Valco Baby - Snap Duo Trend

I recommend a side-by-side stroller. Inline strollers like the one you have pictured, tend to be difficult to steer because the weight of one child is directly over the front wheels. I have the Valco Baby Trend Duo and I LOVE it! You can buy car seat adapters and a bassinet. I personally never used either as the seats lay back flat, so I just used the newborn insert they sell on their website and strapped my baby in. My toddler loved getting to sit next to their sibling! My friend traded her mockingbird single-to-double for a Zoey twin and is much happier.

I have found that side-by-sides are not nearly as large as people expect them to be. The Joie Chive double stroller is 25.5 inches wide. My Valco Baby is 29 inches wide, so its only 3.5 inches wider.

Inline strollers like the Mockingbird tend to be difficult to steer because the weight of one child, usually the older child, is directly over the front wheels. I recommend looking into side-by-side strollers. I have a Valco Baby Trend Duo and love it! I also know people with the Zoe Twin who love it!

We love this one too! It’s one of the lighter options as well

Came to recommend this one too! Love it for my kiddos

Valco baby trend duo. I hated the uppbaby vista, too heavy

For your usage, please check out the Valco Baby trend duo! Lighter than the Baby Jogger and easier to maneuver in every way (including loading in/out of car if you’re solo) I live in an old historic city with horribly uneven side walks and I cannot recommend this stroller enough. I did a ton of research too. And if you walk a lot on uneven / nature walk type terrain, you can get the air tire package or the full sport edition.

I started with a tandem that I used with car seat adapters. It was great for that purpose- basically a fancy frame stroller! Unfold the frame, pop both car seats in, and go. Aaaaand less than a week after my twins graduated from infant car seats to convertible car seats, I went and purchased a side by side stroller (Valco snap duo trend). It turned out that the process of using the tandem stroller with the actual stroller seats was a huge pain for me. In double mode, both seats had to be removed to fold the stroller. So loading the car meant removing both seats and folding the frame, unloading involved unfolding the frame and clicking both seats in then unbuckling the babies from the car and buckling them into the stroller. It felt like such a long, tedious process and I hated it. So I went with a relatively lightweight stroller with a one piece/one step fold and I have LOVED it. A side by side is easier to push and mine is only like 3” wider than a vista or other tandem (because the frame is basically under the seats and adds no width, rather than being outside/next to the seats making it wider). Also noting that I skipped the donkey because it’s heavy and wouldn’t have met my one piece/one step fold requirement (I used it as a nanny and loved it for the walkable city we were in, but avoided putting it into a car at all costs lol). Otherwise it’s a really nice stroller!

15 month gap here. I really like our valco trend duo. Nearly flat recline for the baby with “bassinet mode”(or you can buy a bassinet for it), and toddler fits well. Each seat has its own bar that opens on its own vs both seats opening if that makes sense. Kinda heavy but not sure on the weights of other double strollers.

I don’t personally own a Zoe Twin but have used one of my family members and I did not enjoy the experience personally 😅. Like you said, terrible on bumpy sidewalks or ant uneven surface. To be fair you can upgrade the wheels and they did not have the upgraded wheels, so I can’t speak to if those make a big difference or not! Overall though the stroller felt very cheap and I just didn’t really like it. For a travel stroller it would be awesome but for an everyday stroller I am glad it’s not what we purchased. If you are able to find a Valco Duo Trend second hand or on sale somewhere, I’d highly recommend that instead!!! It’s very similar style wise but it’s a lot sturdier and comes with better tires. We’ve really enjoyed it so far overall! It is pricey brand new though so I understand wanting something cheaper.

If cost isn’t an issue I would highly recommend the Valco Baby Duo Trend over the Zoe Twin!! Although I will say that it sort of depends on your day to day or what you plan to use your stroller for. In my opinion the Zoe Twin is perfectly fine for trips to the grocery store, well kept sidewalks, etc. Any rough terrain or even bumps in the road make the stroller very annoying to use (again, just my opinion). We almost bought one but went with the Valco instead. My sister in law has the Zoe Twin and they are currently visiting us and we’ve used it a handful of times and I can’t stand it 😂. It feels very flimsy (to be fair it’s a travel stroller) and anytime it hits a bump it derails the stroller hahaha. They do make upgraded wheels which might help! The Valco baby has been great so far and seems to be much more durable yet still very very lightweight. We push it around our yard all the time and it has no problem on the rough terrain. There are a few little things that I don’t love but it’s light years ahead of the Zoe when it comes to what we personally need for our family :)

FWIW I've been shopping for double strollers lately. Took a look at a Vista V2 thinking it would be THE ONE but I was not impressed with the handling and configurations in double mode. It's very long and heavy, and in double mode with toddler+baby, you need to have the toddler up high and the baby down low further away from you, which is the opposite of what I want. Also, I found the seats to be a bit small for my tall 2 year old. I ended up purchasing a Valco Duo Trend side-by-side double with a bassinet attachment for newborn

I’ve been considering the Valco Trend. It has the option for a bassinet but it’s actually newborn ready and the actual seat has a built in bassinet mode. The canopy on it is massive and the entire back of the stroller can be lifted away so that the baby has ventilation in the warmer months. It’s also phenomenal on different types terrain. https://valcobabyusa.com/products/trend-duo-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoqyt-1eupzWwEfUEaEXCL6E1Nl4ofizPItzLVjkhYZ409iC-aBm EDIT: Seconding the Silver Cross if you want the option to add a second child later on. This was our first stroller and I would never consider getting a different inline stroller. We got ours in 2020 and it’s still amazing. It’s not as popular as Uppababy here in the states but I do feel that the quality and stroll are superior. 

Reposting my comment from another thread:  https://www.reddit.com/r/nycparents/comments/1kvhi4d/comment/mubnibz/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button The Valco Trend Duo is a great double stroller and the fold isn’t bad at all. It’s also, in my opinion, somewhat easier to maneuver that an inline stroller with two babies. It has a flat recline so you shouldn’t have any issues with either child napping and the canopy is generous. https://valcobabyusa.com/products/trend-duo-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoqyt-1eupzWwEfUEaEXCL6E1Nl4ofizPItzLVjkhYZ409iC-aBm Edited to add correct link. 

I’ve had my Valco now for a couple weeks. I’ve only used it a handful of times but so far I’m very impressed and loving it! It is so lightweight. And the tires are great. For anyone curious about the Mockingbird versus Valco, the Valco definitely rides smoother.

When traveling we bring our Cosco scenera (super lightweight!) and valco snap trend stroller (this is our regular stroller). We put the foot rest on the stroller all the way up and it actually goes past parallel so it makes a shelf that leans the car seat back into the stroller. We have used a luggage strap to attach it to the stroller in the past but I find it stays put just fine. Obviously ymmv but it works great for us!