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I really wanted to love this stroller. It met all of my needs. We live in an appartment with no storage so I wanted a stroller that only had one piece that would take us from newborn to toddler and would take the car seat without adding any other equiptment. My husband is also 6'5" and I am 5'4" so the stroller needed hight adjustment. This stroller met all my demands with the addition that it could be used facing out and in (towards the person pushing and also has the largest canopy and really can keep the sun off my son. I love this stroller for all of thoes reasons but it has some major faults that make it not worth the giganitc price tag. The breaking system on our stroller was broken on arrival. The adjustable handle broke after about 6 months use. I need to use this stroller every day as we are out all the time and don't have a car. It seems unreasonable that it should break after so little use. The next thing that broke was the latch that keeps the stroller from collapsing. It would begin to fold while my little guy was in it. He is 11% for hight and weight so he is not a large baby to say the least so it wasn't weight. After contacting the customer service center, I was told to bring the stroller to their authorized dealer (120 miles away) for evaluation. As we paid a fortune for the stroller, we made the round trip, only to find that they could do nothing and it would cost us half of what we paid for the stroller to get a new chasse. Having, by that time, only had the stroller for eleven months, I complained again and was sent a new chasse but this one is missing the latch to hold it closed. I was also told that should the stroller have failed a month later, Peg Perego would not have resolved the problem. We would have had to pay for a new stroller. As far as I am concerned, that is crap customer service, as well as crap equiptment. When I purchase a high end piece of equiptment, I expect a high quality product. I am a very careful person and take very good care of my things (I still have things I use daily from when I was in high school abet a bit worn but well loved and still functional)so the failures can't have been from misuse. I just can't see paying so much money and getting somthing that doesnt even last for a year. I was planning on using this for future children but don't think it will last that long. This stroller is not worth the money and I would not buy it again.

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I have been using this almost daily for the past 6 months and both my husband and I LOVE IT! We also bought the Primo Viaggio car seat and we find it so useful both going in and out of cars, airplane travel as well as when we are walking to the grocery store, or restaurants. (Turns out you don't need to use the base for the Primo Viaggio so it is great when traveling). I got a great deal on a new 2009 model in 2011 which has the bassinet which turns into the stroller seat so you don't have separate pieces (good for me since I live in a condo and have limited space).

PRO's

Baby very comfortable

Was able to use this for my baby from the time she was born (bassinet) and she still has plenty of room to grow

Well made frame, very solid (made in Italy)

Great storage underneath

Looks great

High quality fabric and seems to be holding up well

Very easy to push with one hand

Love that I can have my baby face me or away

Didn't need extra items to fasten car seat

So many things you can adjust (handlebar height and angle, stroller seat height, seat angle...)

CON's

Tricky to remember how to adjust everything, sometimes you forget how to do it

Wide when going through smaller restaurants/ stores

Heavy when lifting into car

Even when folded, it is still a bit bulky

Overall, I love it and enjoy getting out more with my baby because this stroller makes it so easy.

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The stroller is perfect, i love it, no issues, have everything i need, plus have the 360o availability to turn. So when you are by your self , you dont need notbody to open the doors! you can do it very easily....what if i have another baby??? I will buy it again!!! and again!! great product!

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Buy this stroller only if are not going to need it after your baby turns one year old. It worked fine for the first 7 months, but then the frame started collapsing and squeaking. Peg Perego said that it could not be repaired (it was of course just outside of warranty period), and that the frame was most likely bent and had to be replaced for $360.

A friend of ours was able to repair the frame, and confirmed that it was bent and that it was of very cheap and non-sturdy construction. Somehow, all these stroller review websites focus on features of the new stroller and don't tell you about product durability. We had it repaired, and it lasted another couple of weeks, and then started collapsing again.

I have now given up and am looking for a replacement stroller. I am very disappointed, as I would have expected something that retails for $700 to last longer than a year. The reason why we got it in the first place was that bassinet seemed to sit higher than most other strollers of that class. (This is why my review score is 2 and not 1). Stokke offered a high bassinet option too, but was significantly more $$$. Yet, in retrospect, the high bassinet was not worth the price. Also, I am not at all sure that I would want to get a bassinet again if I have another baby. My baby had a severe spit up problem during the first 3 months the period during which the bassinet would be used most heavily, and it would have been actually beneficial to have a semi-reclined back, like Orbit or any other cheaper models, instead of a flat bassinet.

