Graco - Premier Modes Merge Stroller

We have the Graco 3-in-1. Car seat clicks into the stroller seat or stroller frame (either one), seat can be a seat with variable recline or bassinet. The basket underneath is huge and holds like, 20 lbs easily, and the frame is super sturdy. It's not the fanciest and most expensive, but it works great and is super affordable. Our stroller has been used almost daily for 2 years, still works great.

Need to chime in with some love for Graco products. We were gifted a Graco modes pramette stroller and snugride car seat plus a couple car seat bases. I then bought us a Graco Ready2Jet travel stroller for our plane rides and I love how the car seat can click into the stroller. My baby is on the tall side so I’ve already leveled up and gotten a Graco Turn2Me convertible car seat for my car. I also bought a Graco Premier Modes Merge stroller as our main stroller off of an overstock website so it was like $300 instead of $400, and if I were to do it over again I would have started with that line of travel system (includes the car seat) because it feels really high end for probably half the price of the actual high end brands.

I don’t have the name on me now-after all of our tons of research we landed on a graco that includes an infant car seat and a regular stroller seat that converts into a bassinet. It is amazing to not have a separate bassinet, and you can even convert it to bassinet while the kid is in it if they fall asleep. Great basket size for carrying around lots of stuff.

I’m highly suggest seeing what you can get second hand. We put a graco stroller on our registry since it was on the cheaper end so didn’t feel like someone would be spending too much on us. It was a convertible one do had a pram or seat. We got it and I hated it, not enough structure to feel like my baby was secure and comfortable. We ended up returning it and getting an uppababy from fb marketplace and we love it. New they go for upwards of 1500, we got it for 450 in great condition.

We went with the Graco modes merge stroller https://www.target.com/p/graco-premier-modes-merge-stroller-midtown/-/A-92331714 and got the snugride snugfit 35xt bucket seat https://www.gracobaby.com/-/SAP_2170449.html?utm_source=babylist.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=BabyList-NonAffiliate It was super affordable for us, both go on sale often! Baby isn’t here yet, but we’ve practiced with it a few times. It’s lightweight. Not sure how it would do as a travel stroller, but we aren’t planning on getting a travel stroller so it’ll work for us.

Graco modes nest; and then we purchased one of the Graco 360s when he was about 10 months old. BUT I still use the stroller w/the toddler seat attachment. It was also great while using the infant seat that it just clicked right onto the stroller!

I don’t believe in spending a million dollars on a stroller (I don’t use it much, especially during the first year). So I went with the tried and true brand that parents have been using for eons - Graco. My first Graco stroller was like….maybe $200? The seat can be either a bassinet or what I call “toddler mode”. I used the bassinet like twice, mainly just used toddler mode. You could also just click your Graco car seat into it if you prefer that. Now I am pregnant with my second and I got the Graco that has 2 seats - it was on sale for $180 at target. I don’t particularly want to spend a poop ton of money on an item I only use when we go to the zoo or what have you. Graco is a trusted brand that’s been around a long time and all of their products I have used I like.

My advice is to place more budget/focus on your everyday stroller/stroller system. Later once you realize the less common situations your everyday stroller is not able to meet (like a running stroller, bassinet-compatible system, a bulky stroller that has good storage, etc) then buy that stroller second-hand. If you don’t love it just sell it again. I have a UB Minu V2 with Mesa car seat as my everyday stroller. Second hand, I have a Bob, a Graco Modes system that was nice for the few times I used rhe bassinet or wanted a lot of storage, and soembody gave me a Chicco Bravo. I mainly use the Minu and Bob, but the other ones have been useful occasionally too. Don’t get caught up thinking every stroller has to be a premier brand. It’s more so about how you plan to use them.

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!

We got the top model from Graco in 2022 with the car sit, we used the car sit until my son was almost 2 and we used the stroller until he was almost 3. So for us was totally worth it. We just donated the set and the car sit looked still super new since never happened any spill on it.