Nuna - PIPA RX

can’t go wrong with the nuna car seats! pipa rx for infant seat (highly recommend w mixx next stroller) and rava for convertible

My final 3 strollers came down to the Nuna Mixx Next, the Uppababy Cruz, and the Silvercross Reef. my wife liked the Nuna the most, and we had already decided to get the Nuna Pipa RX infant carseat before hand anyways. My second choice would've been the Reef but damn that thing is expensive. That's the 1 con about silvercross.

Uppababy Vista V2 for the win! We didn’t like the uppababy car seats so went with the Nuna Pipa RX and got the adapter. It’s super easy to snap on and both are working really well for us. I also was dead set on a bassinet attachment and am really glad I followed through because we love it and use it all the time. Baby is 1 month old and we use the bassinet attachment when we go out to dinner. She sleeps so well in it! We also use it daily for walks.

We have a Bugaboo Fox 5 and the adjustable height is great for my husband and I - we’re both tall. We got the stroller for a great deal on GoodBuyGear. We use it with a Nuna Pipa RX.

We’ve been pleased with our Nuna Pipa RX and intend to get a Rava when he outgrows the Pipa. We need a more compact front to back seat anyway, but even if we didn’t we’d still be sticking with Nuna.

We personally got a car seat that would be compatible with both the full sized and travel stroller. We did a Nuna seat and Bugaboo strollers, and I think a lot of seats work with those Maxi-Cosi type adapters. I’ve heard fantastic things about the Clek. Do we use the seat with the travel stroller often? Not at all. Is it even necessary? Probably not. Is it nice to have? Yes. Would I be mad at myself in a situation where it would be handy if I *hadn’t* gotten a compatible car seat/travel stroller combo? Absolutely. So, completely necessary? Nah. But if you’re even questioning it, that means you’ll probably find yourself in a situation later on where you will appreciate just going ahead with it.

Infant car seat?? Nuna Pipa RX!!!

I don't know why everyone is recommending the doona. If you're walking around NYC - it will not be a comfortable stroller. With all the cracks and bumps on the street. With zero storage. Hard Pass. You can get a regular nuna pipa rx. You can strap the baby into any car. And get adapters to click into other strollers like Uppababy.

Absolutely Nuna Pipa RX for infant car seat, will get the RAVA once my baby becomes bigger😊

This was me a month ago. I did all the research and reading online and was so overwhelmed. I didn’t think there was a baby boutique in our city so we went to Nordstrom. The sales girl there was only knowledgeable about Nuna strollers/seats so she showed us those and I was pretty overwhelmed by all the options. Then my husband found a baby boutique in a city 3 hours away so we took a day trip. That was amazing. They had a dedicated sales person go through all their products and demoed everything. Very thorough. They had a regular car seat there with a seatbelt to show you how to strap these infant car seats in without the base. And I also felt I was less overwhelmed this time bc I had already seen them once. Then they told me there was a baby boutique in my city lol. So third time I went to the store in my city. This time we pretty much know which one we wanted but wanted to check out swatches and compare some minor details and had some additional questions. So I highly recommend going to a store to check these out. Another pro is that they’ll usually let you take the floor model car seats out and test it in your car. You want to make sure it fits bc once opened, they can’t be returned. Con is they usually only have the most expensive brands and once you look at these, the cheaper brands will look like crap lol. My husband keeps going up to cheaper stroller and shaking them and say this is not a sturdy as UB lol. So we decided on the Nuna Pipa RX with the base. My husband wanted the anti rebound feature which is in the base. We’re just getting one bc we use my car 90% of the time. We were debating between this and UB Aria bc the Aria is so light. But the sales person told us the Aria is shorter so babies outgrow it faster. Although a new version is coming out soon. He said most babies will outgrow a car seat height wise before weight. For stroller we’ll probably go with the UB Vista. I wanted the Minu bc it’s so light and compact, can lay flat, and has a strap for carrying but my husband wants big wheels. Then I was considering the Cruz bc it’s slightly smaller and more easy to maneuver. But I don’t think I can wait for the Cruz V3 bc I’m due in September. And we also want to have 2 kids back to back if everything goes well. Sorry for such a long comment lol.

We have the Nuna Pipa (regular) and used it with our Vista stroller with the help of adapter clips. 10/10, would do again, it was the perfect combo for us and I highly recommend.

We have the Nuna Pipa URBN and LOVE it!! This is our first baby though so we don’t have much experience with any other car seat. We initially bought the regular Pipa that uses a base and it made our passenger seats virtually unusable (2016 BMW X5 and 2019 Volvo XC-90). The URBN sits lower on the seat due to not using a base and fits much better. It is a breeze to get in and out of our cars, easy and stress free to use in others’ cars, and I love that when I don’t have his car seat in my car all the seats are usable (none taken up by a base). I will say we’ve put it in a couple cars where the seat latches are covered with fabric held in place by Velcro and it has to be undone to install, which is less convenient, but hasn’t been a huge deal for us and in those cases we just use the included latch guides. We also heard people say the base is easier to get in and out every day but for us it’s been super easy, but again we only have experience with the baseless! I’ve also heard critiques about the size/weight limit, but my son was 16 lbs (25th percentile) at 6 months and it’s already pretty heavy. I can’t imagine wanting to carry a baby in a bucket seat around past the 22lb URBN limit personally.

