Babyzen (Stokke) - YOYO2

I’ve logged miles on the Babyzen Yoyo and it’s been a lifesaver for overhead bins....it folds up so small I barely know it’s there and it feels sturdy enough for daily use.

Second hand yoyo worked for us

100%. We bought a second hand yoyo on Vinted for £100 including the rain cover. Already taken it on 3 trips and lent it to a friend. Also a lifesaver if we need to take the pram into London as it’s so light we don’t need to worry about step free access.

Yoyo with a newborn pack. There are good reasons you see them all over major European cities.

Yep yoyo here too. Works pretty well in SF

I looked at the Yoyo, the Nuna Trvl, and a few others but ultimately went with the Bugaboo Butterfly. The basket on the BB is so much larger and the fold was smaller. I'd skip the bundle with the cupholder, stroller bag, or small bag that hangs on the handlebar. The small bag is too big, the stroller bag is tough to get around it especially if you add the bumper bar, and the cup holder holds very little in a way that inspires trust. I would get the bumper bar, that was a lifesaver in being able to attach the tethers to keep him from throwing bottles or toys around the airport.

Can’t beat the yoyo when flying. Small footprint, easy to pack and unpack. Small enough to be able to go in the cabin with you on most flights. We have used it on our 4 year old and she still finds it comfortable.

Happy to share! I made the mistake of getting a full-sized stroller (Mockingbird) with my first and that was NOT travel friendly 😅 I sold it and we have been exclusively use “compact” strollers as primary since my son was about 1 and a half or maybe younger. We currently have used versions of the Minu v1 and the Babyzen YoYo. I strongly dislike the YoYo… the fold is two steps, requires two hands, and is too complicated for grandparents to do. The harness also detaches into 5 separate pieces which drives me crazy when trying to buckle. The Minu v1 is amazing as an everyday stroller. So sturdy, so easy to use. That said, now that we are expecting our second, I’m thinking about selling BOTH of our current strollers and putting that money towards a Minu v3 or Joolz Aer+, so that we have a more compact stroller that I actually enjoy using (unlike the YoYo). I do not think non-parent facing is a deal-breaker at all, and I think for travel you’ll be fine with just car seat. I would definitely look for strollers that fold with the car seat adapters and where you don’t need to remove the seat in order to use it with a car seat. That way once your baby is over 6 months (or younger if you are parked somewhere), baby can stretch out for a nap… but again, we did many car seat naps 🙂 I’m sorry I don’t know much about the other options you mention, but I think the Minu v3 is INCREDIBLE! I wouldn’t worry too much about finding a true “travel system” if you mean buying the car seat + stroller from the same brand. I thought I needed this too in the beginning, but it’s not necessary and might limit your options too much! just make sure the stroller works with a car seat (usually through adapters with easy click in and out) and can fold with the adapters on. Both the Minu (v2 and v3) and Joolz Aer+ can do that. My infant car seat is a Nuna Pipa.

mom of one with a second on the way -- If it markets itself as newborn ready, I think that recline should be fine. the "flat" idea is just so they dont slide around. don't get the metro+, unless they've made improvements I haven't seen to the canopy -- you'll want lots of shade for your newborn. i LOVE my original Minu (and would love the V2 even more), but the Joolz Aer is slightly more travel-friendly if that is important to you. It is small enough to bring into the airplane cabin if you're concerned about gate checking and is lighter/smaller. And you are smart to prioritize one-hand fold, that is crucial! And the reason I do NOT like the YoYo.

Currently we have 2 very different strollers. A: Graco EVO XT, purchased for 259€ discounted. (I also got both the carseat and the carrycot for extra 150€) B: Stokke / Babyzen YoYo3 6+, purchased recently for 400€ (discounted from like 470€) + 25€ for the footrest (that sucks because my 8 months old daughter likes to kick it down all the time, so we cannot use it proplerly). We mainly got this to use as cabin baggage and also to use when we go to a small restaurant where a big stroller barely fits. A Advantages: It costs half the price (so **price/quality** is night and day), it comes with all the accessories (rain cover, built-in footrest, mosquito net, footmuff, etc.), **all-terrain wheels**, better suspension, it can be used by newborns because the **backrest angle** is almost flat, so it is also better for sleeping. More **carrying capacity**, and it is easier to fold/unfold. B Advantages: it is much **smaller**, much **lighter**, it is more modular and **repairable** (you can buy lot of spare parts easily, like a new handle or a new group of wheels, or fix/adjust some stuff using tools) and of course, it seems to be **allowed as a carry-on baggage** on most airlines (even if the size is bigger than the allowance in some of them. Only the gb pockit or cybex libelle are smaller, but not as sturdy as I read from some people). I tried the YoYo3 in big cobblestone and it surprised me to run as well as my bigger stroller with much bigger wheels (I don't know how shaky is the experience for my kid though). I haven't tested it on grass or sand (I know that the big one, A, on deep sand, it gets stuck if pushed normally, so when I'm on a beach I pull it backwards (reverse) using just the back 2 wheels --> then it goes smooth). Since the YoYo has the seat at a much lower height, this helps a lot with stability (B is like a CAR and A is like an SUV), this is probably why YoYo with worse suspension feels very stable in uneven terrain. I think you will be fine with the YoYo3 as main stroller. (I haven't used the YoYo carrycot but I trust it will be fine) Unless you care about carrying capacity, some very bad road or off-road, etc. But the YoYo can handle old european cities streets remarkably especially for the size/weight. But it is designed in France so it makes sense it can handle this.

A bit pricier and not sure if still on sale but we just got a babyzen yoyo on sale and it’s amazing! Highly recommend. I spent hours and hours watching review videos for all the popular travel strollers and landed on this one!

We love our yoyo! My 2.5 still fits great in it! Fits in the overhead bin (minu doesn’t fit in most I don’t think)

The vista is a beast, if you’ll be going in and out of the car a lot I’d consider something lighter! I ended up with 2 strollers, 1 light weight travel stroller we keep in the car (yoyo) and the vista which we use strictly for neighbourhood walks (all sidewalks), it’d do fine on dirt roads though. If you need all terrain (trails etc) I wouldn’t get the vista.

