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Dumb Question
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Is a travel system just basically buying the stroller and the car seat together? Is there an advantage to buying them together vs buying them separately?
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I wasn't terribly interested in any of the travel systems. So I got the City Mini, Chicco carseat, and the adapter so I could put the carseat on the stroller. I loved the way the City Mini handled and the super easy fold. With the adapter it acts just like a travel system.
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Similar to cinderin, we have a graco car seat and snap n go. Several other strollers have attachments that allow you to use your car seat with the stroller. You'll want either a travel system, snap n go, or car seat attachment for the stroller you choose for when they are young and can't sit up in a stroller on their own. Then you can just put the car seat directly into whichever option.
Noe that we have two, we use the joovy caboose ultralight (sit n stand) if we have both kids with us. We can put the car seat in the front and Delilah can sit or stand on the back. Works great for us. Also now that zack sits, he can sit in the front part if we don't want to keep him in the car seat.
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I think PP explained it well. I just wanted to add we bought the Graco snugride infant seat and a snap and go for the car for when he was young and light, switched to the UppaBaby G-Lux umbrella for the car when he was able to sit up on his own. We wanted small, light and easy to use for out and about. Now he's in a convertable car seat and we use our umbrella only when we are mall shopping or for travel.
We also have a BOB Revolution for walks/runs at home as well as when we go camping or hikes.
I think you need to look at your needs, budget and space and decide on the best option for you. I loved the snap and go for the first 6 months for being easy to pop him in and out of the car but not having it take up much space.
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When I was looking at my options, I knew I wanted a jogging stoller and an umbrella stoller. TO me it wasn't worth it to get a whole travel system with a 3rd stroller in it. I ended up getting the Chicco Liteway Plus - it's an umbrella that converts into a travel system where you can put the car seat in as well! I LOVE IT - and am super happy I went this route. I ended up only needing to but the stoller and the car seat (which came with a base) and then we got an extra base for DH's car.
Here's a link to it - http://www.chiccousa.com/liteway-plus/home.aspx