Chicco - Bravo Sport Travel System

one set of gparents bought the chicco bravo travel set (we used that stroller a lot but the wheels are worn down now), another grandparent bought a jogger stroller for my bf to run with my kid, and we bought a cheap small foldable stroller for quick outings…a lot of money in strollers but we use them all fairly often 😅🤷🏻‍♀️

I got the Chicco Bravo 3 in 1 travel system at my baby shower and love it! I keep it in the car since the car seat attaches to it. I also got a barely used Bugaboo Ant off Facebook Marketplace to keep inside the house, and I love it as a compact & lightweight travel/short errands stroller.

I don't think the chicco keyfit 30 is supposed to be one handed, but I have found at 7 months pp that I can make anything one handed with enough determination...hah! But in all seriousness the latch on the stroller to drop it down is one handed, you slide the notch with your pointer finger (while your hand is wrapped around the handle) & then pull up on the handle. This makes the stroller collapse into its nearly folded self. I pick it up with the side bar (so it doesn't unfold, bc it's one handed unfold too), and plop it in the trunk. The car seat has an easy latch notch that you just drop the carseat into for the seat base and in the stroller and it locks into place pretty easily. Then to remove the car seat from the base (it is easier with two hands but I'll explain how I do it with one), you hold up the release latch then lift up. When I have to do this one handed (bc of holding something in my other hand), I just lift up on the latch and while holding the latch up, I keep lifting, which brings the seat up and I turn it slightly (so that it doesn't fall back into the base's easy latch). Then I move my hand to grab the carrier handle and pull it out. ETA: I just saw the anti-recommendation for the chicco keyfit and caddy stroller. We didn't get the caddy stroller; the one we got was from Target and the name on the registry says "Chicco Bravo 3 in 1 quick fold travel system - Parker" and I know the carseat is the keyfit 30 bc we had to buy a 2nd base for my husband's car. Also wanted to add that in their anti-recommendation they mentioned grip strength issues. You would need a strong grip strength to be able to do the things I described one handed, and I didn't think about that, but I'll leave my comment and recommendation up in case it is helpful to someone.

I like the Chico bravo car seat stroller combo.

I would skip the travel system. Buy a car seat and a stroller that you like. A lot of brands have adaptors to fit whatever car seat you want (I think Chicco is the exception here - they don’t have adaptors for their strollers). We got a Chicco bravo/keyfit travel system with my oldest. He HATED that seat and we switched him to a convertible seat by 5 months. We reused it for my second and she ALSO hated it. I got a nicer Graco seat for her and it changed everything. We also weren’t huge fans of the Chicco stroller but it folded easily and was one of the few at the time that had an adjustable handle height. We ditched that stroller for a nicer one (mockingbird) with #2 (I suggest starting with a single to double stroller if you want to have more kids in the future) and the nicer stroller had a universal car seat adaptor, but we only took her in the stroller in the car seat a few times. I primarily babywore whenever we went shopping and the stroller is just for walks. You can skip the bucket seat all together if you want and go straight to a rotating seat (we have the Chicco fit360 and love it), the bucket seat is just convenient for taking into the doctors office or wherever when they’re super fresh or getting them buckled in inside in the winter/summer.

So, we bought the Chicco Bravo Sport car seat/stroller combo (from Walmart) and we really like them for our everyday combo. You do not NEED an infant seat for your newborn, but I found it so so so much easier to have the infant seat that clicks into the stroller for when we started taking her places. The stroller is so smooth and I don't think it's overly heavy. It's probably not the best for travel, but it is perfect for the grocery store, farmers market, etc. so we will probably end up buying a second stroller for our rare traveling times. If you plan to take baby out for long periods of time or on frequent walks, a stroller with a bassinet attachment is probably your best bet. At first I wish our stroller combo had one, but our baby was born in the winter so we wouldn't have gotten as much use out of it for the extra it would have costed. Our girl is 5 months old and almost 20lbs now so I just bought her a rotating car seat because she is about to outgrow her infant seat and she's getting harder to take in and out of it lol. We did a lot of research on rotating vs non-rotating and mainly decided on rotating because our primary vehicle is a truck that is a little taller than stock and it will make my life a lot easier to get her in and out!

I think this really depends on how you are going to use it. Ideally a good travel system will work for most people (stroller that comes with/attaches to car seat and/or bassinet). Are you mainly going to be using it indoors? On flat, nicely paved streets? Or for long walks? Treks across the city with a variety of terrain? Jogging? Is this something you want to fly with? Or something that will be often in and out of your car? Depending on your answers I would recommend different things. As a city-dweller, I don't mind having a heavier stroller if it means I get good shock absorption and bigger, air filled, tires. My side walks are unpredictable and I really wanted an "all terrain" stroller as I walk everywhere from the park to the grocery store. My stroller will have little to no time in my car, and zero time on an airplane. A bassinet attachment is also really important to me, as I don't want the newborn to have to use a car seat, when I don't even plan to be in my car. I also recommend getting things secondhand. Facebook marketplace is a great resource for all baby items. I currently have an almost 4 year old, and am due with this baby in September. With my first, and not knowing anything about strollers, I worked through three phases of strollers. 1-Infant travel system (Chicco Keyfit/Bravo), 2- All terrain stroller (Phil and Teds Sport, bought secondhand for almost nothing) 3-[Wagon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V2D4FF1?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1) \- We got this when my daughter was 2 and it became the only thing we used. Even if she doesn't ride in it, we can easily pack her stuff in it. The adjustable handle/handle options make it so she can push it around too. This is sooooo nice for the zoo. Also was great in the airport, but it is heavy. But it does fold up really easily and doesn't take up much space in our basement. If I could start all over and money were no object, I would have skipped the travel system and would probably get the Bumbleride Era, with the bassinet attachment, and a buggy board attachment for my daughter. I would still do the wagon too, eventually, but there are so many new options now I don't know if I would get something different.

We got the Chicco Bravo 3-in-1 Trio Travel System, Bravo Quick-Fold Stroller with KeyFit 30 Infant Car Seat and Base. About to use it within the next week or so! Was easy to put together and had great reviews on consumer reports and elsewhere. Family and friends highly recommended a travel system so that’s what we went with.

We also decided on the Chico Bravo. The keyfit carseat that comes with it scored high on safety ratings, and it was very affordable compared to other brands.

I could not stomach the price tag of some of the popular brands. We used Chicco keyfit car seats so went all chicco strollers. We got the bravo system for our first, then when our second arrived we got the Cortina double for them both and the keyfit caddy for a minimal car seat only stroller. My favorite is the keyfit caddy. It’s light and maneuverable. Super easy. The cortina is a beast, so pretty annoying, but necessary if you have two. The bravo was a great city stroller with only one.