Hokiebear
01-29-2010, 12:27 AM
The triple decker is the ONLY stroller that lets 3 infant carseats snap in (other than the peg perego which only takes 3 peg seats - and the peg infant seats are too large to fit 3 in most cars, definitely won't fit in my odyssey so that's out of the running for us. Most other triple strollers will only take 1 or 2 carseats - they're made for twins +1 not triplets).
After finally getting the snugride 32's into the car so I can have a stroller that snaps in 3 infant carseats, I've been foiled again...
Basically the triple decker is the ONLY stroller that lets 3 infant carseats snap in (other than the peg perego which only takes 3 peg seats - and the peg infant seats are too large to fit 3 in most cars, definitely won't fit in my odyssey so that's out of the running for us. Most other triple strollers will only take 1 or 2 carseats - they're made for twins +1 not triplets). So the triple decker was my only option, but hey, it takes snugrides, both 22's and 32's so I'm all set - or so I thought.
The TD actually takes the evenflo and the graco snugride (22 and 32) - three different models though, a different model depending on which carseats you're using. I had heard great things about the TD so I bought three snugride 32's and had a TD specially made to go with these seats to the tune of $400. I had previously used the baby trend snap n go single by the way (with my older son) and loved it - so I expected a triple version of this stroller (baby trend only makes a single and a double snap n go, no triple unfortunately) When the TD arrived we tried the seats in it - they snapped in easily alright but went in like bike seats, VERY vertical, not at all the angle that an infant carseat goes into the car. I called the company because I thought I had gotten the wrong model initially, maybe one had been sent to me that fit a different carseat - no, not the case... while customer service was very pleasant, they told me that that's the way it was designed and that the other carseats fit into it the same way (the snugride 22's and the evenflo) and at I should get a head propper. Well, sure I can prop the heads (using a rolled receiving blanket or propper) but that still leaves a lot of vertical pressure on little spines - and little heads lolling forward when they fall asleep in the seats. There is a reason that infant carseats are made so that the babies ride in a semi-reclined position and don't sit upright! Why on earth they would design a stroller that is designed specifically to accept *infant carseats* as it's primary purpose is totally beyond me. THUMBS DOWN TRIPLE DECKER!
All I can think of is that either the other carseats go in at a better angle (the snugride 22 and the evenflo) or that most mom's of multiples have never used a single stroller (snap n go or any of the others like it out there) and don't know how good it gets & don't know how crappy the choices are for triples by comparison.
Needless to say, this stroller got sent back & I haven't found another stroller that takes three snugrides... Think I'm stuck buckling and unbuckling everyone every time, ugh! And I'm also wondering why I bothered getting the snugrides at all now, I may as well have just gotten 3 convertibles in the first place since I don't have a stroller that can snap in 3 seats, I have to buckle and unbuckle every stinkin time. UGHHHH!
After finally getting the snugride 32's into the car so I can have a stroller that snaps in 3 infant carseats, I've been foiled again...
Basically the triple decker is the ONLY stroller that lets 3 infant carseats snap in (other than the peg perego which only takes 3 peg seats - and the peg infant seats are too large to fit 3 in most cars, definitely won't fit in my odyssey so that's out of the running for us. Most other triple strollers will only take 1 or 2 carseats - they're made for twins +1 not triplets). So the triple decker was my only option, but hey, it takes snugrides, both 22's and 32's so I'm all set - or so I thought.
The TD actually takes the evenflo and the graco snugride (22 and 32) - three different models though, a different model depending on which carseats you're using. I had heard great things about the TD so I bought three snugride 32's and had a TD specially made to go with these seats to the tune of $400. I had previously used the baby trend snap n go single by the way (with my older son) and loved it - so I expected a triple version of this stroller (baby trend only makes a single and a double snap n go, no triple unfortunately) When the TD arrived we tried the seats in it - they snapped in easily alright but went in like bike seats, VERY vertical, not at all the angle that an infant carseat goes into the car. I called the company because I thought I had gotten the wrong model initially, maybe one had been sent to me that fit a different carseat - no, not the case... while customer service was very pleasant, they told me that that's the way it was designed and that the other carseats fit into it the same way (the snugride 22's and the evenflo) and at I should get a head propper. Well, sure I can prop the heads (using a rolled receiving blanket or propper) but that still leaves a lot of vertical pressure on little spines - and little heads lolling forward when they fall asleep in the seats. There is a reason that infant carseats are made so that the babies ride in a semi-reclined position and don't sit upright! Why on earth they would design a stroller that is designed specifically to accept *infant carseats* as it's primary purpose is totally beyond me. THUMBS DOWN TRIPLE DECKER!
All I can think of is that either the other carseats go in at a better angle (the snugride 22 and the evenflo) or that most mom's of multiples have never used a single stroller (snap n go or any of the others like it out there) and don't know how good it gets & don't know how crappy the choices are for triples by comparison.
Needless to say, this stroller got sent back & I haven't found another stroller that takes three snugrides... Think I'm stuck buckling and unbuckling everyone every time, ugh! And I'm also wondering why I bothered getting the snugrides at all now, I may as well have just gotten 3 convertibles in the first place since I don't have a stroller that can snap in 3 seats, I have to buckle and unbuckle every stinkin time. UGHHHH!