CarSeat Safety 101, by StrollerQueen, Part 2

How often should you check to see if your harness is at the right height?

Do you need any help installing your car seat? How about adjusting the harness? Do you know when to switch from rear to forward facing, or harnessed to booster? How do you choose the best car seat for your child, and your vehicle?

Car Seat Safety 101 by StrollerQueen, Part 1.

What to do if your car seat is hard to install, and how straps should be positioned

Do you need any help installing your car seat? How about adjusting the harness? Do you know when to switch from rear to forward facing, or harnessed to booster? How do you choose the best car seat for your child, and your vehicle?

And the winner of the totally awesome color of your choice Combi Catalyst is....

Mutsy Evo Review

Down in Palisades Park, with the Mutsy Evo

 It was a beautiful, sunny day in Palisades Park. The sea looked like sparkling sapphires. 

 

  It was a blue as brilliant as the New Mutsy Evo! It's been tweaked a bit, to conform with us safety standards. And of course, it is still as fabulous as ever! 

 

Take a look, as Christine and I demonstrate the fold and features.


 

Mutsy Evo

Weight: 26 pds. (seat and chassis)

Width: 24"

Length: 32"

Height: 20"-44.5"

Seat Width: 12"

Seat Back:  20"

Seat to Canopy: 21"
Seat Depth: 9"-16"

Drop to Footrest: 8"

Seat to Floor: 20"

Folded: 12" x 26" x 24"(chassis only)
Bassinette: 10.5 pounds

If you need help finding the best stroller for you, click on "Consultations" up top. And to see all of the 2013 stroller models, go to StrollerQueen.Net

Have you entered to win the free stroller giveaway?

Do you know anyone who needs a new stroller?  Just a day and a half left to win the new Combi Catalyst, in your choice of colors. Hurry and enter!

Kate Middleton buys Bugaboo stroller

 Well now, Princess Kate bought a blue Bug?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315835/Kates-biggest-clue-sex-unborn-child--buys-Bugaboo-buggy-baby-blue.html

 
If you need help finding the best stroller for you, click on "Consultations" up top. And to see all of the 2013 stroller models, go to StrollerQueen.Net

Cybex Jeremy Scott

Well, looky here...is this a bad-a picture or what!

 
So why am I showing this man with a stroller in striped pajamas? Well, he is clad in the p.j.'s, but the stroller is wearing something equally as colorful.

Good News for the Mutsy Evo!

After flaw is fixed, the Mutsy Evo stroller passes our tests

Mar 15, 2013 12:30 PM

Consumer Reports has removed its "Don't Buy: Safety Risk" designation from a stroller it tested last year after finding that a newer model did not pose the same safety risks.

Stroller Reviews--Video or Photos? Both?

Hey y'all! Would love some feedback on this. I'm about to do a new stroller review, and I can't decide whether to do video, or pictures, or both. What is your general preference? 

If you need help finding the best stroller for you, click on "Consultations" up top. And to see all of the 2013 stroller models, go to StrollerQueen.Net

Bugaboo sale!

On Zulily, going fast! http://www.zulily.com/invite/jmcl574



If you need help finding the best stroller for you, click on "Consultations" up top. And to see all of the 2013 stroller models, go to StrollerQueen.Net

How to clean your stroller, and it's easy!

SQ Tip:  Cleaning your stroller, as promised! 

 First of all, don't be intimidated. In a previous tip, I mentioned the importance of preventative maintenance. What that means is, don't let it get to the point where you want to throw your hands up and scream. Because then that can feel overwhelming. Nevertheless, you have to start from where you are. And if where you are is a big mess, so be it. 

 

Combi Catalyst Stroller Giveaway!

Now that you've read the review--or if you haven't, it's at: 

Combi Catalyst Stroller Review

  you can enter to win one of your very own, all for free! Click here for all of the details. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

   

Free Stroller Giveaway Coming!

Hi Strollerland,
I delayed this a bit, out of respect for the Boston tragedy. But now I am thinking it's time to do something nice to cheer everyone up. So stay tuned. StrollerQueen

Cybex Twinyx Double Stroller Review

Every year, as the weather warms up,  I start getting asked the same question over and over... "StrollerQueen, what is a good double stroller for travel?" Here's a new one to try..brought to us by our good friends at Regal Lager and Cybex..the Twinyx! It's basically a double version of the popular Onyx umbrella stroller. My friend Emily and I had a lot of fun playing with it at the park, with our children, of course! She really liked the push, the seat size,the handle height, and that it took up so little room in her car. I liked the silky smooth fabrics that are easy to wash, the sharp look, the easy harness adjustments, and the canopies that slide up or down, for taller or smaller children. Go Regal Lager! Go CYBEX!



