Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller Review

Best for Small Trunks

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Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller

Comfort7.5/10

Ease of use10/10

Push & handling7/10

Fold & storage10/10

Pros

• Car to sidewalk in 2 seconds
• Takes up no trunk space, because the car seat is the stroller
• Perfect 10s for transfers and for fold and storage

Cons

• No suspension: rattly over paving stones after hours on concrete
• No storage basket and no recline

Our Verdict: Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller

The Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller scored 80 out of 100 across the four criteria we score every travel system on, and took Best for Small Trunks in our travel system guide.

What earns it that award: Car to sidewalk in 2 seconds.

The honest limit, and the reason it is not higher: No suspension: rattly over paving stones after hours on concrete.

Our Analysis, Comparisons and Test Results

Comfort

Seven and a half, the lowest comfort score among the tested systems. After three hours walking on concrete around London Zoo, Charlotte Davies said the lack of suspension showed, and the ride felt rattly over paved stones. There is no recline either, so a baby who falls asleep stays at the car seat's angle. For a short hop from taxi to hotel lobby, none of that matters. Over a full day on foot, it adds up.

Ease of use

Ten, and no other system can match it, because there is no transfer to make. The wheels fold out from under the car seat. Gemma Reid called it unbeatable for getting in and out of the hotel, and put the change from car to sidewalk at 2 seconds. Doona also includes a LATCH base. If your day is a string of short car trips, this is the score to look at first.

Push & handling

Seven. The small integrated frame rides like what it is, a car seat on wheels. Over brick paths on the theme park weekend the testers found it bumpy, and the lack of suspension Charlotte Davies noticed at London Zoo shows up here too. It steers fine across a hotel lobby or a coffee shop floor. Ask it to cross Chessington's brick inclines for a day and it falls behind every other tested system.

Fold & storage

Ten for the trunk, which is what this score measures most. Gemma Reid drove four hours from Manchester and used no trunk space at all, because the car seat is the stroller. Doona lists the folded unit at 17.4 x 26 x 22.4 in and 17.2 lb. There is no basket, which meant a heavy backpack for Charlotte Davies all day, and the testers counted that against the overall score rather than here.

Should You Buy the Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller?

Buy it for this: Car to sidewalk in 2 seconds. Takes up no trunk space, because the car seat is the stroller.

Go in knowing this: No suspension: rattly over paving stones after hours on concrete. No storage basket and no recline.

Scored against the same four criteria as everything else here, this is a question of fit rather than quality. The gear that gets used is the gear that suits your week.

What Other Strollers Should You Consider?

We scored the Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller against nine other travel systems on the same criteria. The three closest on score:

Specifications

Conclusion: Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller

The Doona Infant Car Seat & Stroller took Best for Small Trunks in our guide, and it is worth buying if that is what you need most. Its Push & handling score, 7 out of ten, is the one to weigh against that.

The whole lineup, scored on the same criteria, is in our travel system guide.

Tested against 9 other strollers in Best Travel System 2026: 10 Stroller and Car Seat Combos. See all strollers guides and reviews.