When I first became pregnant and I was able to chat with my mom about the different things she learned when she started having us children it was interesting to hear that her advise was to buy used equipment if at all possible. Being that this was my first baby though I of course wanted all the new state of the art equipment. I did take her word for it on a stroller though and I was able to buy a great used Cortina Stroller. The original owner had used it a lot but it was still in great condition and I had no problem using it for our baby.