The Baby Jogger City Select Stroller with 2nd Seat Ruby comes with innovative multi-funtional design allows you to select your seating arrangement up to 16 unique combinations. Multi-position seat recline for passenger comfort. Multi-position foot well tilt adds leg support for smaller children. Patented Quick-Fold technology… …. More >>
Baby Jogger City Select Stroller with 2nd Seat Ruby
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I bought this stroller with high hopes. This is the 13th stroller I have purchased with the hopes it would work for my needs (don’t worry, i return or craigslist others before buying a new one). I live in a major city and walk A LOT with my toddler and infant. I wanted a double where my infant can face me, when not in the ergo, and my toddler can face out. This stroller seems to be just what I was looking for. Here is my list of pro/cons:
Pros:
*Very sturdy
*great sunshade for both
*impressive ability to maneuver the seats into the configuration that I want
love the recline on both seats
*great understorage basket!
*comfy seats
*great harness system
*the hand break is AWESOME!
*pushing it is really easy-it is turning it that is difficult.
cons
*Not easy to turn with both kids in it
**Could not get it over a very small bump or lip of my driveway from the street-the main reason i am sending it back!
*the recline although great is really hard to do-explanation: if the upper seat is facing the caregiver and reclined for an infant you will have to sit that seat upright completely in order to recline the bottom seat. plus if the lower seat has the sunshade in its “highest” position it is even more cumbersome.
*The sunshade in it’s lower position makes it really difficult for a 35″ kid to sit in, and with it in it’s higher position makes the recline for the forward facing seat really difficult.
*I am not crazy about the small hard plastic wheels that are usually found on cheaper strollers, on this $$$ stroller.
*can’t recline both seats at the same time.
Overall, I think the idea of the stroller is much better than what you actually get. If you live in the suburbs where you have nice even streets or in a shopping mall this would be great. Or if you had the option of getting bigger wheels in the front, which you don’t according to the rep at Baby Jogger.
Rating: 3 / 5
I got this stroller in March and really like it. I have a 2 yr old and a 3mth old. I would have given it 5 stars but there are some drawbacks to the stroller. Still I think it is the best double stroller on the market and worth the money. If this had been around when I had my first I would have kicked myself that I did not buy it then. My daughter really likes riding in it too. It may look like I am listing a lot of cons but these are mainly just nit pickey things I want to mention bc it does not seem like anyone has.
Pros:
Light weight for a double stroller
Many different positions
easy to put together/change around/fold up
AWESOME sunshade
folds compact (especially for a double)
sturdy
fits through door easily
can change to single stroller when you only have one child with you.
Cons:
Does not recline in every position with 2 seats (only w/ both seats backward facing) and no recline with seats forward facing.
Can not latch closed if folding with both seats on which makes it difficult to get in and out of car. Also you can’t fold it with both seats on where the kids would ride you have to move the upper seat down, might as well just take it off (but that is VERY easy to do)
Does not stand when folded
Does not come with anything and the accessories are not cheap.
I have graco car seat and it seems a little unstable unless you have it just right. Another friend of mine feels the same way and she has a Chicco. The maxi cosi carseat fits perfectly though but that would be another $200
still hard to manuver in tight spaces like with any double stroller (Just don’t want anyone to think it is going to turn on a dime)
My daughter is short (10%for height) but has longer legs and sometimes it seems as if the seat is a bit short for her.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have 2 year old twins and it’s been increasingly difficult to get around using a side-by-side stroller. Most tandem strollers seemed so BIG, so when I saw this, I thought it would be perfect. Without being able to find it in-store, I researched it as best as I could. Reading reviews, watching video clips, etc.
Putting the stroller together was really easy. Literally just snap in the wheels, snap on the hoods, snap in the seats and you’re good to go! It’s a beautiful design and I just love the look.
Pros:
- shorter than most tandem strollers
- stadium seating for the kids
- flexible configuration- kids can face each other, both face forward, both face me, face apart from each other
- ample basket
- easy, quick fold
- good canopies
- narrow, so i can fit through more spaces
- very smooth, easy to push
- feels very sturdy and solid
- adjustable push bar height
- hand brake on the side of the stroller- however, my twins will play with it if one of them is facing me
Cons:
- cannot recline the seats when you have two seats (probably my BIGGEST issue)
- basket fabric seems to wear easily– I only used it twice before I noticed a tiny part of the fabric was worn away near the zipper and the wire frame is about to poke out. Not sure how this happened at all.
- difficult to maneuver if you have to go up a curb (nearly impossible for me!)
- heavy
- cannot be folded with both seats attached
- kids seem to get REALLY hot in the seats, even in air conditioned malls. This did not happen with my city mini.
- very little legroom for the child in the back, if both seats are facing the same direction. My two year olds aren’t very tall.
- rubber around the handlebar seems to be twisting around, don’t know how long it will stay put
Overall, I do like this stroller. If I was starting over with the twins, this would be THE stroller, since it’s so adaptable. However, I don’t know how much usage I’ll get at this point. Seat recline is very important, so this may be the deal breaker. It’s not noted anywhere, or in any review, so I didn’t know this would be an issue when both seats are used.
I am not sure if I’m going to keep this.
Rating: 3 / 5