Nuna - PIPA Urbn

The Nuna Urbn also doesn't require a base, so it's easy to get in and out of cabs and Ubers (that's what it was designed for!)

Nuna TRVL urbn - bucket seat no base needed. You gotta anchor every time you put in the car. Something that can work is to get a bucket seat AND a convertible seat that can be the transitional seat as the bucket is outgrown. We personally did the NUNA pipa RX that comes with 1 base which was always on the main truck , BUT it have the option to use a seatbelt buckle no base needed grip for the secondary use vehicle. We felt it was a great investment with the stroller (got it before the newer travel systems came out)

We have the Urbn and love it!! But I’ll say, we are city folk and take a lot of cabs and Ubers, so it really is our best option. We have the Mixx Next and it’s great, but definitely a large and heavy piece of equipment. We have a lighter weight travel stroller for jaunts where we need to be more portable.

How big of an issue is budget? I went back and forth so much on this one but the one I went with ended up being my absolute favorite purchase. We went with the Nuna Urbn/Tavo Set. Dillard’s has a for $599 which is crazy budget for both. Urbn car seat is not sold on its own without a set. You can also pick another stroller set like the Mixx or Triv or Trvl (all have pros and cons) with the same car seat, but they will be anywhere from $900-1250 for the set. Here’s the thing about the Urbn- No other car seat like it on the market. It only weighs 7 lbs It doesn’t require a base to or seat belt to be hooked in. It uses a latch system that hooks directly into the car seat latches which are in all vehicles made 2012 or later (if in US). It was the most convenient thing ever if using multiple cars. My son’s dad and I split when he was 14 weeks old, so he was in all cars back and forth, and we also both use our vehicles a lot for work so not having a base left behind was sooooo convenient. I would suggest it to anyone. You can watch TikTok on the installation to see how it works just search Nuna Urbn install. Takes 5 seconds. The only con- Because it’s so lightweight and the latch system, it maxes out at 29 inches and 22 lbs for baby limits. So baby will not be able to use it quite as long as some of the other popular ones like Chicco Keyfit that go up to 35 lbs and 32 inches long for baby size max. That being said, when baby gets around that 20 lb mark, the car seat gets extremely heavy to still be moving in and out…and the other car seats with the higher maxes weigh more starting anyway. For example, the Uppababy Mesa weighs 12lbs to start, so even if it goes up to 30* lbs or so, not many people still want to remove and carry baby in it once that heavy. They can just get longer use out of it by remaining in the vehicle. But either way, you’ll still have to switch to a convertible car seat. With the Urbn, that just happens a bit sooner. Most babies max out height before weight anyway. We made it 9 months with Urbn before having to switch to Rava convertible. The Tavo stroller is heavy and large but so nice and luxurious for the price point in the set. I loved having it but 8/10 just carried the car seat bc it was so light. I ended up getting a really small travel stroller to use without the car seat at about 6 months old and kept the larger stroller for longer more comfortable outings. The Trvl or the Triv are going to be your best bet if you want lighter. And the Mixx is top of the line, has all the options and bells and whistles. If the lower weight limit and latch system isn’t necessary, the new Nuna Aire which uses the base (or seat belt options) is what I’d suggest. With bases, takes seconds to install as well, but you do need bases installed in all cars already for that to be quick. Without a base, it can always be installed with seat belt only but takes much longer than the Urbn with latch system. It’s why getting used to it I could never go back to something else. Hands down was my partner and I’s favorite purchase. I said in another post, people LOVE the Uppababy strollers. Particularly the Vista or Cruz V2. But I would suggest the Mesa car seat. You can get another type of car seat and an adapter ring for several of them if you love the stroller though and it makes the set. Best overall infant car seats by budget Graco Snugride Chicco Keyfit 35 Nuna Urbn or Aire Cybex also makes great ones Because of the $599 option at dillards for the urbn and Tavo, I wouldn’t recommend a Chicco Bravo set because they are almost the same price but are also still good. Same as the higher end Graco sets…they are in the $450-550 range anyway, might as well get the cheaper Nuna set bc of the quality. Nuna also uses no dangerous chemicals sprayed on their fabrics which is a plus. This color is $100 off of the other ones in other colors exactly like it. Dillard’s does that a lot on some colors. But Seriously cannot beat this price or deal for everything you get with [this](https://www.dillards.com/p/nuna-tavo-stroller-and-pipa-urbn-infant-car-seat-travel-system/519384726) [example](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NK3Rsk/) if install. You don’t even need the yellow guides. (We didn’t use them). Especially once you do it a couple times bc you know exactly where the hooks are.

