I got the Ergobaby Metro+ and have really liked it. It folds small enough to take on a plane and has better wheels and a bigger canopy than the gb Pockit Air I had before
I had the Minu but lost it. Then I got a GB pockit all- terrain because it was cheaper than trying to replace the minu, and honestly it’s a way better travel stroller. It folds tiny and is very lightweight. We got a backpack for it off amazon and it’s super easy to carry around as a backpack. With the minu it always still felt like you were lugging a big clunky extra load.
Obviously, it’s got less premium material, and not as good suspension but if your main concern is size and ease of travel, I’d go with a GB pockit hands down.
One in stroller, one in a sling /carry was the way to go for my friend.
I did end up holding someone's baby whilst she whipped open a double stroller at the plane though. Also, sometimes where the stroller rocks up, at the plane door, at oversized baggage.. Can get a bit random despite being gatechecked and you're left holding a baby waiting for someone to tell you what happens bed to it. The alternative is to give up one of your cabin sized baggage options to take a carry on stroller but I don't think the doubles fold down that small.
Note: With one child we onebagged pretty well. One person with the child and a backpack, other person with two backpacks (front and back - we are personal item ppl plus the free cabin bag for infants with most European Airlines.) What might get sticky is that you're going to struggle as both of you will have a baby and therefore you might need to go cabin size rather than personal item. And also we were always packing nappies for the journey which can get bulky. You have two so I'm guessing you'll have to bring some and buy some every time.
For our one baby we used the GB Pockit All terrain which was cheaper at the time compared to Cybex. They're all a bit flimsy feeling because of the weight. The Yo-Yo is insanely popular in London as a full time pram because it's light.
A note for your future self though, all my twin mums now have super independent kids with stamina because they couldn't baby them for as long and they walked more, carry their own stuff in backpacks and got on with it. *stares at child with overstuffed hello kitty bag who can't handle her water bottle*
We have the GB Pockit All Terrain. It is 8 pounds (why I chose it) and it has a drop-down back, so it lets my now 3yo take naps in it. It’s our travel stroller, but that also means we take it on the subway etc. (They have the All City model too, but if you want to take it to the park, the extra wheels on the All Terrain help.)
PS it folds up tiny; again, we travel a lot with it, and I like that it fits in the overhead bin in airplanes.
Not the person who originally replied but I have kids only a little older than yours and we started with the configuration you described and had same issues. I think the way to make this work is if you keep the seats very upright and then you can extend the canopy on the rumble seat to be higher so that older kid fits. That didn’t work for us because both my kids like to nap in the stroller, so now we do both seats to be parent-facing, this way the view is worse but both canopies can be pulled up for space and both seats can recline. Whichever kid is likely to nap for the longest goes on the bottom and the other one is on top
Ok so I am a fool who bought too many travel strollers but maybe you can learn from my experience, which is that every stroller has pros and cons and there’s prbably not one best one anyway
Yoyo - this was our first travel stroller and tbh it’s still our most used. It folds very small, great for travel and comfy, only knocks were 1) the folding taking 2 steps instead of being 1 button like Joolz or Butterfly and 2) the upright position is a little more reclined than Joolz
Joolz Aer 2 - I got this for 2nd kid and also bc I thought it solved my 2 Yoyo problems above (and it does). I personally like it better BUT my kid seems to prefer Yoyo so we still use Yoyo more lol. The cons for this one are 1) the recline isn’t smooth, it’s an annoying zipper mechanism that my kid doesn’t love for naps and 2) folded size is slightly larger and heavier than Yoyo
GB Pockit all terrain - I needed a VERY small stroller to take the kid to school and leave there that subsequently fits on the bottom of my double stroller when we bring baby to pick up older kid. This does the trick because it folds up the smallest, but it’s definitely not as well constructed so it’s only good for short journeys and when you really need the smallest folded size
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