Cybex Twinyx Double Stroller

Weight: 29 lbs

Folded: 16.5"W x 38.5"L x 15"H 

Open: 29.5"W x 41" H x 24.5"L

11" Seat Width

9"-13.5" Seat Depth
9" Drop to footrest

18.5"  Seat back

25" Seat to canopy

15" Seat to ground
 5.5" Wheels 

To see all 2013 models, go to StrollerQueen.Net  and for personal help, click on the "Consultations"on StrollerQueen.com

Peg Perego Book Plus Stroller Review

Birthday Book Plus

  Have you ever noticed what happens when you marry two great ideas into one, like peanut butter and chocolate, a forward and reversible seat stroller, St. Patricks' Day and Easter? The result can be stupendous, as you are about to see. 

 

This story is about the latter two, not the former, although I do really like Reese's cups. Combining St. Patrick's Day and Easter together this year was happenstance; they just came too close together. Combining a forward and reversible seat stroller into one was Peg Perego's brainchild--which resulted in this lovely Book Plus. And like the merger of all strong unions, the offspring is a force to be reckoned with. 

Stroller Lights

Here's a SQ tip for strolling at dusk...get a stroller that has reflective piping. That was DD's fussy time, and a walk in the cool air would calm her down. We called it "The Witching Hour." But there were a few times in crosswalks we almost bought the farm. I shudder to remember. They didn't have many strollers with the reflective strips then. But some people used reflective tape, or even hooked up tiny, twinkly, battery operated lights.

StrollerQueen Tip: Keeping your stroller clean

Hi Strollerland! Due to popular demand, I have been posting a series of StrollerQueen Tips on FaceBook. In case you missed the there, I am also posting them here. But if you do like them, could you pop over there and hit the Like button? Thank you!

Today's SQ tip is on clean strollers....well I guess it's two separate posts--one on keeping a stroller clean, and another on cleaning it if you don't, lol! Now it's not that hard to clean a stroller, and if you are using it every day, you are going to have to. But you can lessen the time between washings if you take a few preventative measures.

StrollerQueen on Today Show

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

This isn't new, but Hurricane Sandy knocked out a lot of my Media, and I'm happy that I was able to get some of it back, whoo hoo! And yes, the sun was really bright, and shining right in my eyes.

Mountain Buggy, Phil and Ted's, Maclarens, Quinnys, For Sale on Gilt!

Lots of Strollers for sale on Gilt! I spied a Mountain Buggy, Phil and Ted's, several Maclarens, and Quinny Buzz' and Moodds with a free Mico infant car seat! Yezzz....If you need an invite: http://www.gilt.com/invite/strollerqueen


 

Aston Martin Stroller

Recently a reporter asked me what I thought about the new, three-thousand dollar Astin-Martin stroller. Which is only generating such a buzz BECAUSE it's 3-grand. Here was my response, and it is certainly like nothing you will read anywhere else.
 

BOB MOTION review

BOB is our Valentine

"Everyone is asking for the BOB Motion...

C'mon baby, try the BOB Motion..

I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now,

C'mon baby, buy the BOB Motion,

Combi Catalyst Stroller Review

Happy Combi New Year!

Combis are a tradition at our house. (Remember the ultralight Savvy Z? Well, I still have one. Um, two actually. Leopard and Jungle. And remember the flat recline, snack tray Utra Savvy Yep, have one of those in black licorice. Of course, there is a reason. But I will tell you that later.)

 

Going to the beach on New Year's is another tradition. Building sand castles, splashing in the waves, writing our names in the sand.

Quinny Zapp Xtra Folding Seat Review

Christmas Zapp

 Hark, the Herald Angel sings,

 

 Zapp Xtra folding seat, Quinny brings

  The fold is compact; wildly small

 And in one piece, best of all.

 

FREE infant car seat with BOB Motion Stroller!

Update: Review posted! http://strollerqueenreviews.blogspot.com/2013/03/bob-motion-review.html
Wow wow, such a deal! For three days only at REI, get the new BOB Motion stroller, and get a free car seat! Check it out:  http://www.rei.com/product/840625/bob-motion-stroller

Bugaboo Recall! (again)

	NEWS from CPSC and HC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov		Health Canada    www.hc-sc.gc.ca

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2013 Release #13-092

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 460-2922 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983

Bugaboo Recalls Strollers Due to Fall and Choking Hazards