JJ Cole Broadway Stroller, Black/Gray Drops

5 stars for concept. Out of all the strollers this one was the best for me because you could swivel it 360 degrees! So convenient! Especially when baby is youngest and you can't take your eyes off of baby, or when they fall asleep and want privacy and quiet and face them towards you. Also helpful when baby is youngest and they would rather face their parent than he world. Love the recline and pram feature this was used a lot when she was an infant so comfy. In fact my baby slept in her stroller as a bassinet because it was a huge bed for her and so cozy when she was just born and I could swivel her to face me next to the bed. She is now a year old and when I have to change her diaper I just recline the stroller seat flat. I used to use it bassinet style to change her but for convenience while she is sitting in it seat style curved and all, I just tilt it to it's 3rd and lowest position, pull the sun cover all the way down and quickly change her diaper in public, then tilt it back up and swivel it around so she can face the world (takes seconds to do that).A really obnoxious con is that the basket is so tiny and cramped on the bottom you can't really fit anything anything of substance in it. On the plus side when my daughter is walking or I'm holding her in my ergo baby carrier we would shove bags upon shopping bags and everything in between on her stroller in bassinet style. You can carry a mountain on that so convenient! My baby carrier could fit on the bottom basket but you just have to force it through all the poles at the bottom to get into the basket. My baby bag couldn't fit in the basket though. It stuck halfway out unless I forced it all the way in which woulda took forever to yank back out.All of the features of the quick swivel and recline and bassinet (literally seconds to swivel and seconds toto recline, and about a minute to turn into bassinet and swith back up to a toddler seat again) made the stroller the best most awesome choice for me! The manufacturer just needs to change a few things, like change the size of the bottom basket. I give some of the craftsmanship quality 3 stars because after a year of minor use the foam handle tore on it's own (it could be due to the fact that i live in Maui and it is very hot and humid here and i leave the stroller in the trunk of my car, and so the fat cracked and tore because of the heat). It ripped on the inside of the handle curve, and so the tear opened up on the inside curves of the handle exposing the metal bar underneath. I honestly feel embarrassed when people look at that because it makes my stroller look really cheap! Because it is ripped and broken up there (just the black foam that covers the handle). The last major con for me is that the stroller is extremely extremely heavy! I struggle when putting it away and just forget about traveling with it because it is too heavy to keep folding and carrying on a bus or what not and it is super bulky! Not to mention you have to carry the super heavy and bulky wheel part, but you have to carry the toddler seat as a separate piece, and that's really big as well too bad you can't fold that in half or anything, so you have to find room for 2 giant pieces. Also in bassinet style when my daughter tried to stand on the edge the thing will sag and tilt. I guess too that it is because the way it is attached all the support is in the middle center spot where the stroller pivots. You only notice the unsturdiness in this situation so it's not really a bother. In every proper way the stroller was made to use it (my daughter should not be standing in bassinet form anyway), you shouldn't have an unsturdy problem.Last but not least it comes with a car seat attachment if you want to use the grace, first choice, or Chico car seat. I used my safety first air car seat in it and it fit perfectly! I'm sure you can stick any car seat in it since there are 2 size positions the adaptable car seat attachment can adjust too (you just can't buckle the attachment belt around perfectly that's why they don't list a whole bunch or car seats as compatible). I recommend this car seat for everybody!!!!!!!!!! If you travel a lot or don't have help carrying it that's when considering something else comes to mind. Just hope they add a better quality handle foam and bigger basket soon and shave off some weight.

I recently purchased this stroller for our soon to be baby girl. For the past couple months, I've been researching strollers endlessly, from cheap strollers to the bugaboo & uppababy. My husband and I would go to Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby to test out strollers & car seats, get overwhelmed and leave frustrated. I will be honest, one of the things that initially drew me to this stroller was the name and the fact that you can change out the canopy, but I continued to do much research. I truly believe their is no perfect stroller that will meet everyone's needs. I strongly suggest before registering or buying any stroller to consider what you need & what it's main use will be. Does it need to grow with family? Does it need to be all terrain? Does it need a bassinet? Does it need car seat attachment? Do you want it to ride like a mercedes? Is it being used just for random walks around the block or do you live in big city? Do you want it to look stylish or could you careless? Do you need to carry it upstairs? Does it need to fit in a car, fold down? etc, etc, etc. Once you answer these questions, it will help narrow down where to look unless you have endless amounts of cash.We plan to mainly use ours for walks around the block (residential) and shopping. I preferred to have a bassinet as we are having the baby in the spring and would use it quite a bit throughout the summer (didn't want to use car seat everytime we took her for walk.. The uppababy vista & bugaboo's are beautiful strollers, ride amazingly, and to be honest, if money was no object, probably would have gone with the bugaboo, but we don't & I felt the quality/price was a bit overkill for our needs. I could never find the jjcole in the stores which made me very hesitant to purchase but I finally decided to try it because it met much of our needs from what I read: have a bassinet, have car seat attachment, be easy to put together/take apart, look somewhat cute, & ride nicely. While I haven't used it in every day life, I have to say this stroller meets all those needs thus far. I believe it is the same as the First Years Wave since they are the same company, so I when I saw it on sale i jumped and bought it figuring I could return it if I hated it. For a full size stroller, it is really light and was super easy to put together. It took me around 5-10 minutes and that was with me opening the packages and what not. Because of the weight, it does feel slightly flimsy, but then I went back to the store and tried them all out again, and to be honest, they all kind of feel flimsy to an extent, especially in the handle. I think this just did a bit more because it is light. The basket is a bit small underneath. It's not really the basket, but more the fact there isn't much depth, the bottom of the stroller gets in the way, so if you are using this in a big city and plan to do lots of shopping and put things other than baby stuff in it, I wouldn't recommend. I do like the fact you can change the canopy color, vs some of the others. while you have to take the seat off when you take it down, it's super easy and I'm not technically savvy! It's literally 2-3 moves to put it in the car and is not too heavy. Wheels turn very nicely but not all terrain so we will see how they hold up over time.Is it as nice as the more expensive strollers? no probably not, but it is half the price and offers very similar functionality for a suburban mom and lets us spend the extra money elsewhere. If I had bought it at 450 and planned to use the bassinet as a sleeping option for baby, I probably would have gone with the uppababy and bought it from buy buy baby with a bbb coupon as I have friends who use that as their childs full time bed. I bought this around $360 I believe, free shipping, & do not plan to use bassinet for sleeping purposes, so it was not worth the extra 300-500 hundred to go with elite brands.