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I agree that it's hard to know exactly what you will prefer. I would still get a bucket seat either way, I never used mine with the stroller but it was helpful when it was cold to have a snuggly way to get her in and out of the car. I really, really like having the parent facing option. I walk several times a week for 6+ miles with a friend and both of our babies still face us and it is easier to interact with them and catch their mood before they melt down and her baby is over a year. I think 22 pounds is a bit heavy for only stroller but still doable. I will say, at the price of the flip I would start considering other strollers though. The snack bar isn't a deal breaker at all.

It's hard to know ahead of time. I had a city mini single with car seat adapter and used it more times than I can count - and once she was out of the infant seat, too. I wore her occasionally but we both run warm and she liked having her own space. I agree that getting them in and out of a convertible sucks - esp if they're sleeping!

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We are in PA, so it can get it. The few times my son was in the stroller he actully got hotter than the carrier. We have the same issue with the car seat. I had an Ergo with my son and got a Tula with my daughter and the Tula is so much better/cooler. I do think a lot of baby products are trial and error and what works for one person or even baby may not work for another!

We have an uppa baby vista and gluxe, and I regularly use them both. We could get away with just the vista, but that sucker is heavy and big, and I don't always want to lug it around. My husband heavily prefers it and will load it up if he's with us since he hates pushing the gluxe.

I never had an interest in the strollers where you use the infant carseat, and I don't feel like I missed out by not having one. I don't recall him ever falling asleep in the stroller, anyways.

Kind of measley storage on both of them. I prefer the teal though.
A flat recline was important to me. I don't like having babies on car seats all the time so having a bassinet or flat recline was important to me.

It really is a personal choice though and very much dependent on how you'll use your stroller. Mine is my car and has high mileage so it needs to perform. If you'll only use of occasionally you'll have very different needs.

Your neighborhood sounds a lot like mine -- we have a park/playground a few blocks away and there are some shops and restaurants in a little downtown area, but for most stuff we have to drive to other neighborhoods. We started out with a City Mini GT and infant seat adaptor, which was great at first. Honestly, I hate getting LO in and out of the carseat and will actually avoid doing errands that make me have to do it more than once or twice, so I was a lot happier back when we could just pop the infant seat in and out!

We would have been fine with the GT as our only stroller, but back when one of the baby gear sites was having a crazy sale on the last-year model of the Uppababy G-Luxe, I snagged one. I love it. It's soo light and easy compared to the GT (which is still only around 20 lbs). The G-Luxe lives in the car and the GT stays home because we use it almost exclusively around our neighborhood (rough and uneven sidewalks, grass and other surfaces, nature trails, etc). We switch them if we know we'll be driving someplace with more challenging terrain because the G-Luxe doesn't handle it very well. But we use them both a lot. I can't imagine carrying DD to the park (we go at least once a day on the weekends, sometimes twice) -- it was fine when she was little but she's just too heavy and active now. And there's no way I'd put her in the car for a 3-minute drive there.

The only thing I don't like about our strollers is that they don't flip, so once we stopped using the infant seat we no longer had a parent-facing option. It has worked out okay but I miss seeing DD when we walk.

What are the surfaces of the roads you'll be travelling on like? It was important to me that I had air filled tires on my stroller, they made for a smoother ride than the hard plastic wheels...those would be a deal breaker for me, not sure from the photos what kind they are?

We have a Cruz like @dc yoga bee: We also do a lot of driving and it has been our only stroller so far (LO is 10 months). We also bought the car seat adapter clips ins and I'm sooooo glad we did. Despite what I thought before I had LO, I did NOT want to have to take him out of his car seat when we went places. LO was a sleepy newborn that loved his car seat, so it was his happy place. I used our Cruz ALL. THE. TIME. when we were out a about. Usually instead of a cart on quick trips to the grocery store and Target. Now that we're using the stroller seat exclusively I do find it a little bulky. Eventually I think we'll get a lightweight umbrella stroller, but probably not in the near future. We haven't found our Cruz too inconvenient yet.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I can totally get that, and let's face it sometimes with baby stuff we wind up in love with something and that is what makes it a great choice for us. If I were in your shoes I think I would look at the baby jogger versa and the Cruz too but I know the versa is heavier, I think 26 pounds.

Good news is I don't think you have a terrible option on the table!

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Before getting pregnant, I thought I would get the city mini. You see them everywhere, they're affordable, and look nice. But, then once pregnant, I learned the city mini doesn't have a parent facing option! That was very important to me. So, from there I went to buy buy baby one night after work when I was about 6 weeks. I test drove every single stroller. The uppa baby cruz checked all my boxes. It's easy to maneuver, fold, has parent facing option, and was sturdy. I liked the bugaboo bee, but it was way too low to he ground. I liked the orbit (by stokke I think), but it was too bulky even thought it pushed like a dream as well. The britax pushed heavily to me if that makes sense. I knew I wanted to invest in a nice stroller because I have a bad back, and won't be baby wearing all day long. Also, we drive and walk so I needed something not as heavy as the full blown uppa baby, but it also needed to be easy to manuver for me. I hope that helps!

Like PPs said, make sure you analyze your lifestyle and how you'll use the stroller and what features are important to you.

We love our UB Cruz and BOB. We live in the suburbs but are pretty active and spend a lot of time at the mountains/beach so we use the Cruz around town and the BOB for runs, hikes, etc. The Cruz was great in the beginning because of the parent-facing option and the ability to use it with the infant car seat (with the attachment). It has a pretty deep recline so I never had the need to use a bassinet (like on the Vista). UB also has amazing storage, which I love! The two strollers have been a great combination for us and I'm really glad we got both since they each serve a unique function.