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Graco Vie4 Stroller, Betsey by Graco Baby
Product SummaryManufacturer: Graco Baby Brand: Graco Release Date: 2007-09-15 Model: 6A06BET3 Color: Betsey Product features: - One hand self-standing fold with no bending necessary
- Offers a height adjustable handle and full size peek a boo canopy
- Multi positioning flat reclining seat
- 3 or 5pt harness baby will always be comfortable and safe
- Front swivel wheels with locks and suspension
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Description of Graco Vie4 Stroller, BetseyLife with a baby is complicated enough, but at least you and your child can travel in easy style with the Graco Vie4 Full-Size Stroller (Betsey). This versatile stroller, built to accommodate children from infancy through the toddler years, helps make taking walks and going on daytrips safer and more convenient.  | The Graco Vie4 Full-Size Stroller (Betsey) offers: - Stroller can accommodate children from infancy through toddler years.
- Convertible three- and five-point harness is comfortable and secure.
- Built-in snack tray has beverage holder.
- Peek-a-boo window lets parents keep an eye on their child.
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The front suspension swivel wheels provide maneuverability and comfort. View larger. | Versatile Ride Accommodates Infants and Toddlers The Graco Vie4 is compatible with all Graco SnugRide and Graco SafeSeat Infant Car Seats: simply snap your car seat from your vehicle into the stroller and go. (Graco offers the SnugRide Car Seat in the matching Betsey pattern.) You can seat your child directly into the stroller from the time she can sit up by herself (around 6 month of age) until she reaches up to 40 pounds in weight--so even when your child outgrows her infant car seat, you still can use the stroller for years to come. Your child will be super comfortable and safe with the stroller's convertible three- and five-point harness, an adjustable canopy to shield her from sun and rain--equipped with a peek-a-boo window for mom or dad to keep an eye on baby at all times--and a multi-position, flat-reclining seat and flip-up bassinet to accommodate naps. The handy snack tray includes a beverage holder, and it swivels open to make it easier to seat your child. Convenient and Comfortable for Parents, Too The Graco Vie4 is built for easy maneuverability, with its lightweight frame and lockable, front swivel wheels, which include suspension for a smoother ride. The height-adjustable handle allows parents of differing statures to push the stroller with safer, height-customized comfort. Whether you're having a picnic at the park or shopping at the mall, the extra-large bottom storage basket provides plenty of easy-access room for all of your gear; and the parent organizer tray includes two deep cup holders to keep your iced coffee, soft drinks, or cell phone within easy reach. And when you're done with your outing, the stroller simply and easily collapses into a one-handed, self-standing fold with a very convenient automatic latch. About Graco In 1942, Russell Gray and Robert Cone formed Graco Metal Products, in Philadelphia, PA. For 11 years, the firm fabricated machine and car parts for local manufacturers. In 1953, Gray left the firm, leaving Cone as sole owner. Cone decided to manufacture his own line of products, but had trouble coming up with ideas. Enter David Saint, an engineer, tinkerer, and stained glass artisan who worked for Graco. Saint, himself a father of nine, was intrigued when an associate told him how his wife would soothe their tired and cranky baby while swinging in a backyard glider swing. Acting on this inspiration, he went to the drawing board and 18 months of hard work later, the world's first wind-up infant swing, the Graco Swyngomatic, was born. Graco sold millions of Swyngomatics in the coming years, becoming one of the world's leading manufacturers of juvenile products in the process. Today, Graco is a Newell Rubbermaid company, with 1500 associates worldwide. While a half-century has brought many changes to Graco, their dedication and commitment to designing and manufacturing top-quality products remains, and continues on. What's in the Box Graco Vie4 Stroller (Betsey).
Baby Products Reviews of Graco Vie4 Stroller, BetseyCustomer Review: THIS stroller is just right! Summary: 5 Stars
I am so happy with this stroller!
We were using the Chicco Cortina on loan from a friend for 6 months and had to return it as they are expecting their 2nd child in a couple weeks. We received a Jeep Cherokee Sport Stroller in Shock at our shower, so we broke that one out, but it wasn't comfortable for a 6 month old. I love the Jeep stroller and it will be great when traveling light when our daughter is about 18 months+, but right now she needed something more plush.
I was very sad to be without the Cortina and wanted to buy one of our own, but decided to shop around for one that wasn't so heavy and wide. I found this Graco Vie4 stroller to be just right. It is lighter, more agile, and narrower than the Cortina; but more padded, roomier and better equipped than the Jeep Sport.
Here is everything I love:
- The fabric is adorable and better looking in person, the flowers look Hawaiian
- The basket is better than the full size Cortina, longer and easier to get to
- The handling is zippy and silent
- There are 2 coffee cup holders AND a lidded cubby on the parent tray
- The child's tray can accomodate a sippy cup or juice box in the same hole
- I was able to snap it together in 20 minutes by myself without having to dig out the directions
- It reclines flat for sleeping and an emergency changing table
- It is much lighter than the Cortina
- The handle is adjustable for my tall husband
- The fabric is pink but the body is a nice cocoa brown which makes the pink it more subtle in person
- The canopy is large with a nice big clear porthole to check on baby
- The harness is very clever, the one buckle goes from a 3 to 5 point harness with sliding shoulder straps
- The harness straps adjust easily thanks to push buttons, no having to pull twice through a slide buckle
- The foot flap can fold up to create a bassinet, it also folds under the seat for more room on foot rest
- When the seat is in the upright position, there's a pocket behind the headrest I can stash a toy or snack
- It really does fold open and closed with one hand
Here are the things I wish were better:
- It doesn't fold as flat as you think it will, but I have a CRV and still have room in the back
- The canopy isn't designed to also fold in front like the Cortina, but if you don't secure it under the parent tray, it can!
- The Jeep has loops on canopy to hang toys, I wish this one did too so I made my own with ribbon
- I wish the buttons were pink or brown and not red, just the graphic designer in me being picky :)
I think a couple of the bad reviews here are because the poor people received a lemon, they should ask for a replacement. I think the gentleman who had the uncomfortable seat angle had a broken stroller since it sounds like it wouldn't unfold/open all the way. The gal who had a seat that wouldn't sit upright may have had a faulty adjustment strap. I am fortunate to not have experienced any of these problems.
Overall I highly recommend this stroller, especially if you get it on sale with the free shipping!
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