Travel System - Malawi
- Thickly padded multi-position reclining seat. Swing-away, removable child tray with cup holder
- Oversized ratcheting canopy with sunroof. Extra large drop down storage basket
- Large 8 inch front and 9 inch rear Euro-styled wheels. Convenient parent tray with cup holder and covered storage compartment
- Padded multi-position reclining seat; oversized ratcheting canopy
- Parent tray with covered area and cup holder; extra-large drop-down storage basket
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Although it is a bit of a bear to assemble, the Shuttle travel system--in the adorable pale blue and sage green Malawi jungle print--provides a cozy ride for babies of either gender. The three-piece set is comprised of an infant carrier, a car seat base, and a stroller to outfit baby for either car or sidewalk travel. The infant carrier securely locks into the car seat base using Baby Trend's tried-and-true Flex-Loc system or snaps rear-facing onto the front tray of the stroller for walks. Designed to carry babies from 5 to 22 pounds, the carrier has a strong five-point safety harness, a decent-sized canopy, and a rubber-coated triangular handle for an ergonomic, no-slip grip. The corresponding stroller navigates smoothly on two 9-inch back wheels and four 8-inch front wheels. A gigantic canopy provides ample shelter from sun and wind exposure and, when used with the carrier, meets the carrier's canopy to completely blacken the area for a napping baby. Larger babies can sit right in the reclining stroller seat, which is padded for comfort, and rest their feet on the oversized footrest. For parents, there is a comfortable push bar that includes a quick-release button to collapse and fold the stroller using one hand. The Shuttle also has a fairly large parent tray with a covered compartment and drink holder and a drop-down storage basket for easy access to baby gear or shopping bags. The car seat is LATCH-compliant and all components of the travel system are certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, an independent lab that tests for safety in children's products. --Cristina Vaamonde
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Travel System - Malawi
- Baby Product: 0 pages (2007-08-01)
- Publisher: Baby Trend
- Label: Baby Trend
- Studio: Baby Trend
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 61 reviews
- Sales Rank in Baby: #10690
Avg. Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Doing its job... 2006-08-02
Comment: I am REALLY enjoying this travel system. I received this as a gift for my baby shower in February. I didn't test it out or do any test driving. The print did catch my eye, however. My thoughts on this system are as follows:
1.I love the fact that the car seat is in fact really heavy, because if you're in an accident, your baby won't go flying around (as much) as with a lighter one. I just put up with it being heavy, with peace of mind that my little one will be safer if we're in an accident.
2. The release handle on the car seat IS a little hard to manipulate. I've kind of got the hang of it (I've been doing it for 5 months now) and just do my best!
3. The base is SUPER EASY to install in my 2006 Honda. I love this new latch system idea. It makes it easy to move from one car to another. I'm not sure if it's as easy on older cars. You might want to find out before you buy this system.
4. The car seat is also easy to use WITHOUT the base. You simply use the vehical seat belt and thread it through the slots on the car seat.
5. The release handle (to take the seat off of the base) is located in an akward position. In my car, it sits right against the vehical seat so I have to shove my hand in between the car seat and the vehical seat. This is pretty uncomfortable.
6. The stroller is easy to drive with or without the car seat in it. I haven't had ANY problems to date.
7. The stroller brakes are another story. They are easy to set the brake, but releasing them is quite a sticky situation. They are quite hard to release with my feet. I usually have to bend down and release them with my hand.
8. This last item is just a silly design flaw that drives me mad. You spend all this money on a nice system and you don't want to have it tore up. What happens is this. When you fold the stroller, the baby snack tray ALWAYS hits the ground and gets scratched. Each time I do this, I get a few more scratches under my belt. So, you have this nice stroller with a scratched up snack tray!
OVERALL, I really enjoy this system. I hope this helps!!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: It's OK 2006-07-29
Comment: It appears to have been replaced by a better system, but I'll post my review nonetheless, having used this travel system for about four months.
