Looking for something that can do it all? Travel systems provide a huge amount of flexibility and are great for parents that use their car a lot, but they're also the topic that seems to cause most confusion for pram-buyers.
A travel system is the fancy name for when your pushchair or pram frame allows you to connect an infant car seat to it, letting you move your child from car to pushchair easily and without disturbing them. Complete travel systems are bought as a single package that includes a frame, pushchair seat and car seat (and often with a number of other parts too), which are designed from the start to be interchangeable.
More recently, systems have been launched which call themselves
“travel system compatibles”. Rather than these coming with a
specific car seat, these pushchairs are designed to be paired with
a selection of popular car seats and you simply buy a set of
adapters that connect the pushchair to the car seat that best fits
your needs.
As well as giving you the flexibility to choose a car seat that best fits your car and protects your child, these travel system compatibles are often modular systems, allowing you to pick and choose the bits you need to fit the way you’ll use your pram.
The best of both worlds? Compatibles allow you to pick exactly what you want, and give you the flexibility of components that are designed to work together in all sorts of situations.
Find out if a travel system compatible could work for you - we’ll talk you through how you make sure everything fits together properly and safely.
A complete set of co-ordinating pushchair, pram and car seat might seem ideal, particularly to those on a tight budget, find out all about their advantages and their pitfalls in our guide
The advantage of travel systems is the flexibility they bring - evolving with your baby through their lives. They do though have drawbacks - principally their size and weight.
