With baby 4 due to arrive shortly, and as a self confessed pramaholic, deciding which set of wheels to choose was a big decision for us. After a lot of research, many trips to shops and lots of recommendations, I went with my heart and stuck to my original choice – the all new iCandy Peach All Terrain in Toucan.
I have been a fan of iCandy for a long time, as many of you will know. I may have mentioned it a few times 😉 Classed as a luxury brand, I have always found them to simply be high quality, well made. practical and gorgeous. They are not just a pretty face as many people think – behind the beautiful facade lies manufacturing genius, with both parents and tiny tots in mind.
I have the carrycot packed away upstairs ready for bay 4, but for now we couldn’t resist getting the iCandy Peach All Terrain set up for a trial run with Max. The idea was to just use it a few times before putting it away for June, but as I expected it has now become the set of wheels I am using day in, day out. Nothing else compares for comfort and ease of use.
Let’s start with the technical stuff. The iCandy Peach All Terrain is a multi functional travel system with air filled tyres to handle any terrain. Setting up the pushchair is easy as pie – just click the wheels into place, pop on the seat and off you go. The spacious seat and hood have soft touch fabrics for comfort and style, and there are just so many parent friendly features. Large basket, one hand fold, adjustable handlebar, parent or world facing seat positions, easy to adjust harness and a raincover that is flexible and not made from that hard, stiff material you usually find. It’s all easy to work too. Removing the seat to fold or turn it around is as simple as pushing 2 buttons on the side of the chassis. Removing the wheels just requires you to push the buttons on the centre of the rear wheels, or depress the button on the front wheel hub. The handlebar adjusts with a button in the centre of the handle – push this in and move the handlebar to the required height. The recline is located on the same button as the seat removal system – simply use the inner section of the button to operate the recline. This is a tad fiddly, as it means leaning over the seat to access it, and when you have a world facing seat this means standing at the front of the pushchair – I would personally prefer a lever recline on the rear of the seat, but this is personal preference.
The fold isn’t the smallest, I won’t lie. But having said that, I wouldn’t expect it to be – this is a full travel system, not a stroller. The frame folds down fairly flat, and the quick release wheels can also be removed to make more space. The seat will lie on top of the chassis if you need a bit more boot space, and removing the bumper bar gives you more room too. As everything is so easy to remove and put back together, I really don’t find the size an issue. Folding and unfolding is a one hand, few seconds job as shown below:
Since getting the pushchair we have used it so much. It has completely replaced our previous set of wheels, purely because it is so nice to use. Even Kevin, who usually takes no notice at all when it comes to pushchairs, has commented several times on how much you can feel the quality when pushing. Everything is smooth, intuitive to use, and comfortable. Max loves it too – whereas with his stroller we have been having real problems getting him in, as he just wants to walk, he will happily climb into the iCandy himself, and sit there for as long as we need him to. He loves the deep, bucket seat, the padded harness, the footrest that we can adjust with the simple push of a button depending on whether he wants his feet up or down, and most of all he loves the bumper bar – it must be like having the perfectly placed arm rest!
The all terrain tyres have been given a real test – everything from the football pitch and the gravel driveway to the uneven rural pavements and the cobbles by the Quay. Nothing is a problem – the pushchair just glides over everything in its path.
I could honestly rave about this pushchair for hours, but I don’t want to make this post too in depth. If you want to know more technical stuff, you can find it all on the iCandy website. I will be posting another review once we are using the carrycot and the Maxi Cosi car seat attachments, but for now I will happily continue to use the iCandy Peach All Terrain for my toddler. Contrary to popular belief, iCandy don’t just make pushchairs for babies, they don’t make them with small seats that don’t last. Max is 22 months and has plenty of room in the seat – we haven’t even needed to move the hood yet to make more head room, it is still on the lowest setting. He will be able to use this set of wheels for many months to come, until he no longer needs to.
Would I recommend the iCandy Peach All Terrain? You bet I would – whether you are looking for your baby’s very first travel system or a comfortable mode of transport for your toddler. I don’t think you will find anything that suits your needs better.
This looks like an excellent pushchair! I had a Bugaboo chameleon for my boy which was fantastic xx
i love the look of this pushchair,im really into big chunky wheels as they really help with the smoothness of the ride for the child let alone making it easier as a parent!
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This pushchair looks beautiful, so robust and durable but so lovely to look at – that doesn’t normally happen with all terrain pushchairs! I’ve never tried an iCandy, don’t think I’ve even pushed one in the shop! x
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I really like the look of this pushchair. We found it really hard to choose one. I think we spent more time choosing our daughter’s pushchair than we did on our car!!
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I love the look of this pushchair! Well made, heavy duty and robust! I never tried an iCandy but would if my pushchair days weren’t over! x
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That looks like a great pushchair, I had the iCandy pear for my twins and I LOVED it.
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Looks great, but I am glad I don’t have the faff of having to take pushchairs, strollers etc. everywhere I go now 🙂
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I’m thinking about an icandy apple to pear as a tandem so it’s great to read about this version as hopefully many features will be the same! I love how icandys look too, and good to know they’re suitable for older toddlers as Athena is pretty tall for her age and I expect the new one to be too!
This looks great – love being able to see how easily it goes up and down too. Would definitely be checking this out if we were buying another buggy.
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Great review! I too love iCandy. I had the iCandy Cherry for both my boys and we still use now ocassionally. I find them so easy to manoevre and easy to push. x
This is lovely! I wish Harry still needed a pushchair x
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Love the iCandy brand – we had the cherry one with my first. Love the colours on this one and the chunky wheels #triedtested
The iCandy is a great travel system – we nearly got one ourselves but the brand we went for just slightly had the edge on the things we were looking for at the time. Great review.
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How big is your bump getting!
This pram looks lovely. I really like 3 wheeled ones for a sporty look x
If we wouldn’t have so many buggies in the house it would be definitely something I’d purchase.
But with 2 kids now I’d need a double buggy. #triedtested
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This looks so great; if I was having another baby I think it would be a definite contender especially because, as you say, it looks stylish but it also has lots of practical elements too which have been clearly thought through and designed for real use! #TriedTested
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I love the look of this, the big chunky wheels look great, and I like the fact that there lots of room in the seat.
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You had me at one-hand fold! This looks super, especially the all-terrain wheels and the smooth push – so important with the variety of places you want to take your child to. I’m looking at your, farm parks ;)! Your bump looks wonderful, hope you are enjoying your last few weeks! X
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That looks like a very nice piece of kit!
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Sounds really good. Hope it doesn’t go through too many inner tubes. We had an all-terrain Jane system as we used to live somewhere really rural and although I only needed to replace one inner tube once, after I passed it on to my sister, she seemed to quite frequently need to buy replacement inner tubes #TriedTested
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