Modes Adventure Stroller Wagon

Late to the chat but we had a 2013 Prius C for the first 2 years of our kids life (only car). Chicco keyfit was perfect. We could fit our Chicco Corso, which is pretty similar to the Cruz, in the trunk, but it took up nearly all the space. We could also fit a wagon (graco modes), but it limited our back window visibility. For travel we got a super compact stroller (dream on me coast). 

We’re doing a stroller wagon with a car seat adaptor for our babies who will be almost 15 mo apart. Graco Modes Wagon. I baby wore with my first until he was 3 months. People on here love their double strollers but all the irl 2 under 2 parents I know have said they got very little use out of the double stroller and also got a wagon. I figure the wagon has better long term potential, it folds up small, can be placed in my van without needing to be collapsed, and I picked one up for less than $200 new.

Wagon. Double/triple strollers are so hard to push and maneuver. We have a Graco Modes Adventure wagon and love it. When my youngest was in the bucket seat we got the attachment so baby and middle child could ride. Oldest kids can walk. If you’re going to be walking miles (like Disney as someone else mentioned) then I would get two double umbrella strollers. You push one and spouse pushes the other.

My advice is to place more budget/focus on your everyday stroller/stroller system. Later once you realize the less common situations your everyday stroller is not able to meet (like a running stroller, bassinet-compatible system, a bulky stroller that has good storage, etc) then buy that stroller second-hand. If you don’t love it just sell it again. I have a UB Minu V2 with Mesa car seat as my everyday stroller. Second hand, I have a Bob, a Graco Modes system that was nice for the few times I used rhe bassinet or wanted a lot of storage, and soembody gave me a Chicco Bravo. I mainly use the Minu and Bob, but the other ones have been useful occasionally too. Don’t get caught up thinking every stroller has to be a premier brand. It’s more so about how you plan to use them.

Commenting here (just due to the height aspect) to say that I’m 6’ and my husband is 6’3 and our Graco Modes system was perfect, and kept my son safe when someone hit his side of the car AND totaled my SUV.