Sit 'n' Stroll carseat/stroller - Munich

Hi,

Has anyone used a Sit N Stroll before?
Is it really very convenient and light?
Does anyone have one to sell or know where I can buy one?

I've found it on amazon.com and international shipping is only ~$25.
Is this possible? I ask because the Sit N Stroll is so big. Can it have the same shipping rates as books?!

Any comments are appreciated, thank you.

Hi,

A friend of mine in NYC uses it for travel - she says she wouldn't use the carseat as her main carseat, or the stroller as her main stroller, but that they are okay for temporary vacation use. She also notes that the stroller isn't good on cobblestones, so probably not so good for most European cities. Hope this helps.

Hi thanks.

Actually I am planning to use it in CA, on our next vacation. I read about it on travel forums. But amazon.com doesn't ship it here (Í have just checked with them). And amazon.de doesn't carry it. So I was hoping someone from the US brought it here, but is not using it as a regular stroller or a regular carseat, so would be able to sell/rent it to me.

Are you really committed to this particular brand? There are definitely versions of this sort of thing that you can buy here -- one from Graco, I think maybe also Concord and/or Peg Pereo... try searching for the term "travel system".
Also if you buy some of the standard heavy duty Kinderwagen you can remove the buggy part and attach a baby car seat to just the base--you just need to know which care seat goes with which and if you need an extra attachment (for example, some Teutonia combination pram/strollers coordinate with either Römer Baby Safe or Maxi Cosi, I forget which!).

edit--oops, just noticed you want to take it to CA. I don't think you could take a big Teutonia or Hartan on the plane. The Graco thing would probably work -- but I bet you could buy something MUCH cheaper in the US, unless you need the car seat for the baby to ride in flying over. Also you might need to check with your airline as to whether you can bring a particular car seat on-board with you--you can't always and of course oyu need to buy a seat for the baby. You can, however, bring a car seat as checked luggage. I have done that. When we went to Scotland, you could rent a bigger car seat with the rental car (10months - 4 years), but NOT one of the infant rear-facing ones.

Hi,

I bought sit n stroll in 2005, while still living in Chicago, and satisfied with it. My husband could converted it from car seat-stroller-car seat with our 2.5 year old inside. But I myself had to take my son out of before being able to lift it. So it really depends on each person's strength. I've traveled 3 times to Europe and Asia with it, and found it very convenient to have such combo car seat-stroller-booster. We just moved to Munich a month ago, and our 13 month old daughter was also happy being pushed around the airport in it.

Can you use a sit 'n stroll with a bigger child? If so, my comments about other versions are wrong. Those versions are only combinations which use a rear-facing infant seat.

For sit n stroll, forward facing is until 40 lbs. The one we have looks like this http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DG
My son used it until he was 3.5 years old.

Ya...a Sit N Stroll is different from a regular convertible system or a regular travel system. The "skeleton" of the stroller goes under the seat when it becomes a car seat, so there is no stowing away of the stroller, so to speak. And yes, it can be used for toddlers too, unlike the regular convertible / travel systems.