Bugaboo Chameleon or Peg Perego Skate?

Question

I am expecting baby # 1 and am shopping for a baby stroller. I am torn between 2: the Bugaboo Chameleon and the Peg Perego Skate. I like that that you can use the Peg Perego infant seat (car seat) with the Skate, but it is a heavier stroller than the Bugaboo. Does anyone have either stroller? Do you like it? What are the pros and cons of each?

Answer 1

I don't actually have the Bugaboo but when I was deciding which stroller to get I spent alot of time at the store trying it out. I ended up getting an Orbit because I liked that the car seat could go from the car to the stroller without waking the baby up. I loved the Bugaboo besides the fact that it didn't have a carseat. I would have definetly purchased it if we lived in a large city and didn't drive everywhere. You may want to check out the Orbit. I LOVE it!

Answer 2

I have the Bugaboo.

Things I like about it:

- Every cloth item can go in the washing machine

- Bassinet is big

- You can have the baby facing you or away

- Very comfortable on the road

- Handbrake

What I don't like about it:

- Bit complicated to fold and set up

- Bulky. It takes up quite a bit of room in the house, but if you have the space this should not be a problem.

- Until you change it to the buggy, it's very hard to get things in and out of the basket underneath

- Quite low to the ground

- Extra's are extremely expensive (though you can get 'generic' extra's)

- Hard to attach stroller toys to it

I got it as a present from my parents and I picked it myself, but to be very honest: if I got to choose again now (my son is almost 5 months) I would probably go for a different kind of stroller. I'd pick one that's more compact and I guess.

I like the idea of the Peg Pergo with the car seat option. You will get a lot of use out of it when the baby is a newborn. Do pay attention though that it's a click on system (where the base stays in the car) otherwise you're messing around with seatbelts all the time and that's annoying and time consuming.

Anyway, I hope this helped a bit.

Good luck and congrats on the new baby!

Answer 3

I love the skate.  I've never had a bugaboo.  I live in the city so for me weight wasn't an issue because I am not really loading it in and out of a car.  Though I did just fly by myself to Florida with my 3-month-old son and took the stroller with car seat through the airport.  it was very easy to collapse and put through security.  Mechanically it is far superior to the bugaboo, or at least that was what my husband determined when we were deciding between the two.  it rides really well and handles the bumpy, construction laden, torn up streets of NYC.   And the baby loves it.

Answer 4

I'm currently using the Chameleon for our 9 month old and love it! It's so easy to move around, even in tight spaces. I love the big wheels, which in Canada comes in handy with our snowy winters (which is just around the corner, argh!). Plus the wheels make it easy to go over curbs and bumps. And I like the fact that it comes in 2 pieces for the following reasons: one, I can easily remove / put in the car seat and fold just the frame to fit into the back of our small car when we drive somewhere. And two, the bassinet (for new born) /seat (for older baby) clicks in very easily for when we want to take a stroll. Plus I find it looks very stylish unlike some of the other bulky strollers. That's important too!

The only negative thing I would say is we didn't use the bassinet for very long. A month or so at most. We moved quickly to the seat (the angle of which can be adjusted for baby's needs). So I felt like I paid for something I didn't really use. But you do need the bassinet for a newborn so no way around it I suppose.

It's more expensive than other strollers, but I find it's totally worth it.

Oh, I should mention that at first the frame is tricky to fold, but once you get the hang of it it's a snap. I practiced in our livingroom a number of times so that I wouldn't have to tackle it with a crying baby!

Congrats on the soon-to-be baby!

Answer 5

I have the Bugaboo and we like it.  We bought the car seat adapter so we can use our Graco Snugride car seat with it (very light car seat compared to Peg Perego).

I don't know anything about the Peg Perego Skate.  Bugaboo is light and folds up easy - one thing is that you do have to detach the seat or the bassinet from the base before folding though.  We usually keep the base and the car seat adapter in the car to use it out and about.  When we are at home we just put her in her car seat or the bassinet/seat that came with the bugaboo and then snap her into the base.  The bassinet is really useful for when they are newborns - you can put them in that and move them room to room with you in the house, it has a carry bar.

One thing I don't like about the Bugaboo is the straps on the seat portion - they are really long.  My smaller 5 month old cannot sit semi-upright in the seat because of this - the straps at their tightest are a good 2-3 inches too long so she is stuck in the full recline position.  She doesn't like this because she can sit supported and wants to be able to look around, not lay down.  Because of this I usually just put her in her maya sling for walks around our neighborhood.