Exclusive preview of the new iCandy Strawberry buggy
Keira Knightley, Kim Murray, Abbey Clancy and Victoria Beckham have all sported their iCandy buggies, and now the Strawberry has been given some great new features
British buggy maker iCandy is known for making some of the most fashionable but functional pushchairs.
That's why the iCandy Peach is a best-seller in the UK, and the newest buggy in the iCandy collection, the Orange, sold out in a matter of weeks.
And now there’s a brand new iCandy pushchair which is sure to turn heads, the updated Strawberry. iCandy has given the new buggy a stylish makeover and taken on board parents’ feedback to improve the Strawberry, which will be released in July 2017.
It turns out the number one feedback we had on the Strawberry was the fold functionality, the older version had a small button under the handlebar that had to be held down at the same time you pulled in a different fold button, making it a bit fiddly to operate.
iCandy has moved the small button from the handle to the side of the frame, making it a much more intuitive fold, and having tested it at the iCandy HQ, we can say it's a big improvement on the pushchair.
What else is different on the new iCandy Strawberry pushchair?
Style-wise the buggy now features leatherette handles and bumper bar, moving away from the less enduring foam of the older version. The new Strawberry also has a harder-wearing woven fabric, which of course, comes in a variety of eye-catching colours.
As you’d expect, it's travel system compatible with the, Maxi-Cosi Pebble Plus, Cybex Aton Q and Kiddy Evo Lunafix car seats to name a few and it comes with a carrycot, which is suitable for overnight sleeping.
Prices of the new Strawberry are still to be confirmed, but expect to spend at least £600 on this updated version.
We expect a slew of celebs to start sporting this buggy in the summer, but what do you think? Is this your next pushchair?
We’ve got more exclusive sneak peeks at the best buggies for 2017:
Authors
Having been a journalist for 15 years – and Reviews Editor at MadeForMums for five of those – Hazelann has accrued a lot of experience testing and reviewing every baby product imaginable.