Hi everyone Melissa here, welcome to CloudMom.
We're at Alby Baby on the upper West side talking about strollers and in front of me
today, I have one of the Rolls Royce's of strollers, the UppaBaby Vista.
This is actually a very, very popular stroller, especially in urban centers.
It prices at around $680, ouch!
This is not something you're going to take lightly whether to buy this because it is
expensive.
However, some people swear by this stroller.
Our partner Katie has been writing in madly as we shoot these shows stating "Say this
about the UppaBaby, say that!"
She just absolutely loves it!
And luckily for Katie, a relative of hers pitched in to help her buy it.
One thing to keep in mind when you're buying a stroller and of course, none of us know
what's in the future and what's going to happen is to think about how many children you might
want to have because if you do think you might want to have a big family you should keep
this in mind.
I did buy an expensive stroller back in 2004 I bought the Bugaboo Frog, not expensive as
the Chameleon is today, but 8 years later I'm still happily rolling around with that
stroller every day with my 5th baby and I've never had a problem with it.
So that investment has paid off.
If you look at the totality of it it's been about $50-$60 a year for me.
Okay, so the 2012 model of the UppaBaby Vista can take a baby up to 50 pounds.
Not recommended for infants until their 3 months old unless you use a converter with
a car seat and I'll get to that in a minute.
Let's look at the some of the features of this very luxurious and easy stroller.
Number 1, the handlebars very easy to rise, all you do is push in on this little piece
here and you move the handlebars up and down.
Second, recline this stroller can very easily move from an upright position to a recline
position by this piece here.
So you can move it up like this when your baby gets a bit older and wants to see even
more and in the beginning you can recline the baby all the way to there which is a very
important thing for people.
I'm going to move it back up to show you storage.
Storage on this stroller is very generous.
You can, depending on how much you eat, get a couple days worth of groceries down in this
storage compartment there.
And it's very easy because you can just sort of throw your diaper bag right down into that
which is something that people really like.
And now the wheel, these are foam filled wheels and they're pretty good on a rough terrain.
People tend to like them -- very easy to maneuver, very light.
Okay, reversibility this is a feature that's very important to some people because the
baby can be facing you and then later on facing front.
And this is a very easy stroller to reverse.
You have these two small pieces here and you push down on them and you quickly can just
move the stroller back into place.
Make sure you get that clicking sound; you can also pick it up right here to make sure
that the whole thing is secure.
I'm going to move it back to show you the really nice sun visor that this stroller has.
This is why the people pay the big bucks guys.
Visors very protective, it rolls all the way out to here and then you have this additional
piece here that protects your little angel from the sun.
It also comes with a rain cover and with a bug cover in case you're going to Thailand.
Okay, so the UppaBaby Vista goes with the following 4 car seats: The Chicco, the Graco,
the Maxi-Cosi, and the Peg Perego.
So you're going to buy a different adapter based on which car seat you have.
And I'm going to show you now how you can move this stroller to the car seat for the
early months when you're with your baby.
So you're going to press your two fingers right here on these two tiny black pieces
and then just lift up like this.
Okay, then you're going to take your adapter -- here's an adapter piece.
It's this part of the adapter piece that's going to go in the back.
Later on, when I want the baby to be facing forward and the baby is still in the car seat
I'll turn the adapter piece around like this.
So let's put it in here now and you want to get that nice clicking sound.
Just like that then lift it up to make sure that it's nice and secure.
Then I'm going to take my car seat, this one is a Graco.
And what you'll see is that it's this part of the car seat that's going to attach underneath
here.
Again, don't tilt it like this if your baby is in here.
It goes in so easy; I didn't even have to look.
I always like to move up this top here and pick it up one time to make sure everything
is secure.
There you go this is going to be a nice little way to move your baby around when you're first
home.
Okay, I'm going to tip this back for demonstration purposes only.
Do not do this with your baby inside.
Just to show you how you're going to release the car seat, it's this red piece right here
which you're just going to squeeze up with your hand and that should allow the car seat
to detach.
So that's all you do, I hold the back, I squeeze up in the front, and the car seat comes right
out.
So going back to the main part of the stroller here- I'm going to click it in on both sides,
I'm finding where it clicks, ta dah!
Okay, so 2012 UppaBaby Vista stroller, couple other things to consider.
It does not come with a cup holder or a snack tray so on top of what you're already paying
if these are items are important to you that's going to add to the price.
Super, super easy to assemble!
It's like boom, boom, and boom out of the box, people love that about this stroller.
Another thing to think about, the wheelbase is quite wide.
So if you're going to be in and out of stores or other sorts of narrow spaces this is something
you want to take into account.
Okay, again one of the Rolls Royces's of strollers.
Not inexpensive, but a very, very high quality brand that some people swear by.
Thank you so much for joining CloudMom and we will see you next time!