iCandy Stroller Review & Diaper Bag Giveaway!

I love well-designed products. When I was pregnant with J we spent a lot of time hunting down a stroller and highchair design that we both liked, which is a lot harder than we thought it would be. iCandy, a UK company that debuted in the U.S. in 2010, provides products that don’t make you choose between form and function. You can see below what the strollers look like for yourself – they’re sleek and have great solid color schemes. One of my favorite features about these strollers is that they incorporate a parent-facing seat option to promote parent-child interaction. That’s one thing I really wished our stroller had, because once we stopped using the infant carrier J always faced away from us while we were out and about.

The Apple multi-mode travel system has a lightweight aluminium frame, forward and rearward facing seat unit and all round suspension. For your newborn, the stroller has the option to add its own unique iCandy apple bassinet and to make life simpler just add an infant carrier car seat (sold separately) for the ultimate, stylish, complete travel solution. More details on the iCandy Apple – which possesses the unique ability to grow as your family grows, converting from a single seat or bassinet to a double tandem stroller – are available here.

Extra lightweight and versatile, the iCandy cherry travel system is available in a choice of two chic color options – liquorice and fudge. An infant carrier car seat is easily attached with the use of infant carrier car seat adaptors (both sold separately). For more info on the Cherry, iCandy’s extra-lightweight travel solution, please visit this page.

The Pear, which can be used as either a single or a double stroller, is the ultimate travel solution for families expecting twins or a second child. With the addition of the PIP converter, the Pear boasts 20 practical seat configurations – the most of any double stroller on the market!  See more details here.

iCandy has received multiple awards in the UK, including Best Travel System/Best Push Chair from Mother & Baby magazine; Editors Choice/Best Buy from Pregnancy, Baby & You magazine; Best Buy from Prima Baby & Pregnancy magazine; and Best Buy from Practical Parenting magazine. Additionally, iCandy has never had a single product recall in its entire history of operation.

Today iCandy has given me the opportunity to host a giveaway for one of their diaper bags!

The iCandy diaper bag retails for $57.99 and follows suit with the rest of the company in providing a stylish design with amazing functionality. Carry all your essentials in this lifestyle changing bag. Features include an adjustable shoulder strap, two outer zip pockets, mobile phone pocket, insulated double zip outer bottle pocket, wide, double, zip opening to the main compartment which contains a padded changing mat, mesh side pouches and a wipes/tissue dispenser.

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Note: iCandy provided the diaper bag for the giveaway. All opinions included in this post are honest and remain my own. I was not compensated monetarily for this post.