My daughter is 15 now, but we used to have something that looked really similar that was very handy - the seat could recline and go upright, plus a shade thing. I think mine was a hand me down and I don’t think it was anywhere near $150 new.
I found the strollers so awkward that eventually I just carried my kid around, even when she got heavier. She still wasn’t as heavy as the stroller and went up and down stairs much better. Maybe I found this worked just as well because my kid did not do naps, so we never got to use the recline feature much, or even were able to keep her into the stroller.