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Ultra compact stroller
Hi all,
A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin In the beginning, they would probably benefit from using a Universal Car Seat Stroller, like this http://www.elitecarseats.com/Kolcraf...00322BLACK0000 which is basically a stroller base that attaches to almost any car seat. As long as the baby is in the "bucket" style seat, this should work. Now, once the baby is too large for that car seat, then they would need to purchase something else -- perhaps a larger car? In some ways, a larger car is as much as a baby necessity as a stroller or car seat or crib. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Maryly -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 |
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Are you in the UK?
The smallest (or sure near the smallest) pushchair available in the UK is the Quinny Zapp. It folds to 69x27x30cm. You can take out the toddler seat and put a maxi-cosi infant carseat/carrier on the chassis which would last baby until they were 13kg and then swap to the toddler seat. I have the Zapp but never used the carseat on the chassis. It's a great buggy to push but won't be great across muddy fields! http://www.quinny.com/ You can buy them in Mothercare but you can save a bit if you look on Ebay. Hope this helps! Peg wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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Hi Kevin,
This doesn't answer your question, but it might be something to consider. We also have a small car, and neither of the strollers we've had will fit in the boot/trunk. But we rarely use a stroller. We use a sling or a baby bjorn, and on the odd occasion we really want to use both the car and the stroller, we put it on the roof rack. This would be a pain if we did it often, but it's ok for occasional use. Cheers, Liz wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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Have they considered an umbrella stroller? Of course, these are better for
slightly bigger babies, but until then, I would think the sling would be suffice?? wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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Liz wrote: Hi Kevin, This doesn't answer your question, but it might be something to consider. We also have a small car, and neither of the strollers we've had will fit in the boot/trunk. But we rarely use a stroller. We use a sling or a baby bjorn, and on the odd occasion we really want to use both the car and the stroller, we put it on the roof rack. This would be a pain if we did it often, but it's ok for occasional use. Cheers, Liz Liz, We talked about a roof rack, possibly a Yakima or Thule luggage carrier. Most of their driving is in city, so it would just be short rides to a mall I guess. We have used 2-3 different sling carriers for both our babies and they seemed to like it. The only problem with a sling is transferring a baby into it from a car seat in winter at -50F ;-) A pumpkin seat can be plucked out of the base from the car and dropped into a stroller, while maintaining the babies cozy lil environment. The sling is a good option though - thanks. Kevin wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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Have they considered an umbrella stroller? Of course, these are better for slightly bigger babies, but until then, I would think the sling would be suffice?? we actually found that these are more difficult to fit into a small car as they folded size is usually longer, but a lot narrower than other types of stroller, and ours only fit by careful angling and pushing. The advantage is though that if you have to, they can usually fit between the front and back seats. If there is only one child see if the back seats will go down in two parts and put one part of the back seat down. Bizarrely because of they way they fold, the a tandem stroller fitted in our VW Polo, when even the umbrella type was a struggle, I suspect that there are slightly smaller umbrella strollers, but 10cm would make all the difference. Look at strollers that fold the same way as a tandem, which is no compression widthways and kind of a squashed letter "z" the other way, then stand that on it's side in the boot, with a hatch back, the width of a stroller isn't likely to be too high for the parcel shelf (and that's another option, ditch the parcel shelf). Cheers Anne |
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Try the Combi Dash
http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/Selli...ct=2562&cms=91 I have not used this pushchair but I do have the Combi WE2 and I love it. It is v. light even with my 2yr old and baby in it. A friend of mine has the Combi Dash. She chose that one as she needs to use public transport. It folds up very small and has a shoulder strap so she can carry her son and the pushchair onto the bus with ease. HTH Debbie wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, A friend of mine just told us that they were pregnant with their first child... and now he's running around spending tons of money buying up things that they think the baby will need. Anyway, they also bought a new (tiny) car two months ago. They own a Toyota Yaris hatchback. There's no way our Graco Metrolite will fit in the "trunk". And the back seat needs to be up right to hold the infant seat. Does anyone know of a compact stroller that he should look at? Not neccesarily light, just smaller volume so it fits in a small place. The Graco Mosaic claims to be compact but it doesn't look like it would be all that small. Any advice on stroller models would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin |
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