The stroller's a good size, not too big to push around a store. The car seat is pretty intuitive and easily transfers from the base to the stroller. The canopy is handy for those sunny days. The triangular handle makes the car seat easy to carry.
On the other hand, it's not the most compact travel system out there. As others have noted, if you collapse it with the car seat attached, the car seat will slam to the ground, face-down; obviously, you should know not to collapse the stroller with the car seat attached, but it seems engineered to maximize damage if you do so. Fortunately, mine has a combination of buttons required for collapsing it; it's not hard to do with one hand, but it's unlikely to happen accidentally (others seem to be complaining that only one button is required to collapse it).
I haven't had any experiences with spontaneous collapsing, but I'll keep my eyes out for the bent frame mentioned by other reviewers.
Overall, I'm very satisfied, but I'm going to be careful and I'm glad that this system has been replaced.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Malawi theme is cute, but not worth it! 2006-06-29
Comment: My husband and I registered for the Malawi travel system back in November 2005. We started using it in February 2006 when our son was born and haven't had any serious problems. We chose this travel system mainly because it was cute, and because it felt heavy duty and the stroller steered very smoothly. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have bought a travel system at all.
The pros:
- Cute animal theme; blue, green, and silver colors were prettier than brown or black
- triangular handle on car seat and stroller is comfortable to hold
- Instructions were easy to follow. We used the LATCH system to install the car seat base into our 2005 Honda Element and it doesn't budge at all!!!
- We liked being able to leave our son sleeping in the car seat while we attached it to the stroller and went shopping.
- The stroller has a nice large, sturdy basket drink holders and covered storage tray for parents. The storage tray is a great place for my cell phone and keys.
- The sun canopies on the car seat and stroller are excellent on this system! You can use them both at the same time when the car seat is attached to the stroller to completely block baby from sun or bad weather. I also liked the fact that they stayed where you put them and didn't fall back like I experienced with some canopies at the store.
The Cons:
- Way too HEAVY!!! Eveything is heavy!! The car seat and stroller are unnecessarily heavy.
- When you collapse the stroller, the tray folds underneath and rubs on the ground. Ours has nicks and scratches on the end of the baby tray now which could scratch his fingers.
- The brakes on the stroller are a pain in the butt to operate with your foot. I have to use my hand to release the brake.
- The handle on the car seat is very hard to raise and lower. You have to use both hands and press very hard. And the button to release the car seat straps is very hard to press.
Overall, this travel system has served its purpose. Now that our son is 5 months old and weighs 20 pounds already, we have to get him a new car seat. I want to just get rid of the whole travel system and get a lightweight stroller for him. The Malawi stroller is great for long days at the mall or a trek around an amusement park, but it doesn't seem worth keeping the heavy thing around just for that. I am a 5'9" female and I dread having the lift the stroller up to put it back in the car at the end of the day. Also, the wheels seem to not be as smooth as they used to be.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: who doesn't understand? 2006-06-27
Comment: if you actually READ the reviews, most of the bad ones were only agreeing with some one else's bad review and quite a few of them are "we read it and went to the store and PUSHED A BUTTON/LATCH and then the baby seat just flew out!!" - that doesn't sound like spontanious collapsing to me...
i'm all for people reporting unsafe products, but when it's people just adding BLINDLY to one another's hysteria then i fail to see any benefit. if you want to hand out advice try actually USING something, instead of just going to a store and making the same simple-minded observation as some one else did.
Besides, products come with manufacturer's instructions/warnings because you are supposed to follow them and i highly doubt that they suggest you fold the stroller with the carseat OR the child in it. it's with this same thinking that people blame the table they stubbed their toe on rather than admit they were not looking where they were going.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: You don't understand 2006-06-22
Comment: Michael T Worrell must not read very well. No buttons were pushed, no parents collapsed the stroller with the their baby in it, no "poor parenting" occurred in any of the 12 reviews where parents had this stroller collapse on it's own. This stroller is dangerous and is under investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for recall. Michael's attempt at sarcasm and humor about dumb parents only weakens his argument.
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