Strollers: Research Before You Buy
When I was pregnant with Gigi I did so much research about strollers that when I was finally ready to buy, I knew exactly what I wanted. And do you know what? I ended up absolutely loving my Graco travel system. The stroller remained easy to steer, no matter how heavy Gigi got. It had a handle that was higher than most, but was VERY important since I’m so tall (strollers with low handles just cause tall people to have to stoop while pushing). It folded without a hitch, and that was such a blessing when I was a new mom and bewildered with the mechanics of getting Gigi and the seemingly hundreds of supplies I needed to take with me just to make a short trip to the mall. The infant seat had a base that was easy to install in my car and the carrier latched in and out like a dream.
In fact, my stroller lasted all the way to last summer. When I say lasted, I don’t mean that it wore out. I mean that it was so roomy that even up to last summer I was able to take it to Busch Gardens with me when I had my daughter and my nephew along and they could BOTH sit in it when they got tired of walking (keep in mind my daughter is 5 and my nephew 7). It was a really trooper, that stroller. I finally gave it away last fall.
But, back to the fact that I did an awful lot of research before buying my stroller. That was the difficult part. I ended up having to use a plethora of different internet resources to find the reviews I wanted and to comparison shop for the best price. And believe me, I was definitely after the best possible price. The process was tedious.
I could definitely have used the website ShopWiki.com back then. ShopWiki literally finds every store on the internet by crawling the web much like Google, and the results don’t just reference paid listings – everything is included. That means the ability to use ONE site to locate everything you need to know about a particular product. You can find the stores that might have user reviews, and then look for the ones with the best price. My quest for the perfect stroller would have been a whole lot less time consuming. And, I would have known I wanted that Peg Perego highchair (best thing ever!) even before my mother-in–law bought it as a gift. 
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