Nuna Urbn is great. The car seas has legs with latches that can connect to IsoFix rings that exist in most cars, so a base is not required. It also fits the stroller, so you just push a button and move it from the car to the stroller. We also bought the flat bassinet for it (it comes with legs for indoor use if you want), but haven’t had the chance to try it

I also felt extremely overwhelmed by choice and I didn’t even understand how all the parts worked together. It is helpful to go to a baby store and try them out for yourself. I got the Nuna PIPA urban and MIXX next travel system (even these names are WTF???) because I live in an urban area and needed a small/lightweight contraption. It came with the car seat and the stroller itself can be used up until the kid is a toddler.

I also felt extremely overwhelmed by choice and I didn’t even understand how all the parts worked together. It is helpful to go to a baby store and try them out for yourself. I got the Nuna PIPA urban and MIXX next travel system (even these names are WTF???) because I live in an urban area and needed a small/lightweight contraption. It came with the car seat and the stroller itself can be used up until the kid is a toddler.

Agree- we got the TRVL and have really appreciated the one-handed fold. For a car seat we got the Pipa Lite RX because it has the European belt option and we mostly use a car with a base, but the urbn is a great option if you're going to be in a lot of different cars. I actually got the urbn+trvl bundle during the Nordstrom anniversary sale (and just sold the urbn on fb marketplace), it was $675+tax last year.

Not sure how old your little ones are but my 3 month old just took his 3rd flight today. The first two we had him as a lap infant because we had a car seat at the destination. It wasn’t too hard but definitely much easier with him in the car seat. He has a nuna pipa urbn (so you can compare size) & it fit perfectly in between the arms rests. The arm rests do raise as well, but we didn’t need to. The car seat also fit well down the aisle. Southwest allows 2 car seats in a row, but they have to be window & middle seat. Depending how old & if you breastfeed or not but we waited to feed him his bottle until we were taking off so that his first burping we could take him out of the car seat. If you have a seat for the child they have to be in the car seat during takeoff & landing which is somewhat difficult when they are so little especially if you breastfeed. If you aren’t going to offer a bottle a pacifier works too because they need to pop their ears manually on the way up & down. Depending on age as well being new toys that they have never seen before as it will occupy them longer. If they are still little they will most likely just sleep the whole time. Lastly, remember this is a form a public transportation. Children & babies are allowed to act like children & babies. Don’t be embarrassed or get overwhelmed by other people (easier said than done I know). You got this!!

We have the Nuna trvl and pipa urbn system and love it. My husband is 6’5” and pushes the trvl comfortably. We don’t have another stroller we just have the trvl. The pipa urbn is so so easy to clip in and out of any car. We’ve used it on a domestic trip and international trip and clipped it in and out of Ubers, courtesy hotel cars etc. with no issue. We’re starting to look at moving to a convertible car seat now at 8 months as our baby is about to be too long but weight wise she still has several lbs to go. It’s getting more awkward to carry with her in it now anyway.