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This is one of the most overpriced strollers I have ever seen. It's made mostly out of plastic. Mine started making noise and got wobbly after about 2 weeks of purchase. The cup holder gets caught and hit by everything since it is on the outside of the stroller. There is no "built in" basket, but a tiny collapsible shopping basket which is only good for toys. The foot muff comes on/latches on with a sewed on button which is incredibly time consuming compared to foot muffs that have clip on buttons. This will last a year at most and will most definitely start falling apart afterwards. Realistically it's not worth more than $250. Don't waste your money. I suggest UppaBaby Vista over this stroller. The only good thing about this stroller is that it is very easy to maneuver. You can push and swirl it with 1 finger. That's the only plus.

Cruiserfix Pro - Rumba Reviews

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I have, until now, been a Britax mom, but am infinitely grateful to have stumbled upon the Kiddy Cruiserfix! It literally takes 3 minutes to install; 2 to read the instructions and one to lock it into place. I can't believe how easy it is! The k-fix connectors, which click onto the cars' LATCH anchors extend straight back, not sideways, so you push the booster seat straight against the seat (with space between booster seat and my cars' seatback at this point), it locks into place with an audible click, then you push a lever on the front of the carseat to allow the k-fix connector bars to retract back into the carseat while you push the cruiserfix back, effctively securing it tightly against the cars' seatback, and you're done! It took me 20 times longer to write this than to install the carseat.

I absolutely love the visible safety features.. I thought Britax was great but this one makes them appear a very poor second. The ease of height adjustments, as well as the leg extenders, couldn't be easier. Adjusting the height simultaneously adjusts the width of the head supports (side impact), allowing a bit of space between the supports and child's shoulders so the child's shoulders aren't eventually squeezed as he/she grows taller.

On the downside, my daughter was very disappointed in the color. We chose "rumba" because the picture makes it look dark rose, but it is, in fact, burgundy. Looks very boyish and not at all feminine. If you have a girly-girl, go with the lavender.

The other downside, and my biggest issue, is that in my car (2011 Kia sorento), there is no way to safely install this in the middle of the back seat, which is my preferred location for carseats. The k-fix connectors, extending straight back as they do with no option to angle them sideways, would leave the carseat completely disconnected in my car, with only the cars' shoulder strap keeping it in place (the middle of the backseat in my car does not have LATCH anchors, only the two outer seats. So in the event of a collision, the carseat is right next to the door, not in the middle. This is not necessarily the fault of Kiddy so much as Kia's, in my opinion. I would have loved an option to be able to connect the carseat to the interior LATCH anchors of both outer seats so my daughter could be in the middle of the car, which is what I did with our previous Britax carseat.

This is definitely worth the price! I would choose this over any of the similarly-priced Britax models any day. You won't be sorry!

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My children have always been in Britax car seats and when we were ready to move my 5 yr old daughter out of a five point harness, we purchased the the Britax Parkway SGL booster seat. It just seemed flimsy and not very protective so I went looking for other options. After an extensive search (and finding out you can no longer purchase the Cybex in the US) I chose the Kiddy Curiserfix. It is 20 times better than the Britax, you will feel like your child is so much better protected in a side impact collision. It is sturdy, so easy to install and the seat belt does not get twisted. It is just a little wide for BMW 5 so my daughter has a hard time buckling herself. I am buying another one for our SUV and considering the Kiddy World Plus for our 3 year old to replace her Britax Fronteir. Save somewhere else and spend the extra $100 on this car seat.

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This is an excellent booster. We bought this for my 5-year-old daughter when she outgrew her 5 pt. harness. I have no complaints at all. It's well worth the money. The belt fit is superb, and for kids sitting next to the seat, the sides have foam. It's a win, win situation! It is one of the few to fit on the 8th seat of a 2011 Honda Odyssey, too. It latches in as well.

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I bought this car seat for my middle son who outgrew his convertible car seat. I felt uncomfortable putting him in a regular booster seat because he is small for his age (but very active). Unlike other booster seats, Cruiserfix has a latch system. However, the latches retract into the seat so you can use the seat like a regular booster car (without the latch system). My son loves it because it is super comfortable and the head support allows him to nap comfortable in the car. Installation is real simple....I can do it in less than five minutes. It is expensive but it's worth the money!!!

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This seat is easy to install and very comfortable for the child. No head flopping when asleep. The only negative is the absence of a cup holder.