We got a yoyo, honestly best investment! Great for the rental car too when you have tons of luggage.

I have a yoyo, love it!

Not the original commenter but I highly recommend the Babyzen yoyo. We’ve used it on a couple of international trips now (including UK to Australia, so ~26 hours of travelling) and it’s been brilliant. If you ever travel to Europe/on European airlines it’s also the only travel stroller I could find that actually fits within all airline cabin baggage size allowances.

We have the Babyzen yoyo2 and absolutely love it as our small travelled stroller. It does take a minute the first time to figure out how to fold it properly but once we figured it out it’s then super easy to do. Folds up small enough that it goes in the overhead bin on a plane. When we travelled in Europe the airport staff took one look at it, asked if it was a yoyo and just waved it through without even checking it when we said yes. Shoulder strap is also very handy for carrying it, although we did get the backpack bag for it too.

We have both. Our full size stroller has much bigger wheels and is significantly easier to navigate, whether over bumpy cobblestone streets or gravel/dirt paths in the countryside. It’s taller so at a better height for my husband and I who are both tall. The basket is a decent size so it fits my son’s backpack + my handbag + shopping + coats. It has a proper sun shade and can be angled back to help my son sleep. We then got a babyzen yoyo for a trip to France when he was 3 months old. It is very small and zippy and was great for getting on and off the plane. I love how small it is for rental cars/transport but for the same reason I’d never use it at my every day stroller. It’s just not sturdy enough and doesn’t have enough storage space for an every day stroller.

Highly recommend trying to find a secondhand Babyzen yoyo. We got one for that price, although it will be top of the budget. It’s the only travel stroller I’ve found that actually fit within the listed carryon dimensions of all of the airlines I looked up. Personally I’m also super glad I got one I could bring on the plane with me. When we travelled to Australia at 9 months there were massive queues at immigration and having the stroller for my son rather than needing to have one of us carry him was a blessing. Made it super easy for him to sleep too. My son hates baby wearing so it was the only option to be relatively hands free.

We bought a babyzen yoyo. It folds up the size of a large brief case and comes onto the plane with us.

The Yoyo is amazing. We took it on 7 flights across 3 continents, carried it up and down literally hundreds of flights of stairs all over Europe, and I descended a hiking track down a mountain in Northern Italy pushing it while carrying a baby in my other arm. There’s barely a scratch on it.

If your baby is already 11 months old, I’d suggest you to get a luxury travel stroller. I have both Uppababy Cruz and Babyzen Yoyo. We stopped using the Cruz after first year and switch to YoYo.

As an alternative, we just took a trip with our 2-month old using the Babyzen Yoyo and I thought it worked really well! You can use it with either a car seat or a regular bassinet/stroller seat so it's more versatile than just the Doona. This trip was just for a long weekend so we only took the car seat, but we have some longer trips coming up where we'll probably do the car seat for the plane and pack the bassinet or regular seat for our destination. The car seat adapters were a bit tricky to get on, but once they're on you can just leave them on (we can with the bassinet at least). The car seat itself snaps onto and off the stroller frame really easily. And the stroller frame is really easy to fold as well (although it does take two hands to fold the stroller handle, but you can do that before taking the baby out of the car seat). We also chose the Yoyo in particular because it was one of the lightest travel system strollers. We gate-checked the stroller and car seat and it worked really well (had baby on our laps) but the stroller frame apparently folds small enough to carry on as overhead luggage.

Strollers are like motorcycles and boats, ideally you'd have a half dozen of them. If you're in NYC, I would say that a giant cruiser stroller is a must have. If you're in the suburbs, I would want something smaller. I've never fully understood the doona. It's worth pointing out that many babies only want to be in a bucket car seat like that for a year. I've got a 28 lb 9 month old. I think he might already be too big for a doona. Personally, I pass on a doona. I have an Uppababy Vista and whatever bugaboo calls their yoyo competitor. I bought a yoyo and didn't like the way it folded, so I returned it. Now I don't like the shape of the bugaboo seat, so I may try to trade it to someone for a yoyo. My wife complains that the Uppababy Mesa car seat is too heavy. And she wishes we had a Nuna car seat. In other fun news, I got a Chicco 360 for our giant baby. It's awesome!

We use the babyzen yo-yo and it’s been great for travel - airport, resort, off resort!

I have the baby zen yoyo and we really like it. We were asked to gate check it through on a Sunwing flight; but I still use it regularly for smaller errands and it’s fantastic.

We have the Cruz… while it’s great for walks and long strolls, it’s pretty big and close to the same size as the vista. I had a compact car with our firstborn, and the stroller took the whole trunk. I ended up getting a babyzen yoyo as a travel stroller but I wish I would have gotten this stroller from the beginning and used the newborn kit/adapters.

I have a Stokke Yoyo3 and absolutely love it for getting out and about. It folds up easily and is compact and light, I was able to carry it up and down the 2 flights of stairs to my apartment within 2 weeks of my cesarean which I think says a lot! The only con for some people might be that the basket isn't big so if that's a deal breaker for you, I wouldn't recommend it. You can fit a few things in it but not a bulky nappy bag for example.

Yoyo with the newborn set . We used it well into 6 years old with travel. Buy the newborn set second hand or rent one for this trip

We rented the yoyo on vacation and loved how compact it was but it wasn’t easy to fold up. Ended up buying the colugo, and really like it. Easy to fold, compact, lightweight. Maybe not as small as the yoyo but I prefer it due to it being easier to fold. I think we ended up getting on sale for around $150.