I am a car seat tech and I get sent free seats/travel systems/strollers to review- I was not paid to write this review, but here are my thoughts. Uppababy strollers are nice if you’re into the tandem stadium style setup (it wasn’t for us, but that isn’t universal!). I’ve enjoyed using the Vista in single mode recently though I do generally prefer a lighter stroller, personally. Their strollers are excellent quality. Their car seats… not so much. The Mesa V2 has a really challenging design where a lot of newborns and even older babies end up in a chin-to-chest position, which is dangerous for tiny airways. It’s been a problem with every version of Mesa but it’s worse with the V2 than with the original Mesa (not quite as bad as it was with the Mesa Max, which was so severe that Uppababy literally had to discontinue producing that seat). If you are really committed to Uppababy infant car seats specifically, I would personally get 2 Aria seats. The inserts and internal design are much better for infant positioning, and as a bonus the bases come with a load leg, which is a significant safety feature. I have a singleton newborn (and 4yo twins which is why I’m here!) and I also work in a NICU as their car seat professional- I have only seen acceptable fits in the Mesa V2 a handful of times (it’s common for preemies to fail their car seat test in the V2 and need a completely different seat to discharge) whereas the Aria has been decent to work with. My newborn looks great in it (though she does happen to cry in it a lot lol). The Vista is compatible with a variety of other car seats with the right adapters. I personally do not find adapters to be a pain or challenge at all, and used them the entire time my twins were babies in the same stroller, to enable me to use two different brands of infant car seats that I preferred to use. The Nuna Pipa line, Clek Liing, and Chicco Keyfit 30/35 are all compatible with the Vista and all provide a better newborn fit (and also last a bit longer on the other end before being outgrown, compared to the Aria, which is a very short framed seat to enable it to be so lightweight). My baby’s personal favorite seat seems to be the Nuna Pipa Urbn and my personal favorite seats to use are the Liing and the Keyfit 35. If you are set on the Vista, I would really recommend the Aria or one of these non-UB seats for a better infant fit and overall user experience! Poorly fitting infant car seats are a crappy situation that no brand new twin parent wants to be dealing with

Since Nuna pipa URBN does not come with a base you would need to secure the car seat in your car every time as opposed to just clicking it in place. We opted for nuna pipa RX instead for this reason (which we also bought on Nordstrom anniversary sale today!)

Id say check out videos of car installation for base vs baseless Nuna models just to get that comparison! For us, since we own our own vehicles we preferred the ease of RX compared to URBN

We live in Chicago and did extensive research. Was between the Doona and the YoYo. Went in person and ended up with the Nuna which wasn’t even on my radar as an option. We got the Nuna trvl lx with the pipa urbn car seat. Bundle is $950. The biggest thing for me was safety and the ability to handle the stroller in an urban area alone. You press a single button and homie folds up like a dream and isn’t heavy at all. While it was ok… The issue with the Doona was it’s a multi step process and not one you can do alone while holding a baby in one arm. The Nuna stroller is newborn and toddler ready which was a huge plus for us. Car seat easily pops in and is a dream in terms of putting in the car without the need for a base. You can also attach with a seatbelt. Overall very happy with our purchase!! Highly encourage you to look in person to make the best decision.

This. I was surprised at the heaviness. I was pleasantly surprised with holding the Nuna and the car seat and I wasn’t really struggling.

Nuna Pipa Urbn. Love it and don’t need a base. Easily clips into cars or can be seat belted in. TBH it’s worth the money. We have thrown that guy into so many cars and it’s extremely easy to use.

After lots of shopping around, we went with the Nuna PIPA urbn and Demi Next. Was able to try different combos (mainly UPPAbaby and Nuna) in our vehicles and really liked the one we chose.

We went with the Nuna Demi Next and Pipa URBN. This will be our first too and we’d love a similar age gap to you. The Demi Next can be a double stroller but also came with a fun rider board attachment. We also like that the car seat is baseless.

My friend has the Evenflo and loves it. When I tried to fold it down and put it in my car it was just too big and bulky for us. We ended up going with the Nuna triv and pipa urban system. I understand it’s super expensive tho. I would have loved to get something cheaper but I couldn’t find anything that would fold and collapse as light

I highly recommend looking at the Nuna URBN car seat. There are a couple different stroller pairs you can get with it, we have the TRVL. But the URBN doesn’t require a base which is amazing for traveling. The TRVL stroller is light weight, one hand open and close. We loved the set so much, especially has big travelers.

