What kind of stroller systems are the best?

iristony · November 2009

I am so far out before I need to worry about this, but I guess it is never too soon to begin my research. A lot of my friends have Bugaboo's but live in center city or NYC. I am thinking a Bugaboo is impractical for the 'burbs. I like the idea of something you can snap a car seat into. Something good for long walks on the pavement in the city and burbs, good for shopping indoors, and definitely easy to get in and out of car, closing up etc... What kinds should I start researching?

I also like how the Bugaboo has the basinet for walks in the neighborhood- do others come with basinets too?

mzovoce · November 2009

i much prefer the orbit to the bugaboo

boo'smom · November 2009

I have the bugaboo chameleon. love it. this is my third child and we have previously had the gracco, maclaren double, peg perego, and an umbrella stroller.

Wish we had the bug from the beginning. True, it is a Pain getting into and out of the car, but so was the gracco. They all take up a good deal of space, but we now have a honda van, so not a big deal for us. With a regular car, not sure how the bug would fit.

Bassinet was a nice feature and we used for about 3-4 months. I would also consider the UPPA baby. The newer model has a bassinet and it can be used as either the bassinet or seat without swapping the fabrics (so can use the bassinet in the house but have the seat on the stroller). I didn't get the UPPA because the organic cottom fabric lining on the bassinet looked like it wouldn't hold up to lots of use - as the display in the store looked, well, yuck.

As for the bug, we actually got a great deal from here because we choose a retired color.

https://store.pacifieronline.com/

good luck!

cminNJ · November 2009

We have something similar to this but in green

https://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=chicco&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2274244758627683685&ei=_asCS8XKFsimnQf6zoxr&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=7&ved=0CDAQ8gIwBg#

We went to BRU and tried all different strollers out... then I went home and researched them. I picked the Chicco w/ the car seat that snaps in the base (car) and the stroller

I love it.

jc&cat · November 2009

whatever you get please make sure it fits in your trunk and that you can lift it. i have a gracco and it takes up the whole trunk of my forester and that is a huge trunk. we did the snap and go stroller while DS was still in the infant car seat and that was great for supermarket trips, target, etc.

eaglesfan700 · November 2009

I loved my Maxi Cosi Foray stroller and Mico car seat. I used it for everything - walking around town, mall trips, working out etc. It was awesome

However had we known we would have two so close together from the beginning, we would have gotten our Phil and Ted's sport and bought the doubles attachment when we had DD. You can buy an attachment that makes it compatible with carseats

krisdave · November 2009

After talking with numerous family and friends with little ones, we are taking their suggestion and going with the snap and go - which is light and folds up smaller than the travel systems. Once the LO outgrows the snap and go, we will most likely go with a maclaren umbrella stroller.

TheNewMrsCfont · November 2009

I have the Baby Jogger City Classic and just bought the car seat attachment. I didn't want to buy more than one stoller and I'm glad I didn't. The only downside would be that it takes up about 3/4 of my trunk (Honda Accord).

zoieglow · November 2009

We got an Inglesina Zippy. It's compatible with infant seats so you can use it as a travel system in the beginning. It has an endless amount of features that most strollers charge extra for (boot for winter, rain cover, adjustable cupholder, infant seat adapter, snack tray, etc) and can easily be adjusted a bunch of different ways (taller, shorter, 4 position seat recline, removable canopy, etc). It's totally solid and rides really well.

The best thing about the Zippy is how easy it is - you push a button with one finger and the whole thing collapses and folds up in one motion. It has a very tight fold so it doesn't take up much room and has a handle on the side to carry it.

It gets Baby Bargains best reviews. I absolutely love it. There's a video review of it on youtube if you look up Inglesina Zippy 2009.

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