Baby Jogger - City Mini GT Double Stroller

I liked getting a double that can work as a single. That said, it's MASSIVE and we have a smaller, single stroller that is our main go-to. Facebook marketplace is awesome for this. I got a baby jogger double with several add ons for $100! Everything is washable and it was good as new after I did that. My first was 2.5 when my second was born. We still use the double now but not as much as when they were both littler.

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.

My 50lb 6 yr old rides fine in the city mini gt. You can also rent them :)

For stroller, City Mini GT will work for all ages. Folds completely flat so you can use it from birth. Fits up to 65 pounds, so even most 5 year olds can still ride in it. Handles terrain like a dream. If you plan to do 2 children, the City Mini GT double is also terrific.

For stroller, City Mini GT will work for all ages. Folds completely flat so you can use it from birth. Fits up to 65 pounds, so even most 5 year olds can still ride in it. Handles terrain like a dream. If you plan to do 2 children, the City Mini GT double is also terrific.

At one point we had like 8 lol. They all have such different use cases! A city mini travel system we got when we had our first. Sold it once our 2nd baby was out of the infant car seat. We also had a Doona and loved that. Sold both when he got too big. We had a City Mini double (someone in my parents rich neighborhood was giving it away! And then they paid $$ to ship it to us, lol.) that we just used around the neighborhood because it was too bulky and a pain to take in the car with the second seat. (Sold this one) A evenflo pivot stroller wagon we took around. A $50 costco wagon that folded up and fit in the car really well. For a while we stopped using the pivot because this one was just easier. A double umbrella we only used for traveling or kept in the trunk, it was a pain because it was short so the adult had to hunch to push. But it was small, we took it on planes to visit my parents. (Sold this one, kids are 6 and 3 now) A GB pockit amazing fold up tiny single stroller. Perfect for travel, took it to NYC and on a cruise. A urbini reversi single stroller, we kept that one even though we used it rarely because it was the only one that could recline super flat for the kid to sleep that had okay storage underneath. After we sold the big double stroller we decided to take the kids to Disney World and I realized wagons weren’t allowed. We considered taking 2 single strollers and quickly abandoned that idea and bought a Graco Sit and Stand double stroller on marketplace for $50 that we love and take with us when we go places like the Zoo and stuff now. Good storage, our older kid can stand or sit and hop on and off easily.

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.

The City Mini GT I have has been abused for 8 years straight and is still going strong. It's just a great stroller.

We have a city mini double and love it. The seats lay flat so the baby can ride in it. It also has adapters for car seats but we didn’t like that it wouldn’t fold up with the adapter attached. The hight on it goes up to 44in so I’m not sure you would have a tone of time left in it. In general after looking for months at different options the big takeaway we found was that the side by side strollers are much more nimble/steerable and able to go in grass/ grave.

We did a Chico stroller and car seat combo for our first. Taking the car seat out of the car and dropping it right into the stroller was great. We took that thing everywhere, even thru airports, on planes, Disney, etc. used it for our 3 other kids as well and now it’s sitting in my garage shelf 9 years later. When we had #2 the UBs had come out and we went to test drive them..the 1x1 configuration made it so hard to turn we ended up getting a citi-mini double. Also have taken that to Disney, and Europe, and still have it. We did end up getting a UB Umbrella for when we didn’t need the double and for easier portability. Still got that one too! Yeah the UB is the BMW of strollers, but you might end up wanting / needing another stroller depending on your needs anyway, so save some coin and use it for diapers!