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BJCS vs UBV help please!

melisgoodmelisgood member
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Hey girls,

I know I have a while to make my decision, but I'm driving myself crazy trying to decide what stroller to get with baby #2. My DD will be 3 when baby arrives, but she is small for her age and still uses the stroller for long outings and especially crowded places (like a street fair we went to this weekend...DH carried her almost the whole time because we keep trying to leave the stroller at home in hopes a double won't be necessary). I really want a good single stroller that has the option of adding a second seat for the longer outings when i'm with both and especially when DH isn't around to carry DD #1.  I am guessing she may use the seat for a year (3-4years)? I would like a buggy board to be an option for shorter trips and when she's outgrown the seat around 4yo.  

 I think I've narrowed it down to either the baby jogger city select or the uppababy vista with rumble seat. We may have one more baby after #2, but then again, we may be done at 2.  Please shed some light on this difficult decision! TIA! 

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Re: BJCS vs UBV help please!

  • janecanadianjanecanadian member

    I was faced with the same decision and we ultimately chose the City Select.  The Rumble seat sits so low on the UBV, it's not a full-size seat so the weight capacity is only 35lbs, and Uppababy only offers a two year warranty.  The City select offers better configurations either with a car seat and a stroller seat, or with two full-size seats,  They also offer a lifetime warranty.

    If all things were equal we would have gone with the UBV, simply because I liked the looks of it but practicality won and we went with the City Select.  It's definitely a nice looking stroller though and I love it even more now that I was able to buy a purple second seat:)

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  • melisgoodmelisgood member

    In your opinion, should I order the bassinet too or just use the car seat for 6 months? I haven't seen the bassinet in person, but if it's comfy enough for nighttime, then I'd like to use it for the first couple months...anyone use it?

    Anyone else out there buying a double for a 3 year age difference? 

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  • aboynamedbarryaboynamedbarry member
    I have the select and really do love it. I think the vista is really cool looking as well but love the choices you have with the select. I did not get the bassinet, because the car seat adapter came with it at no additional cost when I got mine. Plus, I put her in the regular seat at 3 months, she loved it :) I just made it face me. In fact, when we go for walks, i still have her face me. Oh, and baby jogger just introduced new car seat adapters for their strollers that are waaaaaaaaay better than that old ones FWIW
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  • janecanadianjanecanadian member
    imagemelisgood:

    In your opinion, should I order the bassinet too or just use the car seat for 6 months? I haven't seen the bassinet in person, but if it's comfy enough for nighttime, then I'd like to use it for the first couple months...anyone use it?

    Anyone else out there buying a double for a 3 year age difference? 

    I never did puchase the bassinet kit because from what I understand, you have to snap the bassinet into one of the seat frames and I had visions of having to go back and forth between bassinet and seat. We just got the car seat adapter and used it instead.

     Interesting to know re: new car seat adapters...I will have to look into that!

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  • melisgoodmelisgood member

    Thanks girls! Looks like it will be the BJCS which was the way i was leaning anyways!

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