Mountain buggy duet5/8/2023 ![]() The inner tubes for the inflatable tyres were out of stock for 2-3 weeks and we could not go that long without a pushchair for our 4 month old twins. I bought these wheels after we got a puncture in one of the tyres supplied with our Mountain Buggy duet. Even without the changing bag the buggy is now a lot harder to push on the sand, we spent a lot of time researching double pushchairs as we wanted something which was great on the beach and off road now the buggy is a nightmare with these tyres, please redesign them so that they work on sand, the tread is not very deep so I'm assuming this might have something to do with it maybe? With the changing bag strapped to the handle of the buggy the extra weight makes the tyres even harder to roll, our twins are only 13lb each so I dread to think how bad it's going to be when they are 2or 3 years old. We don't go on fine sandy beaches we go to beaches where the sand is compacted and hard when the tide has just gone out. They were easy to fit and made the buggy lighter to get in and out of the car, BUT they are useless on the beach which is where we spend most of our time walking our dogs. After reading all the reviews which said the Un-puncturable tyres were excellent but over priced and should be supplied with the pushchair as the tyres puncture all the time, we decided to spend £120.00 on the wheels to save us having to constantly have to replace inner tubes. I guess they know people like me will buy it because the alternative is potentially leaving your loved ones in the lurch. The manufacturing quality is decent, but not sure how Mountain Buggy can justify charging 120 for a load of plastic. What a deal! And what are the wheels like? Much more sleekly designed than the originals, not as shock absorbing though so makes for a bumpier ride for our little ones. Bit like buying a car where the doors could fall off any second, but for a third of the price of the whole car, you can buy doors that DEFINITELY won't fall off. It seems a bit rich to release a buggy with air-filled tyres and offer a more reliable alternative at such an extortionate price. Of course, we balked at the price tag (being half what we paid for the entire 2nd hand buggy with infant bassinet), but the risk outweighed the cost. After my wife had to drag a pram with two kids and a burst tyre for about 3 miles, we decided it wasn't worth risking so forked up for these non-burst tyres. Then we read that these things are pretty puncture prone. Everything was fine, until we got a puncture. We got a Mountain Buggy Duet second hand. ![]() The manufacturing quality is decent, but not sure how Mountain Buggy can justify charging £120 for a load of plastic.
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