The best travel systems for your baby 2022

*Pushchair weighs 12.5kg

*Car seat weighs 5.45kg

*Carrycot included? No, optional

The latest from Royal pram makers, Silver Cross, is this luxe and fashionable travel system for the city. It has many features to help you care for your baby including a robust chassis and a sturdy build, so it will also last - even if this is not your last baby! The wheels are highly manoeuvrable with reflective safety accents, plus a telescopic handle and gate-opening bumper bar that are both covered with soft vegan leather. The generous hood has an extendable panel for more protection and a mesh panel to allow better ventilation in hot weather. Folding the chassis can be achieved with just one hand and it locks and stands alone when folded. In a nice touch, the handle is kept clear of the floor when it's folded to avoid scratches. It boasts good suspension and a deep shopping basket. The seat grows with your child with a clever sliding button that raises both headrest and harness. All fabrics are made from recycled materials with sustainable bamboo linings to maintain baby’s temperature. 

*Pushchair weighs 11.2kg

*Car Seat weighs 4.83kg

*Comes with carrycot? Yes

Joie's Signature collection has luxurious woven materials with brown vegan leather trim. The pushchair can be used with the car seat, the carrycot, or with the seat unit facing the parent or the world. With four, one-hand operated seat reclines and two leg rest positions, it’s a small and robust stroller that carries kids up to 22kg or four years. All-wheel suspension and puncture-proof tyres offer a smooth ride and the handle is adjustable to your height. It has a well padded seat and a harness with a magnetic buckle and underneath, there's a generous basket. The large hood features a visor and ventilation panel, plus a handy pocket for your valuables. Folding is easy and compact and it has a carrying handle, too.

*Pushchair weighs 9.6kg

*Car seat weighs 3kg

*Carrycot included? Yes, in a bundle offer

The Cameleon is the flagship model of the iconic Bugaboo fleet of pushchairs and this latest third generation incarnation is the best yet. It has spawned a lot of imitators but none have matched the engineering or the caché of the original luxury pushchair brand. It converts easily from pram to pushchair by attaching the compatible carrycot and is travel system compatible too with the Turtle Air by Nuna car seat, so you’ll get a complete three-in-one pram and pushchair system if you’re willing to part with the best part of a £1000. Compatible car seats also include well-known and trusted Maxi Cosi and Britax models. It now features an upgraded shopping basket, making it even more practical, plus the reversible handle bar switches the big wheels forward, so you can take on rough terrain or even the beach.

*Pushchair weighs 10.7kg

*Car seat weighs 5.5kg

*Carrycot included? Yes

This brand is not as well known as some but has amazingly stylish good looks that hail from Italy, so it's great if you want to stand out from the crowd. The pushchair has high quality wheels with reflective accents for safety and it will be easy to nip around the shops, thanks to the front swivel wheels. The seat can face the front or the rear and is swapped around using simple clips. Inside, it is well padded and reclines flat for newborns. The handlebar has a nice leather cover, is adjustable and can even be raised upright, to save space when folding or on public transport. Folding the pushchair is done from the control on the handle (no bending) and it can be folded with the seat in place. The basket is generous and strong, and its open back means it is easy to get into. There's a generous hood with a zip-out panel and ventilation section.

*Pushchair weighs 12.8kg

*Car seat weighs 3.1kg

*Carrycot included? No

This travel system that's suitable from birth to over three years is perfect for nipping around narrow city streets and can be folded up and carried, or stored in a small space thanks to its compact fold. It's compatible with any Maxi-Cosi car seat, which can be easily attached in just two clicks using the travel system's memory buttons. It has a large, accessible shopping basket for storing your possessions. Fold it up using just one hand, then carry around or pop into the boot of your car with ease.

*Pushchair weighs 12.4kg

*Car seat weighs 4.3kg

*Carrycot included? Yes

The Vista is a very stylish option and comes with the matching carrycot and MESA car seat. It can also transform into a double pushchair if you add to your family and there's a ride-on board too, so you can potentially carry three children around using a combination of car seats, carrycots or seat units. The seat can face the parent or the world and it has a five recline positions, including lie-flat for newborns. There's a generous ventilated hood with flip-out visor and the hood can be raised up for tall babies, which is a nice touch. The adjustable handle is covered in premium leather and the pushchair is easy to fold with the seat in place and it stands when folded. Large wheels and good suspension offer a smooth ride, plus it has a very large basket for all your baby gear.

*Pushchair weighs 12.6kg

*Car seat weighs (can take many seats e.g. Maxi-Cosi Pebble, 4.55kg)

*Carrycot included? Yes

Available from Autumn 2022, this new launch from iCandy has been expertly designed for every journey. It's the only pushchair you'll need for your growing family. With new features including a LED light on the sides, it is very comfortable for your baby and easy to use. It has special multi-mode wheelbase, which means it has a shorter base and small wheels for the city, or large wheels and a larger wheel base for the country. Suitable from birth, there's a carrycot that can be used overnight up to 25kg (15kg on the elevator adaptors, which you use to raise the carrycot or seat unit up higher to the parent) and you can then swap to the large, reversible seat unit with four recline positions including lie flat, or a car seat with the included adaptors. It has luxe knitted jersey fabrics inside and an adjustable SPF 50+ canopy with a large viewing window and mesh ventilation. It comes with an integrated ride-on board for tired toddlers. Both the handle and the leg rest are adjustable and the neat and spacious 'fan' basket design has a built-in drainage vent.

*Pushchair weighs 11.9kg

*Car seat weighs 2.8kg

*Carrycot included?

A Red Dot design award winner, this pushchair has a reversible, five position reclining seat (including lie flat for newborns) with a ventilated seat that can be used without a liner in summer to keep your little one cool. The extending UPF50+ hood has two ventilation panels and a pop-out visor for all-weather protection and the calf support area is adjustable too. The bumper bar and handle have a smart leatherette cover and the seat fabrics feature a smart dirt-repelling tweed weave that's lovely and soft to the touch. The harness has a clever magnetic clip, plus lap and shoulder pads for your baby's comfort. The pushchair folds easily and the foam-filled wheels and chassis boast all-round suspension.

*Pushchair weighs 9kg

*Car seat weighs 4.8kg

*Carrycot included? No

Thule is a great outdoors brand and makes baby backpacks as well as pushchairs. This is a neat city pushchair that's also great for travel, with a well-padded seat that can face the front or the back and has a good sized, well-ventilated canopy to protect your baby from the wind and rain. There's an adjustable leg rest and a generous basket that can hold an amazing nine kilos of shopping. It has an easy and compact fold you can achieve one-handed and it locks and stand alone when folded with the seat in place.

*Pushchair weighs 10.6kg

*Car seat weighs 3.66kg

*Carrycot included? No

This has a clever 'Slide2Me' feature, meaning you can raise the reversible seat through three positions to have your baby near you, sitting up to a table or lowered for sleep. You can use this function with the car seat or carrycot too! The seat has three recline positions including lie flat and the soft fabric and leatherette accents are nice, with a padded footmuff and raincover included. It can be folded with the seat in the forward position and it locks and stands alone. It has a generous hood with a mesh viewing panel and a pull-out visor. The bumper bar is gate-opening from either side and the leg rest is adjustable too, though the handle has just one position. The basket looks shallow, until you raise the back end to create more space.