Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am on my third baby, and have had many different strollers over the years. This time around, I wanted to buy only ONE stroller that would meet my needs. This is the one I settled on, and I'm VERY happy with my choice. Here's why: 1. I only considered strollers with a reversible seat this time, since I knew I'd want my newborn to face me. I don't use bucket-style infant car seats, so I needed a stroller whose *seat* faced me, not just one that could accommodate a rear-facing bucket seat. This one fits the bill! 2. The one-handed fold is super easy. I've seen some reviews complaining that you can't fold it in the rear-facing position, but I haven't been bothered by this at all. It takes literally - literally!!! - under 3 seconds to remove the seat, flip it around, and pop it back on in the forward-facing position. So it's one extra step in the folding process, but still, the entire process can be done in under 10 seconds. A legitimate concern is that you need both hands to turn the seat, so you can't be holding your baby when you do it. But I just strap the baby into her car seat, then fold the stroller, and stick it in the back of my van. When we arrive at our destination, I open the stroller, turn the seat around, and get the baby out of the car. I use the stroller in the rear-facing position EXCLUSIVELY, and don't find the need to turn the seat to be an annoyance at all. 4. The sun canopy is huge. It completely protects my baby except in the very late afternoons, when the sun is at a low angle. At those times, I cover her with a muslin blanket and we're good. 5. The wheels are great. It's not an all-terrain stroller, but it works great for bumpy sidewalks, and even dirt roads. They're large enough, and the stroller is hefty enough, to tilt onto the rear wheels for getting up and down curbs if no slope is available. 6. The recline is awesome. It folds almost completely flat for my newborn. 7. It's lightweight enough to take everywhere. Sure, an umbrella stroller would be even easier to pop in and out of a vehicle, BUT it wouldn't have any of the other great features (rear-facing, giant sun canopy, big basket, cup holders, large wheels, etc.). As I mentioned, I wanted to find ONE stroller that would meet all my needs from newborn through preschooler, and no ultra-lightweight stroller could do that. My only gripe is the convertible 5-point-to-3-point harness. The shoulder straps don't actually attach to the waist straps, they just slide together and then get locked, together, into the crotch strap. So they separate from each other all the time and you have to re-align them every. single. time. you strap your baby in. I ended up attaching the waist strap clips to the shoulder strap loops with a zip tie, which works great. I can remove the zip tie when I don't need the shoulder straps anymore. Between purchases and hand-me-downs I've received over the years, I've probably used a dozen strollers. After three and a half months of nearly daily use with this one, I can confidently say that THIS IS THE ONE, baby!! And at a reasonable price, too. I only wish it came in more attractive color schemes!