting kicked by older kids as their legs grow and therefore have longer reach. It’s also got a capacity of 2 kg which is much less than many buggy strollers, and can be accessed only from the front of the pushchair. This set up makes it rather awkward to access. Now because of the limited storage you might be tempted to hang a bag or shopping bag over the handle bars. The manufacturer discourages this as this will make your pushchair buggy prone to tipping.

Taller people might struggle a bit with this pushchair. If you are taller than 5′8″, you might find the handles a bit low and you could find it easy to end up kicking the back wheels as you walk.

Conclusion

We recommend this baby stroller to parents who needs a pushchair that can take on any surface, is great for public transportation and one that can be opened and closed fast while on the go. If you want a pushchair that “does it all”, is big in style and functionality and yet still practical, portable and compact, then the Micralite Toro is for you. It really is as good as it looks!

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Specifications

Specifications

Micralite Toro is Available in colours:

• Yellow
• Burnt Orange
• Green
• Black
• Stone
• Red

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Accessories

Pushchair Accessories Included in Price (May vary from Merchant to Merchant):

• Shopping basket
• Front Apron
• Hood
• Car seat adaptors
• Air pump for the tyres
• Zip-on Raincover

Optional Pushchair Accessories

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Alternatives

Micralite Fastfold baby stroller

Review

Micralite Fastfold Buggy and Carrycot in Red

Micralite Fastfold buggy is a semi all-terrain pushchair that is very easy to move around, looks unique, easy to fold, and can be manoeuvred with one hand. It’s a very popular favourite of many mums and dads who have used it, and even won the Best Buy Award from Which? Consumer Reviews!

Micralite Fastfold: The Pros
The Micralite Fastfold pushchair is suitable for children from 6 months onwards, but the carrycot of course can be used from birth.

The buggy is small to begin with and so it’s even more compact when folded, making it ideal for those who will be using it with public transportation. It’s also ideal for those who live in flats, as it’s a cinch to carry up and down stairs.

It’s ergonomic design makes it so easy to be folded with one hand, as you can see in the video demo.

Weighing only 7 kg, it is a very lightweight buggy. It’s very easy to steer even around corners or tight spaces. It’s got a big hood with large window opening so you can always keep an eye on your little one. The window’s flap opening is held by velcro.

The seat of the pushchair is a simple fabric that can be attached and detached onto the chassis easily, almost like a hammock. There’s a secure 5-point harness with generous padding and a headhugger to support your child’s neck. The fabric that makes up the buggy can be tucked away and stored in a little hold-all bag included in the package.

The rear wheels are air-filled pneumatic tyres, while the front wheels are lockable front swivel wheels. This makes it very easy to use on tricky surfaces like gravel, sand, snow and even country roads. If you want to make it a full fledged off-roader however, you can also purchase the “All-terrain Kit”: a set of air-filled, pneumatic tyres to replace the 2 front wheels. Also, the wheels are removable so it’s handy when you need to make more room in your storage space.

The brakes are foot-operated and simple enough to engage and disengage. The Fastfold pushchair stands on its own when folded.

The carrycot comes with a removable hood that also adjusts to various positions. The front apron is included in the package. The woven fabric is waterproof, the padded liner is washable, and it comes with a nice comfy mattress. The carrying handles is made of fabric so it can be tucked away by folding it on the side. It’s easy enough to take off the chassis and weighs only 4 kg.

Lastly, the raincover is also included in the package and is fully aerated on the side. It’s elasticated and attaches by velcro. There’s also a nifty little carrying bag included for the raincover, and a little hand-operated pump for the air-filled tyres.
Cons

The only disappointments we have about this pushchair is the underseat basket and the handle height being in a fixed position at 102 cm.

The shopping basket is small, looks cheap and is not easily accessible. However there is an attached purse included for your small bits and bobs, plus you can always just hang a bag on the handles to make up for this flaw.

Conclusion
The Micralite Fastfold with carrycot is a great buy if you’re looking for a reliable, convenient, easy-to-use package that you can use from birth until your baby is a toddler. The baby stroller is perfect for those looking for a lightweight, compact, easy to fold buggy that’s suitable for both off-road use and great for public transport use.

