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Babies shouldn't spend more than 2 hrs in a car seat so if you're wanting long walks you'll want a bassinet seat. I had a chicco because it could fully lay down and could install a base for the car seat in both cars to make switching cars for it easy. But daaaamn is it a big stroller. I got a big sibling ride on scooter attachment thing for it but it was annoying. If you want 2 kids is find one that has a better buddy board intigration. For baby 2 I got a Strolyy. It's like an umbrella stroller for infant seats. Much nicer for tighter spaces like Dr offices and restaurants. And after baby out grows car seat it's nice for pool and water park gear as like a half sized wagon. Helped me get my money worth out of the bucket seat since baby + seat gets HEAVY. Edit. Also, my nursery theme was dino with baby 1 and the chicco had a version of its system with the color name Lava. Because there were just so many choices, letting that be my deciding factor made it easier lolol.

Our baby isn't here yet (38 +4...any day!) but we also chose chico. We went with the Bravo LE system and are obsessed! Pretty affordable and functional.

We went with Chico bravo stroller and car seat system and been liking it so far. We live in an urban/suburban area. It is pretty heavy, but folds up/unfolds quick and easy. I like how sturdy both the car seat and stroller are though. Not great for “off road” purposes which we discovered at an Apple orchard last weekend 😂 but I’m not sure there would be a stroller that would be good on unpaved surfaces. If I’m wrong let me know!

So I used the Chicco Corso travel system and liked it - except that full sized strollers are really big. I ended up baby wearing mostly and in the end, barely used our stroller. I think it is definitely personal preference but if I were to do it again, I think a convertible car seat and a small stroller (like the Bombi or Zoey) would have been best for me. I will say though, it is nice being able to easily take a sleeping infant out of the car with the bucket seat, and get them buckled inside during New England winters.

If you're set on a Chicco Keyfit, but don't want to use an adapter for the car seat, I'd seriously consider the Chicco Corso Travel System. It has basically all the features as an Uppababy Cruz (which is basically a Vista without the option to extend to a double stroller) but from Chicco. Can click in the car seat right into the frame which I love. Then the stroller seat can be forward or parent facing which is super important and something I didn't consider enough with our first stroller because we thought baby would have been in the bucket seat longer. Lol jokes on us, he hated it and we swapped him to an Evenflo Revolv car seat at like 5 months? So we had to switch to the main stroller seat but we had a Bravo which cannot parent face. So that didn't work as well for us as we hoped. Our friends loved it though. If you feel like you need the bassinet I'd look at Uppababy or Nuna though because I believe both have one and Chicco doesn't. If that isn't a want for you guys, I'd definitely consider looking at the Corso and comparing it to the Uppababy Vista/Cruz and some of the Nuna stuff. You could also totally get the Chicco stroller frame initially which is just for the car seat and then get a stroller with a baby/toddler seat once you have a better idea of what you want and how you'll use it. I wouldn't look at a specific travel stroller until they're older (well over 6 months). But our favorite is the Munchkin Sparrow Ultra if you want something compact and that's basically a fancy umbrella stroller. Not a lot of storage but if you just need it for airports, hotels, and similar situations, it's fantastic. Best of luck hun. ETA sorry I missed the bassinet thing. Either get the adapter for the car seat for Uppababy or Nuna unless there's a stroller you like more for the bassinet. If you don't think you'll have a second kid very close in age, I'd consider the Cruz over the Vista for the weight. That way you're not paying for the expand to double feature if you're not gonna use it