Chicco - Bravo Sport Travel System

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 like the Chico bravo car seat stroller combo.

I still don’t understand the bassinet options, my nieces never had those so I didn’t even look into them for my son. We got the chicco bravo stroller/car seat combo and he stayed in the infant seat for 6 months. EXCELLENTLY light, really easy to install and move in and out from car to stroller to just upstairs (we live on the third floor and have a case of stairs up our front yard so actually four floors) and the stroller is awesome for bumpy old city sidewalks/parks. Switched over to the graco 4ever dlx for the car for the rest of his baby/toddlerhood, turns into a booster, etc. By 6 months he fit into the regular upright position on the chicco stroller so we didn’t have to buy another stroller

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.

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 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.

I spent months agonizing over a stroller and concluded there is no perfect stroller that's both fairly light and also good on rough terrain and has a bassinet option and that you don't have to buy a million add-ons for. When are you due? I'm due in January and at first I really wanted the bassinet option too but realized realistically it wouldn't get a ton of use, I'm not going to be taking him for long walks in the winter and mall walking will probably be limited until he gets his vaccinations, I'll probably do more baby wearing when he's little. So, I gave up the bassinet thing. If money is no object for you, I hear great things about the Uppababy strollers. For me, I ended up picking a Chicco bravo travel system and I'll probably also end up getting a heavier jogging stroller second hand later that I can use on rougher terrain and maybe a light umbrella stroller. I think most parents end up with more than one stroller. Check and see if there are any stores near you that you can try out strollers -- some Targets and Nordstroms do, and some specialty baby stores