I was at Baby Bunting recently and the Bugaboo Butterfly was on a raised shelf and did not have time to take it down and test it. I have used the Yoyo and though it feels strong, my partner and I could never get it to collapse effortlessly without some issue. The Joolz Aer+ test was fantastic. My partner struggled on first go to collapse as she was being too gentle, but on subsequent attempts was a natural and the weight and stretchy strap made it a breeze to carry. We were looking for a primary full size pram with parent facing and larger wheel features and ended up going with something else however out of all the travel prams this was the easiest and simplest to use and felt quite sturdy. Side note, the Bugaboo Butterfly has a 2+2 year warranty whereas the Joolz Aer+ has 10 years transferrable. I do not think you can go wrong with either so long as they are accepted as carry on. You may be able to get the Aer+ with bonus bumper bar for as low as $604 by clicking on Baby Bunting's product page price match + -5% link and using the current price at Banana Baby. I have used their service in the past and usually their response time is less than 24hrs.

I have the uppababy vista v2 and absolutely love it. Take the bubs and the dog out everyday for a walk and it’s so convenient to manoeuvre plus it’s great for quick grocery runs. Yes it’s a bit hard to take out/put in the car but I have hatch back so it’s a small car. Borrowed a friends uppababy Cruz and it wasn’t as easy to move around. I also got the stokke yoyo3 for travelling which is handy but bubs just looks more comfier in the bigger pram.

Yoyo is best for maneuverability, also fits in an overhead for airline travel.  Highly recommend.

Yoyo zen for the win.  So light, so easy.  I think it's the one you mentioned because yeah it's airplane carry on compatible.  Love that thing, haven't bought anything else.

I’m a ftm too👋🏼☺️ and my colleague w two kids recommended yoyo after trying out several!

I got you! Sooo, if you’re hunting for a good travel stroller — I got you. Honestly, Babyzen YOYO2 is kinda the gold standard. It’s super compact, folds up like a dream (fits in an overhead bin!), and it glides sooo smooth. Pricey though — like, definitely a splurge. If you want something way more budget-friendly but still solid, check out the GB Pockit+. It folds down teeny-tiny, like purse-size. Not the cushiest ride, but crazy good for airports or quick trips. Happy to help, have a safe trip.

If I had to do it over, I would have gotten a travel stroller with a bassinet. I have the yoyo2, which I love significantly more than my full size stroller. I think if I had to do it again I’d only get the Yoyo used with the newborn pack. I think if I were off-roading more though I’d go with something with inflatable tires though, like the Bumbleride Era or Indie. Edit: I think ideally for unpaved surfaces I’d prefer to baby wear, but my baby always hated that but loved the stroller.

I really like my Yoyo2, which you can make newborn ready with either the bassinet or the newborn pack. Building it is difficult, but once you're over that hurdle you're golden. If you ever plan on going on unpaved surfaces, I'd recommend a stroller with air in the tires like a jogging stroller.

I would get a Nuna rava for the car you use the most if you spend a lot of time in the car/go on road trips. It’s way comfier for my toddler than the graco we have at my dad’s. We have a cosco scenera for air travel and it gets the job done, takes 30 seconds to install and weighs very little, but is not comfy for her. We love our babyzen yoyo but it depends what kind of terrain you’re on. Great for smooth ish sidewalks, not great for anything super bumpy or uneven.

It’s scary at first but just go for it! All of your needed carry on stuff in a backpack, check as much as you don’t need on the plane, board early. You can do it, it’s so worth it!! Yoyo stroller fits overhead which we love.

Guava roam and babyzen yoyo (now stokke) are what we did and I’m happy with the combo. If we have another maybe we will eventually get a wagon but I couldn’t recommend the roam more!!

We have a babyzen yoyo2 and guava roam and they fit our needs nicely. They both fold pretty compact but the babyzen takes up almost no space so I’m happy having that as a travel option especially.

We started using the yoyo at four months all the way reclined. It’s recommended for six months but my baby had very good head control and the recline is very far so it felt safe for us! It fits overhead. It’s a two handed fold, unfortunately. My fat cat sits in the basket underneath but I don’t think a cat carrier would fit. If you go that route, stokke just came out with the yoyo3 which looks like it has worthwhile improvements to the 2.

We have a yoyo and if I lived in nyc I’d be perfectly happy with that as my only stroller. It’s great and so easy.

We love our yoyo, but I haven’t tried any others so can’t personally compare.

I definitely wouldn’t get something where it doesn’t click in. Just resting on top of a cart would be so dangerous! If it’s in the budget I would recommend the yoyo, as you’ll be able to use it for travel through toddler years. You can probably find the 2 for cheaper since the 3 recently came out. You would need adapters for the pipa.

We love our Babyzen Yoyo! No belly bar, but you can purchase one! Good recline, fits in an overhead bin. They've had several open box deals on GoodBuyGear lately! I didn't get mine there but have gotten several accessories for it there and they've all been in perfect condition - I wouldn't hesitate to buy there! Fold is a little tricky but once you master it it's no biggie and can be done one-handed! Easy to steer one-handed, easy to carry folded, smooth ride. I still use our Vista around the neighborhood but use the Yoyo for everything else, and will do the same for baby #2 on the way save for when we want to use the Vista bassinet!

We have two! A Vista V2 and a Babyzen Yoyo+. Basically we take the Uppababy around the neighborhood and anywhere bumpy or that we need to carry a bunch of stuff (more places in the early days because we used it with bassinet as a nap spot on the go) and the Yoyo for anything in the car or in an airport.

I've done a fair bit of research on travel strollers and ended up leaning towards the Baby Zen Yoyo because it fits easily into an overhead bin and folds up without any hassle. I've looked into the Bugaboo Butterfly and Nuna Travl as well, but my personal experience and the feedback I've seen really pointed me toward the Yoyo for its compact design and ease of use.

I third the yoyo. Love ours and have had it for 5 years and it's still going strong. It's our main stroller unless we do a whole day somewhere then we take the Vista. It handles so well, it's comfy for LO, the back lays almost straight for naps, and the compact design makes it so easy to take it almost anywhere.