Brica Smart Shade, Black, Gray Review

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Lately, my 2 year-old has started getting a kick out of trying to yank the suction-cup sun shade off the window next to her car seat. (I had to use all 3 suction cups because the clips that came with the shade were too thick to allow the automatic car window to close). I tried both the Munchkin and Safety 1st car window shades, and the suction cups either gave way when my daughter tugged them (causing the shade to fall off entirely), or she ripped the material around the bottom suction cup completely off and bent the wire towards her face (which scared me half to death!). So I began searching for alternatives to the conventional 3-suction-cup car window shades. First, I tried the Britax 2 Pack EZ-Cling Sun Shades, Black, but the edges of the shade began to peel away from the car window in the scorching L.A. summer temperatures, and my daughter pulled it the rest of the way off. I didn't want to try the dark-tinted window film because unless you're a professional window tint installer (which I'm not) you inevitably end up with unsightly "bubbles" between the film and the window glass, and on top of that, the film often makes it hard to roll the windows up or down.

Desperate to find a workable window shade to protect my toddler from the strong L.A. sun, I did the broadest search I could think of on Amazon, and luckily, I found the Brica Smart Shade. (I ended up buying it from a local brick-and-mortar retailer). Because this window shade rolls up rather than down, there's no suction-cup within my little-one's reach, and the shade's roller is housed in a hard plastic casing that also makes it (toddler) tamper-proof. That plastic casing has 2 tabs that snap securely between the window glass and the door (interior), keeping the base of the shade flush against the car door/window sill. Then you pull up on an extremely thin but sturdy metal (not plastic) clip to unroll/extend the shade and then slip the clip over the top of the window glass. Unlike the plastic window clips that come with most of the 3-suction-cup window shades, the metal clip on the Brica Smart Shade has such a low profile that the window rolls up easily and closes completely with the clip on. I never roll the rear windows of my SUV down more than a couple of inches, so I can't speak to how easy it is to roll the window completely down with the Smart Shade on, but it was easy for me to crack open the car window. And I like that the Smart Shade gives me the option to roll the shade down when I'm driving the car at night, without having to remove the shade entirely (which is a real inconvenience with the cling-type shades).

The only reason I deducted a star from my rating of the Smart Shade is that it did have a bit of a "plasticky" smell when I first unpacked it from the box and unrolled the shade. The product packaging doesn't say what material the shade is made of, but based on the smell, I think it contains some level of PVC. PVC typically contains some pretty suspect chemicals, including phthalates, so we try to avoid exposing our little-one to it as much as possible. But since the vast majority of the car shades sold at retail contain PVC, I'd rather risk a bit of PVC exposure over sun exposure -and possible skin cancer -any day. (Plus, my car itself contains quite a bit of PVC/vinyl, so you pick your battles!). I put the Smart Shade out on my patio to off-gas in the sun for several hours, which reduced the smell to tolerable levels.

Other than the chemical smell, this product has performed as expected, and was exactly the toddler-proof car sun-protection solution I was looking for.

Grade: B+

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Just picked one of these up at our local big box store. Even though our SUV has factory tinted glass in the rear, the sun is still pretty intense for our infant during these hot summer days. We just upgraded our kid to a convertible car seat, so now there isn't anything to protect our kid from the sun. The Brica Smart Shade is a bit more expensive than window clings and other sun shade options, but it seems to be the best choice out there.

After installation, the shade covered a huge portion of the window, and actually looks pretty good if I say so myself! Installation was pretty straight forward. I put the window down almost all the way, then swung out the two arms on the bottom of the shade and stuck them in the space between the window and the door. I clipped on the shade to the top of the window and rolled it up and down a few times to test it out. The first few times the shade kept coming out of the door. Turns out that I didn't have it pushed down all the way onto the door. Once I figured that out, the shade works like a charm!

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Excellent product... no surprises as it works as advertised. From its simple installation to its ease of use on a daily basis, we are pleased with this purchase.

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We've had the suction cup type, roll-down shades before. They come off, get tangled, have to be completely removed to operated the window. This model solves all of that and looks WAY better. Not too difficult to install on my 2005 Prius probably took me 3 minutes to properly seat the clips between the window and the door frame. I wish that it also came with some other mechanism to attach the upper clip to something other than over the top window edge, but that's not a big deal and would just make it more complicated. Not a design flaw by any means. I'm buying another for the other side of the car.

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I own two of these shades one for each car: Camry and 4Runner. The only problem is that the clips don't keep the shade pulled down very well. Even if you shut the door gently, the 4Runner shade almost always pops up. The Camry seems to hold pretty well. I think the style of window will determine whether this product works well or not. If you have a Camry (or similar) go for it. We're now looking for a suction-cup option to replace the shade in the SUV.

Otherwise great shade. Works well and is wide enough to block out most of the sun. Wish it worked in our 4Runner!!