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I used our Graco infant carseat and the Snap & Go stroller when LO was first born up until she was about 5 months. I LOVED the Snap & Go...SOOOOO light, SOOO easy to fold, SOOO compact...and the basket in the bottom is pretty good so I would just use that as my shopping basket instead of putting LO's carseat in the shopping cart.

But LO got pretty heavy around 5 months so we upgraded her stroller to an UppaBaby Vista. It is NOT lightweight, but it's easy to fold and super convenient (large basket so it can carry lots of stuff). I live in the suburbs so I don't use her stroller for quick trips to the store...I use it at the mall or places where there is no shopping cart available. I get a ton of use out of it though b/c we go on walks all the time and now that she's older we take it to the zoo/park. I love it, but haven't used the bassinet since we didn't get it until LO was 5 months...and honestly, I don't see myself using the bassinet with baby #2. My husband thinks I'll continue to use the UppaBaby with baby #2, but honestly, I loved my Snap & Go so much, I may just use that until baby #2 is out of the infant carseat...we shall see. The reason we went with the Vista was the option to have the rumbleseat and/or piggyback/scooter attachments so LO #1 has an option to ride along for longer outings.

I love my Britax B-Agile carseat and stroller. Super lightweight and easy to fold but it doesn't allow you to swap directions the baby faces. In the carseat, baby faces you and when they sit in the seat, baby faces out. I believe there is a bassinet option but we didn't buy it because I didn't think we'd want to unstrap baby from the carseat to get her into the stroller.

The Britax B-Ready is similar to the UppaBaby Vista and you can swap directions for the seat. There is also definitely a bassinet option as well.

Subscribing to this as I'm totally confused too @MamaMagpie!

Asked my real life mommy friend and ended up getting a chicco travel system. It's pretty bulky, but it worked.

@zippylef: I think we decided on the City Mini after hearing how many people love it!

@zippylef: the city mini only faces out in the regular seat, right?

We are planning on the UB Vista. I wanted face in or out with the regular seat, and we live in the city in New England, so the wheels have to be super sturdy and able to get through slush, snow, brick or cobble stone sidewalks... Plus I walk everywhere so the basket will be my "car." I'm less concerned about the weight since I won't take it in and out of the car that often, but it is easy to fold-- though def not as easy as the city mini which is insanely quick and easy to fold and unfold.
For the bassinet, if you have no stairs leading into your house it can be a lifesaver. My sister had a bugaboo chameleon and would walk the baby to sleep, wheel him into the elevator, and right into the apt and let him sleep right in there. We have stairs up to my apt so I'm not sure how much use I will get out if it. I will likely also get a cheap carseat stroller base for quick trips in the car but for long walks will use the UB.

@zippylef: I initially had my heart set on the City Mini or CM GT, but recently I've waivered a lot because of the lack of 'parent facing' options except for when used with the infant carseat.
Did you find this a problem with your LO or were you happy to have them facing away from you in the main seat? I would like to use the fully-reclined seat with a newborn but not really keen on having them facing out to the wide world - feels a bit too 'exposed' to me?

@looch: I think I agree... what pushchair did/do you have?

We have the UB vista and love it. We used the bassinet a lot, and I'm glad we had it--LO slept so well in there on stroller walks, and we used it at night as well. We also looked at the bugaboo cam, and the main reasons we didn't go for it are that the fold is a 2 piece fold (you have to take the toddler seat off to fold it) and I felt that it was very low to the ground (my husband and I are both on the taller side). But those are kind of my own personal pet peeves--they're both great options! The bugaboo is more lightweight than the vista for sure

@looch: I totally agree, that was why it was important to us to get a stroller with a bassinet attachment. We used it until LO grew out of it/started to look uncomfortably scrunched!

@hilsy85: we went back and forth between the two as well, but were shorter, and have stairs from our front door and to.the garage so wanted the lighter one...she loved the bassinet too!

@Foodnerd81: @evenstar982: C actually prefers to face out now. She likes being able to look around and rubberneck at everything. I think she would, honestly, be frustrated with looking at me all the time. She stays much calmer this way.

ETA: We used a Graco Snugride with ours.

I used Lucie's List to research a lot of gear and it really helped clear up how overwhelmed I felt by all the options. I found it to be a super helpful resource!

For the record, we ended up with the Britax B-Agile stroller and Britax B-Safe infant seat. I liked the Britax better than the UB when I tried them out side-by-side. I think a lot it comes down to personal preference though, so I would definitely recommend trying out all the strollers in which you're interested.