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Peg Perego YPSI Review [Single & Double Stroller]

I enjoy travel systems that are built to make my life easier. One such system I was able to review was the Peg Perego YPSI travel system. 

I live in the city and found the stoller to work well with my area. It’s crowded, but the stroller is small enough to maneuver around without an issue.

If I need to quickly put it away, there’s a button that allowed me to fold it with a baby in one hand and the stoller in the other. I also found that it performed well on various rough terrain. 

I did like how well the stroller absorbed the energy from the rough terrain and the bassinet that came with the stroller kept my baby comfortable. It was easy to remove from the stroller and place back in if I needed. 

One of the features that seemed to create quite a buzz was the ability to convert it into a double stroller. Yes, this stood out from the rest of the travel systems, but I found the conversion to be too difficult and I had to purchase the clips separately. 

While I did enjoy using the travel system, I just don’t recommend it. It has a hefty price tag and lacks features that make it stand out from others. It does have the ability to convert  into a double stroller, but I still don’t think the price is justified. 

Below, we discuss, in detail, the travel system and its components. We also compare this travel system to a similar Uppbaby Vista Travel system. 

What Makes Up the Travel System?

The YPSI Travel System consists of the YPSI stroller, full-feature stroller seat (or toddler seat), and Primo Viaggio 4-35 Nido Car Seat and base.  

While these are the components that come together to make up the Peg Perego YPSI Travel System, the stroller can also be used with the YPSI bassinet. However, the bassinet is sold separately and not included with the purchase of the stroller system.

Key Features

Single to Double 

The YPSI travel system has the capability to convert from a single to a double stroller. This is an important feature to many families who are interested in having more children in the future. Having a stroller that can change from a single to double means that you don’t have to purchase a different stroller should you add another child to your family.

Peg Perego makes it easy to convert the YPSI chassis to a double stroller. In order to do this, you will need to purchase adapters that clip onto the frame of your stroller. These adapters make it possible for another seat to be added. You will also need to purchase the second seat that you will need for your stroller. 

If you have an infant, you could purchase an extra Primo Viaggio 4-35 Nido Car seat or a YPSI bassinet. For an older child, a regular toddler stroller seat (the seat that comes with the stroller) would be the perfect addition. 

When the YPSI stroller is converted to double mode, both children will be riding in tandem instead of side-by-side.  This allows for better navigation through crowded spaces as it does not take up as much horizontal space. 

It also allows for more flexible seating options for your children. Though your children will be riding in tandem, they will still have ample space for themselves. No matter which seat combination you choose, both riding children will be happy and comfortable. 

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Compatible with multiple seating options.

The YPSI Stroller is compatible with a variety of different seating options for your child as he or she grows.  The Primo Viaggio 4-35 Nido Car Seat clicks easily out of your car and directly into the stroller frame. This convenient feature allows a sleeping baby to remain sleeping as you run errands and go about your day.

Another wonderful and unique seating option available for infants is the YPSI Onyx bassinet .  While this option is not included with the purchase of the stroller system, it is a great option that many families choose to add.

The bassinet is a much more comfortable stroller option for an infant than a car seat. It is equipped with a soft mattress and is even approved for overnight sleeping. This bassinet clips directly into the stroller chassis and gives your baby the most comfortable option. The YPSI Onyx bassinet is suitable for children from birth to 20 pounds. 

When your child is able to sit up on their own, they are ready for the regular YPSI stroller seat. This seat offers multiple reclining modes for sitting, lounging, and laying so that baby is comfortable at all times.

The integrated footrest has multiple adjustment levels as well. The YPSI stroller seat is also equipped with a UPF 50+ sun cover that keeps the baby cool, comfortable, and safe on hot days. 

What We Like

Perfect for city living.

The YPSI Travel System is designed to be easily maneuverable in tight spaces. In fact, it is only twenty inches wide with any seating option attached.  This makes it the perfect stroller for families who live in the city as it can be moved around conveniently in crowded spaces.

The YPSI Travel System is engineered to be easy to use in any situation. The YPSI stroller conveniently has a quick-fold system.  With the press of a single button, the stroller can close with the use of only one hand.  

It requires very little force to close the entire frame, so you will never be struggling or out of breath just to get your stroller closed. The frame is also designed to fold inward so that it keeps all the fabric safe and clean. 

The wheel system of the YPSI Stroller is also equipped for city streets.  The wheels have a high-quality suspension system and twelve ball bearings.  These two features working together make this stroller 30% easier to push .  It also means that it is well-equipped for use on multiple different surfaces, like brick or cobblestone or uneven sidewalks. 

Safety of the System

When it comes to car seats, safety is a parent’s first concern. The frame of the Primo Viaggio is covered in Energy-absorbing Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). This type of foam consists of thousands of tiny beads that can be molded into a specific shape or size. It has the ability to withstand a lot of abuse and naturally absorbs energy.  

The frame of the stroller is made from lightweight aluminum.  This material was chosen to keep the overall weight of the stroller as light as possible while still providing a sturdy frame.  While the seat provides your child the most protection, the frame of the stroller helps absorb energy and shock from the road. 

Single Hand or Foot Adjustments

As previously mentioned, the Peg Perego YPSI Travel System has adjustments that require only one hand or one foot to operate.  

This was designed with busy moms in mind, as we rarely have two free hands. The locking mechanism of the stroller is locked or unlocked with a foot pedal at the base of the stroller.