Took our baby zen yoyo to Disney world and was happy with it. It’s our go to stroller even over our uppababy vista

I have the vista and I also a baby zen yoyo and a bugaboo butterfly. The last two are travel strollers. We also like to travel and we used to travel with my daughter when she was a newborn every 2 weeks for a medical condition that required going out of state. Hands down we used and still use the bugaboo butterfly. Infant car seat was a nuna pipa lite which you can attach using adapters. Don’t bother with the vista if you plan on taking it through an airport and you only have one child. Also fyi baby is now a 4 year toddler and bugaboo butterfly is still stroller of choice. You can buy a ride along attachment if you ever need it for a sibling. This travel stroller fits overhead in planes and is so easy to click and fold. Only downside is the handle is not telescopic or extendable. I’m your height and it works well for me but hubby is about 6 ft and he says it’s a bit short for him

I have the Stoke/Babyzen yoyo stroller - I found it on FB Marketplace! [https://www.stokke.com/USA/en-us/category/strollers/yoyo-strollers](https://www.stokke.com/USA/en-us/category/strollers/yoyo-strollers)

We have the vista v2. Used is usually very good. We got it new but bought into that brand because we got a few uppababy infant car seat. The one thing I had kind of wished we considered was the nuna stroller + infant car seat for travel. Seemed super convenient for travel, but downside is it would only be useful for a few months. We also have a travel stroller for travel - yoyo baby Zen. Great, but there are so many others around. Until at least 6 months you need to consider bassinet attachments. I wouldn't keep baby in car seat in stroller for long walks or travel for long periods at that age. It's a tough one. All these products to choose from. I can attest to the quality of the two strollers we have especially the vista. Excellent - not a jogging stroller but does have great comfort and ease of use.

I'm in Glen Park area so SUPER hilly. Almost every day I use the Yoyo (5+ years now with 2 kiddos). I'd recommend a compact stroller, not only are SF store aisles narrow and small, but you can bring the stroller right into a restaurant/cafe and it doesn't take up much room. For runs, we use a bob stroller. When baby was under 9M, we used to Nuna Pipa/Yoyo combo.

I'm in Glen Park area so SUPER hilly. Almost every day I use the Yoyo (5+ years now with 2 kiddos). I'd recommend a compact stroller, not only are SF store aisles narrow and small, but you can bring the stroller right into a restaurant/cafe and it doesn't take up much room. For runs, we use a bob stroller. When baby was under 9M, we used to Nuna Pipa/Yoyo combo.

Agree,it’s compact and really light and smooth,easy to do a single handed steer. The only cons if you’re planning to use it as a daily stroller are that the basket underneath isn’t huge,and the sun canopy isn’t the biggest. But we love ours!

We use the yoyo for two international trips (Europe and Asia) and it was okay. Didn’t LOVE the pram but it was light and compact and every airline knows it so you just say it’s the yoyo and they won’t even bother measuring it etc. we did just bite the bullet and ordered the Skip3 so will see how that goes when we get it. One tip that might help you make up your mind or consider diff options is you don’t necessarily NEED to put the travel pram in the overhead compartment. You can choose to gate check the pram instead. Use it through immigration and they will let you use it up to the gate. Then they bring it back to you just when you get off the plane so you can use it in the airport again. Honestly with so much crap to carry, it was handy to do that and not have to bring the pram onto the flight. We just used the carrier when boarding and getting off the flight and only switched to pram maybe at the baggage claim or sometimes not till after we get to hotel.

We got the skip 3 recently and am loving it so far. Had the yoyo 2 previously that I got second hand off fb marketplace and so many little things annoyed me so I wanted to replace it. Also liked the Joolz aer bt the price was a bit steep and skip was just a bit cheaper. Bugaboo looks good too (sister has it) but it didn’t have a bassinet option that I wanted in case for bubs coming in November.

We got a single to double (Cybex gazelle) and like it as a single. Our second is due in November so yet to know what it’s like as a double. But honestly if I was to do it all over again, I would get a travel pram that comes with a bassinet option (Redsbaby Skip 3, Yoyo or Joolz Aer+) and then use that as the primary pram. It’s small compact, you won’t need to buy another thing if you travel and it’s so easy to put in and out of car etc. If you then become pregnant with a second and realise you’ll benefit from a double pram- then get the big double pram. The reality is you never know when you might fall pregnant with a second. And so you don’t know what the age gap might be. You might even be able to just use a single pram + toddler board if it’s a large enough age gap. For reference, we got the skip 3 and it’s great. We had the yoyo - don’t love it. The Joolz aer looks really good and I sort of wish I got that when i was picking between Joolz and yoyo. But skip 3 is new and more reasonable price than Joolz.

No it doesn't "click" in with baby trend. I'm sure they can rest it on the stroller or something but that's dangerous. Don't do that please. I'd recommend a babyzen yoyo but there really isn't a super cheap stroller you can pair with the pipa officially. You could opt to return the pipa for a good refund and use that to buy a cheaper carseat/stroller combo. That's not the answer your looking for though. Alternatively you could check for marketplace to try to find a used cheaper lightweight babyzen yoyo.

I have a yoyo, love how flat it folds. I am able to put it in the foot well in front of the car seat in a car, so it doesn't take up any space. It's also light enough to carry around. Really love it.

I had a second hand yoyo that served me and my family well on our overseas trips, and I would recommend it highly. Once you get used to folding it, it is amazing. We bought it from a family that had traveled with it in Asia, I think South Korea, if that helps at all lol.

For Europe I gotta go Yoyo. It doesn’t fit all of your criteria but it’s the king of durable and navigating tight spaces. It also can be put in overhead bins which is a lifesaver. Because it is so compact it doesn’t have a ton of storage, but you can fit more underneath than it looks. It’s much bumpier than a running stroller, it’s quite bumpy over cobblestone but it doesn’t get stuck. But it is light, does recline sufficiently for naps, and also has a good cover. Some packages also come with a rain cover and you can also buy an extra umbrella. You may balk at the price but I will say it lasts forever. I’m on my second kid with it, and my 5yo can still fit in it. Even in the US it’s something we can keep in the car for emergencies.

Love my yoyo zen. Adore.

