Really depends on your main transportation mode when baby is out and how often will you go out. For me these are my priorities for stroller:
1) lightweight
2) can last till toddler
3) cheap
For us, we splurge on car seat more than stroller because of the safety features and we probably spend more time in the car than being out (have to travel East to North and back again cz of childcare arrangement & my workplace). So, we didn't want a travel system kind of stroller but instead prefer to have a proper car seat fixed with 360 rotation option. So because we alr spend abt $600+ on a gd car seat, we just buy a cheap, lightweight, cabin sized stroller than can last till toddler. The stroller isn't being used much now anw since we can't go out due to the Covid situation. And I don't really think it makes much difference having it rear or fwd facing for a stroller. It does though for car seat.
Oh and mine is just a Bonbijou stroller. Used it for 9 months and no issue at all.
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