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Lilly Gold 5-in-1 Sit n Stroll Carseat / Stroller, Shoreline
- Forward facing carseat
- Rear facing carseat
- FAA certified flight
- Full function stroller
- Dining booster seat
Product Description
Tripleplay 5-in-1 Sit N Stroll Travel becomes convenient with the Sit N Stroll from Tripleplay. It is FAA approved and is the perfect choice when searching for baby travel systems. Flying with a child is very difficult. With a stroller travel system like the Sit N Stroll there is no reason to haul a stroller and car seat through the airport. Use the stroller function and wheel the children the airport and into the automobile. The travel system then converts to an easy to use car seat by using the car’s belts. Once the destination has been reached, take out the retractable wheels on the baby travel system and roll the child to its destination. The Tripleplay 5 in 1 is lightweight and simple making it a great choice. The top feature on the Sit N Stroll from Tripleplay is its convertibility. The wheels retract into what acts as a car seat base for easy storage. When the time comes to go from car seat to stroller, no real effort needs to be exerted. The stroller travel system is easy to use for all parents. The travel system also features a height adjustable handle. The 5-In-1 Sit N Stroll becomes one of the most perfect travel systems for any parent.
Lilly Gold 5-in-1 Sit n Stroll Carseat / Stroller, Shoreline
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5 Responses to “Lilly Gold 5-in-1 Sit n Stroll Carseat / Stroller, Shoreline”
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I LOVE this product! It is really the answer to a busy mom’s prayers! It is great for airline travel — it DOES fit in economy seats, you just need to put the armrest up. It is also nice for day-to-day use. So much easier for quick trips than having to pack an extra stroller. I have a small car, so it’s nice that I don’t need to fill up my trunk with more baby gear.
Rating: 5 / 5
This combo-stroller works well as a stroller and is quite adequate as a car seat. It is quite easy to convert and fits through airport security scanners if positioned properly.
My problems with it are-
1. It is unusable in most Economy airline seats as it is too wide. I was made to check it in on 2 consecutive flights.
2. It is overpriced for something that is basically only a car seat- stroller combo.
Rating: 2 / 5
We purchased these for our year-old twin boys. I really really wanted this product to be great, and I was so excited to try it. I thought it would really be an answer to our problems traveling but unfortunately it wasn’t. Everyone who’s done it knows what a difficult thing it is to bring a car-seated baby on an airplane, in terms of getting it hefted up and over everyone’s heads and down the aisle (while you’re probably carrying a couple of diaper bag carry-ons as well). In our experience (and we fly American), they do not let us pre-board at all, even with two infants. This seems crazy to me, and it makes it very difficult for my husband and me, each with a car seat and baby in our arms, to get down the jetway and finally seated on the plane.
This stroller is easy to push around the airport – though the handle does seem really flimsy. But there is no storage, and you can’t really hang your diaper bags on the handle – you’ll need to keep those shouldered. If your adult-to-baby ratio is 1:1 like it is with us (my husband has one baby and I have the other), a rolling suitcase in addition to your sit-n-stroll doesn’t really work either.
I was very hopeful that the sit-n-stroll would roll down the aisle of the plane. It won’t, not in coach. Not even close. So somehow you have to pick this seat up, which is very unwieldy, very high (and I am very tall) to get over people’s heads, with your shoulder bags on, and get to your seat. It’s really a stressful experience and we typically wind up feeling somewhat injured – too much strain on our necks, our backs, and bruises on our arms. Getting the wheels to pop out and back isn’t TOO difficult, but everything is made somewhat more difficult by the stress of all the travelers around you being unhappy about you bringing your baby aboard in the first place. Oh well.
Another problem is that this car seat is pretty heavy (compared to the Graco Safe Seat for Infants which is what we used before), even without a child in it. When you add a 20+ pound child, it’s really too much for me. I’m 6′1″ and my husband is 6′5″ and we both did not like using the sit-n-stroll. Our experience was also that the seat is wider than the airplane seat itself, so the parent riding next to the seat will have less space to sit in than normal.
