Mountain Buggy - Nano 2020+

We use two...Bugaboo Fox for everyday and Mountain Buggy Nano for traveling

Agreed! I was just there with my 2 year old and my Mountain Buggy Nano (single), and between the narrow doorways, cobblestone, and stairs, it was definitely a workout.

Was just going to recommend this! I have the current version, which is $320, and have used it for 2 years on about 7 international trips, and as my backup car stroller. It has held up well, and I originally used it with my Clek Liingo infant seat. I've always gate checked it, just to keep my hands free to get on and off the flight.

We have the mountain biggy nano. Massive win was that it lays flat whereas not all the ones on your list so i believe. Weve got the MB Nano Urban specifically for the bigger wheels at destination. Loved it and worth every cent

We had 2 strollers with one kid (Chicco Bravo and a Mountain Buggy Nano for travel - the Mountain Buggy was a great investment for us) and now with a second kid we’ve added a 3rd stroller (second-hand Chicco Bravo for 2).

Check the airline’s rules because some will only gate check either a car seat or a stroller (American) and some limit the weight of the stroller (Delta for sure, not certain about others). So whatever you opt for, make sure it meets recommendations. We have a mountain buggy nano for travel, which fits in most overhead compartments and lays fully flat. Our son is now 2 and still fits comfortably, and it’s more reasonably priced than some travel strollers (I think about $250? Not sure about current pricing). You can also strap car seats to it, though I wouldn’t use it that way primarily because it’s not from the car seat manufacturer and may not have the car seat sitting at the correct recline. But it could be useful that way with an infant seat in the airport for a limited amount of time.

We have a Mountain Buggy Nano. It fits in (most US) overhead compartments, has a full recline, has storage underneath, has a good sunshade (though it doesn’t move as much as our full-size stroller’s would) and is reasonably sturdy for something so small. Cons are that the seat isn’t super padded, but that doesn’t seem to bother our 2 year old, and it’s harder to fold than our Chicco Bravo (it took us a few tries to get good at it, and it’s not 1-hand by definition). But we really like it and have flown with it and taken it on long car trips with limited luggage room with no problems. It’s gotten a lot of miles in different places and done well.

It was definitely a lesser-known option but I liked some of the features that aren’t on other travel strollers (the flat recline and good sunshade are hard to find) and that it wasn’t a $500+ investment. It’s still not cheap, but some of the prices on strollers are more than I’m willing to pay for convenience, especially when it’s just a second stroller.

Just a word of caution on how long you’re expecting to be able to use the car seat - most kids meet the height limit (30 inches for Keyfit, 32 inches for Keyfit 35) before the weight limit. So my 2.5 year old outgrew his Keyfit 35 in height around 1 year old but would still fit either of them by weight. He’s also 85th percentile for height and 30th for weight, so your child may be different, but it’s important to know the full extent of the limits because I feel like they aren’t as clear on the height limits and I wanted to make sure you had the information you need to keep your kid safe! Also, we loved our Keyfit system, and still use our Bravo stroller although we’ve upgraded to a Graco convertible car seat that should last him as long as he needs a car seat. We’ll be using our Keyfit 35 again with our second child in the fall, so it’s total about $200/child for our family, and still far more affordable than a brand like Uppababy. And I agree, unless you’re taking lots of long walks, a bassinet attachment isn’t worth it - it’s true that they shouldn’t spend more than 2 hours at a time in a car seat and they shouldn’t be in a car seat all the time, but a 30 minute walk in the car seat in a stroller is totally fine. For our family (suburban, 2 cars, lots of travel), the better value was a Chicco Keyfit 35 system with 2 bases, a Bravo stroller, and a separate travel stroller (Mountain Buggy Nano) that lays flat and stows in the overhead compartment. We still use the travel stroller and the big Bravo stroller, but we would have had to stop using a bassinet attachment over 2 years ago and we would have still needed an airline-compatible travel stroller. All in, I don’t remember what our car seats and strollers cost 3 years ago, but now they’d be $1350, and we’re still using $900 worth of that with our first kid. In contrast, the Uppababy Cruz V2 is $900 without the $280 bassinet or $300 car seat with $200 extra base, and it’s too heavy for gate checking with some airlines, so we’d still need a travel stroller in addition (and the Vista is even pricier and heavier). I have a friend who is going that route, but she lives in a walkable city with transit options and one car, so her lifestyle is different and it may make more sense for her. OP and his wife need to discuss their lifestyle, expectations, and goals to figure out what’s best for them. Oh, and check reviews of different seats - you might be surprised by what’s offered by different brands at different price ranges. Uppababy doesn’t generally fare as well as you might expect given the price tag.

