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I have the evenflo pivot expand and I can flip my toddler seat around. I don’t know that I’ve tried both seats around but I think it should work? Once baby is big enough to sit up I’m almost positive you could have two toddler seats facing backwards. https://www.evenflo.com/pages/pivotxpand-collection
I have the Pivot Xpand too and I love it! The seat isn’t bad. Not my favorite car seat but honestly it stays in the car most of the time anyway after he was a couple months old.
Another vote for the EvenFlo Pivot Xpand! My best friend has the same car seat so when we take our babies out we use my stroller as a double and I love it!
I lost my mind about strollers. In fact, my car got stolen with the stroller and car seat in it recently, and I was more upset about losing the stroller than the car itself (it was found with all our stuff, thank goodness). I picked out the EvenFlo Pivot Expand Travel System. It’s not the cushiest and I actually don’t love the car seat straps now that I’ve borrowed a friend’s Graco, but I love the features. I’m not sure if it matters to you, but I knew we wanted a second and I wanted something that could tote both kids eventually. The travel system comes with an infant seat and a bassinet that converts to a toddler seat. You can also buy other attachments later like a riding board and snack tray, or additional toddler seat. It’s around $500 usually and I love it.
I got the evenflo xpand and I love it. Glad I did because baby #2 is on the way. I also went ahead and got the riding board that attaches to the bottom so I could honestly push 3 kids if we get there. When the oldest can stand on it.
Evenflo has treated us well through multiple kids (xpand, victory jogger, shyft rideshare) with infant seat connection points built in to the jogger stroller and stroller wagon at no extra cost, and is often on sale for a decent price.
We’re on the Evenflo bandwagon. If you think you may have more than one child, the pivot xpand can function as both a single and double stroller. The rideshare wagon has an infant car seat attachment built in at no extra cost.
I did convertible car seat and the Evenflo Pivot Xpand. We moved from car seat to stroller. It worked well enough! We did baby wearing in the early days but my kiddo didn’t love it. Be prepared for car naps - there were times when we chilled in the car for 30+ minutes because I knew the transfer would be the death of us both. I carried a friend’s 20 pound baby in their car seat for all of 10 minutes and knew it wasn’t for me.
I’m pregnant with twins and personally I wasn’t looking at the side by side because I’m worried it won’t fit through doors! With my first child we had the Evenflo pivot travel system which had a bassinet that could convert into a seat, plus car seat that can also click into the stroller. We are upgrading to the Evenflo pivot expand system for the twins because it can click in two car seats or two bassinets/seats. It’s not side by side so I’d imagine it’ll fit through doors without issue. We really liked the Evenflo system with our daughter, I feel like the pivot expand will work well for our needs. Anyway that’s just my two cents, otherwise good luck in finding the side by side that works for you!
tandem stroller— a lot of places don’t have wide enough doors for a side-by-side. I got the evenflo expand i think it’s called? for now I use the infant seats but it also has carriage/toddler seats this may seem obvious but keep the tags on everything until you need to use it. whatever you don’t use just return/exchange
We have the Evenflo Pivot Expand stroller and it’s great for going off pavement. The wheels are nice and thick and it’s sturdy enough I don’t worry about bumps, but I’m not sure how it would be in your specific environment. For walking, fishing, scouting out hunting spots, you could also try a baby carrier. Infantino makes one that’s pretty easy to use. I used to go for walks or grocery store trips with my daughter strapped to me and it was fine. Just have to remember baby sunscreen or protective clothes and a hat.
I don’t have these specific strollers but I have an Evenflo Pivot XPand (looks like your Joovy) and a City Mini GT (looks like Bunbleride). For the inline for us, it’s way harder to navigate, turn and just in general navigate. The wheels can’t handle as much. And it’s clunkier to travel with. Our side by side fits through doors but doesn’t have as much depth so it’s way easier to move around. The wheels are super big and durable and can maneuver everything. The seats are also way more comfortable, can fold all the way back, have way better sun shades and can hold heavier kids. The only reason we would bring an inline is if it were WAY more easy to travel with, fold up and if I was staying at a Skyliner resort so I didn’t have to fold it.
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