UPPAbaby Cruz

I am obsessed with my UB Cruz but I have heard from other moms who think it is bulky and heavy - honestly I don't necessarily agree although it's not super lightweight I have no issues with it. I love the Cruz so much!

All double strollers are pretty big and bulky. I personally would go for something smaller until you have another child and see what yours needs still are. I'm probably biased, but I think the Uppababy Cruz is an awesome stroller and the perfect size—not too small and not too big. I worked as a nanny so I've used a bunch of different strollers! The wheels can handle different terrain, basket is big enough to run errands/grocery shop, the bassinet is compatible or you can use the snug seat insert...

I think it depends on when you want another baby and your timeline. But I decided if we have a 3 year gap, I would do a kick board and buy a cheap double stroller if needed! Love our Cruz tho. It's the best. I got a used bassinet on marketplace also…not worth it to buy new IMO.

I have the same year crv and a cruz v2 and the mesa v2 cat seat. I love it!

I highly recommend looking for second hand options. We got an UppaBaby Cruz V1 in 2022 for $200 on Facebook marketplace. Tag says it was made in 2018 and the thing is a tank. It came with the bassinet and I bought a new UppaBaby car seat to go with it. We are expecting baby 2 now and will have a 27-month age gap.

Love our Uppababy Cruz, which we opted for because it's smaller, lighter, and slightly more compact than Vista. We knew we weren't going to have more than one child in our stroller at a time so it made more sense for us than the Vista. We got the Mesa car seat rather than Aria but I think that's just the bundle Uppababy had for our market in 2021, with our first child.

Second the Cruz! It's a great stroller. We got the bassinet off FB marketplace brand new still in the plastic from someone who had gotten it with their vista V2 but didn't need it. Then we resold it for $50 when we were done.

I have a nuna pipa rx with uppababy Cruz stroller. The car seat is lightweight but idk how light the stroller is compared to what you have. I am petite and can lift and fold/unfold the stroller myself with no issues though. I have the ring adapter for the car seat which makes clicking it into the stroller super easy.

I'm a FTM due in a couple weeks. We live in a multi story condo with a lot of stairs (lol) and a dog, so I did try to factor in weight of both the stroller and car seat. We bought the Uppababy Cruz with the Nuna Pipa RX. The Cruz is a bit smaller and more lightweight. Though it can't convert to a double stroller, I thought I could always resell it and get the Vista if I end up having another baby. I decided against the Uppababy Aria as I had read about the chin to chest issues in the Mesa and I ...

We got uppababy cruz + chicco keyfit 35 (and its adapter) UB's car seat was too expensive, and we don't own a car in the city so don't plan to use it much. Chicco keyfit seemed like a great option from what we researched. We chose UB cruz because we liked how sturdy it felt compared to more compact models like Yoyo, Joolz etc. It's not small or light, but we preferred something susbtantial if we'll use for 3+years. We'll see if we hate it or not (baby's due in May)

FTM due in July. We looked at so many. Similar situation to you but also trail walks. We didn't like the mockingbird as much and it felt flimsier than others. We looked at a graco, a chicco system, mockingbird, nuna, and Joie. We settled on a chicco keyfit 35 and an uppababy vista v3. We almost got the v2 bc the color we wanted was on sale for 799 w the bassinet.

I bought a Chicco keyfit car seat and an Uppababy Cruz (an open box one from Rebel Stork). I figured we'd invest more in a stroller bc it will be used long term and the infant seat will only be used for a year or less. The Uppababy Cruz and Vista have an adapter for Chicco car seats for $50- but I bought the infant snug seat insert instead (also $50).

We got uppababy cruz + chicco keyfit 35 (and its adapter) UB's car seat was too expensive, and we don't own a car in the city so don't plan to use it much. Chicco keyfit seemed like a great option from what we researched. We chose UB cruz because we liked how sturdy it felt compared to more compact models like Yoyo, Joolz etc. It's not small or light, but we preferred something susbtantial if we'll use for 3+years. We'll see if we hate it or not (baby's due in May)