Our Evaluation

The Doona+ is one of the most impressive travel products for families with babies, period.

In this car seat to stroller product, it’s basically the industry’s biggest hack: the Doona+ has the ability to go from car seat to stroller without carrying a separate frame and is invaluable for trips.

If you’re considering it, we would note up front that its folded dimensions and 16.5‑lb weight make it manageable, though heavier, than a typical infant car seat. For comparison, the UPPAbaby Mesa weighs nearly 10 lbs, and even that, for us, has been heavy.

Because the Doona+ accommodates babies only up to 35 lbs and 32 inches, its lifespan is limited to the first year of life (approximately). For that time period, though it delivers unmatched convenience, because if you’re thinking: “How do I possibly fly with both my car seat and my stroller?” the Doona+ solves that exact problem.

Considerations

Doona+ is one of the hands-down most approachable options for the issue of “Wait, I need a car seat AND a stroller for this trip?”

Take it from one of my friends, who said that in practice, “We brought our Doona with us on the trip, so when the Uber arrived, we just installed the base and clicked the Doona in both on the way to and from the airport.”

And is it expensive? Well, yes, it is. It’s on the much higher end of pricing for infant car seats as well as strollers, but consider that a Doona is two products in one. That might make the thought process much easier when you weigh the pros and cons of having something as unique as a stroller that converts back into a car seat for your vacation or city travel.

With something this special, though, I would surely consider that there is no stroller basket on a Doona stroller. Therefore, anything you want to have with you has to be in a diaper bag or backpack, carried on your back. Doona does sell a Doona tote bag that allows you to store some things while having it hang from the handle. Just keep in mind the risk of toppling the stroller if left on its own.

About the Brand

Doona is an Israeli company that revolutionized infant travel with the world’s first car seat that transforms into a stroller. The concept is a wild one, because car seats and strollers typically do not convert right into each other with a quick maneuver. The Doona+ has become one of the most widely-used family travel products and the company is reknowned for making this into a reality.

Founded with innovative engineering, Doona has won numerous international design and safety awards, completely changing how parents think about infant travel by eliminating the need for separate car seats and stroller frames. Many families (ones we know!) are terribly sad to part with their Doona stroller car seats when their babies are about to outgrow them, because of how the Doona+ has made travel so doable when compared to other options of taking a stroller, and a separate car seat, on a trip.