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Stroller HELP!
Okay, MN Mommies...I need all the stroller advice/recs you can offer! I'm feeling so overwhelmed today - maybe some stroller help will ease my mind 
Thanks!
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Re: Stroller HELP!
We have a snap n go for quick trips to the store and the Bob Revolution which I love. We use the Bob for trips to the dog park and for walks around the neighborhood and it is wonderful, so easy to push. It is heavy to fold up and put in my trunk, but the smooth ride and ability to roll over a variety of terrain is worth it for us.
You may want to think about how you will primarily use your stroller before buying one. While I love our Bob, i know it's more than many people would need. Good luck with your research!
I use my Bob Revolution everywhere. I love it - I'm a jogger though too, so that played a big part, and we wanted to be able to bring LO off roading.
It really does depend what you want to use it for. The Bob is great for outside, but it doesn't have a ton of storage under the seat. If you're going to be mostly at malls and indoors - you'd probably want something else. It steers like a dream in malls though - I love how easy it is to turn. The Bob is spendy too - but if you search on craigslist it's almost impossible to find one used and they sell for almost what you buy them for - so if you need to upgrade or unload it in the future, it's not too much of a risk.
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We have the Bertini Valencia and I've been super happy with it but they don't make it anymore. One stroller I've been crushing over lately is the Peg Perego Pliko Switch. It can accomodate a carseat, folds umbrella style and compact, and has option to switch seat to parent facing- which would be one of the top things on my list if I was looking for a new stroller-which I'm not if you happen to talk to my husand
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We LOVE our strollers, DH balked a bit when he saw the prices but has said repeatedly that he's glad we got as nice of ones as we did - they rock.
Main stroller - Uppababy Vista. The biggest selling point was the basket, it's huge. The ride is super smooth - over curbs, snow, etc and the sunshade is great. It's a bit big, but folds up easily with the seat attached and turns on a dime. I'm an avid shopper and haven't found a store that I can't get around in yet. It came with a bassinet which we didn't think we would use since DS was a winter baby, but we've gotten a ton of use out of it. He will sleep/lay in it for hours while I'm shopping, I think we're coming to the end of it's use though (he's getting too tall for it) which makes me sad because I LOVE that option but I'm kind of excited to use the seat. Also, you can add a rumble seat if you have other little ones, but since we're not planning on any other babies I didn't look into that.
Umbrella/Travel stroller - Baby Jogger City Mini. We just busted this out for the first time for our trip to FL a few weeks ago. By far the fastest/easiest on the market to fold, it's amazing. It has a smooth ride, turns easily and also has a great sunshade. And at 8 weeks baby fit in it just fine. We did use the Chicco carseat adaptor for the airport so we wouldn't have to carry the carseat, and it worked great. The only negatives are that the brake is a bit annoying if you're wearing flip flops/sandals and that the basket isn't that big, however, for a umbrella stroller it's probably larger than most.
Good luck, make sure you go and check out the strollers in real life, what I thought I wanted and what I ended up were definitely different.
We used the Bed Bath and Beyond 20% coupon and they ordered it for us, we did have to pay shipping, but it was still a nice discount. The coupon says it excludes Uppababy, but if you order in-store they should bypass it. I don't have any experience with the BJ City Select, but I don't think you can really go wrong with BJ either.
This is what we have, and I love it.
I was actually settled on the Uppa (based on my online research) and when we went to Baby Grand to check it out in person, they showed us the BJCS and we changed our minds and bought it on the spot!
I liked the handlebars better, it folds more easily and I liked that if we were to ever use it as a double, you have 2 of the same seats, versus a rumble in the back. The only downside is that you have to order the bassinet separately. But turns out, we probably wouldn't have really used the bassinet, so it worked out.
I seriously love it. It was a splurge and the first big baby thing we got and my husband and I are both really happy with it.