Why I LOVE it, and some things you should know

I am very, very happy with this stroller. It is of good quality, light weight, easy to open and collapse, has a nice large basket underneath, and it fits the model of carseat which I have, with no problems. Reviews of other car-seat carrier strollers like this mentioned that my car seat (the Graco Safe Seat) didn't fit properly. That's what caused me to consider the Maclaren and I'm so glad I did. The car seat snaps easily into place, and there are even straps attached to the stroller for securing it further, but it feels quite secure to me even without the straps.


Here are two items you may want to be aware of: First, it is just a bit tricky to steer one handed. It steers great two-handed, but if you are a busy, multi-tasking parent, and are going to try to steer the stroller with one hand, remove the toddler from destroying a store display with the other hand, and hold the cell phone with your chin, just be aware it may be hard to do with this stroller.


Item number two to watch out for: There is a shoulder strap which attaches to the stroller handles, and facilitates easy transporting of the folded up stroller. If you are not going to be carrying the stroller much, but just popping it in and out of your closet or the trunk of your car, I would suggest you take the strap off and store it. Here's my personal experience with that:


After using the Easy Traveller for only a couple of months I noticed that the stroller began to fold up with difficulty. Then the problem got worse and began to unfold with difficulty. Looking at it, it seemed that the stroller had gotten bent somehow. I thought it was from putting bags of groceries on top of it while it was in the trunk of my car. This was really disappointing, because it seemed to me that it should have been a little more durable than that.


Then one day I discovered that the real problem was the carrier strap that I have mentioned. It had started getting twisted around the handle bars, and as it twisted more and more it was pulling the handlebars closer together until the whole thing was bent out of place. Eventually it even began to rip the nice handle grip. That's when I finally noticed what was really happening. I was sad that I had let such a silly thing ruin my stroller, but when I finally unwound the strap, the handle bars just went right back into place and weren't actually bent at all. The stroller works perfectly again. This made me all the more impressed with the quality of the stroller. Even after being pulled out of place like that for many days, the handle bars didn't suffer any real damage. Knowing the tendency the strap has to twist, just store the strap off of the stroller, or be sure to check it often to see that it is straight.


The Maclaren is a bit more expensive than some of the others out there, but I think the quality is better. If you have a harder to fit size of car seat, or if you plan to use it with future babies, go for this stroller.


I will definitely be looking at the Maclaren brand for a new stroller when my daughter outgrows her carseat and I have to put this one away.