Quinny Zapp Review
If the smart car is the urban land rover, then surely the Quinny Zapp is the cities answer to the 3 wheeler. The Zapp has fast become one of the top selling pushchairs in Europe. And why not? With its unique innovative design, its range of bright eye catching colours and inclusive accessories, it is a very reasonably priced (but basic) travel system. For travelling and city purposes it’s perfect.
It folds easily to fit under train and bus seats; it fits into its own bag and can be stowed in the overhead compartment on planes, it will fit into any taxi boot and there is even an accessory for your bike that allows it to be attached safely and securely to the side. It takes up no room in the hallway of your home, weighs around 8kg so is a pleasure to carry up and down stairs and comes complete with matching sun canopy (hood), rain cover, travel bag and seat adjusters for fixing a maxi cosi car seat to.
The front wheel can be fixed or swivel and turns on a penny, there is a 5 point padded harness system and for an additional cost a matching “mummy” cosy toes can be purchased. It is however not a newborn system on its own. The seat itself is non adjustable and quite upright, which can push your child's neck into some very uncomfortable looking positions. Even at 6 months which is the recommended age, the harness comes up somewhere near the chest and the straps seem huge.
The Zapp’s biggest fault I feel, is that there is no storage facility whatsoever and is in no way meant to have one, this includes hanging anything of the handles, as this makes it very unstable. To begin with, it is a very well made product, but I found in time it tended to feel quite rickety and the brake system, which is a one step procedure, was very unreliable and sometimes completely inefficient. It has a tendency to get stuck on kerbs, as it is so close to the ground and this can also push the brakes on so you are unable to move, which is slightly unnerving when you’re trying to get across a busy road and cars are heading towards you.
Realistically this is a 2nd pushchair and should be used for its designed intention, which is an occasional pushchair, for the city, for travelling and for those times when the travel system pushchair is just to big to take with you.
I rate it 4/5 for it’s intended purpose and 2/5 when used as an everyday pushchair.
The Quinny Zapp was reviewed by Nathalie - Brighton
