Mountain Buggy Swift Review including Carrycot Plus
Mountain Buggy Swift Review including Carrycot Plus
Mountain Buggy Swift Review including Carrycot Plus, we give you the Know How and a close up look of the MB Swift and Carrycot Plus.
Content
0.199 -> Mountain Buggy is renown for building products
that deliver world class engineering which
4.6 -> translate to some very durable hardwearing
products that look good traveling the mountain
9.31 -> trails or the city streets.
11.25 -> In this review we are going to give you the
Know How on the Mountain Buggy Swift, Mountain
16.51 -> Buggies answer to the Ultra compact stroller
with multi terrain capabilities.
21.41 -> So lets review and show you how to.
31.31 -> The Mountain Buggy Swift uses the Red Dot
Award winning platform of the urban jungle.
36.01 -> to bring you a stroller design that has stood
the test of time however the swift design
40.91 -> recently had a design overhaul in 2015 and
boasts some great improvements inside its
47.21 -> compact size.
48.45 -> The Swift still carries the Mountain Buggy
DNA with a core focus on Manoeuvrability,
53.71 -> durability, adaptability and simplicity.
56.29 -> Lets take a look.
57.99 -> The Swift is suitable from Birth to a max
weight limit of 20kgs and the stroller itself
63.42 -> only weighs 9.1kgs and is only 58cm wide making
it great for getting down the checkout isle.
70.719 -> The Handle is adjustable when you push both
of the buttons on the inside of the handle
74.389 -> together at the same time.
76.179 -> In keeping with the true nature of the swift
this stroller is compact so this is also reflected
81.179 -> in the height of the handle being slightly
lower, however I’m 170cm tall and at the
86.549 -> top handle height its comfortable for me and
I still have great clearance away from the
91.09 -> base of the stroller when walking.
93.42 -> The handle has nice dense foam for good grip
& durablitiy.
97.709 -> To the left of the handle is the included
drink bottle holder, OR you could slot your
101.479 -> phone or keys in there.
103.09 -> Around the outside of the drink holder is
a mesh outer so you have another area to store
107.899 -> smaller items.
109.06 -> On the other side of the handle is the brake.
111.209 -> This is a red leaver, its hand operated easy
on OR off by flicking in to the green or red
116.319 -> positions and its conveniently located.
118.689 -> It does require some hand strength to do this
leaver however I found to be a good thing
122.789 -> because It means your younger children cant
engage the break for you when you don't want
126.49 -> then to.
127.49 -> The fold is a One Hand fast fold and its really
really easy to do.
131.2 -> I love one handed fast folds.
133.769 -> all you need to do is put your hand on the
bar found under the seat, push the grey button
139.849 -> whilst twisting the bar the stroller literally
folds in on itself, its almost effortless
145.349 -> and even better it has a lovely Ultra compact
standing fold with hidden automatic frame
151.45 -> lock.
152.45 -> So that has locked into place.
154.51 -> To unfold you just grab hold of the same bar
you hold and twist to fold, that will release
160.79 -> the Automatic lock and it folds out.
162.83 -> I love the hidden automatic lock there is
no worry about pinching your fingers in it
167.06 -> like I have done many times on the plastic
ones that sit on the outside of the frames.
171.239 -> The sun canopy opens softly and has two panels
with a peek-a-boo window on the back panel.
176.7 -> the Peek-a-boo window has magnetic closers
so its nice and quiet + it does lightly magnetise
181.84 -> to the hood frame if you would like to keep
the window open.
184.87 -> At the front of the Canopy is a bonus flick
out sun mesh.
187.67 -> Around the front of the actual canopy is a
zipper for the additional accessories that
192.37 -> you can purchase separately for the Sun cover
and storm covers thats where they attached,
196.8 -> so its great that its been included in the
original design and not an afterthought.
200.04 -> To recline the seat you just slightly lift
up the two clips at the back and the seat
204.489 -> will recline to completely flat or you can
stop it anywhere from top to bottom.
209.249 -> The seat fabrics are a thick quality canvas
whilst the lovely plush liner is a soft cotton.
215.329 -> To put the seat back upright just pull on
the straps to tighten.
219.51 -> The seat liner is removable, reversible, machine
washable and quick to dry.
224.61 -> The harness is a 5 point harness with an audible
click so you know its has clicked in correctly.
230.06 -> You have to connect each 4 clips in individually
which could be a bit fiddly if you have a
235.249 -> wiggling toddler in the seat however one push
of the button release all clips in one go.
241.139 -> The Swift comes with its own removable bumper
bar or grab bar that pivots up and away when
247.17 -> folding.
