The Cybex Priam is the non-electric version of the pram Cybex built its reputation on, and at $1,349 it is the cheapest listed way into that frame in Australia. It scores 7.8 on the Bench Score, which ties it for tenth in a field of twenty-two. This is a review of the pram you get for the money, argued on the manufacturer’s published figures, and the short version is that you are buying a frame and a look rather than a complete newborn package.
Who it is for: a buyer who wants a rigid, well-finished chassis with a genuinely one-handed fold and is happy to add the carrycot or capsule later. It is not for anyone counting the total spend to birth.
The score
| Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Conversion and versatility | 7.5 |
| Fold and footprint | 8.0 |
| Push and wheels | 8.0 |
| Build and materials | 8.5 |
| AU parts and service | 7.0 |
| Bench Score | 7.8 |
The case for it
Build is where the Priam earns its keep. It takes 8.5 for build and materials, which puts it level with the Bugaboo Donkey 5 Complete and the Thule Urban Glide 3, and above the Babybee Juno at 8.0 and the Babyhood Doppio Plus at 7.5. In a field where a lot of prams in this price band are assembled to a number, the Priam is assembled to a standard. Only the UPPAbaby Vista V3 and the Bugaboo Donkey 6 beat it here, both on 9.5.
The fold is the other real argument. Cybex publishes a one-hand fold and a one-hand recline, which matters more than it sounds when you are holding a baby in the other arm and standing at the back of a hatchback. It takes 8.0 for fold and footprint, ahead of its own electrified sibling on 7.0, ahead of the Donkey 5 Complete on 7.5, and level with the newly documented Doppio Plus. The e-Priam carries motors and a battery in the frame and pays for it in bulk. The plain Priam does not.
Push and wheels comes in at 8.0, which is solid rather than remarkable. The Thule Urban Glide 3 takes 9.5 on its 16 inch air-filled tyres and the Vista V3 takes 9.0 on all-wheel suspension, so the Priam is not the smoothest thing here. It is comfortably ahead of the small-wheeled travel prams, though, and ahead of the Doppio Plus and the Joolz Aer2 on the same measure.
The 4-in-1 frame is worth something on paper. Cybex sells the chassis as one platform with four attachment options, so a buyer who starts with the seat can add a carrycot or a capsule without changing prams. That flexibility is real, and it is the reason the Priam scores 7.5 for conversion rather than the 6.5 that the fixed-configuration city prams get.
Then there is the pricing itself. The colourways spread a long way. The base pram lists at $1,349, matt black with a seat pack at $1,399, rose gold with a seat pack at $1,499, and the 2022 chassis and seat frame in rose gold at $1,699. If you are set on a Priam, the difference between the cheapest and the dearest listed configuration is $350 for what is fundamentally the same chassis. Buy on function, not on finish, and the Priam is a much better proposition than its headline reputation suggests.
The case against it
Start with what is not in the box. The $1,349 listing is a pram, and no bassinet appears in the package. The UPPAbaby Vista V3 at $1,499 includes one. So the honest comparison is not $1,349 against $1,499. It is $1,349 plus a carrycot against $1,499 complete, and on that arithmetic the Priam stops being the cheap option. Cybex’s own e-Priam listing spells out that the Lux Carry Cot and the Cloud Q capsule are sold separately, and nothing in the Priam listing suggests otherwise.
Conversion and versatility at 7.5 is the number that holds the whole score down. The Vista V3 takes 9.5 and carries up to three children with accessories. The Donkey 5 Complete takes 9.0 and converts from single to side-by-side double in three clicks. The Babyhood Doppio Plus takes 8.5 on eighteen published modes. The Priam is a good single pram that stays a single pram. If there is a reasonable chance of a second child inside four years, this is the wrong chassis to commit to.
AU parts and service is 7.0, the same mark the two Thules take. The Australian-linked brands run well clear of it, with Babyhood on 9.0, Babybee on 8.5 and Mountain Buggy on 8.0. Cybex is a European brand distributed here, and the spec sheet gives no Australian service commitment to point at. That is not a claim about how any individual retailer behaves. It is what the published information supports, and it is the kind of gap that decides how long you wait for a replacement wheel.
