Two things go wrong for a tall parent pushing an ordinary stroller. The first is hunching: the handlebar sits at elbow height, so you spend an hour bent forward with your shoulders rounded and your lower back complaining. The second is the one nobody warns you about, the constant clip of your shin against the … Read more
The best lightweight strollers under 200 dollars share one trait: they fold small, weigh little, and get a child from the front door to the car park without a fight. Everything else is a trade-off, and that is exactly where most shopping lists for this category go wrong. We spent six weeks comparing twelve budget … Read more
Most double stroller shopping goes wrong in the first ten minutes, because people start by comparing frames instead of comparing ages. A frame that is perfect for a four-year-old and a two-year-old can be a poor match for a newborn and a toddler, and the same frame can be brilliant on a wide sidewalk and … Read more
The best jogging strollers for rough terrain are the ones that keep tracking straight when the pavement turns to gravel, gravel turns to dirt, and the dirt turns into roots and washboard. I spent several months putting ten of them through the same routes — a cracked neighborhood sidewalk, a half-mile gravel fire road, grass, … Read more
The fastest way to ruin an airport trip is to show up with a full-size stroller and a toddler who has decided that walking is finished. A compact stroller that folds small enough for the overhead bin removes the baggage carousel from your itinerary entirely, and it removes the 20 to 40 minutes at each … Read more
A travel system is a stroller, an infant car seat and a base designed to click together, so you can move a newborn from the car to the sidewalk without lifting them out of the seat. After spending weeks reading spec sheets and owner reviews, I can tell you plainly: a complete stroller and car … Read more
An all-terrain stroller is a jogging-style stroller built with large air-filled or never-flat wheels, a real suspension system, a lockable front wheel and a multi-point safety belt, built so it rolls over roots, gravel, sand and snow instead of only paved paths. We spent six weeks pushing ten of them up gravel roads, across broken … Read more
Choosing the best strollers for twins is less about features and more about geometry. Two children of the same age sit at the same height, at the same time, and they need different things as they grow. A single stroller built for one four-year-old will not serve two three-year-olds, and most single frames cannot take … Read more