4 in total, with two children. I don't drive and we walk daily, in all weather. I had a Graco Comfy Cruiser as my daily driver. Less than $200 and it was an absolute workhorse. I used it for over 6 years, between the two kids. Huge basket was perfect for grocery shopping.
We also had a Joovy Caboose, for the short period of time when my older child was not a reliable distance walker, and needed a place to rest.
And then two running strollers - a Chariot Cougar 1 and Cougar 2 (single and double versions of the same stroller). My youngest is 4 and we are still using the Cougar 1 for runs together.
I have my larger indie bumbleride jogger for my dirt driveway and road that I keep at home. I purchased a super cheap second hand graco click and connect 4 wheeled stroller for my travel stroller because the infant seat clicks into it. And it folds nice and small for the airport.
I've used a few strollers. It really depends on your individual lifestyle! Don't get sucked into buying the most expensive stroller if you wouldn't use it.
For us:
* Car seat click in stroller (Graco) for when she was an infant. Our main stroller for her first 8 months. So easy to fit in my trunk, lightweight, had a cup holder. I used it for bringing her to Costco, restaurants, quick meetups at the library baby music class with friends.
* Pram style high end stroller (Bugaboo) Never used, because my neighborhood isn't super walkable. If I lived in Europe I would probably get more use out of it. She also hated being set down and how open the pram was, so I held her much more often. I ended up reselling it for as much as I got it for!
* Travel everyday stroller (Iglesina). Love this! Our main stroller once she turned 8 months. Super compact and fits in an overhead airport bin, easy fold, large storage under the chair.
* Jogging stroller (Bob). I run 3ish times a week. The large wheels on this make it nice for bumpy sidewalks and trail walking too. It's big though, so might be hard to fit in the truck of a small car.
I was handed down the graco snug something and its been good to us. Clicks easily, folds easily. Stroller drives fine, carseat just sits there. I have to say, my biggest complaint is the compartment that looks like it could fit my keys does not fit my phone. But is that even a thing to be concerned with? Idk.
Travel system is incredible for first 6-8 months, but quickly loses utility once they weigh a fair bit. Carrying them inside the seat prebuckled becomes heavy enough (even before the seat weight limit) that it doesn't feel worth it anymore.
The other thing is .. get one that allows the stroller to ALSO be used without the bucket seat. That way you can just .. leave the car seat in the car if you don't feel like transferring it anymore, until they outgrow it. We have graco snugride, and the stroll can be used with the car seat or it has its own seat and buckle built in.
Zero complaints about stroller or seat quality, even for longer journeys. We still use the stroller by itself for 2.5 year old, and the car seat part of the system is in the closet waiting for 2nd kid to pop out.
We purchased the graco snugride travel system, comes with the infant car seat that attaches to the stroller and the infant pram that converts into a toddler stroller. We got a good deal on rebelstork so spent only about half price of what you’d see at say target.
I initially was going to go with a convertible car seat option as well but after lots of research I learned that if your newborn is on the smaller side they just simply aren’t as safe, our girl is measuring smaller so that was important to us. She’s not here yet, only a few more days hopefully. But so far we’ve been very happy with the easy set up and install of the system.
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Travel-friendly, city-nimble, but tiny storage and struggles off-pavement.
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