Have the Nuna tavo. Love it bc it’s so easy to use with the Nuna rx car seat. You can also lay the seat completely flat and has buttons on the feet, so it acts Iike a bassinet. Really didn’t want to buy a bassinet bc it felt like a waste of money. Also think about how the weather will be when your baby is born. It’s great in the wintertime to move the car seat into the stroller and cover her up completely to stay warm.

The Noona is probably the best car seat that turns into a stroller - it’s an all-in-one. So you don’t have to worry about bringing along a separate stroller. It is great for the first year or so. And the Noona is stroller is small so you can easily bring it to wherever you’re going without it being a hassle. The ones like Uppababy Vista are good too, but it requires you to bring a separate stroller that you can click the car seat into. But once the kid outgrows the infant car seat, the stroller is just a large stroller and doesn’t really have any major benefits over any other stroller. I’ll say this - we used the Uppababy system for our first two kids then did the Noona for our third - and I really wish we had gone for the Noona in the first place.

My brother and SIL had kids first in our family. My SIL is a little boujee and wanted Nuna everything. I had my son a year after their daughter so they lent my their Nuna carseat and bassinet with base and gifted me the Nuna stroller. I was appreciative but thought $1k for all that mess was excessive. I would not have sprung for it had it not been gifted. I really loved it though. It was so easy. I've lent it to friends. Our Nuna stuff has gone through 6 babies so far. I now have baby #2 5 years later. The infant car seat has since expired so I sprung for a new Nuna so it would fit with the whole system. She sleeps in the bassinet downstairs during the day and I just click that into the stroller for walks then I switch it out with the car seat to go somewhere. The stroller is really nice because even though it's big and heavy duty it travels really well. It's great for just getting over mixed terrain. My friend who borrowed it last wanted a smaller lighter stroller but ended up borrowing mine and using it more because it handled so much better on bumpy roads and terrain. Anyway I'm thankful for my boujee SIL because she was right and it was made my life a lot easier.

I went with the cheapest Nuna travel system. It was around $800 for both the infant car seat and stroller combined. I’m hoping it’s good enough quality that I can use it for my second. It’s honestly super nice… but getting a stroller and car seat that was green guard certified was a top priority for me. I don’t want my baby exposed to excess chemicals and flame retardant fumes. I really hated that it was so expensive though.

Second this with the Nuna Pips and adaptors

We used a Nina Pipa - I think we needed to get adapters for the Vista but it worked great.

I think personal preference, personality, first time parents, and overconsumption is a huge part of this. As a FTM, husband and I wanted to splurge specifically on a nuna system (mainly because you didn’t need a base in every car to use and I see resale ones on FB marketplace), but were lucky as heck a grandparent wanted to gift us the funds for it… Aside from that initial planned investment, I asked for pre-loved clothes at my shower. Registered for a microwave sterilizer vs a machine. Couldn’t decide on a carrier bc they are overwhelming to pick and so expensive, so I settled for a boba wrap at least for the newborn phase. Even though they were gifts I wasn’t paying for, I didn’t want to contribute to overconsumption. Curious if there are specific items you are looking for? You got this!

Vista car seat is too large and bulky. Get the Nuna travel system. I HATE my uppa baby vista. It’s so large and bulky. I ended up buying the Nuna Triv. I originally bought the Nuna Trvl LX, but returned it

I think the Nuna is one of, if not *the* lightest infant seat on the market!

Nuna makes an awesome infant carrier we just got two bases

CPST- feel free to PM me for more details or suggestions. Basically some of the more expensive brands are more complicated to install or are outgrown more quickly. For instance the nuna infant seat needs a rolled towel to get it level in most vehicles. Uppababy infant seats are outgrown very quickly. You mentioned Clek but Clek is one brand that is very recommended by techs. I own 3 of them myself. The Clek liing is one of the most highly recommended infant seats on the market. We couldn't use it in our vehicles because we have Ev's but that would have been my top pick otherwise. We own 3 Clek foonfs. The Clek also has adaptors for uppababy strollers if you go that route.

I don’t have a full system but the nuna car seat and its adapters work well with our stroller (babyzen yoyo). We do find it’s easier to release one side at a time.

Nuna is about the parent conveniences. I had a Nuna infant car seat and it was super simple to strip and wash, intuitive to use the buckles, had simple but critical things like a hook to place car seat belts, and was a breeze to adjust and tighten. I curse my current car seat every time I have to use it and miss the nuna luxuries lol. I would just compare for features. Of the joie has all the similar features just maybe less cushy fabrics. I’d say that’s a good bargain version.

Our nuna car seats are hands down the best. We’ve bought cheap brands for travel + the maxi cosi’s for grandparents cars to compare. The nuna feels the sturdiest, highest end, and the thing doesn’t budge. It’s also incredibly comfortable and grows with your kids.

