Gold Pivot Xpand Travel System with SecureMax Infant Car Seat incl SensorSafe

Every single item response is on POINT here!! Love our rotating car seats, that was great for us. But when traveling, we use the cheapest because it has 2 needs: keep the kids from crawling all over the car and IN THE EVENT of an accident, keep them safe. All US car seats must meet federal safety standards. Our stroller is... fine. Its a convertible double (evenflo Gold) -- i love all the functionality of it, but after 3 years the frame itself is being a little wonky, and despite an 8 year warranty customer service has been awol in responses to me but ymmv. Loved our IKEA all wood (cheapest) crib, it looks very nice and no paint to chew off feels very safe, and we reused it with kids. Older kiddos went straight to a twin, none of that "toddler bed" nonsense. Our stokke tripp trapp was also something we use daily and have no complaints! We got tge "knock off" Keekaroo (very similar design) for the grandparents and love it too, so any "solid wood converts to normal chair" is a good option i think.

I swear everyone sleeps on the Evenflo Gold Pivot Xpand strollers! Love it!!

Yep 🥲 honestly in my case it’s really not a huge deal, I feel like my post partum anxiety is making me think it’s bigger than it is lol. We bought the evenflo pivot travel system because it was affordable and honestly we had some pretty awful stuff happen in our family at the tail end of pregnancy so we were way too scatter brained to do proper research. Going back I would definitely pick a better one. I can’t stand the car seat or the stroller. The car seat had absolutely no head support whatsoever, we ended up just buying something to put in to hold our babies head straight. Mind you he was 5lbs so he was a tiny guy. The shoulder straps are held in place by the stitch/seam on the fabric so they CONSTANTLY slip through the metal piece that’s meant to hold them in place. I don’t know how the hell this would protect a baby in a car accident. The stroller feels so cheap it’s not even funny. All of the wheels squeak when you push it. We’ve taken it apart and put it back together but constantly have to spray it with WD-40. My husband and I joke when we leave the house not to forget the lil travel spray bottle lmao. The toddler seat does not seem comfortable for my little guy although he doesn’t put up much of a fuss (thanks buddy). Again not a huge deal and it is definitely more affordable. Thankfully we got a new car seat and use a bay carrier more than the stroller right now. Perhaps we got a wonky defective model or something but my mom brain can’t listen to those squeaky wheels much longer.

I’m pregnant with twins and personally I wasn’t looking at the side by side because I’m worried it won’t fit through doors!  With my first child we had the Evenflo pivot travel system which had a bassinet that could convert into a seat, plus car seat that can also click into the stroller. We are upgrading to the Evenflo pivot expand system for the twins because it can click in two car seats or two bassinets/seats. It’s not side by side so I’d imagine it’ll fit through doors without issue.  We really liked the Evenflo system with our daughter, I feel like the pivot expand will work well for our needs. Anyway that’s just my two cents, otherwise good luck in finding the side by side that works for you! 

I’m pregnant with twins and personally I wasn’t looking at the side by side because I’m worried it won’t fit through doors!  With my first child we had the Evenflo pivot travel system which had a bassinet that could convert into a seat, plus car seat that can also click into the stroller. We are upgrading to the Evenflo pivot expand system for the twins because it can click in two car seats or two bassinets/seats. It’s not side by side so I’d imagine it’ll fit through doors without issue.  We really liked the Evenflo system with our daughter, I feel like the pivot expand will work well for our needs. Anyway that’s just my two cents, otherwise good luck in finding the side by side that works for you! 

In my opinion, it’s a fine travel system but not a great one. We ended up selling our stroller, but still use the infant car seat. For us, the stroller wasn’t resilient enough for our lifestyle - the wheels aren’t great on anything other than pavement/concrete. Also, as tall people, we found we were kicking the basket frequently.

I really love our evenflo pivot modular travel system. It’s affordable and does everything we need it to do. It’s easy to lift in and out of the back of my car and I can fold/unfold quickly. It’s not super fancy but it gets the job done!

Yes! We have the Evenflo pivot system where you can switch between the infant car seat or toddler seat/ bassinet. When he was really little and sleeping constantly, it was very nice to let him take a nap in the bassinet while my husband and I went on walks. He's 17m now and it still comes in handy for longer trips like going to the zoo or something. However, if ours wasn't set up where the toddler seat folds out into a bassinet, we probably wouldn't have used it past 6ish months.