As a dad who was bombarded with Chameleon propaganda, ok, i admit it now, despite costing a fortune they are good and very practical for new borns and young kids. But I think if you took a poll almost everyone buys a MacLaren somewhere in the second/third year! My advice, with hindsight, is buy a second hand Chameleon (say around 400 quid) and expect to buy a MacLaren Techno XT (as we did, and we both love it - very hard wearing, not too big and really tough)