Best baby travel system if money was no object?

bylromarha

OP - when you say you want to use it as long as possible, do you mean for this current bubba, or are you looking for something which can be used as a single pushchair now, then can be adapted to hold 2 babies at the same time?

If you're planning the family to grow again within 2 years of this babies birth, it may be worth looking at something like the Bugaboo Donkey (who named that pram?!) or the Icandy Peach which go from single to double buggies?

Not sure if they'd fit in the boot of a Polo though...

If you are looking for a solo pram, check out the silver cross range - there are some amazing travel systems on there.

dizziblonde

And in answer to the boot thing - yep I've seen our local Kiddicare and Mothercare both have steady streams of staff and parents going out into the carpark to try things in car boots for size. One of our neighbours has a Polo and it always looked a helluva squeeze to get their pushchair into the boot from what I've seen (I can't remember what they've got though).

I could have fitted a small country in the basket of my iCandy Cherry and the two part fit would mean I'm sure it would have fitted in the boot of my old Micra so would probably fit in a Polo - but people are a bit marmitey about pushchairs you need to take the seats off to fold in terms of if they like 'em or not... I can't see how you'd fit something with a hard carrycot option in the car though (assuming you wouldn't just be using the carseat if going out in the car) since they tend to take up a fair whack of extra space - something with a soft cocoon type option might be better there?

If you went for the buying something with the option to go to a double - would recommend thinking about the second seat now in case the model changes and the new doubles kit doesn't fit, or the colours change and you're like me and get really bugged by mismatches... that's just something that springs to mind with what a previous poster mentioned.

If I was buying a pushchair to go right through from what I know now (and if I didn't need a double) I'd probably be going for something like the Britax B-Smart - I had the double version and it was the easiest thing I'd had in terms of popping car seats on and off and turning seats around to face different directions and the like - and actually fitted my very very very tall kids (one's above the 91st centile line and the other's off the top of the charts) - and the red is lush!

becca0417

Just to say that the bugaboo chameleon isn't too heavy. I'm 5 ft2 and have a very tiny frame and even I can lift it in and out the boot on my own when pregnant. I expected it to be a lot heavier

mysecretalias

bylromarha wrote: »

OP - when you say you want to use it as long as possible, do you mean for this current bubba, or are you looking for something which can be used as a single pushchair now, then can be adapted to hold 2 babies at the same time?

If you're planning the family to grow again within 2 years of this babies birth, it may be worth looking at something like the Bugaboo Donkey (who named that pram?!) or the Icandy Peach which go from single to double buggies?

Not sure if they'd fit in the boot of a Polo though...

If you are looking for a solo pram, check out the silver cross range - there are some amazing travel systems on there.

I am literally not even thinking past the first baby yet for various reasons but thanks for the advice. If we are lucky enough to be able to have another baby, we would simply sell the first one or pass it onto friends etc if it didn't adapt into a double.

My OH likes the silver cross ones and I think we are going to check out the Surf which someone suggested x

emz118

We're hoping to get the uppababy vista and maxi cosi seat too.

Kiddicare do sell them. In Bristol they didn't have them in John Lewis, but did in Kiddicare.

GwylimT

I wouldn't bother with a travel system unless your will rarely use it as a pram, babies can only spend two hours in a car seat until they're 4-6 months/can sit up better and hold their head up. Both the positioning of a young babies head in a car seat and the fact that their body is in effectively in a U shape does make it more difficult for them to breathe. Unfortunately lots of parents use car seats as somewhere to let their baby sleep and to push them around for hours.

The only decent travel system are the ones that have fully flat lying car seats, britax does one that looks like a carry cot, I should think there are other ones as well though. It might be a bit pricier but you could look at pushchairs that you can use for a long time, e.g. from the pram to push chair stage instead of buying different ones for different stages.

flossy_splodge

Hi. My elder daughter is going through this for her first child due beginning of Jan.
We had a look at the weekend at the Mothercare Expedior.
Its her favourite so far.
There were of course many other more yummy mummy styles but the Expedior seemed excellent.
It's a complete travel system so seems to tick all your boxes too.
Suggest might be a useful one for you to look at. Was very easy to dismantle/fold up/lift etc.
Good luck.

hawk30

GwylimT wrote: »

I wouldn't bother with a travel system unless your will rarely use it as a pram, babies can only spend two hours in a car seat until they're 4-6 months/can sit up better and hold their head up. Both the positioning of a young babies head in a car seat and the fact that their body is in effectively in a U shape does make it more difficult for them to breathe. Unfortunately lots of parents use car seats as somewhere to let their baby sleep and to push them around for hours.

The only decent travel system are the ones that have fully flat lying car seats, britax does one that looks like a carry cot, I should think there are other ones as well though. It might be a bit pricier but you could look at pushchairs that you can use for a long time, e.g. from the pram to push chair stage instead of buying different ones for different stages.

I like having a travel system. Great for nipping into the supermarket on the way back from a baby group, just attach the car seat and go. I take the carrycot with me if I know or suspect she would need to be in her car seat for longer than two hours.

penguin83

I love my Uppababy Vista and it is by far the best pram I have had (three babies). My baby slept in the bassinet overnight too on a stand as it is bigger and sturdier than a moses basket (and suitable for overnight sleeping) x

daleigha

I agree with GwylimT - we had a travel system for DS, and a Polo. It didn't fit in the car without a lot of faffing about, and I was unhappy with DS spending any time longer than necessary in the car seat. We bought a petite star zia when he was about 3 months old, and a maclaren xt when he was about 1. Both much easier to fit in the car, lighter, easier to ready for baby etc.

I now have DD (3 months) and am using the maclaren xt for her - I leave her carseat in the car permanently. If I'm going somewhere it takes 10 seconds to put up the maclaren, or I carry her if it's into someones house etc.

The only issue I have with the maclaren is that she's forward facing (still ok from birth as it lies flat) but I did consider buying a maclaren xlr, and a carrycot, and she could have been rear facing. Of course then there's still the issue of packing it all in the car, but the carrycot could have stayed at home for long walks, and the buggy popped in the car for town trips etc. I still think it's easier than a travel system.

My 3yo DS would still comfortably fit in the XT (and I think the XLR is a little bigger) so it really is a system to use from birth to toddler.

It's so dependant on your individual circumstances - one previous poster said travel systems are great for taking baby out for short trip to supermarket etc - for me, living in a big city, I never made that sort of trip, I would have just waited for my husband to get home and walked 2 minutes to our nearest shop for milk or whatever. I mainly drove places to walk (forest parks etc) so it had to be something that fitted in the car. I didn't need all terrain buggies as I dfidn't trek down country lanes on school runs etc..... one size defo doesn't fit all!!