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Travel System - Malawi
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Manufacturer: Baby Trend
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Model#: 1906
Weight: 50lbs
Height: 37.50" | | Width: 19.50"
Length: 17.50"
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
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Features:- Thickly padded multi-position reclining seat. Swing-away, removable child tray with cup holder
- Oversized ratcheting canopy with sunroof. Extra large drop down storage basket
- Large 8 inch front and 9 inch rear Euro-styled wheels. Convenient parent tray with cup holder and covered storage compartment
- Padded multi-position reclining seat; oversized ratcheting canopy
- Parent tray with covered area and cup holder; extra-large drop-down storage basket
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Although it is a bit of a bear to assemble, the Shuttle travel system--in the adorable pale blue and sage green Malawi jungle print--provides a cozy ride for babies of either gender. The three-piece set is comprised of an infant carrier, a car seat base, and a stroller to outfit baby for either car or sidewalk travel. The infant carrier securely locks into the car seat base using Baby Trend’s tried-and-true Flex-Loc system or snaps rear-facing onto the front tray of the stroller for walks. Designed to carry babies from 5 to 22 pounds, the carrier has a strong five-point safety harness, a decent-sized canopy, and a rubber-coated triangular handle for an ergonomic, no-slip grip. The corresponding stroller navigates smoothly on two 9-inch back wheels and four 8-inch front wheels. A gigantic canopy provides ample shelter from sun and wind exposure and, when used with the carrier, meets the carrier’s canopy to completely blacken the area for a napping baby. Larger babies can sit right in the reclining stroller seat, which is padded for comfort, and rest their feet on the oversized footrest. For parents, there is a comfortable push bar that includes a quick-release button to collapse and fold the stroller using one hand. The Shuttle also has a fairly large parent tray with a covered compartment and drink holder and a drop-down storage basket for easy access to baby gear or shopping bags. The car seat is LATCH-compliant and all components of the travel system are certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, an independent lab that tests for safety in children’s products. --Cristina Vaamonde
User Submitted Travel System - Malawi Reviews
August 2, 2006
Doing its job...
I am REALLY enjoying this travel system. I received this as a gift for my baby shower in February. I didn't test it out or do any test driving. The print did catch my eye, however. My thoughts on this system are as follows:
1.I love the fact that the car seat is in fact really heavy, because if you're in an accident, your baby won't go flying around (as much) as with a lighter one. I just put up with it being heavy, with peace of mind that my little one will be safer if we're in an accident.
2. The release handle on the car seat IS a little hard to manipulate. I've kind of got the hang of it (I've been doing it for 5 months now) and just do my best!
3. The base is SUPER EASY to install in my 2006 Honda. I love this new latch system idea. It makes it easy to move from one car to another. I'm not sure if it's as easy on older cars. You might want to find out before you buy this system.
4. The car seat is also easy to use WITHOUT the base. You simply use the vehical seat belt and thread it through the slots on the car seat.
5. The release handle (to take the seat off of the base) is located in an akward position. In my car, it sits right against the vehical seat so I have to shove my hand in between the car seat and the vehical seat. This is pretty uncomfortable.
6. The stroller is easy to drive with or without the car seat in it. I haven't had ANY problems to date.
7. The stroller brakes are another story. They are easy to set the brake, but releasing them is quite a sticky situation. They are quite hard to release with my feet. I usually have to bend down and release them with my hand.
8. This last item is just a silly design flaw that drives me mad. You spend all this money on a nice system and you don't want to have it tore up. What happens is this. When you fold the stroller, the baby snack tray ALWAYS hits the ground and gets scratched. Each time I do this, I get a few more scratches under my belt. So, you have this nice stroller with a scratched up snack tray!
OVERALL, I really enjoy this system. I hope this helps!!!
July 29, 2006
It's OK
It appears to have been replaced by a better system, but I'll post my review nonetheless, having used this travel system for about four months.
The stroller's a good size, not too big to push around a store. The car seat is pretty intuitive and easily transfers from the base to the stroller. The canopy is handy for those sunny days. The triangular handle makes the car seat easy to carry.
On the other hand, it's not the most compact travel system out there. As others have noted, if you collapse it with the car seat attached, the car seat will slam to the ground, face-down; obviously, you should know not to collapse the stroller with the car seat attached, but it seems engineered to maximize damage if you do so. Fortunately, mine has a combination of buttons required for collapsing it; it's not hard to do with one hand, but it's unlikely to happen accidentally (others seem to be complaining that only one button is required to collapse it).
I haven't had any experiences with spontaneous collapsing, but I'll keep my eyes out for the bent frame mentioned by other reviewers.
Overall, I'm very satisfied, but I'm going to be careful and I'm glad that this system has been replaced.
June 29, 2006
Malawi theme is cute, but not worth it!
My husband and I registered for the Malawi travel system back in November 2005. We started using it in February 2006 when our son was born and haven't had any serious problems. We chose this travel system mainly because it was cute, and because it felt heavy duty and the stroller steered very smoothly. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have bought a travel system at all.
The pros:
- Cute animal theme; blue, green, and silver colors were prettier than brown or black
- triangular handle on car seat and stroller is comfortable to hold
- Instructions were easy to follow. We used the LATCH system to install the car seat base into our 2005 Honda Element and it doesn't budge at all!!!
- We liked being able to leave our son sleeping in the car seat while we attached it to the stroller and went shopping.
- The stroller has a nice large, sturdy basket drink holders and covered storage tray for parents. The storage tray is a great place for my cell phone and keys.
- The sun canopies on the car seat and stroller are excellent on this system! You can use them both at the same time when the car seat is attached to the stroller to completely block baby from sun or bad weather. I also liked the fact that they stayed where you put them and didn't fall back like I experienced with some canopies at the store.
