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we have a universal stroller frame and a maclaren volo umbrella stroller. have you seen this?

http://www.orbitbaby.com/en/double/#slide

Ha ha, by far my most regrettable purchases have been the stroller and infant bucket. I'll come back later with details, my son is crawling up my chair!

We have the Joovy Scooter and absolutely love it. We just put an infant insert and lean it all the way back so that he was able to use it early on. It can also accommodate a car seat on top, but we only used that feature once. I have a feeling that we will continue using this stroller for many months to come.

@tequiero21 - i don't have an orbit, but my friend does and she LOVES it! we were going to get one for ourselves, but we don't go out often and the price tag didn't seem worth it. (single infant car seat + stroller costs about $900).

the orbit is pretty awesome though. if you watch the video, the seats turn 360 degrees (so baby/babies) can face any direction. Only downside is you'd have to get a toddler seat once the babies outgrow the infant seat. Pretty expensive investment. But if money isn't an issue, I'd TOTALLY recommend it.

We only have one - the Bugaboo BEE (hehe). And I love it! It was a bit expensive but considering I held back on some of the other purchases (like an expensive diaper bag - boy, was that hard) I was able to convince the hubs and he finally broke down and bought it for me. Might something lighter once my son gets a little older...maybe the Maclaren?

Three - the Uppababy Vista, Uppababy G-Luxe and a City Micro double stroller that we share with the family we nanny-share with. I like all of them but in retrospect we didn't really NEED the Vista...we could have just used a Snap n Go with the infant carseat and then gotten an umbrella stroller. I do love the Vista though b/c it has a huge basket and is very smooth.

We have the Uppababy Vista as well and LOVE it. But I'm about to go buy the Uppababy G-Luxe so the nanny can throw it in her car easily when she needs to since the Vista is so heavy.

@vcha88 - I have the Bee+ (2010 model). Yeah, I totally know what you're saying about the older models. My friends who have the regular bee (not the plus) didn't really like it because of the reasons you stated. But they thankfully fixed it for the newer models. I agree with you. Love the way it steers. Plus my hubs thinks it looks "cool". He likes the white "rims" (*rolling eyes*)

I'm actually looking for a SUPER lightweight stroller for traveling (like going to Disneyland, etc). Ideally it would fully recline too. Do you have any recos? Thanks!

We just got our FOURTH stroller in the last two years, but this one was out of necessity. At first we were gifted a Graco travel system, but I wish I had done more research on what I wanted in a stroller. I used to work at Walt Disney World and the Graco strollers were what I saw every person toting their kids around in, so I didn't really know any differently. It lasted about 9 months, but took up too much space in my car trunk, and just didn't steer very well while pushing a baby and walking two dogs.

After a ton of research and deciding on a budget, we bought a Baby Jogger City Mini brand new, off of craigslist. I have never once regretted that purchase, in fact, it was the BEST baby purchase we've ever made! Not only is the stroller lightweight and super duper easy to fold, it takes up a tiny amount of space in a trunk. The best feature is probably it's maneuverability; I can literally steer it with two fingers while my 25 lb. son sits in it. It has a wide canopy, and you can buy the accessories that you want for it (like a parent tray/cupholders, car seat adaptor). The storage basket is quite tiny and hard to access, but it hasn't been that big of an issue for us.

We also bought a cheapo umbrella stroller to get thru the airport when we travel. I didn't want my expensive City Mini to be damaged by the airlines, and needed something easy to lift onto the security xrays by myself. I hate the thing, cause it's so low and doesn't steer well, but for $10 it gets the job done.

We just bought our second Baby Jogger stroller, but only because we need a double since our second son is due in a few weeks. Indiana still needs to be strapped into a stroller when we go out, especially when he has to take a nap in the afternoon. We bought the City Select stroller, which can convert from a single to a double in-line. It has a large storage basket, and we purchased the car seat adaptor for our Graco car seat. It is easy to fold, lightweight for a double stroller, and easy to steer. Although we haven't used it yet, I'm confident that we made the right decision with this choice as our double stroller.

@momentspasslow - we bought the car seat adapter for our UBV but unfortunately Liv DESPISES being in the car seat. She hates it with a burning passion in or out of the car. So we have yet to use it.

@Annabee53- do you want a system or an umbrella for traveling? We're going with the Uppababy G-Luxe for our travel stroller. It weighs 11lbs I think. It doesn't fully recline but it comes close.

I agree with @Looch, it really depends on your lifestyle. We live in a city with not-so-great sidewalks, we take public transportation and have a smaller car for the city driving, do a lot of international travel, and I'm usually alone with my son.

The only stroller that we bought was the Maclaren XLR - it's a little heavy when lugging it up and down a street car but overall it's worked for us from birth and beyond and is well-constructed. I've checked it as baggage, with and without a stroller bag, and it's still in good shape. I can use it with Baby #2, when we get there.

Although I should add, when going through airports what we do is that I wear my son in the baby carrier and we put our carry-on bags on the stroller - makes a great luggage trolley. (Our bags weigh more than our son!)

We had the stroller frame we used exclusively until 10 months (then we added the Quest Sport Umbrella), we also have a baby jogger performance jogging stroller. We're looking into the Britax B-Ready for #2, with jump seat (someday in the future, hahaha)..

@JBHOPS, we bought the Peg Perego Vela with Primo Viaggio Car Seat and I think this will be the only stroller we'll need til she's too big for one. I actually borrowed a friend's umbrella stroller for a trip and had wished that I brought the Vela instead.

What I love about it: one-hand open and close, stands up when closed, large canopy shade, reclines to almost flat and super duper light (10 lbs?). The car seat also clicks in easily (no adapter needed) and sizewise, it's comparable if not smaller than the Maclaren when open. The only cons are that while it rides really smooth on regular sidewalks, the smallish wheels don't do too well on rough terrain. The restraining strap design is a toss-up - it isn't permanently secured to the back of the seat - at first I hated it but now I kinda like it cause it gives my LO more range of movement.

It's not perfect but seriously, that one-handed open/close is so easy, it more than makes up for the cons.

I have the 2010 version and it looks like they already made improvements to it:

@katedel - thanks for the reco! I'll definitely check out the Chicco liteway since you mentioned it might be what I was looking for. (crossing fingers!)

@livsmama - i have several friends who also have the vista and love it and have become uppababy fans....so i'll also check out the g-luxe since it reclines, which is a necessity since we're out and about a lot during his naptimes.

Thanks for all of your help ladies!

Two right now The Bumbleride Queen B & the Flite. I love them both for different reasons. We are trying for #2 though and might need to look into a double stroller. I am thinking City Select I am in love with all the variations.

We have the b ready and I love it. I use it almost every day either on a walk at home or out and about in my car. We probably will look into an umbrella later. I think I like the look of the chicco liteway which is about $100 and has a recline

After five months with a snap-and-go/car seat, I now have and am having a torrid love affair with the UppaBaby Vista. I'm convinced the Vista is one of the best strollers on the market. We live in the city and take our Vista everywhere. It steers easily, folds up quickly, has wheels that will go up and down stairs (we have four at the entrance to our building), and includes a basket that will readily take the place of a cart for me at Target! Because I'm so devoted to UppaBaby, we just bought the G-Luxe (also fabulous!) for an umbrella stroller to take on some upcoming trips. We just don't want to risk having the Vista damaged or stolen.

We have a snap n go and the City Mini. My son is 5 months old and we don't really use the snap n go anymore.

Boots McGee you sound just like me lol. I LOVE UB