We have all been there. A busy shopping trip with a toddler in tow, bags full of shopping, loading up the buggy only for it to tip over backwards as soon as you hang anything heavier than a loaf of bread on the handles. Now I know you shouldn’t really hang anything on your pushchair, but I know many of us do, as you really can’t fit much in those buggy baskets can you?!
Hamster bags could be the answer. Two bags that attach to the sides of your buggy, these provide much needed storage space while leaving your set of wheels much more stable. Simply attach with a velcro strap around the pushchair frame – this stays in place all the time so you only need to do it once – then clip the bags on and off as you need them. So if you’re just popping out on the nursery run you can leave them at home. If you’re heading to Tesco for the daily supplies, clip them back on and you will have space to carry everything home safely.
Now, before I go any further, I must say that these pannier style bags are designed for umbrella style pushchairs. However, as we don’t have a buggy of that style, I decided to try them out on my iCandy Peach All Terrain to see if they would work with other pushchairs.
The simple answer is that they do. They are more fiddly to attach, as you don’t have the standard style A frame that you see on strollers. However, once you have the velcro straps attached around the chassis, you are sorted – and this takes less than 5 minutes. Find the best place to attach the Hamster Bags, wrap the velcro tightly around that point and then click the bags into place. There are large inside and outside pockets – I use the large ‘main’ pocket for the bigger stuff, and then keep my keys, phone and wallet in the smaller pocket at the front. Not only does this keep everything safe but it means the things I use the most are super east to access.
Hamster Bags last long beyond the buggy stage too. They come with a shoulder strap so you can carry them like a backpack – or get your older children to help out with the carrying! 😉
With lots of storage space, reflective strips for safety and the versatility to use with or without your pushchair, Hamster Bags are a really worthwhile investment – and I have a set of Hamster Bags to give away too! You can choose from black, blue or red and all you have to do to be in with a chance is enter below – good luck!
Terms and conditions. Open to UK residents, competition ends on 31/1/16. Winner will be randomly selected from all correctly completed entries and contacted by email. Winner should claim their prize within 10 days or it may be redrawn. Prize supplied directly from Hamster Bags. More competitions at ThePrizeFinder
Look a good idea. We’re past the buggy stage, but you can never have too many bags especially since the plastic bag charge was introduced, so I would just use them as shopping bags #Triedtested
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Perfect to carry a small picnic to the park in plus a few things for a quick nappy change – plus a change of clothes for toddler. x
These actually look like a really good idea and it would definitely help keep things dry at least on these cold rainy winter days. Great post 🙂
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What a great idea – much better than hanging things off the handles and having the buggy tip over! I’d probably use them mostly for shopping 🙂
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These literally look like life saving bags for me! My buggy has tipped over backwards SO MANY TIMES in the most embarrassing of places. I would fill mine with all the blooming shopping. It would also make it so much easier to get the buggy up all the blooming flights of stairs to get home (because I live in a poxy flat!) Glad they fit other styles as well, even though it’s a bit more difficult. Ray xx #TriedTested
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Oh these look something I need! The basket on my pram is great but its cut in half by the second seat. I must enter your competition! #Triedtested
Nappies, wipes, snacks and spare clothes
Wipes, drinks anything i could really lol x
Those look great, I’m definitely guilty of loading too much onto the pushchair handles! #triedtested
My great-nephew lol – sorry that was a joke. 🙂 But all the rubbish that comes with babies, nappies. wipes, dummies (dread the day when I end up losing them) and a pen/notebook with some spare change just in case.
I would load it with all our potty training bits. Thank you x
I would give this to daughter in law, she can put what she wants in it
nappies and bottles
my shopping, these would make my shopping days so much easier than trying to hold the bags and push the pushchair. the basket just isn’t big enough for my weekly shop.
Ooh, very handy. My three year old Quinny Buzz has rubbish little basket on it that I can’t put anything in and be confident it will still be there when we get home. These look like a great solution and I love the name 🙂 #TriedTested
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Everything! Nappies, wipes, spare clothes. Shopping. I treat my buggy like a donkey
Snacks, nappies and wipes!
a change of clothes for my littlest!
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everything I would need so everything but the kitchen sink
I would use it for all the usual baby bits, much easier than dragging along my large changing bag x