Double Jogging Strollers with Car Seat Adapter
November 28, 2009 by mico
Filed under Double Jogging Stroller Articles
When people travel with their kids, one of the biggest problems lie in utilizing their car seats as well as their double jogging stroller. This is because children can get quite fuzzy and would hate to be transferred from the car seat into another contraption (the stroller).
To solve this, many double jogging stroller manufacturers have come up with ways to be able to use your double jogging stroller with car seats.
Two Ways of using Car Seats with Jogging Strollers :
When you try to learn more about car seats and double jogging strollers, you will find out that there are usually two things that would enable you to use the car seat and the stroller together. The first is the one wherein you would be able to utilize a car seat from a different manufacturer by using the car seat adapter, while the second are those that are complete travel systems.
Car Seat Adapter:
The car seat adapter is a separate accessory that can be purchased for your double jogging strollers. Through this additional attachment, you would be able to use your car seat with your double jogging strollers. The car seat adapter is usually placed on top of the seat area of the stroller so that you can attach your car seat in it.
The car seat adapters are usually available for the popular brands of double jogging stroller such as the BOB Double Jogging Strollers, Bugaboo strollers, or the Instep Double jogging strollers. Similarly, these adapters would usually just fit the popular brands of car seats such as the Graco Snug Ride model, the Graco SafeSeat, the Britax Companion, and the Peg Perego Primo Viaggio models.
You should note that you have plenty of options when it comes to car sear adapters for double jogging strollers. This is because aside from those that come from the manufacturer of the stroller themselves, there are also those that are created and sold by the 3rd party manufacturers.
The great thing with those that come from the manufacturer themselves is that they are more likely to be an exact fit for your double jogging strollers. However, the 3rd party ones would usually beat them when it comes to the price that you would have to pay.
Complete Travel Systems:
Complete Travel Systems are the double jogging strollers wherein the seat itself can double as a car seat or even a bassinet for the younger children. The double jogging strollers that are complete travel systems are usually separated into two parts, the wheel and frame and the seat.
They are made this way for two reasons. The first is that so you would be able to easily fold it for storage in the back seat or in the trunk of your car. It is much easier to fold a wheel and frame that is separate from the seat , than it is to fold a whole double jogging stroller.
The other reason is that the seat can be modified so that it would work as a car seat when you are travelling inside your cars.
As you can see, you would have plenty of options when you are considering to use your double jogging stroller with car seats.
