UppaBaby Cruz

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.

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)