Adjustments that require only one hand include the canopy of the stroller seat and car seat, back adjustment of the stroller seat, and the handlebar of the stroller, to name a few.  All of these can be controlled with the press of a button. 

What We Don’t Like

The weight of the stroller and the car seat are both a little too hefty for our liking.  The stroller is made with a sturdy, high-quality aluminum that gives your child protection. However, without any seat attached, it is 22.6 pounds.

This means that if you are lifting the folded stroller with the stroller seat attached, it will be a good bit heavier and, therefore, harder to get up and down stairs or in and out of your car. 

The Primo Viaggio 4-35 Nido Car Seat that is included with this travel system is also on the heavier side for a car seat. At 10 pounds, carrying the seat by itself is tough with a growing baby nestled inside.

Fortunately, the car seat clicks easily into the stroller frame for mobility. However, adding those weights together makes the system over 30 pounds.  If you need to maneuver up and down curbs or into and out of buildings, this may make things a struggle. 

Double Mode Maneuvering

While this travel system is made for easy maneuvering, things are a little different when it is converted into a double stroller.  Adding two seats to the stroller frame makes things heavier to push.

With the seats in tandem, it also makes the system very long.  This makes sharp turns more difficult as they require you to put some weight behind it. This issue seems to follow most double strollers, however, so we don’t see this as a huge negative. 

Peg Perego YPSI Travel System vs. Uppababy Vista Travel System

The YPSI Travel System and the Uppababy Vista Travel System have quite a few similarities.

However, they are different in some key areas. First, your purchase of the Vista Travel System does NOT include an infant car seat.  Instead, it comes with the bassinet.

The Uppababy Vista Travel System also is offered in quite a few additional colors and fabrics than the YPSI Travel System.

Additionally, the basket of the YPSI Stroller in the Peg Perego Travel System is expandable to fit the capacity you need. The basket under the Vista Stroller is roomy, however, it always stays the same size. 

Perhaps the most important difference is that the Uppababy Vista Travel System is more expensive than the Peg Perego YPSI Travel System by a couple of hundred dollars.

Personally, we prefer the YPSI system because not only is it less expensive, but it includes a wonderful infant car seat. The included bassinet is great with the Vista system, however, you still need to purchase an expensive car seat on top of that. 

Final Thoughts

If you live in an urban area and are looking for a travel system, look no further than the Peg Perego YPSI Travel System. 

One purchase gives you everything you need for many years, and all the included products are safe and made from quality materials. This travel system has the perfect, no-hassle features to accommodate a busy, growing family. You may be interested in the Peg Perego Orion Review

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Ive read many old posts n still have a few doubts hence asking

1. Will i get sim card at vnukovo airport. If yes where?

2. I'll be taking aeroexpress and then need a cab to my apartment in city center. I believe i will havebto use yandex? As no prepaid cabs there? So will i be able to book it without sim?

3. I saw posts which had links to rent a stroller but in city center i believe streets are cobbled? So stroller may not be req?

4.is there a tourist office near red sq?

Many Thanks in advm

1. At any of several stores selling communications things...just go to the official web site, and it should have a map showing various stores.

3. No worries as to cobbled streets...sure, Red Square is, and a few side streets, but aside from Red Square proper, you will always have smooth sidewalks...and LOTS of native Russians have and use strollers...

Great! Thanks for replying to all my q.

Im traveling with spouse and child. I thout cab from vnukovo to city center will take super long due to traffic so thout aeroexpress better.

So roughly how much should i expect to pay for by cab from airport to red sq, any clue?

Ok..will look for sim stores

Traffic depends on time of day...as for cab fare, try going to VKO website, and see if they have a link for taxis (most do)...you can try this out and get an idea, but unless is it rush hour, would think it should be worst case 1500-2000 rubles...or maybe $23-30...the Aero for family would be about $15 I think...and also, not only does the Aero leave every hour, but it takes 40-45 minutes, and brings you into Kiev Station, which is a bit off to the West, and without an app, you would like spend another $5 at least on a taxi...and if there is traffic, you will end up fighting it here to.

As for every large city, general rule also applies here...heading INTO the center is bad in the morning, and out is bad at end of workday...

Scheduled landing time is 1440. Map shows 45mins by cab. Kiev station to apt shows 14min. So just in case i do manage to get the hourly aeroexpress which takes 35min to kiev stn... is there trusted cab hire there or not worth even thinking abt it

Aeroexpress for 2pax is 14$ if i prebook online cheaper...

Is 2 enough? Do you have a child? But think there is a family pass for about the same. To me, NOT worth the hassle here...you will be heading IN at rush hour, which for the most the way means fairly quick sailing.

As for getting a cab at the train station, this is a VERY busy, huge place, and I would NOT expect to be able to find one easily that will not rip you off...much less dragging around luggage, with a child in tow, etc...

And BTW, you arrive at 2:20 PM...no way should you expect you can hit the 3 PM train...so, it will be 4, and then 4:35 when you arrive at the station, and grabbing a cab from there will put you right in the mix of very bad traffic downtown...as opposed to hopping in a cab at maybe 3:20 PM...

Cab hands down...splurge a bit for the extra $10 or so...you will not regret it...

Ha ha... you seem to be right!! Will do just that. Locked.

>apartment in city center.

Can you say more directly where is your apartament?

Near ritz carlton

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In Transit: Notes from the Underground

Jun 06 2018.

Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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