We use a travel stroller 100% of the time, two kids. I almost bought a Yoyo but stopped at Spouts on Union to test it and the Joolz Aer was far easier to close one handed than the Yoyo. So I recommend that. Its about 20 months old of daily use and wheels are fine. My first kid I had a heavy larger stroller and I’d hit corners and doors in stores all the door and one time the BART elevator was broken and then the escalator stairs broke half way up. Because it was mid day and lots of SF folks are peter panning themselves, no one helped me drag it upstairs. That sucked. That was the last time I used that stroller and transitioned 100% to travel stroller use. Also my first kid preferred to be baby carriered. My 2nd kid hated it after infancy - so each their own there.

I got the original Yoyo baby zen (not the 2) secondhand, and it’s excellent. Has traveled and flown with us a ton, plus is my go to daily stroller for anywhere we go in the car. The only complaint is the seat doesn’t sit super upright or super reclined, but my kid doesn’t mind!

We got a baby-zen Yo-yo when my baby was 8 weeks old and it was our go-to stroller for everything. Eventually we got a back for it so you can carry it around as a backpack because it's pretty light. We've travelled to loads of different countries and only ever had to gate check it once. But all other times it's been totally fine.

I bought the yoyo when it was The Travel Stroller but there’s lots of options now. It is far and away the most common one I’ve seen in European cities, and it’s by no means bad, but it has a kinda fiddly fold and a slouchy seat that I don’t love. Super tiny though! I usually end up packing it into a checked bag and having kid in car seat on a roller for in the airport, since we prefer to have the kid in their own seat and will need a car seat when we arrive. I have put it in the overhead compartment though, and it fit beautifully. You can even push it down the aisle with the kid in it though that is a bit more trouble than it’s worth to be honest.

We used our yoyo with our nuna infant car seat and it was a dream! They sell adapters and it made travel super easy. 

Currently traveling in Milan and have hardly seen anything but cybex and the yoyo. Anything bigger doesn’t seem to fit down narrow sidewalks.

We just used our Yoyo Zen on an airplane trip over Xmas. As we were coming down the aisle, a flight attendant said, “you have to check that”. I said, “it’ll fold to about the size of a backpack and we’ll put it in the overhead”. She said, “no, you still have to check it”. I was about to fold it right there in a line of people to show her but just right then another flight attendant stepped in and said, “I’ve seen one of these. They’ll fit easily in the overhead”. The first flight attendant was still kinda rude but said okay go ahead. Lol.

We did a month in Italy with our baby when he was 6 months old (so lots of cobblestones) and we used a Babyzen Yoyo. Every flight we took the staff would immediately wave it through because it was a Yoyo - I think sometimes the Butterfly doesn’t meet overhead requirements? It handled the cobblestones honestly a lot better than we expected, and is our go to pram for quick trips when out and about one year later.

The age recommendation is about the head control needed to sit up unsupported in the stroller seat, not about the size of the baby. The babyzen yoyo is often recommended here for travel and that one has a newborn pack that would work. Or you could get a car seat adapter for the butterfly.

Uppababy minu. It’s amazing. My 6 year old sits in it. One hand collapse is amazing. I loved the Yoyo too but my toddler figured out how to tip it over, get out of it and make it impossible to steer. We got the Yoyo used and the minu at tj maxx. 

We don’t own a car and live in the middle of Amsterdam. We have a regular car seat for long travels: which we store at home and take out in case we rent a car or drive with families. In an Uber you are not obliged to use a car seat here. Because it’s seen as public transportation: we are not expected to take our kids in car seats in metros, trams and busses either. We have a small stroller, which we can take anywhere (yoyo babyzen).

Oh my gosh, I can’t imagine carrying the e-gazelle up and down stairs. It’s already a heavy stroller and then the battery adds more weight. If you’re going on the train and/or up and down stairs, I’d strongly recommend a travel-sized stroller like a Yoyo, Aer+, or Minu V3. Or just baby-wearing. The Vista is also awkward to carry, doesn’t have a good handle for it. For the hills I can appreciate the benefit of the battery… but I’d say a lighter stroller or baby-wearing is still the way to go. Or maybe consider a 3-wheel jogger type stroller since many have a really nice push (most are heavy though). The Baby Jogger City Mini GT2 isn’t too heavy and has a really easy, quick fold. Thule Spring might be a good one to look at as well.

We’re getting the yoyo!

We have a bugaboo fox 5 and love it. It’s a full size single stroller. I got it because its folded dimensions fit in my car in a specific way. I also considered the Cybex Priam which some have mentioned. We started off with a Babyzen yoyo as a travel stroller that we were using as an all around stroller and it has its pros but we realized we wanted a full size stroller too. My husband said of the travel stroller “it’s built for speed not for comfort”. If I was doing it again I might go for an Uppababy Minu or the Bugaboo Butterfly instead.

Consider hiring a travel pram rather than buying one if you don’t travel often. We’ve hired a YoYo twice now and it’s been fine. It was better the second time when our son was bigger, but when he was smaller I didn’t like how reclined it was in its upright position. That might the same with all the travel prams though.

We travelled for the first time when my son was 8 months. We still parent faced at home at the time, but we just went with front facing on holiday. We hired a babyzen yoyo (and did again when we went away with our then 18 month old). We don’t fly enough to warrant buying one, so went with hiring instead.

When we went on our first holiday with our then 8mo, we looked into it and decided hiring one would work best for us as we only planned to fly once a year. Now we have a 2.5yo, I really wish we’d bought one back then as it’s really annoying taking a huge pram out and about on day trips when he doesn’t need it much, especially when we’re driving somewhere at it takes up most of the boot. I personally didn’t want to risk our big pram going in the cargo hold, so we’ve hired a Babyzen Yoyo on 3 holidays now.

We are happy with what we got. We have the bugaboo dragonfly. It's expensive but it's exactly what we wanted. It's narrow (narrower than it looks actually) so we can fit almost anywhere which is important cause we have narrow sidewalks that are often full of parked bikes. It has decent suspension which is good for the worse sidewalks here. It folds up for storing easily (I can do it with one hand). The push bar is very adjustable, so can be made short for elevators or tight spaces or very long and tall for my husband. And it pushes super easily, even with one hand, so easy to use even with the dog. The downside is that it is super heavy and doesn't fold all that small. So we don't usually bring it when we go anywhere by car. Instead we just got a second hand yoyo which we will use for this purpose and for when we travel by plane. YouTube was a useful resource to help us figure out what we were looking for in a stroller and once we knew, 20 min in the store trying different strollers and asking the sales agent questions settled it for us. For what it's worth it really was by far the most time I spent researching a purchase.

