Buying a Bugaboo is rarely a question of whether the pram is any good. It is a question of which one, because the range is built around genuinely different problems: a stroller for the overhead locker, an everyday pram for footpaths and kerbs, and two different answers to what happens when a second child arrives.
Which Bugaboo Suits the Way You Move
The compact end is the Butterfly line, built to fold in one motion and fit in an aircraft overhead compartment, which makes it the choice for families who fly or live with stairs and a small boot. It is the lightest frame Bugaboo makes.
The Dragonfly sits in the middle, and it is the one most families end up with: a proper everyday pram with a reversible seat and a one-hand fold that works whichever way the seat is facing. The Cub range covers the same everyday ground with a different frame and its own accessory set.
The Two Ways a Bugaboo Becomes a Double
The Donkey expands sideways. Its frame pulls out laterally to convert from single to side-by-side, adding only a few inches of width, which is what keeps it going through standard doorways and lifts where most side-by-side doubles do not.
The Kangaroo does it front to back instead. The older child rides in a front seat while the younger sits or sleeps behind, so the double stays as narrow as the single and handles much the same in tight spaces. Both start as singles, which is the point: you buy once and reconfigure later.
What You Are Paying For
The thing people notice first is the push. Bugaboo frames run full suspension and puncture-proof wheels, and the difference shows up on gutters, gravel and the uneven footpaths that make a cheaper pram feel like hard work by the end of a walk.
The rest is in the detail. Folds are one-handed on most models, the controls are colour-coded so you are not hunting for a release with a baby on your hip, and the frames are built to be repaired and re-covered rather than replaced, which is part of how the brand holds its resale value.
Using One From Birth
A newborn needs to lie flat, so the prams here pair with either a bassinet or an infant capsule. The bassinet gives a flat sleep space that clips onto the same frame, and on the Dragonfly it folds away with the pram rather than needing to be carried separately.
The capsule route uses adapters to clip the Bugaboo Turtle capsule straight onto the frame, so a sleeping baby moves from car to footpath without being lifted out. Buying the pram and capsule together as a set is usually the cheaper way in, and those are grouped separately.
Shop Bugaboo Prams at Baby Village
Order online, and we will send your pram out to you. If you are still weighing up models, ourComplete Bugaboo Guide compares them side by side, or browse the rest of theBugaboo range:
We post Australia-wide, and the push is the part you cannot judge online, so come and take a few for a lap atAlexandria orMiranda.







































































