Baby Jogger - City Mini 2

Try a baby jogger city mini (we have the V2). It’s as durable as a giant stroller and has big wheels but is super light and a true one hand fold. It’s the only stroller we’ve ever had because it’s sturdy enough for every day and easy enough for travel.

It’s all I’ve tried but we have the Baby Jogger Citi Mini and I feel like it checks most, if not all, of these boxes. Maybe a little big for errands (I’ve never taken it in the grocery store) but I preferred to baby wear for that anyways.

We live in the suburbs and didn't use a stroller a ton. We had a single City Mini for my first, and I bought a cheap one that had a little seat/stand on the back for a second child. I hardly ever ended up using that one. I did continue to use the single one for second baby pretty frequently. When we visited Chicago when the kids were 3 and 5, I borrowed a double Bob from my sister and it was clutch!

3. It would be two but our Graco stroller’s front wheel sprung a leak and we couldn’t figure out how to remove it in order to change out the tube (took it to a bike shop and everything). My husband cut the tube out before I could figure out how to patch it. We have an umbrella stroller we no longer use because our three year old doesn’t fit it anymore and a Baby Jogger City Mini that’s our daily driver when we need it.

Yeah I don’t know what the deal is with that- credit cards? Rich family? Who knows! We got as much as we could used. Inherited a Citi Mini stroller set and it has worked great! We did buy new carseats and chose the safest ones that are moderately priced. Chicco Key Fit for infant and Graco Extend to Fit for toddler. Used the carseat lady and consumer reports to make these choices. You don’t need to spend a ton to have safe and quality gear!

Uppa Baby G Luxe, or Baby Jogger City Mini 2. My daughters are 19, and 15 now but I had early versions of Uppa Baby Vista and it was a great stroller. Very much a BIFL quality item. Go to the store and try a bunch out and get the one with the easiest fold. We had a Maclaren Triumph stroller and it was great; so sad the company went out of business.

See if you can find a used Baby Jogger City Mini to use for your trip and resell afterwards (or keep!). I got one for free second hand from a coworker. Didn’t think much of it, but MAN can that thing handle all the bumps and crazy tree roots in our neighborhood. We can take it on trails even. It’s slimmer than our main stroller (Nuna Tavo), less storage space, but handles amazingly well. Our Nuna is actually terrible at getting over tree roots or uneven sidewalks.

Umbrella stroller for popping around, CitiMini Jogger for lugging stuff and day trips that might need a nap. Age 3, only need the former.

Buy a used single stroller, sell it and buy another used double stroller if you want a double.  I adore my mockingbird single to double but still have used a city mini and a city mini double (both used) and just need different things in different periods. So much stuff is so good secondhand. 

Depending on your lifestyle you can absolutely get by with just one, or even none. I do not have that kind of lifestyle😂. I had two for my first, a standard Graco stroller and an umbrella stroller. I would have been fine with just one, but the umbrella stroller was $5 and pink, turns out it's one of my favorite strollers still(Maclaren Volo). I have *so many* strollers now. I live in a crazy city, have two small kids, and one of them has Down Syndrome and is a runner, so strollers get used a lot in our daily lives. I actually have even more than 'my' strollers, because I pick up strollers people have thrown out and fix them up to donate(fix them up is a generous description, almost all they ever need is a wash). Also my husband's truck doesn't fit in our garage, so we have a lot of space for it all. I'm just going to list the ones we actually use.. A double and a single Bob, the single is from '09 and about to go, and we won't be replacing it. My husband runs with them, I use them for anything seriously off-road(stroller friendly hikes, farms, etc) City Select Lux double for my everyday stroller. It lives in my van and is an absolute workhorse. The Maclaren from my first, and a newer, nicer Maclaren. I wish they still made strollers because the newer one is so handy for travel, it's light, but super sturdy and the basket holds a lot. Also it's a single but it has a 75# limit, so on a recent trip we had both kids sitting in it when we needed. GB pockit for small places, like Drs offices or small shops. 2 City Minis for when we're going somewhere as a family but will be splitting up, like a mall. Honestly we could do without these two and just use the ones above, but one's my husband's favorite color and one's my favorite color, so they stay and get used a lot😂.