Second hand babyzen yoyo, absolutely amazing little pram!

That’s what we did as well. We wanted to make sure that we like it enough to warrant the cost, it took us about 3 days to know we were buying one. I prefer it over the YOYO as I find the folding mechanism too fiddly and the little bars under the seating make storage room ridiculously small. The bugaboo butterfly easily fits my huge “all events considered” nappy bag.

I have the yoyo 3 and just tried to attach the Nuna pipa rx car seat with the adapters. The car seat seems a bit wobbly, is that normal?

I’m convinced the yo-yos are scams. I had one and switched to an uppababy minu. The wheels weren’t great on city terrain and the fact you need 2 hands to fold didn’t seem like a big deal but now having the one handed fold while my other arm has my baby, it’s a serious game changer!

The Babyzen Yoyo is a game changer. We bought it when we moved to Europe last year and it’s SO popular I see it everywhere. Fits in the overhead compartment on the plane, easy to collapse for public transit and lightweight if you need to carry it up and down stairs. Would highly recommend even though it is pricey!

I literally scoured the internet for a travel stroller for big kiddos. There is nothing that fits the weight limit/size needs! In a perfect stroller, I want a 150lb weight limit and a fold that fits within airplane cabin limits (think Babyzen Yoyo, Boogaboo Butterfly, etc). Seriously, I’d pay top dollar for that stroller. My child is too big for the seats on those models now (height/width). The issue we have is that my kiddo cannot walk through the airport, so counter checking the stroller is out. Gate checking is also out because often, strollers are delivered to the baggage claim area, or they take forever to be unloaded. My child does not have the tolerance to wait and that situation would cause a meltdown. We can’t do wagons because most airlines prohibit them, and even then, you’re taking the same risk to check them when walking endurance is an issue. Nice to haves are a good canopy to create a safe space, and some kind of storage.

I also looked at the yoyo but the fold function is so terrible! Joolz 1 handed fold is so elite.

The Yoyo2 with the newborn pack (https://www.stokke.com/USA/en-us/strollers/yoyo-strollers/babyzen-stroller-yoyo2-newborn-pack.html) is small enough when folded that it can be carried on planes and babies lay flat on it so there's no problem with the position. When baby is bigger you can buy the 6 months+ pack. It's ridiculously popular in France, everyone I know has one lol

Yoyo zen 2 forever, ♾️ just watch the reviews online.

I would look for the Babyzen yoyo, Joolz Aer+ or the Bugaboo Butterfly on marketplace. You’re probably not going to get everything you’re wanting in a travel stroller, so you’ll have to compromise on something. Very few models will fit overhead on an airplane but the yo-yo and Aer+ definitely do if that’s important enough for you. Finding a big basket or a good recline will be the hardest.

In a similar situation, living in one flight of stairs. I have used the Babyzen yoyo with my niece when we’ve traveled and it is great for that!! I wouldn’t use it for like exercise type walking though. It would probably be fine for a short, light stroll around the neighborhood. So I feel like in need a full sized stroller but also worry about the weight. I’m leaning towards the bugaboo Fox 5 because it has a 2 wheel mode to help on the stairs. The only other stroller I’ve seen with that is one of the Cybex. With that feature, I don’t think the weight will bother me as much. I also think it will probably end up in my car a lot bc I go to the local university to walk. When baby is older or we start traveling, I will get a travel stroller!

Seconding the yoyo, we were on a small plane from London to Florence and they asked a couple who was struggling to get theirs in the overhead if it was a yoyo. It wasn’t and had to be gate checked 🫠

I received a hand me down UPPAbaby Vista and for us being in a small city, with a small house and a small car, it was too bulky and not really worth the extra cost had I bought it. I ended up giving it back and getting a used Babyzen Yoyo. My main goals were something light and compact but still good quality and would hold up. Went with the Yoyo because it is considered a top travel stroller and is readily welcomed by airlines (so just be light and compact) and I really like the parent brand (Stokke). They also have a lot of accessories and you can even but different color packs for the padding, which is fun. I've been extremely happy with it thus far, like it way more than the UPPAbaby. My only two complaints would be that 1) the wheels wobble a bit if you go too fast, but it never claimed to be a jogging stroller and I do walk quite fast, and 2) I kinda wish there was a completely upright setting rather than being slightly reclined at the highest point, but that's a common stroller thing.

It has a much more upright position than others, such as bugaboo and Yoyo. That was one of the selling points for me. And then it unzips to lay fairly flat for napping and has a very large extendable canopy. It also fits down most airplane aisles and goes right into the overhead.

This, it's not my favourite but the only reason why i bought it is because all airlines regardless of where you are in the world and will recognise it and let you put it on the overhead

For your babys age you need the newborn pack, got mine at Facebook marketplace for $60 and easily sold it for the same price when i got back!

I picked the yoyo because its what most airlines recognise! But my runner up would be redsbaby skip!

I was reading this thread and i was gonna recommend the triv being seeing this update lol. The triv is amazing! Also got a yoyo for travels :)

These comments made me like my Nuna Triv even more! Also have a yoyo for air travels😅

I’m curious about your suggestion that you’d want a giant cruiser stroller in NYC and something smaller for the suburbs. I’m in NYC and our only stroller is the Babyzen Yoyo—I don’t know how I would maneuver a giant stroller down crowded sidewalks, on crowded subways, up and down subway or apartment stairs, through narrow grocery store aisles or in small restaurants, etc. It seems like it should be the opposite of your suggestion to me!

