We live in the Palisades and love our Bugaboo. Depending on where you are in SV - some parts are hilly and some not so much - I would skip the citymini if you plan to keep it into toddlerhood. It gets so heavy to push up hills. I sold mine and bought a Bugaboo Donkey (single to double for when Baby #2 arrived) and I love the thing. OTOH, it’s easy to sell a used stroller so whatever you pick will be fine until you decide it’s not.

Silver cross is the nicer version of the vista and we have loved it for city living. For a little extra, it was worth it.

Our City Mini is a great balance of good wheels and easy fold/relatively lightweight. We are upgrading to City Select just because we’ll be using as a double stroller in a few months. We used the City Mini with a click in attachment for our infant bucket seat. My 3 yr old still uses it and is plenty comfortable. Until he was sitting up we mostly used the snap and go style stroller frame and that was adequate for most needs and SUPER lightweight and easy.... it does store more under the basket if that matters to you. You could buy one of those used on FB Marketplace or relatively cheap with a coupon and then buy yourself a little more time to decide how much you’d actually use a stroller (it’s all you really need until baby is sitting up) before you spring for something much pricier.

We used the Vista solidly for the first 2.5 years of my kid’s life. However we had the Orbit infant car seat, so the stroller attachment is what we used for trips when she was younger. The Vista was for walking around our neighborhood and small grocery trips.

We have a lighter stroller for traveling.

I live in the suburbs and while I’m only 6 weeks pp as a ftm, I’ve been loving the vista. I just keep the frame in the trunk of my car. We have the Mesa infant car seat and the baby often falls asleep in the car so we just pop that in the frame. Can’t imagine trying to transfer him, I would be scared he would wake up. And it’s been really nice having him sound asleep while out to the occasional lunch or while running errands. I will admit that we don’t use the bassinet that much, a few walks around the neighborhood on warmer days. If he weren’t a winter baby I think we would get a lot more use out of it.

Does a stroller exist that has good rubber wheels for outdoor walks AND folds well/is not overly heavy for car/public transport trips?

Do you want to have just one stroller? Because that changes things

We still have a Baby Jogger stroller that we bought 10+ years ago that replaced a Bob. The Bob was great, but not super easy to fold (things may have changed - our first is about to turn 14 ;P). The Baby Jogger folded pretty easily and took up less room. This was our home based stroller that we used to walk around our neighborhood and on the community walking trails.

We also had an umbrella stroller for car trips, because the jogging stroller was too bulky for that.

Good luck - and keep in mind, you never know what kind of baby you will have, so you may find your needs change over time.

I personally would not have survived without the infant seat for either of my children.

Anonymous wrote:Uppababy vista. City mini is tiny and your kids will outgrow it quickly. Vista can be used until 5 at least.

I live in the suburbs and have the Vista...it sits unused in my garage because it's so annoying to get in and out of the trunk constantly. I end up using my travel G-Lite most of the time, which I love. I do love the Vista, but it's better for people who don't have to collapse it all the time. We have a 1 year old and another on the way though so we will probably start to use it more with two.

Umm city mini is not tiny! My 7 year old will climb in it at the zoo if our 2 year old is walking, and she has room to spare. Make sure you get the GT. I have 4 kids and fell for the nicer looking strollers for the first ones. Nope, the city mini may be ugly, but it’s perfect. One handed fold, full recline for naps, the shade is amazing, etc. Our bugaboo & yoyo sit unused in the basement.

Anonymous wrote:Uppababy vista. City mini is tiny and your kids will outgrow it quickly. Vista can be used until 5 at least.

Doesnt the Vista come with a bassinet instead of a carseat insert so that means you have to spend $700 for the stroller and bassinet (thats 2018 version) and then $200-300 more for the car seat? And possibly more for adapter?

I liked my Britax infant seat and stroller. The stroller was light and folds easily.

Here's my advice though, after two kids: before baby, I would buy a convertible car seat (that fits an infant) and a baby carrier (something super easy to take on an off for errands, like a Tula). You're going to need both those things anyway at some point, so you won't be wasting money. For your errands, I would just take the baby out of the car seat and wear them while you do errands.

If you find that in the newborn days you are really running a lot of errands and it would be easier for you to have an infant car seat that clicks into a stroller, then you can buy one.

I personally did not use the travel system that much. My babies didn't stay asleep in the car seat once the car stopped, and I really never ran that many errands with them when they were small anyway (I would ask my husband to get things, etc).

I know a lot of people really like the travel system though and their babies stay asleep when transferring from car to stroller, so that might end up being you. But I'd say wait before you spend the money.

Uppababy vista. City mini is tiny and your kids will outgrow it quickly. Vista can be used until 5 at least.

I loved Mutsy Evo. Wish I had checked out their other strollers also. You can push this stroller with your pinky.
It did have some drawbacks, but the look and easy ride was all I needed. You have to get your hands on it.It wasn't in Buy Buy Baby 6 years ago.
The European version could be reclined flat. The US one not but reclined enough for the child to sleep.

I liked the City Mini for walks because it was easy to push and had a great sunshade. We have dogs so walk in all weathers. The thing I did not like was the small storage space underneath. I ended up buying a Graco basic stroller for going to the mall, target, small trips to grocery store because it had a huge basket underneath.

I am expecting my first and I am looking for advice on strollers. We live in Spring Valley but really not walkable to any shops, restaurants etc. That means aside from going on walks in our neighborhood (which I plan to do) we will drive to get most places with the baby and then stroll as short way. I keep reading that the Baby Jogger City Mini is the best bc of the wheels on city sidewalks but I wonder if that applies to me.

I liked the Nuna Tavo stroller in part bc I found it attractive and also bc its light as is the Pipa car seat that goes with it. Does anyone have feedback on the Tavo?

Also happy to hear any advice. We've been to Buy Buy Baby but I was totally overwhelmed by the all options. I think I care about: easy to fold up and get in the car, not too heavy/bulky, able to use into toddlerhood.