For us, no. We have the Nuna. Babies just hate being confined. Mine screamed every time she was in her seat from 4 months to 9 months! We played around with the Chicco and Cosco seats too, to see if any would help (nope - they didn't!). We ended up switching to a Britax One4Life around the 4 month mark to give her more space and so she could sit up more and see the world, but still dealt with screaming. Same thing happened to my friend who used both the Chicco and Graco systems for their two cars. They will eventually grow out of the screaming - we tried to bring a lot of entertainment and snacks to distract her and it helped immensely. She's just over 2 years old now and chills in her carseat for trips so it will get better, I promise you!

I’m a CPST who has installed hundreds of car seats and dealt with every company’s customer service. Nuna is top tier.

That’s why I feel like Nuna is a waste lol. The evenflo are very very very easy to install, so it doesn’t make any sense to buy extra bases, and they don’t even make them actually

Nuna customer service is top notch and its rated one of the best seats out there.

I think you'll be happy with either stroller - but I would really recommend looking at Nuna car seats instead of UB. UB just doesn't design their seats as well and there are more issues with fit than Nuna ever has. Do you expect another kid in the near future? I prefer the fold of the Demi to the Vista. I get so annoyed with closing the Vista and opening it, but it is a dream to push! I also love that the Demi comes with a built in mosquito net, and the second kid seat is not reduced limits like on the Vista. I never even tried the Demi unfortunately and I regret it!!

I love my mom cozy stroller and the nuna car seat! It’s a travel system which is so worth it in my opinion

Keep the Nuna carseat, get a Cybex Gazelle with bassinet attachment and/or Nuna carseat adapter attachment. Done.

We got our Nuna car seat from Kidsy at a discount because it was overstock. It was brand new and arrived super fast

I liked my nuna and found it very easy and lightweight (had a c section so that helped) I also had a nuna car seat but with us wanting a second kid I do regret getting the nuna!

My son hates nuna - we switched to graco and he was so much happier. But there is a stage where they just hate the car seat in general though

Oh you're totally fine! We have expensive seats. (Nuna, Britax, and Evenflo 360) A couple of the seats, were bought for our oldest before we had twins, but I have found that the Graco seats are still really nice and easy to install/clean. My friend has the extend2fits, and I wish I had gotten something like that. The Nuna's and the Evenflo 360 are such pains to take apart and clean.

Personally I don’t get the Doona for NYC. If you’re in the suburbs and getting in and out of a car all day, then sure. But for what you’re describing, I would get something like the Nuna Travel (or whatever it’s called). The Nuna car seats clip right on, they’re easy to fold, and you can use the stroller after the baby graduates out of in infant carrier (sooner than you think!). And Nuna has a baseless car seat now, and I think their other ones work with just the seatbelt. The Doona is also kind of small for an infant seat I think, compared to the Nuna.

Nuna is so easy to install compared to others. I found it rarely "moves", unless I did something wrong installing it. I thought our Graco moved too much no matter what.

I lived in Carroll gardens til my first baby was 17 months, and had a vista and a yoyo with a nuna car seat that can click into both without needing to buy the bassinet for either stroller. You can really only use the bassinet for 8 weeks and the doona for about a year so I would skip it. Time goes by so fast and the lifespan of these items is short, so the less you have to buy and then get rid of a few months later the better! I Have two kids now, 3 and 1, and we use the vista as a double for long walks zoo, botanic garden, things like that, but avoid bringing it into any Brooklyn sized shops (live in park slope/ Windsor terrace now) and never would bring it on the train as a single or double. You need a baby carrier and a smaller stroller for that type of thing. Congrats and good luck! 😁

People’s suggestions to check airline policy is good but we’ve been on 2 international trips now where our kid has her own seat with a car seat and still got some weird reactions. Not so much when we went to Asia, but when we went to Europe. Both KLM and Air France, the airlines we flew with, had policies online that stated kids under 2 with their own seat needed an approved car seat or buckle system (forget the correct term). Both also said rear facing for takeoff landing and front facing once cruising. In both cases cabin crew were EXCEEDINGLY confused by the presence of the car seat. KLM in the end left us alone (but did amusingly kept referring to the seat as the maxi cosi despite it being a nuna). Air France didn’t let us use the seat at all during takeoff and landing and then removed the seat while we were in the bathroom to try to look for the flight approved sticker. They eventually let us keep it when we found the sticker for them. Anywho, I’ve since gathered car seats on plane is a very American thing so just be prepared and know where the stickers are.

Damn what a gift. A neighbor buys Amazon pallets for fun & had like 20 nuna car seats in there. He sold us one for $30.

I live in Singapore. Many of our friends got the Doona Car seat and Stoller which folds up easily from a stroller into a car seat and then put into a Grab. We chose the Nuna car seat which is light and can latch into most Grabs easily. It can attach to our stroller. These are infant car seats which are easier to install. Once they get too big for them you either can use Grab Kids which has a car seat in it or find a different model. We chose to use the Maxi Cosi Nomad which is a more portable toddler car seat.

I also went with the Doona for travel and uppababy for the stroller / bassinet. However, I read a ton of similar complaints about the car seat so I went with the Nuna car seat. It easily snaps in to the uppababy with the attachment and works really well.