GracoModes Element Travel System, Canter

This stroller/carseat combo is well worth the money. While it is priced cheap it is rated well for safety. We love the stroller functions that allow for 3 different settings to grow with baby. It is very easy to grab out the trunk and place carseat in and go while baby is still tiny. The car seat seems a tad small but so far has adjusted to baby well. It is also light weight and we love the visor it slightly longer then our other car seat. The stroller is also lightweight and very easy to use. Putting it together was a breeze compared to other previously used brands. The stroller wheels glide over most surfaces including gravel drive ways. I definitely recommend and we have 2 cousins who have purchased the same combo for their 2024 babies as well.

I researched and then searched high and low for this stroller. I specifically wanted this stroller because many strollers on the market today offer that single cheap cup holder that hangs precariously off the side of the stroller which I absolutely didn't want. The element is only graco modes stroller to offer the double built in cup holders at least as of when I bought this last summer. It is a bit big and heavy. Takes up most of the trunk space in my Honda accord but idc. My concern was the cup holders lol I bought a smaller, lightweight stroller for travel. I do wish the tray between the cup holders was wider and a bit deeper. Modern phones (turned sideways) are too long for the tray and the tray is definitely too shallow to have it turned upright so you just have to lay it flat on the tray which isn't secure or have it sideways somewhat in the tray which also isn't very secure. It makes walking hard if you don't have exercise pants with pockets or just don't want to have to keep pulling your phone in and out of your pocket.I bought the more basic version which doesn't have the single hand fold with the button in the handle, but the 2 hand fold with the spring levers on the sides and it's still just as easy to fold and I'm able to fold it and pick it up to put in my trunk in one motion since I need both hands to lift it anyway. It balances on the wheels well enough but I've had some moments where it's fallen or I tried to open it and couldn't get the wheels where I needed them so it's got some scrapes.It's so smooth and easy to push but it doesn't do well on gravel. Which is disappointing but I didn't expect much because it's not a jogging stroller but I was hoping it would be a pleasant surprise lolLove that each seat mode can be forward or rear facing. Love the click connect for the infant carseat. Love that the end of the seat can be put up for babies while their legs are short and put down for toddlers for when their legs are long enough to hang. Love that the seat can lay flat for naps or quick diaper changes. Has a nice long canopy with good coverage and a mesh opening so you can see your baby. Also has a removable double cup holder and snack tray for baby but I'm not using it yet.I was concerned about the low back side of the basket compared to the other modes strollers and other graco strollers in general. Not sure why they would make one different than the others but fortunately it hasn't been an issue. Haven't had anything fall out and it's still plenty big. I am so happy I went with model. It's great.

LOVE this stroller. So many different ways to use it. With the pramette laying down for infants, toddler sitting up, baby looking towards you or away, nice sun shade, or you can take the whole seat off and just use any grace car seat with it. We have the snug ride and it attaches perfectly. Love the quick release button to fold it up. The basket underneath is a good size for diaper bag and more. Nice cushioned handle. Easy to put together. We use this every time we go out. So much easier then carrying around an awkward car seat.

Just bought my 3rd one of these for great grands! Absolutely best for dollar and good quality for Pramette (becoming more popular) and car seat travel system. Of note- the car seat fits Graco’s double stroller also.

We used this for a trip to Florida with the grandkids, a 4 year old and a 2-month old. We needed something lightweight which would be comfortable for the baby, and it was perfect on both of those counts. My wife and daughter had no difficulty folding it or unfolding it and lifting it into or out of the car or buses. The seat ALMOST fully reclines for pram mode and the baby was able to stretch out, even with the cupholder insert in place. We put the hood on the pram all the way up, clipped a portable fan to the stroller, and left a wet cooling towel rolled up behind him, and the baby was the most comfortable person in our party. If we were traveling in a direction that put the sun in his eyes, it was no trouble at all to remove the pram insert and reposition it to provide him with shade.Unexpectedly, it was also very useful for the four-year-old. By the end of a day in the park, she was always exhausted, so we'd put the baby into a carrier, convert the stroller to toddler mode, and she'd happily climb into it. Most families are probably only going to need to convert this from pram-to-toddler mode once (or with multiple children, once for each child), but we switched it back and forth at least once a day for two weeks and it never took more than a few seconds. (Note, the buckle underneath the seat is VERY snug and my daughter and wife found it easier to just remove the seat and turn it over to buckle it than to reach underneath it. Even with that extra step, it was an easy straightforward process.)It is durable. It survived round-trip baggage handling (I do agree with other reviewers that it would be wise to remove the cup holder attachments and put them in your luggage before gate-checking it) and heavy use on that trip, has been in regular rotation for their visits, and has been since handed down to my son who will use it for years.One of the best baby gear purchases I've made.