Mint Latch

Joie is what I’m really looking at too! It was my favorite of the ones I pushed around at my local Target.

We got the Joie Nutmeg and Mint travel system and I LOVED the latch system of the carseat. It was so easy to get in and out. When my LO reached around 6 months, we switched him over to the Joie Chili360 and the spin feature helps my back so much. We got them from Target, utilized the car seat trade in program for 20% off (got a $5 booster seat off marketplace as our trade in) + opened a red card for extra savings, I ended up getting the travel system for around $200. I loved that it wasnt black, we get a lot of compliments on the brown color

As others have said, if you want a car seat that can click into a stroller, you have to get an infant one -- not a convertible one. I also like Nuna and Joie. Personally I prioritized a baseless car seat since we don't own a car and need it to work easilywith taxis, etc., so we got a Joie Mint Latch. This setup also works well for flying/traveling. In the same realm, the Nuna TRVL + Urbn system is really nice - my friend just got one and loves it. If I were starting over again that's probably what I would buy, but we were gifted a stroller before I did much research. Joie also has [travel systems](https://joiebaby.com/us/travel-systems) that are nice for a lower price point. I do wish Joie would make a stroller that's as light as the TRVL, but at least the Mint Latch is really light (9 lbs). >if we’re flying I’m planning to rent a stroller at our destination rather than travel with a big system Having just taken our first trip with baby, I can attest that bringing a stroller is actually super easy -- most airlines will let you bring it up to the gate and gate check it for you for free. I personally wouldn't want to deal with renting and returning a stroller if I didn't have to. Unless your day to day involves a lot of uneven terrain or something, I would just start with a travel stroller system and go from there.

Urbn, Graco GoMax, and Joie Mint latch are all baseless latch infant seats. All of the nuna seats can be installed baseless if you use a seatbelt btw. They’re all safe. People feel like they’re not safe because they’re new or because they don’t know how car seats work, but ask any CPST or look online for video demos - they can explain how it’s just as safe as other car seats on the market. People have this idea that the base that it clicks into, is safer, but when you have the baseless latch connection…it’s doing the same thing as the base is (connecting via latch lol) 😂 Idk the weight limits for the the Graco and Joie car seats but the nuna urbn, nuna pipa RX, and Aire RX all have the same weight and height limits now. They’re 4-30lbs and 16-30 inches. The older models varied more, but now they’re the same across the 3.

I had a Nuna (Pipa Lite RX) with my first and the Joie Mint this time and prefer the Mint! My baby always kicked off the sky drape on the Nuna and the Joie Mint honestly feels like similar quality to me (I have the maple that comes with the nutmeg). Strollers and convertible car seats are worth spending extra money on in my opinion, infant seats are outgrown too quickly to justify it to me. They all go through the same safety testing.

The Mint Latch uses maxi cosi/nuna adapters. It has worked on every set that I have tried. My Uppababy Minu adapters actually said they were compatible with Joie when I bought them in the spring.

Minu V3 also works with Joie car seats! We are doing the Joie Mint Latch ☺️

It works perfectly! Joie seats work with all Maxi Cosi post adapters that I have tried so far!

We have a Joie Mint Latch car seat and the Nutmeg stroller. We love them! Super High Quality! Plus you can get them on a huge discount right now at Target with the 20% off car seat deal. You don't even need to trade in a carseat! I watched a lot of reviews and there pretty similar and it seems like its about 85-90% of what Nuna offers in the Joie comparables for the price!

What about the Joie Rue or Mint Latch Carseats and the Joie Ginger LX, it has a bassinet mode. Joie also has a good amount of strollers that offere different features. We started out looking at Chicco but soon we became disappointing in the types of strollers they offered and then found the Joie Lineup. Joie is owned by the same company that owns Graco and Nuna and are very well known in Europe. We ended up buying the Joie Mint Latch and Nutmeg combo from target so we have a small easy one hand fold stroller thats light and we also plan on picking up the Joie Ginger LX or new Ginger DLX to have the bassinet mode for a newborn and when we go to Disney World.

We have the mint and ginger and love it my baby is 5 months 96th percentile and has 4in left till she max’s out the height for the mint she’s still very comfortable in it it has the option to use the seatbelt install if you want instead of the latch system, but it’s idiot proof, the shade goes down to her toes I love that. The kava looks nice like the Nuna mix! I got the saffron for the car seat upgrade and can’t wait to use it it looks so nice!

This I realized at 4months I had the angle wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️

I want to say the first week or two I did feel like my baby slouched in there 8lb baby removed the pillow at the appropriate time I did take the strap covers off till my baby was bigger tho because the fit was better without them but beyond that just make sure you adjust them once they’re in the seat like pull them up if needed. I want to say once we took out the insert and raised the strap level it was better but she was a bigger baby by that point. Also make sure you have the angle correct I messed that up and didn’t realize it was wrong till 4 months in and that’s why my baby’s head would go forward when she fell asleep. I would have saved myself the paranoia had I realized it wasn’t level early on.

We have the mint and ginger and love it my baby is 5 months 96th percentile and has 4in left till she max’s out the height for the mint she’s still very comfortable in it it has the option to use the seatbelt install if you want instead of the latch system, but it’s idiot proof, the shade goes down to her toes I love that. The kava looks nice like the Nuna mix! I got the saffron for the car seat upgrade and can’t wait to use it it looks so nice!