We have a Mountain Buggy Nano and love it. We’ve only had to gate check it on a little puddle jumper where all roller bags had to be gate checked, and it has storage underneath and a nice canopy, and it lays completely flat. Lightweight enough that I recently took it on a train solo with our toddler at 7 months pregnant, lifted it to the overhead compartment, and carried it up stairs at the station, no problem. We’ve had it for 2 years now and the only problem we’ve had is that we overloaded the storage with water bottles and didn’t notice it dragging, and it got a small tear in the storage underneath that I was able to repair easily. It has a lot of miles on it by plane, train, and automobile, and we love it.

We have the Mountain Buggy Nano which does “fit” the Cosco Scenera. For whatever reason, our 3yo has decided it’s her preferred stroller over our Uppababy so we’ve used it A LOT in the past few months. As an everyday stroller, it’s just ok. I miss the Uppababy’s much smoother ride. The big plus is that our kid really likes it. It’s a little small. I’m 5’8” and it’s a hair too short for me. Both my husband and I have accidentally engaged the brake by taking a big step. The folding/unfolding mechanism is not intuitive, and requires two hands and emptying out nearly all the storage, so it’s best used like a regular stroller that you happened to bring on a plane or in a car, it’s not something that makes trains and buses that much easier other than being lightweight.

We have a Cosco Scenera seat mainly for getting to and from airports, occasionally to get around the city. Our strollers are an Uppababy Vista, which can accommodate the car seat in the basket, and the Mountain Buggy Nano which has a universal infant car seat attachment system and a supposedly popular toddler carseat attachment hack. All that being said, we almost never go anywhere that requires that we lug the car seat with us at the destination. It’s too much equipment. These clever travel ideas don’t account for all the toddler stuff we have to carry around anyway, so getting either stroller perfectly packed so that they can go into a car trunk without raining out a bag’s worth of stale cracker crumbs only happens if we’re flying. What we actually do is 1) check if the destination has coat check or stroller parking to leave the car seat there, 2) figure out how to get there via public transportation with the travel stroller and/or a toddler carrier (apparently I’m often the only person that’s ever worn a 2yo because people were constantly surprised to see my giant monster of a child looming over them), or we put off going until kid is out of the car seat and ready for a booster/harness. Our wishlist of city destinations isn’t that long, just take the subway.

I have 3. Uppababy Cruz is my everyday stroller, a BOB from fb marketplace is my winter/snow stroller, Mountain Buggy Nano is my travel stroller (has gone all over Canada, US, China, and Portugal). Love all three.

I got a used mountain buggy nano and have been pretty happy with it!

Ha! So many. 1. Bumbleride Indie - great all-purpose stroller for walks, jogs, snowy terrain, etc. 2. Mountain Buggy Nano - work horse travel stroller that can technically fit in most overhead bins (though we usually gate check it). Was nice to have when the kids were very small because it can lay flat. Terrible for snow and sand, but survived uneven paving, cobblestones, some mud, etc. I currently use this as a casual every day stroller and leave it in the back of my car. 3. Thule double chariot - for walks and jogs with both kids, especially useful in the winter because the large wheels are good in snow. 4. Summer Infant 3D Lite - bought this on a vacation that we were confident we could do without a stroller. 5. Cheap Red Kite umbrella stroller - another situation where I thought we could get by with a stroller for the big kid and a carrier for the baby, but gave up and bought the cheapest stroller we could find locally. If I could do it again, I'd get one nice jogging stroller (worth it for the maneuverability in rough terrain even if you don't plan on jogging) and then a cheaper, probably second hand umbrella stroller for casual use and short outings.

I think you're honestly going to want a side by side, they are easier to fold up for travel generally and they make more travel options in side by side. You can get a mountain buggy nano from an open box site like albee baby for under $300, and I can vouch that it is a fantastic stroller. Folds very small and is very lightweight while still not feeling like junk to push. It is also surprisingly narrow and should fit through any doorway wide enough for a wheelchair. There are much less expensive options than that, I just can't vouch for them personally!

The mountain buggy was my daily driver til my twins were over a year! We recently switched to a Zoe twin because I wanted something a little sturdier for day to day now that they are big. Hanging onto our nano for travel though! The thing I like best about it for travel is that it folds into thirds so it gets shockingly small. The folding process is a little more fiddly than other strollers because of that, but as a travel stroller I think it's worth an extra 20 seconds or so. You honestly may find you like a side by side better for day to day too. I find them soooo much easier to maneuver as long as you fit through doorways (again, never had an issue with the mountain buggy nano!).

Love the Uppababy Minu. The V3 has some nice upgrade features from the first two iterations. It’s so much smoother than my mountain buggy nano or Zoe stroller and the recline is close to flat. Underbasket is a little small but we’ve managed to pack it for two kids under 3-4 for Disney park days.

Wait so what is the second stroller? Also I could never justify getting a second stroller simply for looks or because it’s a “collectors item.” We have an uppababy vista and then we bought a mountain buggy nano as a travel stroller because it folds up small enough to be an airplane carryon