Bugaboo - Donkey 5 (Mono / Duo / Twin)

I loved the idea of the orbit stroller until I had twins. If you’re looking for a tandem light stroller I’ve heard great things about the cybex Gazelle double. Light and nice. We had the bugaboo donkey and found it great as the twins are at the same level and it fit through 99% of doors. We live in Europe so doors would be narrower generally.

Bugaboo donkey can be single or double!! Side by side is the way to go. Tandem gets so heavy and hard to maneuver when loaded with 2 kids

Doona then bugaboo here, found it easier to collapse one handed than the yoyo

You should be able to find something. Here in Germany, I have seen a lot of Bugaboo Donkeys listed secondhand for around €500, and Foxes for around €300, often with tons of free extra accessories  I just bought a Bugaboo Cameleon 3 for €90 (including extra accessories). That means it’s an older model, of course, but it still works great.

We have the bugaboo donkey duo. I live in a major city and do not have a car so having a stroller with ample undercarriage storage for groceries and has the capacity to have our kids in longer was important. Not to mention the ride is smoother and much easier to handle on bumpy sidewalks. I’ve used a bunch of other strollers when I was a nanny and this one truly is the best stroller I have ever handled. The stroller also can hold kids up to 50lbs per seat and we have 2 under 2 rn and plan to have more kids in the future once we move out of the city so we felt like it was worth the cost.

Honestly the bugaboo donkey is THE best. Almost everyone uses it where I live, I have had 3 strollers and the bugaboo is the best one. Look at Facebook marketplace I got mine for $200 off there. It is also worth the price as it can last YEARS

I have the donkey 3, they are all almost the same just some minor differences but trust me when I say in sweden everyone gets a donkey stroller. I have seen some be reselled for a third or fourth time in great condition.

Bugaboo Donkey is very wide, look for something that not so wide, like out n about.. we have that; much more narrow; a dream to push and easy to close! With tandem, even if you are ok with it, as they grow your twins might fight as to who should get the better view and refuse to get in; I have heard that happening, so chose side by side!

We went with bugaboo donkey side by side but had the same dilemma - it IS big, but when you have twins you are a travelling circus regardless of size. We love/loved it overall great stroller. We still use it regularly and my twins are almost 3. It fit through most doorways as it’s the size of a wheelchair, but when they were small I would actually often strap one to me and use the donkey in single mode (which is actually smaller than most single tandem) which I loved for grocery shopping. I should note I live in a city so we are walking everywhere - I think if driving everywhere a side by side when kids are bigger - a stroller that has a one handed fold (Zoe, valco, jeep) would be wise to look into for getting in and out of the car. My only complaint with donkey is getting in and out of the car/folding it up isn’t fun, we kept ours set up and just plopped the babies in. For reference we also have an umbrella double travel stroller for flights, and a bob double for running. Donkey is my fave but all for diff purposes!

With my first (a singleton) we didn’t have the parent facing seats and i have to say i didn’t miss it. Most strollers have a little flap you can lift to look at your kids when they’re facing away from you. That being said: The bugaboo toddler seats go flat so we switched to those when my twins were around 3 months old. Makes it a lot less bulky to transport. I do love the side by side as it is less heavy to manoeuvre and the bugaboo is as wide as a wheelchair so it fits through most doors (this may be true for other strollers as well though, idk tbh)

Oh also, it’s pretty easy to buy a donkey secondhan. Saves a lot of money and quality wise you can for sure use it for a couple of years when you get it secondhand.

We also bought a bugaboo and lucked out tha it was a practically new second hand one. It was so sturdy and took such a beating. That being said, I kind of wish we had gotten a cybex. It would have fit with our car seat which also reclined enough for it to not be dangerous to leave a bay in it for a short shopping trip. One of the biggest things we looked at were the wheels. We have lots of cobblestones where we are so they had to be big. People with small wheels get stuck all the time.