Bugaboo - Ant

I would absolutely recommend getting a higher-end stroller, but only second-hand. We have a Bugaboo Buffalo for all-terrain stuff (we live in the country) and a Bugaboo Ant for shopping and going into the city. We spent a fraction of the new price for both (I think less than €200 total) by buying from Facebook Marketplace. When I’ve tried other strollers, I’ve been struck by how much harder they are to manoeuvre than the Bugaboos, and how easily the wheels get stuck. The only thing that annoys me with the Bugaboos is that they’re a bit of a pain to fold, but otherwise I absolutely recommend them.

I got the Chicco Bravo 3 in 1 travel system at my baby shower and love it! I keep it in the car since the car seat attaches to it. I also got a barely used Bugaboo Ant off Facebook Marketplace to keep inside the house, and I love it as a compact & lightweight travel/short errands stroller.

Can you find a bugaboo ant on fb marketplace? It’s the model before the butterfly so doesn’t have the one hand hold but it is cabin approved. It also lies flat in parent facing mode and sits upright. We’ve travelled with it and a buggy board, when kids were 2 and 6 months, and 3.5 and 1 (different trips, we don’t have 4 kids!). The eldest is happy on the board and loves chatting to the youngest if the pram is in parent facing mode.

3, a basinette, a travel bugaboo & a thule jogger. don’t use the basinette anymore currently.

We replaced the minu which I hated with the bugaboo whatever small travel sized one is and love that. $140 for a playmat is wild. I think we had a $20 wal mart one. Agree with Chico car seat and now the cosco one. I forget the model but inexpensive

Bugaboo and yoyo for travel for us. Friends didn’t get on with the silver cross, difficult to fold down without losing a finger!

It’s so much lighter than the vista and easy to fold. I have a bugaboo for travel and it’s amazing too

We have 2 strollers and 2 carseats. We have the Uppa Baby Vista V3. We went to a stroller store before we bought it and the guy was directing all city parents to the Uppa Baby and all suburban parents to the Nuna. He was absolutely right. We lived in NYC and the Uppa Baby had these big wheels that could navigate terrible uneven sidewalks without launching the kid out. The Nuna is equally a high-cost brand, but it doesn't take terrain and abuse like the Uppa Baby. When we travel or as our kid got older, we bought the Bugaboo Travel Stroller. We liked it because it could fit in the overhead compartment, could open with one hand, and the canopy didn't bang against your hands as you pushed it (which the Nuna travel did and annoyed me). Both those strollers are compatible with the Nuna Pipa Lite carseat which is hands down the best carseat on the market. It's so lightweight and yet sturdy. Remember, your kid packs on lbs quickly, so even the Doona becomes a serious pain to lift in and out of your car. When he aged out of the Pipa we got the Evenflo Revolve 360 Slim and it's been awesome. Toddlers are messy, so I'm glad we went with an affordable convertible car seat option instead of the Nuna or a similar expensive brand.

It was important for me to have one of the lightest car seats possible since getting the car seat in and out of the car/stroller can get heavy as baby grows, and when you are recently postpartum too. My goal was to get a system with a car seat lighter than 10 lbs. We ended up getting two strollers and I’m pretty happy with my decision. The main, big stroller was heavy for me to carry in and out of the trunk when I was still recovering for labor, so I ended up keeping the travel stroller in the trunk and bought the car seat attachment compatible with the infant car seat. We obviously use the travel stroller for traveling but also is the one we use for errands now that my daughter outgrew the infant car seat. I love, love my main stroller, we keep it for in the garage as it’s the one we use for walks around the neighborhood or long excursions to the mall, parks since it’s a dream to push and has lots of storage, we used the bassinet for the first 5-6 months of my daughter’s life as it is recommended to limit car seat time when they are still little, she was also more comfortable and would fall asleep during some of our walks. I recently went out with a friend of mine and her 7 month old, I helped her push her Graco travel system and it felt so clunky, it’s all she’s known so it didn’t seem she had any issues with it (obviously I didn’t make a comment on it st all) but steering and turning it was awful compared to my smooth stroller, I can get by either way pushing my stroller with one hand, I don’t think I could do it with hers at all. Even my travel stroller seems a lot better than what she had. I would suggest to test some with the car seat attachment as that changes how it feels when you steer it. If you can splurge on one thing my vote would be on the stroller.

Based on fantastic reviews, double seated options we ended up with Bugaboo travel bundle. It is the BEST stroller I have ever seen or tried. Its been 4 months and we are still amazed by how smooth it rides, how soft the wheels are, it turns 360 degrees, it has double seats side by side, 2 bassinets, 2 car seats. It is expensive but you can check Facebook marketplace and see if you can get a used one. It doesnt take a lot of space in the trunk and it fits most places except some of the doctor offices. I wouldn't change my stroller for anything else