The limited storage is the one drawback I’ve experienced, but again, since we’re in the city I’m usually not doing big shops and can fit whatever I’m going for in a couple of shoulder totes. I try to take the stroller on elevators in accessible stations when available and convenient (also something that would be more difficult in most tiny MTA elevators with a massive stroller), but otherwise I do just pick her up in her stroller and carry her up and down. She’s a year old and 20 lbs—I can only assume this would be much harder in a giant stroller, but also hoping that by the time she’s 50 lbs (like 4 or 5 years old?) she’ll be able to walk the stairs next to me while I carry the pram. The other thing of course is storage in a flat—I love that we can fold up a small stroller for our apartment and I don’t know how we’d store a big Uppababy. We just don’t have the space for it.

What’s your budget? Because the Babyzen Yoyo is very expensive but also fantastic and we love our secondhand Yoyo. 

I have the vista. My kids are 4 and 1. I barely use it and I never converted it to a double bc it was such a pain/expensive. I got a babyjogger double off a buy nothing group and use that when I need it for both, otherwise use our Babyzen yoyo travel pram for everything. If I had my kids with a smaller age gap, probably would have done the double option. I did really love it for my first kid, and used it mainly for walks with my second. Check out the configurations for a double with the second seat, due to weight balance, the older kid is on the top and baby on the bottom which is a bit of a pain.

Yeah got a Yoyo for traveling.

"Travel System" just means a stroller bundled with a compatible car seat. Most strollers are compatible with multiple car seats with adapters, so I wouldn't limit myself to just packages advertised as travel systems. The notable exceptions are Uppababy car seats, which I think are only compatible with Uppababy strollers, and Nuna strollers, which are only compatible with Nuna car seats. Apologies in advance as my examples are mostly the higher-end brands; I swear I'm not a plug for any of them, it's just the space I've done the most research. IMHO, the main factor you should consider (aside from budget) is lifestyle. I'd broadly group strollers into 5 categories (excluding 3-wheelers and side-by-sides, which I don't know much about). Narrowing down which category fits your lifestyle best will help you eliminate a bunch of strollers immediately, which will make it much easier to further narrow down the best choice for you: 1. Ultracompact/travel strollers: - Most compact fold; IATA-compliant (i.e., approved as overhead luggage by most* airlines, although each airline may be different) - Typically <= 15-ish lbs - Non-reversible seats - Typically tiny wheels (<= 6" at rear) and minimal suspension - E.g.: Uppababy Minu v3, Bugaboo Butterfly, Joolz Aer+, Stokke/Babyzen Yoyo, Cybex Libelle, Peg Perego Volo, Ergobaby Metro +/3 2. Compact/Lightweight (Non-reversible) - Bigger (but still compact) fold, but probably not cabin approved. Can gate-check - Typically <=20-ish lbs - Non-reversible seats - Slightly bigger wheels (maybe 6-8" at rear) - E.g., Uppababy Minu v2, Nuna TRVL/TRVL LX, Cybex Beezy, Silver Cross Dune, Peg Perego Selfie 3. Hybrid (Lightweight Modular) - Bigger fold again, so won't fit in overhead, but should be able to gate-check. - <=24 lbs - Reversible (i.e., modular) seats - Bigger wheels (typically 7-10" at rear) - e.g., Nuna TRIV Next, Bugaboo Dragonfly, Peg Perego Vivace, Cybex Mios, Joolz Hub 2 4. Full-size Single (Modular) - Much bulkier fold; might not be able to gate-check, most likely have to be checked luggage - Typically >24 lbs - Bigger wheels (typically 10"+ at rear) - E.g., Uppababy Cruz v2, Nuna Mixx Next, Cybex Balios S Lux 2, Cybex Priam, Peg Perego Veloce, Silver Cross Reef, Bugaboo Fox, Joolz Day 5. Single-to-double - Has ability to add a second seat - Biggest folded dimensions; will be checked luggage - Typically >26 lbs - Biggest wheels (typically 11"+ at rear) - E.g., Uppababy Vista v2/v3, Nuna Demi Grow/Next, Cybex Gazelle S, Peg Perego Ypsi/Agio Z4, Silver Cross Wave, Bugaboo Kangaroo, Joolz Geo Everything above is a gross generalization - the Bugaboo Fox has massive 12" rear wheels and the Agio Z4 is lighter and folds more compact than most full-size single strollers. I think it might be easier to ignore categories 1 and 5 above as they have more specific use cases, unless you're having twins (although a side-by-side might be better in this case) or know for a fact you'll want the ability to toss the stroller in the overhead right from the get-go. So, between categories 2-4, the first question would be whether you want a reversible seat so the baby can face you? If you want this feature, then eliminate category 2. You're left with just 3 and 4, which should hopefully be a more manageable decision. Do you live downtown and walk everywhere? Then a compact fold might not matter for you and you'll want a sturdier stroller that can go over more varied types of terrain and stand up to all-day use - so stick to the full-size single category. If you live in the suburbs and drive everywhere, you might want what I've called a "hybrid", which has a reversible seat but still folds smaller than other full-size singles (easier to fit in trunk). As others have mentioned, I would also highly recommend trying them in-store. I actually found Dear-born baby to have more strollers to play around with than WCK, which had many options locked up.

Yoyo. That's all you ever need for life and travel.

I always have used the baby yoyo zen, compact enough to fly with and store in overhead compartment. Only thing is I don’t think there’s a snack tray from their brand (but they might have an off brand that fits)

I’m petite and we live in a walk up apartment and no elevator at our closest metro station. It is our only stroller and a total workhorse. It’s seen miles and miles in the two years we’ve had it. We had the yoyo2 and replaced it with the Bugaboo Butterfly when it broke on an international flight. Push/quality wise they are very similar and both great in their own ways. I like that they both have carry straps. That said the two step fold of the yoyo was the biggest pain to me.The Bugaboo is slightly bigger and has a higher seat back for a growing baby/toddler and has a roomier functional and basket unlike the yoyo. Personally I would rebuy the bugaboo for our second. My sister has the Joolz Aer and loves it too.