The Cons:
- Way too HEAVY!!! Eveything is heavy!! The car seat and stroller are unnecessarily heavy.
- When you collapse the stroller, the tray folds underneath and rubs on the ground. Ours has nicks and scratches on the end of the baby tray now which could scratch his fingers.
- The brakes on the stroller are a pain in the butt to operate with your foot. I have to use my hand to release the brake.
- The handle on the car seat is very hard to raise and lower. You have to use both hands and press very hard. And the button to release the car seat straps is very hard to press.
Overall, this travel system has served its purpose. Now that our son is 5 months old and weighs 20 pounds already, we have to get him a new car seat. I want to just get rid of the whole travel system and get a lightweight stroller for him. The Malawi stroller is great for long days at the mall or a trek around an amusement park, but it doesn't seem worth keeping the heavy thing around just for that. I am a 5'9" female and I dread having the lift the stroller up to put it back in the car at the end of the day. Also, the wheels seem to not be as smooth as they used to be.
June 27, 2006
who doesn't understand?
if you actually READ the reviews, most of the bad ones were only agreeing with some one else's bad review and quite a few of them are "we read it and went to the store and PUSHED A BUTTON/LATCH and then the baby seat just flew out!!" - that doesn't sound like spontanious collapsing to me...
i'm all for people reporting unsafe products, but when it's people just adding BLINDLY to one another's hysteria then i fail to see any benefit. if you want to hand out advice try actually USING something, instead of just going to a store and making the same simple-minded observation as some one else did.
Besides, products come with manufacturer's instructions/warnings because you are supposed to follow them and i highly doubt that they suggest you fold the stroller with the carseat OR the child in it. it's with this same thinking that people blame the table they stubbed their toe on rather than admit they were not looking where they were going.
June 22, 2006
You don't understand
Michael T Worrell must not read very well. No buttons were pushed, no parents collapsed the stroller with the their baby in it, no "poor parenting" occurred in any of the 12 reviews where parents had this stroller collapse on it's own. This stroller is dangerous and is under investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for recall. Michael's attempt at sarcasm and humor about dumb parents only weakens his argument.
June 14, 2006
Great system, we love it!
O.K. I just have to get this off of my chest after reading some of the other reviews for this product. We have this system and couldn't be happier with it. I have read more than one review claiming that this is a dangerous product, that with just the touch of a button the stroller collapses and baby goes flying. Let me start here, the button to collapse this stroller has a second button which must also be pressed in order for it to collapse, it won't happen on accident, if you try to collapse the stroller with the baby still in it what the $!&* do you think is going to happen? And if you leave the baby unattended in the stroller with other small children around, especially toddlers, and one of them collapses the stroller, well that's just poor parenting and maybe you shouldn't have kids. In conclusion I believe just like every other parent that safety is the first and most important concern when it comes to your children, but folks, a little common sense goes an awful long way in this world and I'm sick of seeing irresponsible parents blame thier own neglegence on product manufacterers. Thank you.
June 12, 2006
BE AWARE and BEWARE
I just want anyone who has this stroller or is thinking of purchasing it to BE AWARE that you DO NOT have to push ANY buttons and it could potentially collapse.
If the stroller is EVER collapsed with the wheels in the forward facing position, it could bend the frame and from then on the stroller COULD collapse WITHOUT ANY WARNING and WITHOUT PUSHING ANY BUTTONS.
This is exactly what happened to us with our 27-day-old daughter in the stroller. She suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain.
When it happened, we thought we hadn't secured the stroller properly, but while walking back home with our daughter in our arms, the stroller collapsed again. This is when we realized that there was something wrong with the stroller.
After returning from the hospital, we contacted Baby Trend and they explained that they have had dozens of complaints of the same thing happening to others. They told us that the frame had probably been bent because it was collapsed with the wheels in the forward facing position, and this causes the stroller to collapse without warning. We couldn't see that the frame was bent, but once we looked very closely, we realized that the left hinge wasn't latching properly.
We took our story to the news so others wouldn't have the same thing happen. We contacted CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and they sent an investigator to our home and are looking at the stroller for a recall. We have settled our claims with Baby Trend and our daughter is doing well.
BUT.... Please BE AWARE!!!! and BE CAREFUL. If you have a complaint of injury, please file a complaint with CPSC.
June 10, 2006
I love it!
Okay so all these other reviews say that it can collapse, which got me worried. So my husband and I went to the store to try it out ourselves and talked with a specialist there. The 2005 model can collapse with a push of a button but the 2006 version can not. In order to collapse it you have to hold down a switch and push a button at the exact same time. With the 2005 model you could accidentally hit the button at any time. My husband and I love this carrier especially for its triangular handle, which is great for men with larger hands. I would recommend this to anyone!
June 7, 2006
Very dangerous travel system..DO NOT BUY!!
I bought this travel system before I looked at the reviews here (stupid me). After reading how some parents experienced the problems with the stroller folding up and having the car seat fly out, I became a little worried. After all, my baby's safety is my #1 priority. I went to Babies R' Us today and I pressed the release latch to fold the stroller while the car seat was still in it. Sure enough, the whole thing collapsed and the car seat flew out HEAD FIRST!! I did this in front of an employee, who was as shocked as I was. She even did it..twice!! Needless to say, I'm returning this stroller first thing tomorrow. I haven't even put it together yet, thank God.
June 5, 2006
Don't buy this stroller
I read that this stroller can collapse with the infant seat installed. I went to the store to see for myself, and it is shocking. With just the touch of a button, you can collapse the stroller with the infant seat installed, catapulting the baby to the ground. Of course, you might think that no one would actually ever do this, but it could happen unintentially, such as by an older child who sees the parents fold up the stroller and presses the button to see what happens. I think this is very dangerous.
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