I have the Nuna pipa rx and the triv stroller. The pipa urbn did not have all the safety features I wanted, as another user mentioned above. Would really only get it if you plan to take Ubers/taxis etc. I also tested the trvl stroller in store along with the triv and mixx. The trvl, while very lightweight and easily collapsible, did not have the option to rear face when using the stroller seat (you can rear face the car seat though). It also felt very flimsy, as though a strong breeze could knock it over. The triv could rear face, it was only about 5 lbs heavier, and it collapsed just as easily. I preferred it over the mixx which was very large and much heavier. Overall, if you are just using it in your own car to go about your town, I wouldn’t recommend this system, but I would recommend other products in the Nuna line. We paid $400 for the pipa rx and $700 for the triv stroller. For reference

I love my Nuna Pipa Urbn - so lightweight and can install/remove in seconds, without sacrificing safety. I don’t own a car so having a light and baseless car seat for easy install was a priority (i Uber sometimes) - might not be as important for you tho.

Hey! I’d recommend looking into the Nuna TRVL LX + Pipa URBN! That’s what I have and have really loved it. Just took baby on her first plane trip at 2 months old and it was great. My beef with the Doona (many of my friends have it) is mainly rooted in the idea that since it tries to be both car seat and stroller it fails at being a very good one of either of those things. Yes it can do both, but not very well in my opinion. It’s a huge, clunky, heavy car seat with a giant base, and a small, rickety, no-frills stroller which can’t navigate much more than well paved surfaces. The Nuna Pipa URBN is a baseless car seat which is lightweight and seamlessly integrates with the TRVL LX stroller, which is also a great stroller in its own right. The stroller folds flat, is lightweight, can be used on its own with infants, has large enough wheels to navigate varied terrain, and is tall enough that you won’t have to hunch. All around just a better long term solution in my opinion. Happy to answer any additional questions if you or anyone else has them, but I’m sure there are lots of other reviews you can find online too

My bestie has it, and I truly don’t get the appeal. Yes, you can travel with one piece of equipment versus an infant stroller and a travel stroller, but that’s kinda the only perk I see. IMO, it’s heavy, the wheels suck (seriously couldn’t get over gravel at a pumpkin patch we went to), it still needs a base so have to travel with that, the sun shade is soo short so you need a muslin blanket with you, it doesn’t last for very long so you still need to buy another stroller (yes I know you have to buy another car seat when moving on from the infant car seat, there’s ZERO storage, the handle bar is short (I’m 5’9), and it can’t fit in the aisle of some planes so you have to pick it up anyway. I could be wrong, but I also don’t think it’s rated as safe in some countries including Canada — we got our car seat installation inspected by CHP before baby girl arrived, and the officer said the Doona is hard to install safety/correctly and needs to be checked every single time you take it in and out. We love Nuna and our friends who had the Doona actually transitioned to Nuna after their baby grew out of the Doona. We have the infant carrier, stroller, travel stroller, had the bassinet attachment when baby girl was smaller, and are getting one of the other rear facing car seats when she grows out of the infant seat. I love that the base goes to the floor — it’s extremely safe. The stroller is can get heavy if you’re doing lots of errands but is gorgeous and not so bad it stops me from using it. The travel stroller works with the infant car seat without another attachment which I love for lots of errands or, ya know, travel lol. The sun shades on all the products are so good. Couldn’t recommend more.

i’ve had two nunas; you HAVE to rear face them for infants my dude (preferably as long as possible). and let me tell you; when i had a mazda 3, it made the front passenger seat unusable. i had to get an outback as a 2nd family car to make it work and they’re known to have a gigantic rear passenger seating area. there’s no way i’m breaking my back trying to fit my kid in the back of my brz lmao; maybe once he can front-face and climb in/out himself, then i’ll consider it

you can make it work as long as the nuna base fits (i dont see why it wouldnt) but the front passenger seat needs to be pushed all the way out front. since youre looking at nunas, i definitely recommend getting a base/stroller/ carseat combo so you can just clip in and out without having to struggle actually putting your infant in the seat