248.319 -> The bumper bar or grab bar clips onto the
side of the frame, so at first this did require
253.389 -> some force to remove.
255.26 -> However a stand out accessory that goes with
the bumper bar is the food tray which clips
260.2 -> right over the top of the bumper bar.
262.45 -> The tray has a secure drink holder to one
side, is easy to wipe clean or tip out those
267.6 -> crumbs and it doesn’t effect the bumper
movement so you can keep it in place even
272.23 -> during the fold.
273.41 -> this is a perfect option for snacking no the
go.
275.78 -> The front leg area here lifts up so you can
access the folding bar and the foot plate
280.91 -> is a fantastic easy wipe clean durable plastic.
284.2 -> now The main full sized seat on the Swift
is only outward facing however another stand
289.41 -> out accessory available for the swift is the
Carrycot plus.
293.17 -> The Carrycot plus is one frame, two fabric
sets and offers three parent facing options.
298.78 -> This is a great accessory to purchase to enable
you greater flexibility on the swift frame.
303.28 -> So the first option is to use the Carrycot
plus from birth (this is called the lie Flat
307.73 -> mode) you use this with your new born by having
it in the Carrycot mode.
312.76 -> it includes a padded matures and sides as
well as a sun hood, cover and adaptors to
317.33 -> fit it to your swift frame so you do need
to remove these seat fabrics.
320.8 -> The second option (called incline mode) and
that is when you keep the frame but you take
325.92 -> out two of the inserts at the end and there
is and extra little bit you clip onto the
329.96 -> bar this gives the frame a slight tilt this
makes the carry cot sit at a slight incline
335.34 -> when you attache it so is perfect for babies
with reflux.
338.66 -> And the 3rd option involves fitting the second
set of fabrics to the frame and it becomes
343.29 -> a smaller seat with sun canopy that sits at
a fixed recline and this is the parent facing
348.84 -> mode.
349.84 -> This seat option still requires the adaptors
to work with the swift frame, but it will
352.92 -> allow you to have the seat facing yourself
and a its a great transition seat when your
357.86 -> baby is younger and may like the security
of facing you.
360.6 -> The Swift is also comparable with the Mountain
Buggy Protect infant car seat and cocoon
366.13 -> The Manoeuvrability of the Swift is very light
and its has a tight turning circle making
371.12 -> it very easy to manoeuvre through tight spaces,
one handed.
374.46 -> The larger more durable air-filled tires are
zippie enough around the shops, and outdoors
380.05 -> can tackle multi terrain which is a real hightlight
for a more compact stroller.
384.66 -> The ride is smooth and the stroller feels
lighter than it actually is which makes it
388.82 -> easy to pop the font wheel up and over those
kerbs.
391.21 -> The storage on the Swift is all in the single
underseat basket that has easy access from
396.47 -> the back of the sides.
398.57 -> Its not a huge basket however will fit a medium
sized nappy bag without issue and does have
403.41 -> good height clearance to the base of the seat.
406.74 -> The all terrain air-filled tyres are 25.4cm
in diameter the front wheel is a single swivel
413.77 -> wheels that can be locked into place by pushing
the leaver down and they will automatically
418.03 -> lock into place.
419.22 -> To unlock just lift the leaver back up.
421.59 -> To remove the back wheels flick the grey lever
and pull tyre off.
426.5 -> Things To consider
the harness does have to be rethreaded to
430.14 -> adjust heights so its not a super fast process
if you need to adjust hight regularly between
435.49 -> your children
The main seats full upright position is still
438.96 -> slightly inclined
Even though the Swift is marketed as a full
442.74 -> size seat, If your have a taller children
you many need to consider the height clearance
446.71 -> to the canopy.
448.67 -> Things to like
- the Hidden Automatic frame lock is brilliant,
451.95 -> I just love that feature
Compact standing fold
455.71 -> Full seat recline which makes this suitable
from birth without having to buy additional
460.36 -> accessories
One handed fast fold, this is so easy (you
464.42 -> can basically do it sitting down)
Huge range of great, well designed and convenient
468.99 -> accessories like the food tray.
471.27 -> Serious stroller durability in frame and fabric
selections
475.72 -> included drink bootle holder
great manoeuvrability & kerb pop
480.65 -> So now you have the KNOW How, on the Mountain
Buggy Swift.
483.9 -> Now its your turn, let us know your thoughts.
486.09 -> Do you own the Swift?
487.99 -> How did you find the one handed fold?
490.09 -> And did you use the Carrycot + with your swift
frame?
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