Customer Reviews

Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

At first the Adapter seemed to be incompatible with the Graco Snugride 35 and the directions were horrible. So I returned it back to Buy Buy Baby. But while I was at the store returning the product, the sales person showed me a floor sample and how to properly install the product. I took pictures and posted them above as it is not intuitive and is not mentioned in the product directions.

The bar must be installed such that it will lock in the seat. You won't hear a click because the bar is a little too small, but it does lock the seat in place.

The belt click must be used. I originally set the belt straight up and over the top of the car seat, but felt that it left no room for the baby to sit in the seat. The sales person at buy buy baby showed me that the belt must not be straight, but must hook around a ledge which holds the seat in place and doesn't interfere with where the baby is sitting.

Finally, the seat is set back underneath the canopy of the baby jogger mini stroller which adds extra protection.

Definitely a must have, especially for your newborn. I've read on someones review that they had to remove the whole seat and was left w/ just the frame itself. We didn't have that problem. We simply snapped the adapter on, secured our car seat on the city mini and we were ready to go; without undoing anything on the city mini. The only complaint I have is that I think the adapter is a little pricey...especially for new parents like us. I'll post a pic w/ the car seat on the city mini soon to show how much the city mini rocks.

There are two reasons to buy an adapter that allows you to put the infant carrier car seat into your stroller. The first is so that if you have a sleeping baby in your car seat, you will not disrupt him by transferring him to the stroller. the second reason is because the stroller is for more mature babies, namely those with neck control and or can sit up. If you are really concerned with issue number one then perhaps you will consider getting this. However I found that it was rare indeed that my baby was asleep in the car seat at the time I needed to use the stroller, and he always went back to sleep if we just took him from the car seat and out him in the stroller. if you are more concerned about the second issue then you really don't need to buy this. the citi mini stroller fully reclines to accommodate the youngest of babies. If you want to support the little neck consider buying an infant support insert Kiddopotamus Snuzzler Complete Head and Body Support, Ivory Terryfor a fraction of this price.

In conclusion. This product is only minimally useful. It does adapt to an infant carrier car seat, but it isn't really necessary and certainly not for this price.

I have a 2 year old AND a 5 month old so taking baby out for quick trips can be too much if she's happy (or asleep!) so i can leave her in her car seat and pop here in her city mini...so great! adaptor pops into the side holes in a minute then you just add the adaptor bar (we have a graco snugride- best car seat imo). Some say that the car seat is not held in securly- this is not the case with ours-maybe they are not puting it in correctly. The car seat actually clicks on just like the snugrider snap n go- you can try to lift it off while on the bar and it will NOT come out unless you press the release lever on the back of the car seat (just as if it was installed on the base in the car!) Does not add any weight to our mini, just makes the fold a bit longer but not that bad. It is a bit of a pain to take the adaptor on and off so plan on keeping it on for the most part (which is ok as my toddler can still use the stroller with the adaptor on it). This is a must have as it is SO much easier keeping baby in seat for errands...you can just lay baby flat for longer outings in your mini/classic/elite as the seat goes flat :) hth!

This is definitely useful in the first few weeks. It's so much easier to put the whole seat on the stroller so as not to disturb the baby, plus it enables you to have the baby facing you so you can keep an eye on them.

However, when it's on you can't really collapse the stroller, which is of course the whole point of having a City Mini. It's also pretty darn expensive. You could technically buy a stroller frame for less money, although you would lose the excellent handling of the City Mini. So it really depends on what you need to use your stroller for. If it's only for quick trips on flat terrain, you could probably just get a stroller frame. But if you're going on neighborhood walks on rough sidewalks or at the park, etc., I'd definitely go with the car seat adapter.

Once our baby turned about 8 weeks old, she had great head control so we simply started putting her in the main seat of the stroller with a head support pillow and the seat reclined. While the seat adapter was definitely useful to us, I'm not sure if it was worth $60 to us for only two months of use.

I have the City Mini Jogger and the Maxi Cosi "Mico" Car Seat (which i love both dearly) and the adapter works great. I kinda wish it made a clicking noise when its secured in the stroller, but it just makes the side buttons pop out...which is fine for me too. There were a bunch of other adapters with bars and stuff for other car seats, but I only needed the side ones...nice! (Especially since you can leave the attachments in when you want to collaps the stroller!) Enjoy!

I sent this back after I actually saw it. As other reviews note, it's $60 for basically a metal bar and brackets. I guess it's the kind of item where you want it to be overbuilt, but I also think the Baby Jogger folks know they have this particular market cornered.
We're thinking we'll generally rather carry in the sling or chest pack while he's still too small for the regular stroller, but I can't fully testify to that yet.
Finally, this rig is the same price as a new Snap n Go, and we were able to find one used (a Snap n Go) for practically nothing. I'm looking forward to using the stroller, but as for the bar it wasn't so much the actual money that made send it back as the sneaking suspicion that I'd been had. Maybe find another solution for the few months they can't just ride in the stroller.

We decided to buy only one stroller (City Mini) and rely, as possible, on available accessories to maximize its functionality. Since babies are not really supposed to ride on the City Mini, we decided to buy this adaptor in order to use our Peg-Perego Primo Viaggio SIP 30-30 car seat.
The adaptor attached very well to the stroller. It was easy to install. The adaptor is made of a very light and sturdy material. We haven't used it much, but it looks and feels very resistant and durable. The car seat snaps very easily and remains attached to the stroller even under severe stress. The adaptor makes the car seat sit high enough such that you can have your baby at comfortable distance. In terms of built, installation, etc this product gets "thumbs up".
However, our biggest concern (therefore the rating) is that the City Mini became unstable (even more). The adaptor makes the car seat sit at a relatively high position, which combined with the very light built of the Mini, makes the stroller somewhat unstable, specially when going through rough or uneven terrain.
In oder words, our biggest problem was not the adaptor itself, but the ability to use a car seat with this stroller. It ended up being that one of the City Mini's greatest feature: its lightness, makes using a car seat somewhat unsafe.
The adaptor is also a little pricey. For that money you can buy a Snap-N-Go, which will definitely fit almost any car seat and eliminate any instability. We ended up doing that and it has worked very well.

This review is more about the description than the item itself. I'm sure the adapter would work great, yes they are quite pricey for a metal tube and a few pieces of plastic but it is sure cheaper than buying the bassinet kit and really nice to place your sleeping infant in the stroller straight from the car to head into the store. However, if you have a CITY SELECT stroller don't buy this adaptor it isn't the one you need. We got it home and after a few minutes of frustration trying to get the thing together I realized that it was for the wrong kind of stroller. I think of the city select as a single stroller (since mine is right now). This will fit the city mini and city elite strollers. Make sure the one you purchase is the one that will fit your stroller.

The car seat adapter works well with our Graco Snugride, but doesn't completely snap into the stroller. It seems like the adapter might pop out at any second and send our little bundle tumbling on the ground. We ran the safety strap around the back of the stroller for added security and that solved the problem. If you do this, just be sure the strap is out of the way when you go to open the stroller. We've used this probably 50 times so far with no problems.