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krissyh21
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What stroller did you get/registar for?
krissyh21
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I am having the hardest time committing to a stroller. I have a list of wants (cup holder - tray table - easy 1 hand steering - not ultra heavy - reclining seat) and can not find one that fits every need. So I have been updating the stroller on my registry every day going back and forth between a few. Maybe I am not thinking of one out there?
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After 7 years trying to concieve, 3 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs, my third IVF was a success!
My Christmas baby turned into a turkey bird! Dillon Richard was born at 34 weeks, 5 days on November 28, 2009 after 10 weeks on bedrest for preeclampsia.
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Re: What stroller did you get/registar for?
This has everything you listed above.
Graco Quattro Tour Travel System - Hamilton
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3531098
Peg Perego Aria
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3417038&moduleName=Brand+Name+Secondary
It appealed to me because it only weighs 9 pounds. I couldn't lift half the strollers in the store. It also has tray, cup holder, recline, etc. It can be used as a travel system if you buy the Peg Perego Primo Viaggio infant seat.
Chicco Corina - fits all needs except heavier then I would like, I think
Chicco Trevi - Not sure about how easy 1 handed steering would be because of the separate "handle bars"
Kolcraft Jeep - looks big not sure if it is heavy (out of stock when I looked)
Peg Perego, Aria - $100 more then the above strollers, trying to justify the cost.
After 7 years trying to concieve, 3 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs, my third IVF was a success!
My Christmas baby turned into a turkey bird! Dillon Richard was born at 34 weeks, 5 days on November 28, 2009 after 10 weeks on bedrest for preeclampsia.
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FWIW, my older sister has a 7 month old daughter. She originally bought the Trevi, hated it and went out and bought the Cortina. Hated it (too heavy) and now has the Aria. She is so happy with that one.
I never had experience with the Trevi, but I agree about the Cortina- I had to haul that stupid thing around Disneyland one day and decided I'd never buy one.
We bought the Quinny Buzz and registered for a Jeep jogger.
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I strongly discourage anyone from getting the Peg Perego Aria, unless they have a new model out and have fixed some issues. Ours is from '07, and we never use it anymore, because the mechanism that allowed it to "pop" open (with one hand, which was a big selling point) broke, and now we have to struggle with it to get it open at all. It broke after about 18 months of LIGHT use.
But my biggest complaint with the Aria (and shared by many other reviewers), is that it steers like crap. It is really hard to steer with one hand, which I found myself doing a lot when my DD decided she would rather be held than be in the stroller. I would break a sweat trying to steer that thing through a crowded store with one hand. Oh, and the cupholder sucks. That seems like a small issue at first, but it really is a pain. It only holds a very lightweight beverage, and, if too heavy, the cupholder will fall down, causing your drink to spill -- on you, most likely. And there's no tray for keys, small items.
I bought it b/c it weighed 9 lbs, which was nice. But not nice enough, once we could no longer get the damn thing to open up, rendering it pretty useless.
I would read recent reveiws, and see if it looks like the steering issue has been fixed in the newer models.
They have changed them in the two years since you bought yours. And as far as the cupholder- the paperwork says it is a water bottle holder so I wouldn't trust a cup with a lid in it and especially not a hot beverage!
The majority of reviews I read and got from talking to people who owned it (yes, I stopped people on the street!) were positive. The way I looked at it is that any stroller I researched had negative reviews. I didn't find one single stroller that had nothing but positive reviews- therefore it didn't make sense to not buy it because someone else hated the cupholder or snack tray, etc. I didn't see any comments on the steering, but like I said there's been two new models since you bought yours in 07.
So I chose the one that sounded like it would work for us.
We purchased the Baby Jogger City Mini and the infant car seat adapter. We registered for (will purchase) the Graco Snugride. It folds up so easily and is light, but yet sturdy.
https://www.albeebaby.com/peg-perego-aria-strollers.html
Aria for $119
I had the aria a few few years ago when I babysat, the lady I worked for had the graco quatro stoller and I hated it ! It was heavy and bulky!
We got the Peg Perego Pliko3 in the same color for all the reasons above^. I think it's a little heavier but I felt like it was a tad more padded. There might be long times when Baby has to be in the stroller, so I wanted it extra comfy.
We also go the Espirit SunSpeed in Orange off of BabyEarth when it went on clearance.
So far we have only put them together and pushed them around the living room, but they seem to be everything we wanted.
We just registered for the Evenflo Aura Select Travel System..I tested the stroller in store and it was very easy for me to fold & lift. (one hand)
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3232437
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Peg Perego Pliko Switch
https://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=16242403&
We registed for the snap n go stroller:
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2327597&fromRegistryNumber=40109344&product_skn=546687
We also registed for a the bob jogging stroller:
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2623496&fromRegistryNumber=40109344&product_skn=855976
I have the Bugaboo frog as our main stroller. I also have the Chicco Capri (umbrella), Jeep jogging stroller and the snap n go.
I LOVE my bugaboo. You can buy a cup holder, bag clips, etc. It does not have a tray table, but that hasn't been an issue (we use the snack traps), and I also bought for $11 a collapsable tray table.
The seat has a large range of motion, but also has the bassinet for infant use. You can also buy an adapter to place the infant seat right on the frame.
The one negative about it is that the bassinet turns into the seat, so you really can't switch them out. This was never an issue for us, as when our DD was tiny, we didn't want her in the seat. An alternative would be the Uppa Baby Vista...the bassinet is a completely separate piece from the seat.
It also has a pretty large basket.