Joie - ginger™ (Stroller component of ginger™ and mint latch™ travel system)

Ok I’m only 6 weeks in to being a Mom, but I love our Joie Mint Latch and Joie Ginger! We also had a friend give us their City Mini Baby Jogger and I’m excited to use that when my LO can sit up. The Joie Ginger is nice because it can turn into a bassinet and then when baby can sit up it becomes a seat. The Mint latch is baseless and clicks into the Stroller frame. It’s also a great price! Like $500-600 for the whole travel system.

I have a joie ginger and it’s ok! I like it but I think the folding mechanism on it are definitely lower end than the more expensive strollers

I’m pretty sure you can fold the ginger with the adapters? I think I’ve done it? The basket has two sections — one with a cover flap. I keep the adaptors in there so they don’t get lost.

I do like the pramette mode on the ginger! It’s nice that it’s not a separate piece/purchase and it’s not a whole conversion like it is for the bugaboo fox. That’s thing I probably like the most about it & why I wanted it. At the moment the stroller lives in my car for a few reasons… It doesn’t fold in pramette/rear facing so you either have for take the seat off, turn it & fold it — or what I do, remove & store the seat and then fold and store the the base. Both are super easy for me to manage on my own weight wise but I’m not sure how well I’d manage with them combined on my own. I’m also pretty sick of having to do that before & after every walk I go on; but that might be my own fault for storing it in my car. The Rue (and I think ginger too) are not no-rethread harnesses & im not looking forward to dealing with that. A friend warned me against it but I ignored her in my FTM naiveté. Oh and it’s not washable at all. I literally put a burp cloth under my baby because I’m not sure what I do when a big mess happens. And you can’t put a sheet on the way you can with the Uppababy bassinet. The canopy is meh. I don’t know if the nutmeg is anymore washable. I take it on sidewalks for the most part. It does fine. It’s nothing special but does the job. It did ok but not great the one time we took it “off road.” I will also say the folding mechanisms definitely feel cheap to me, you’re getting budget materials for a budget stroller, imo. I ended up buying a separate cup holder because I couldn’t get the included one to stay on

Yeah the canopy isn’t great on the ginger. I have the Rue and it’s not great on that either. I do think it’s easy to manage on my own. You can’t fold it in bassinet mode so I always take it apart and put it in my trunk in two pieces. I’m not sure how well I’d manage with two pieces combined but the frame isn’t bad at all. I have taken it “off road” a bit and it’s so great but we’ve managed

I have a Joie Ginger which is way, way cheaper. I got it telling myself I could spring for something more expensive down the line if it wasn’t cutting it. tbh, I don’t hate it— I’m able it manage getting it in and out of the car solo if I take the seat off the base. It does have a paramette mode so I’m using it with my newborn. But the mechanisms on it are just very flimsy compared to a higher end stroller (or at least I hope they are, I’d be pissed if my $1K stroller buttons felt this way) So ideally the butterfly 2 would be for a little bit down the line but I’m trying figure out just how far down the line that is! She’s five weeks now sooo at 6 months? A year? Because it also doesnt go parent facing & we don’t have a compatible car seat

So I do like the pramette mode! It’s nice that it’s not a separate piece/purchase and it’s not a whole conversion like it is for the bugaboo fox. That’s thing I probably like the most about it & why I wanted it. At the moment the stroller lives in my car for a few reasons… It doesn’t fold in pramette/rear facing so you either have for take the seat off, turn it & fold it — or what I do, remove & store the seat and then fold and store the the base. Both are super easy for me to manage on my own weight wise but I’m not sure how well I’d manage with them combined on my own. I’m also pretty sick of having to do that before & after every walk I go on; but that might be my own fault for storing it in my car. The Rue (and I think ginger too) are not no-rethread harnesses & im not looking forward to dealing with that. A friend warned me against it but I ignored her in my FTM naiveté. Oh and it’s not washable at all. I literally put a burp cloth under my baby because I’m not sure what I do when a big mess happens. And you can’t put a sheet on the way you can with the Uppababy bassinet. The canopy is meh. I take it on sidewalks for the most part. It does fine. It’s nothing special but does the job. It did ok but not great the one time we took it “off road” I’ve started to see a few of them “in the wild” but yes it’s pretty much only influencers! I think I saw it in target but it was up in a shelf so you could see but not try it. But even if you could, staff in target wouldn’t be able to help you like a baby store. 🙄 Also, i don’t think I have the LX, just the regular ginger? But it has the pramette mode!

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Ginger is in fact easy to fold and unfold you can unfold with one hand by popping the latch but need both hands to fold it I’m able to lift it to waist height to get it in my foresters trunk easily it’s done great on all the terrain I’ve tried haven’t taken it to a beach or rocky area yet. If you can get the newest version I have the original and would have waited for the LX just so I could have the extended canopy. Only downside is there’s no travel bag. Also look at the chive.

We love our Joie Ginger! We got the Ginger LX with the Rue car seat combo, which has a base. They also have an option to pair it with the Mint, which is a baseless car seat. The LX stroller has a few more features but if you wanna save a little bit more you could get the Regular Ginger. They have a few other stroller models that are also worth looking at that are all a little different.

We love our Joie Ginger! We got the Ginger LX with the Rue car seat combo, which has a base. They also have an option to pair it with the Mint, which is a baseless car seat. The LX stroller has a few more features but if you wanna save a little bit more you could get the Regular Ginger. They have a few other stroller models that are also worth looking at that are all a little different.

Same! It's well priced, the bassinet converts to a toddler stroller seat, and it has the adaptors to use the car seat with the stroller. Plus good safety standards!

I have the ginger xl and rue!! Love them! I also bought the 360 car seat for when he is older! Just as stylish as the nuna but without the price tag

I gave birth in February & this is what I use as well!! Love it!

I second this. After much research I am getting the joie ginger xl travel system. Great reviews and a fraction of the price

I got the Joie Ginger and Rue and love it. Also have a wrap carrier that I use if I want to run in somewhere quick