Cybex does not publish a pram weight or a folded dimension for the Priam in the listings we assessed. Bugaboo publishes 9.9 kg and a folded 36 x 52 x 90 cm for the Dragonfly. Joolz publishes 6.5 kg and an IATA-compliant 44 x 53 x 23.5 cm for the Aer2. When a maker publishes those figures you can plan around them, and when it does not you are buying blind on the two specs that decide whether the pram fits your boot. Assume it is a full-size pram and measure your car before you commit.
How it compares
UPPAbaby Vista V3 Pram + Bassinet, $1,499. The Best overall winner in this field on 9.0, and the pram the Priam has to answer to. For $150 more you get the bassinet in the box, all-wheel suspension, a 13.6 kg basket, a one-step fold that stands on its own, and the capacity to carry up to three children with the RumbleSeat and PiggyBack accessories. It beats the Priam on every sub-score, and the closest margin is AU parts and service at 7.5 against 7.0. Unless you specifically want the Cybex chassis, this is the better $1,500.
Bugaboo Donkey 5 Pram Complete, $1,399. Fifty dollars more than the Priam and it scores 8.3. Bassinet and toddler seat fabrics are both included. It converts from single to double in three clicks with additional components, and it runs large puncture-proof all-terrain wheels. It gives ground on the fold, at 7.5 against the Priam’s 8.0, because the convertible frame is a bulkier thing to collapse. For a family that is not certain it is done at one child, the extra $50 is close to free versatility.
Cybex ePriam Pram, $1,799. The same score, 7.8, for $450 more. The e-Priam adds motorised uphill assist and hands-free rocking through the Cybex app, which nothing else in this field offers. What it loses is fold and footprint, dropping to 7.0, and it still lists as a frame and seat with the carrycot and capsule sold separately. The motors are a genuine novelty for a hilly suburb. They are not $450 of pram for most buyers, and the plain Priam is the more sensible half of the pair.
Worth noting for the value-minded: the Bugaboo Dragonfly Pram takes the Best city fold award on 7.9, a tenth ahead of the Priam, at $979. That is $370 less for a pram that is listed as suitable from birth and publishes both its weight, 9.9 kg, and its folded dimensions, 36 x 52 x 90 cm. It is a smaller, less substantial thing than the Priam and the build score reflects that at 8.0 against 8.5. But it makes the Priam’s asking price look ambitious.
A note on after-sales
If Australian parts and service is high on your list, the Priam is not where the field is strongest. The Babyhood Doppio Plus Stroller at $1,499 takes 9.0 for AU parts and service against the Priam’s 7.0, on the strength of Australian design and locally held parts support. Babyhood’s updated weight, fold and suspension specifications lift the Doppio to 8.1 overall against the Priam’s 7.8. The Priam still wins build and edges the running gear; the Doppio wins conversion and ownership support. Which of those you care about is a question about you, not about the prams.
Verdict
The Priam is a well-built single pram with an easy fold, at a price that has drifted low enough to be interesting. It is also a pram that arrives incomplete and cannot become a double, and Cybex does not publish the two numbers you most need before you buy. At $1,349 it makes sense for a buyer who wants the Cybex chassis specifically and has already decided the carrycot is a separate line item. At anything near the $1,699 asked for the dearer colourways, it does not, because the Vista V3 sits below that number with the bassinet included and a full point of Bench Score in hand.
Bench Score: 7.8. Conversion and versatility 7.5, fold and footprint 8.0, push and wheels 8.0, build and materials 8.5, AU parts and service 7.0. No award.
Assessed on specification, 30 July 2026. Prices are as at 30 July 2026, lowest listed Australian retail.
Disclosure: Babyhood is an agency client of The Baby Bench’s publisher, Xpand Digital. Babyhood products are scored on the same published criteria as every other product in the field, and are awarded only where the scores support it. The category leader in this field is the UPPAbaby Vista V3, which is not a Babyhood product.
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