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PolishWonder
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travel system vs. car seat only
PolishWonder
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What are you going with?? My in-laws are offering to buy the car seat, but cannot afford the whole stroller set. Is the stroller really necessary?? Any opinions are welcome!
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Re: travel system vs. car seat only
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Anyway, I'm partial to the travel system, primarily because it's so easy to use. You take the car seat/baby seat out of the car and attach it to the stroller. We use our stroller ALL.the.time, so it made sense for us.
HTH!
We bought our carseat and stroller separately but they do come as a travel system (Chicco Cortina stroller and KeyFit 30 carseat). We didn't think we would need/want a travel system, but honestly we have really used them quite a bit. DS was in the carseat until he was about 13 months, and we still use the stroller regularly. I had always heard how big and bulky travel systems were, but the Chicco Cortina stroller really isn't too heavy (I can load and unload it into my Jetta one handed) and when DS was sleeping we loved the option of leaving him in the carseat and just snapping him into the stroller (this was especially useful on our 10 day trip to HI when he was 10 months old). I wore DS a lot, but when it was hot and he was almost a year old and when we were in HI the option of the stroller/carseat was nice.
If your family is willing to buy the car seat I say go for it. You can always add the matching stroller later if you decide you want it.
With DS, we got a Graco infant carrier and an Eddie Bauer stroller, they did not connect/attach. I hated it. DS always had to be moved from the car seat to the stroller and back, as opposed to one swift "click" into place. This time, we are getting the travel system.
If your IL's want to buy the car seat, could you guys buy the stroller, or use gift cards from your shower to get the stroller? I don't know your lifestyle, but I would have hated not having the stroller. I guess during the first couple months (2-3) it might not be a must have, but after that, you're really going to want one.
LOVE it!!! I think we might have to take a big trip out there!
We decided to get the travel system because we felt for the difference in cost between the system and just buying a car seat and a snap and go, that it was totally worth it. A lot of moms will say they don't like the travel system because of it's size, ease to travel with, weight, etc. For us it wasn't an issue.
I'd look at how much you plan to use a stroller period. There are a lot of cheaper options out there you can use for going to the mall or whatever. I take a lot of walks and wanted something I could use around the neighborhood and for shopping, etc.
We are not getting the travel system. We are going to get the BOB stroller and a carseat that is compatible with it. Then I will probably get a umbrella stroller also.
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Same here, but going with the BOB jogging stroller.
We got a Graco travel system on clearance at BRU, hopefully we'll like it.?
It came highly reconommended by our next door neighbors and was only $125?
For those of you getting a BOB, I have three questions for you.
1. Which BOB are you getting?
2. What carseat are you getting?
3. Does it matter to you that the carseat and stroller match in color?
1. The Revolution, chocolate & blue
2. Graco, in Zurich, which is chocolate and green
3. It mattered a little and if I could convince H that we don't need a Snugride 32, I would have tried to match it a little more (like the Inman Park pattern).
We bought a Bugaboo Bee and a Bob
1. Revolution in chocolate and pink
2. Graco Snugride
3. The Snugride is mostly black with dark pink piping. It doesn't match perfectly, but since it's mostly black, it doesn't stand out. It matches my Bee much better though.
Ditto.
I'm a first time mom, so I'm pretty sure my opinion bears no weight whatsoever... lol, but I took my niece to the mall w/my husband in her travel system, and we decided we hated it. So we opted for a car seat, and then picked a stroller that'll hold the car seat for walks and such. That stroller is quite a bit smaller and more convenient that the travel system one. And our space is completely limited, so the size of the travel system wasn't for us.