Parent Review: Maxi-Cosi Adorra

We asked mum Andrea Kemp, her husband and their outdoor-loving 8-month-old daughter Lucy to put the Maxi-Cosi Adorra to work in their daily family life in Buckinghamshire. Here's what they made of this all-rounder... 

We were beyond excited to start testing this pram! It came well packaged in a large cardboard box. My husband was at work but I managed to get everything out and all I needed to do to assemble the pushchair was attach its wheels and then click on the seat unit. This took all of a few seconds and we were good to go. No need for any instructions although there is a good size manual if needed.

 

Lucy was super-excited and when I sat her in the pram she had a massive smile on her face. It's a great-looking and stylish pushchair. We tested the Nomad Grey colour with silver frame, and I love the brown/tan colour leatherette handlebar and bumper bar, which just adds to the beautiful pushchair. I received several compliments from people and was also asked various questions about the pushchair.

 

The seat unit is a very good size and the footrest can be moved into two positions. Lucy seemed very comfortable and it's the first pushchair we've tried where she hasn't screamed when lying flat. She will fall asleep easily in the Adorra, which she never did before.

The pushchair has three settings from flat to sitting upright, which is also great for little ones as they can see more. The seat seems quite high up, which again is nice as I got to chat with Lucy while showing her things as we went along.

We found the extended hood fantastic as it completely blocks out the sun from the face with no need for a parasol, and it has a nice mesh bit on top so you can peep in, which also helps with airflow through the pram.

 

It was very easy to adjust the harness straps and the lovely soft shoulder pads are great too.

Now we come to the shopping basket! I absolutely love the size of this after struggling to push a pram and carry shopping home. This pushchair has taken that away; I now fit so much more underneath and because it has deep edges nothing falls out either. I managed to fit the raincover, a big bag of nappies and three bags of shopping underneath and there was still room.

 

The Adorra has a great one-hand fold mechanism which makes things so much easier. I can now hold baby and collapse the pram, although it is difficult to move around carrying the pushchair as it is a bit bulky and heavy. So the folding itself is amazing but actually getting onto a bus or trying to put it in the boot while holding Lucy with the other arm is not easy at all.

 

The pushchair folds up quite small and fits easily into the boot of our Ford Focus, and I love the fact you don't have to remove the seat unit before folding. The pushchair clicks when it's folded and locked into place and you can stand it up, which makes it easier to store at home or when in friends' houses. When unfolding the Adorra, it is relatively easy, though sometimes the seat unit seems to overbalance and the pushchair goes flying forward. The only other downside is the clip that locks it into place is a tight fit to the frame and has scratched the frame work every time it's unfolded. I also found that after unfolding the pram the wheels are looked into forward position so you have to change back to swivel wheels, but this is so easy to do just by sliding the clips by the front wheels.