Graco - Comfy Cruiser Travel System

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.

Used for almost everything, the only thing worth splurging on is a BOB. Everything other than a jogging stroller is the same basic design. The move is to buy them used/cheap as possible, then you can buy multiple strollers that each meet a certain need for the same price as a new “jack of all trades” stroller that won’t be. We have a BOB all terrain (the big purchase, because we run with him) and then an ultra compact one for travel, we also had what was essentially a Graco cart that his car seat clipped into (but didn’t have a seat otherwise) for when he was <1 year.

I would also suggest Graco, especially the ones that interlock. I had a 7 year gap between kids and my stroller worked with my newest carseat. Make sure to go for one with a cup holder. Lol

Hi- mom to a 10 month old. We’ve loved our Graco system. The 3-4 way travel set is the way to go. Car seat, car seat base, bassinet, and stroller all comes in one box, $399. He’s finally outgrowing his car seat now but he’s also 99th percentile in height. And we just purchased the Graco toddler car seat, love it already!

Way too many: - graco frame stroller for just the car seat. Rather than buying a Doona, I got this very thin and light frame so I can do errands while baby is sleeping. - mockingbird stroller. My OG, I love her. I have the bassinet attachment and a few accessories. Very big and bulky for travel but handles like a champ. - graco travel stroller. Compatible with the car seat and as a regular stroller. Bought this for traveling since the mockingbird takes up too much trunk space on roadtrips. - light weight summer 3d umbrella stroller. Toddler uses this one, easy to travel with. - joovy double stroller sit and stand. Haven’t used this yet since my youngest isn’t sitting up yet. - radio flyer stroller wagon. It’s huge and holds so much, you can push or pull. Holds 2 kids. I bought half of these second hand. We have two kids.

I got a Graco travel stroller for $99 from Costco. Doesn't get used all that often but it was $99 and folds and unfolds single handed.

We did east coast —> hawaii —> japan at 5 mos with a graco car seat and travel stroller and I thought it worked great—we only gate checked the stroller and bought baby a seat, so she sat in her car seat. Does the Doona fit on a plane?

I'm curious about why you say Graco is junk. I got a 7 year old Graco jogger hand-me-down from my sister and ended up buying have 2 other Graco travel strollers to connect with the Graco carseat. While I don't rave about them, I wouldn't go so far to say they are junk. I'd probably give them 3.5-4 stars depending on the model.

I can see that. My star reductions for my Gracos travel strollers would be less ease when pushing on uneven surfaces for the travel strollers because both occasionally have trouble on uneven surfaces and a wheel will catch, but it's not so frequent that I hate the strollers. The jogger is much better because of bigger wheels, but it's a beast (takes up the whole trunk when folded up, it's big in crowds) and has issues due to its age (wobbly front wheel now & it's missing it's tray- but again, it's a 7 year old stroller used for 3 kids). If I hadn't been given the hand-me-down, I probably would have gone with an Uppababy, but since we have all the Graco gear now, we can't justify the price of a new stroller that won't connect to our car seat or bassinet. (although if we see a secondhand deal, we may try purchase one).

We have a grace travel system that fits the bucket seat, has a bassinet, and turns into a normal toddler seat

We started with a Graco travel system, bought an umbrella stroller for indoors, found that both didnt turn well on slick floor inside stores. Bought a bugaboo lynx and got rid of both of the others. Our lynx comes in and out of the house since it turns much better than our cheap umbrella stroller did. It doesn't fold super small so you need decent trunk space but it's pretty lightweight so easy to pop in and out.