So we started out with the Nuna travel system and got bases for my car, my husbands truck and my moms car. I got the cheaper stroller of their line with my first that the car seat attaches to. When he outgrew the infant car seat at about a year, I got the Evolve 360 as others have recommended and love it, I highly recommend that one while they’re still rear facing. Now that he’s facing forward he can just crawl in himself so we have a cheaper one and will use the evolve for my 2 month old once he outgrows the infant car seat. For my second I am reusing the infant car seat and bought the nicer stroller secondhand that the car seat can click into, but also has a comfier seat attachment and bassinet attachment. If I had to do it over, I may look at other brands that do the same thing but less expensive than Nuna, but overall happy with our experience and their products.

Nuna makes an awesome infant carrier we just got two bases

We have the nuna and I don’t feel like it’s heavy at all. I’m dad so maybe that’s why but it’s super super light compared to my brothers Doona. Also, my nephew who is 30th percentile has already grown out of his Doona at 1. Plus the tires on the Doona are tiny. And plastic. I routinely run over large rocks/curbs/anything I wasn’t with our nuna and my 11 month old loves it.

No man that thing weighs more than my son. My SIL is tiny. Like 4-11, 100lbs and the only way she gets that beast out of my brothers truck is basically just chucking it. Plus, those wheels just aren’t made as well as the Nunas. All my friends have children and of all of our car seat/stroller systems I can confidently say the Nuna is the best I’ve seen. By a wide margin Edit: my 11 month old is also gonna fit in the Nuna for a long time still. He’s almost too big for my nephews Doona already

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!

I didn’t use one with my first and I did with my second and it is honestly just so easy to be able to click them in to their stroller in the bucket. For me it made the biggest difference with errands and appointments. Without it, just being able to stop at a grocery store was a pain pulling her out and getting the carrier on, or if she was sleeping I couldn’t stop because I didn’t want to wake her. With my 2nd baby and the travel system (we have the Nuna) it’s so much easier. I just click her in and zip in and out of the store. Same with appointments etc. it was still a hard pill to swallow buying a $500 car seat we would use for only a year, but it’s definitely been worth it.

I’m a third time mom. I have a 17, 15 and 22 month old. The Nuna Car Seat is a splurge but well worth it! I am a registered nurse turned stay at home mom so believe me when I say it’s compact, simple to use and durable!

I’m currently using the Nuna Revv but used the Nuna Pippa when she was younger (forgot to mention the model)

We also have the era. I love that you can recline it flat for walks. We got nuna car seat because I liked the materials and it's very light. I'm not sure if it'll fit in a small car (it fits great in my Rav) but definitely another option to look into. I found the Chicco car seat very heavy and bulky in comparison

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.

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!!

My biggest suggestion is to test drive them if you can. My requirement was one that I could maneuver one handed as I walk the the dog at the same time. I was able to get a Nuna off Craigslist for a good price, so that's what we went with. So far I am happy with its maneuverability and how easy it is to click in the cars eat, Bassinet, etc. It is a bit on the heavy side though and takes up a lot of trunk space in the car.

Yeah, we had major sticker shock looking at strollers. I checked the 2nd hand market every day to see if we could snag either a nuna or uppababy. Eventually, I got super lucky, and the Nuna came up at a very reasonable price with multiple attachments. Typically, the car seat is sold separately from the stroller. You can mix and match some brands if you get the right attachment. I know you can use the Nuna car seat with the uppababy stroller.

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

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.

I just scored a deal for a Nuna car seat and stroller system through Crate & Barrel, about $350 off around a month or two ago? Color wasn’t my top choice (we got the navy/ocean blue and I love the look of the black and the brown leather detail, but for almost $400 off I’ll take the navy lol)

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.