If you do use the car seat in the rear facing mode, the airplane’s seatbelt fits at a comfortable level. If you use it in the forward facing manner, though, the plane’s seatbelt goes somewhere else (higher up), and it really is in a weird spot. How awkward it is will depend on the height of your child.
For our next trip, we are going back to our former system – the Graco Safe Seat rear-facing (for infants) car seat (the boys are barely within the weight / height range for that seat still) with the Graco frame stroller (folded up and checked at the plane’s door) to get it around the airport. That car seat has a handle, so it’s easier to heft up over people’s heads, and it does not weigh as much. And then we hope that we can graduate to the cares belt on future trips. That’s another conversation
Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this seat. It just has too many drawbacks, and it is VERY expensive.
Rating: 3 / 5
We’ve taken this stroller on two trips to Asia, two trips to Europe, and numerous domestic trips, for a total of 30 flights. I can’t imagine taking these trips without this stroller, it’s been absolutely fantastic for us. On the plane, on the taxi, on the subway, and around town, it makes traveling much easier. Our daughter also seems to find it comfortable, she will climb into it and just sit there. With a bit of practice (and I’ve had a lot!) it converts between a stroller and a seat in about 3 seconds. The fabric seat covers comes entirely off, which is nice as we can toss it in the washing machine after a trip. [Or when she throws up all over her self in it....] How did people travel without it?
So given that effusive enthusiasm, why only three stars? Because as useful as it has been, it has many limitations, and much room for improvement.
The biggest problem is that as a stroller, it is mediocre at best, primarily due to the wheels being too small. They are suitable only for very smooth ground. Small bumps in the road are problems, grass and dirt roads are questionable, and going over cobblestone or brick roads are near impossible. I realize that due to the need to fold the wheels need to be small, but there sure looks like room to make them bigger. Just 2″ bigger would make all the difference.
As a seat, it’s better, but not great. As many others have noted, placing it rear-facing is a bit of a challenge. Thanks to all those that suggested placing something under the front (I used a jacket or towel), it really helps. It also needs a level to show when it’s flat. Front facing, the place where the belt goes is much too high for our daughter, it basically goes right by her chin. We end up using the rear-facing path much of the time. I realize this is not as safe, as the seat might be able to flip forward in a crash, but it’s better than no seat at all. The neck support (”infant bolster”) is poorly designed, it forces her neck forward, so when she sleeps much of the time her head is not to the side but rather hanging forward.
To close the seat, you need to hold the seat slanted slightly downwards so the front wheels pivot forwards so they fit in the compartment.
It needs a cup holder. Really really needs one.
The storage mesh bag isn’t great. It’s worth getting it, but be prepared to be unimpressed. Note that the bottom sides have little elastic loops that attach to the sides of the stroller to keep it in place.
So if you’re doing a lot of traveling, I highly recommend this, but be prepared for some frustration and trade-offs.
Rating: 3 / 5
My son is a premee. Even though we used this seat at 3 months, he was only 11 lbs. and 22 1/2 inches. He found it really uncomfortable. The pillow/head support hit him in the wrong place causing his head to be thrown forward. When used as a car seat rear facing, the angle of the seat tips his whole body forward. We had to physically hold his head against the back of the chair otherwise his chin would rest against his chest.
We flew on Southwest and American. Once you get to the Coach part of the plane, the stroller will not fit down the aisle. You have to lift it up with your child in it above the heads of the seated passengers. If he were any heavier, I couldn’t have done it. He also, only lasted 1 hour in the seat before he needed to get out of it because he was so uncomfortable.
This seat may work better for an infant that is older or bigger and doesn’t need to be rear facing in the car. However, you better fly Business Class, because I doubt you will be able to lift your 20 pound child in the seat above your head to carry him/her down the aisle to your seat.
Since it is the only FAA rated seat that can be used on the plane, you don’t really have much of a choice as to whether or not you use it. In the end it is better to not have your child being flying projectile in the case of a sudden drop in altitude than the discomfort that he/she feels in the seat.
Rating: 2 / 5