Specifications

Specifications

Micralite Fastfold is Available in the following colours:

• Black
• Red
• Olive

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Accessories

Pushchair Accessories Included in Price (May vary from Merchant to Merchant):

• Raincover
• Hood with viewing window
• attached purse
• Shopping basket underneath

Optional Pushchair Accessories

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Alternatives

Think this pushchair isn’t pressing all the rigth buttons for you? You might like to consider these Stroller Pushchairs…

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Micralite Toro

Review

Chicco Trio-For-me Travel System

The Chicco Trio Travel System is perfect for those who’d like to get an all-purpose pushchair system that can be used from birth until their child’s toddler years

Chicco Trio Travel System: The Pros

This Travel System comes with so many extras that you will feel like you are getting so much value out of your money:

• Stroller
• Fleece-lined footmuff
• Changing Bag
• Chicco Auto fix Child Car Seat with base
• Carrycot
• Raincover
• sun canopy

Compared to other Travel Systems, the Trio For Me is relatively lighter and more compact.

Stroller

The Stroller is suitable from birth until 15 kg (about 3 or 4 years old) and includes a footmuff, hood and reversible seat

The stroller’s seat unit is well padded and comfortable for your little one, and it is also reversible so you can have your child facing you or towards the direction of travel. It has an adjustable leg support and and an adjustable 5 point harness with full body support.

The back rest can easily be adjusted to 4 positions smoothly even with one hand, because all it involves is pressing a button and then either pulling down or pushing up the back support.

The big, adjustable hood has a see-through part making it light and airy during hot summer days or when you’re holidaying abroad.

It’s easy to fold and unfold, and you can fold it easily even with seat on – but much easier to fold it with seat on if the seat is facing you.

Although the handle height is not adjustable, the angles of the handles can be adjusted in unique ways. The handle can be adjusted from a single handle bar to a double handle bar by removing the middle part that joins the 2 handles together. The angle of the handle bars can be adjusted to various positions, too. When folded, you can also make the length of the pushchair shorter by adjusting the length of the handlebars.

Other Pros worthy to note about the Stroller:

• Removable bumper bar
• It’s easy to push even on rougher surfaces.
• Stands upright when folded

Car Seat

The car seat is suitable from birth to 13 kg and comes with a base. It is suitable to use from birth until about 9-12 months.

The car seat is very sturdy, but the most brilliant thing about it is that it’s incredibly easy to attach and remove. It has a 3 point adjustable padded harness, a hood, and removable, washable covers.

Carrycot

The carrycot can be used from birth up until about 6 months. It makes a pram or travel system when fitted on to the chassis.

It’s got a hood with air flow opening and sun visor, front apron, fully padded inside with mattress and removable covers. There is a round disc at the bottom of the carry cot that you can use to adjust the back rest. This just gives your baby the option to slightly sit higher as they get older and older. It’s got a one piece adjustable handle, too.
Chicco Trio for Me: The Cons

Because of the many things that come with it, you can already imagine how much storage space you will need to fit all these in to your storage space or boot. Also it can be quite heavy, but as we said it’s relatively light for a travel system.

The only other fault we can say about it is that although the shopping basket is roomy, it is difficult to access because of the cross bars which act as supporting mechanism for the chassis.

Conclusion

A common let-down of travel systems is that by trying to be everything (a pram, a stroller, a car seat, etc.) they often end up being great at very little. Not so with the Trio For Me. It has successfully achieved being an all-around system that can cater perfectly to your newborn’s transporting needs up until they are old enough to outgrow it. The Trio For Me is a big hit among parents, some of whom mentioned that they have used the same pushchair for their second and even third child.

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Chicco Trio For Me: Specifications

Urban Detour Vesta is Available in Colours

• Sunshine Yellow
• Saturn Blue
• Princess Pink
• Cube (grey)
• Romantic (beige)
• Fuego (red)
• Miro (yellow, black and white pattern)

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Accessories

Accessories Included in Price (please check before buying):

• Stroller
• Fleece-lined footmuff
• Changing Bag
• Chicco Auto fix Child Car Seat with base
• Carrycot
• Raincover
• sun canopy

Optional Pushchair Accessories

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Chicco Trio For Me is available in various packages and colours:

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