We have a Babyzen Yoyo and love it. super light weight, folds up very compact, easy to open and fold. ONLY regret - we bought ours before the V2 came out which allows linking another Yoyo to it front-and-back. Ultimately we ended up buying a side-by-side double stroller instead when we needed a 2 seater

Depending on your baby’s stats they may outgrow that seat at or around 1. Get a convertible travel seat and stroller. We use graco contender go for our travel seat and babyzen yoyo stroller

Babyzen Yoyo, Bugaboo Butterfly. I don’t personally have experience with the bugaboo

We used the the yoyo2 from birth with the newborn pack. Still going strong with it as our everyday stroller at 16 months. Have taken it on flights, stored overhead and it has been great since day one

We used a babyzen yoyo from birth but also skipped the bucket seat

We went with a travel stroller, I have a small car, when we travel it can fit overhead and I’m smaller so it’s easier for me to maneuver. Baby used it since birth regularly with bassinet. I would use it when walking the dog or when we went places so he could sleep lying flat

I also love my yoyo, I’ve changed his diaper a few times in it but it’s not ideal for that and the handlebar isn’t adjustable

If you are doing high end like UppaBaby, second hand is the way to go. We got one that was 9 years old for $50, replaced all the fabric to make it new, and it works perfectly and I don't care about walking it out in the rain and snow (city walkers). We also had a smaller travel stroller and started with Yoyo. Hated it. The wheels tremor if you walk too fast and there is 0 storage underneath. There are much better options now and we are happier with the Bugaboo butterfly. Similar size, weight, and much better storage. Almost all travel stroller lay kind of flat and don't sit upright which is frustrating for my kiddo who likes to sit upright. But the travel stroller is amazing for trips. Also agree with what others said. Think about how much you will really use it. In the city, the stroller is our car, it's how we get anywhere so under storage and size really matter for grocery shopping. My SIL in the suburbs splurged on a new UppaBaby and after 2 kids it's like brand new because they just don't use it.

I used my YoYo in Italy and it worked well

id say babyzen definitely. Since your main concern is that it needs to be safe, compact and lightweight, [this model ](https://coolproductreviews.com/dp-B0BPSTW8GR)of theirs does all of it. i love how easily it folds up and occupies very less area, you could also hang it up however sucha situation never really arises. anyways it still has a basket below to keep stuff and a zip at the back both of which are really important specially while travelling with a child who needs a 100 things. youd also need to deep clean it after the trip so make sure whichever one you get is washable. also dont compromise on how the stroller looks. most of these compact ones look lanky n weird. babyzen doesnt tho and is washable too.

I had a Yoyo with the newborn attachment, carseat adapters, etc... it absolutely was a royal pain in the ass to open & close, particularly when flying on my own with the baby. I used it for 6 months and finally was so fed up that I also bought the Joolz Aer+. The Joolz is 100000% nicer & easier to use! So mad I initially bought into the Yoyo hype.

We don’t have the latest Yoyo but I absolutely hate the one we have. Feels too flimsy. Maybe the newer version is better but I’d never recommend it to anyone.

I feel like I’m the only one who is such a hater of the yo-yo. We were given one for free and I still can’t recommend it. We used it for our last holiday and had to put it in hold anyway as the plane was too full. So now just stick to our bugaboo bee and take that right up to the plane and put it in hold in the travel case.

I’d go with the Babyzen Yoyo. I’ve found it to be one of the best travel strollers out there. It’s super lightweight, fits in overhead bins, and is really easy to fold one-handed (which is a lifesaver when juggling bags or a squirmy kid). If you travel a lot, it’s worth the investment!

We live on a steep hill and also used only Yoyo. When our kid was a baby a MiaMily carrier was a life saver around the house too.

Get the Yoyo stroller!! I've spent probably close to 2 grand on strollers at this point (thank god for Facebook market place to get some of that back😂) and am SOOOOO happy with the Yoyo 2 and 3.  The Yoyo is very easily added onto. Attaching the second stroller to the first is super easy, attaching the scooter is easy. Attaching the extra storage bag is easy...it's all just easy. And lightweight!  I think my only 'issue' with the Yoyo is a lack of easily accessible storage when the scooter board is attached. I end up most of the time just going to the front of the stroller and trying not to get kicked😂 or just attaching my diaper bag via some universal dclip rings.  The folding mechanism isn't intuitive at first, but once you get the hang of it (always be lifting on the carry strap when unlocking it, and don't have the wheels locked) it's super easy. It's by far the easiest, lightest weight option.  I will add, folks who are taller than 6'2 should not get it. Because it's meant as a travel stroller, it's a little bit lower to the ground, and the distance between the back of the stroller and the handle bar is perfect for folks with shorter legs. I'm 5'10 and my husband is 6'1. We remark all the time that we really are the height limit for the stroller. 

I use a yoyo and love it. As long as it’s easy to manoeuvre and foldable, and compact, it’s very useful. Carriers are great but if you want your baby to have a decent nap on the go, taking a stroller is the way forward. And you can attach a fan which is vital in the summer heat

We got a babyzen stroller that folds up and goes into the plane. It’s in a bag, so if it has to get gate checked it’s not a big deal. We baby wore when she was small, but she’s almost 2 and over 30 lbs so our backs can’t take it. Stroller helps a lot!

Loved our Cruz and its basket for everyday errands. It’s slim enough to fit through narrow store aisles. The yo-yo was great for travel & anything where we might beed to stash it (crowded restaurant) or where we would need to do stairs.

I have - a nuna mixx - yoyo baby zen - an even flow pivot explore - fb marketplace - and just for a bob jogger off fb marketplace for running her to school The zen we wanted for travel because lugging around strollers is shit. But that and the evenflow have zero suspension - nearly launched her out hitting an uneven sidewalk one day. The nuna has great suspension - it’s our daily driver. The bob however is also super awesome. I think looking back, I’d get the bob. There are attachments for car seats, tray tables, cup holder caddies for your stuff. I like it way better. I got one free off a mom group and that thing lasted multiple families for what seems like 10 years. The wheels are worn but easy to replace. They are solid pieces of equipment I would highly recommend a bob jogger. If you would have told me two years ago that I’d have four strollers I’d think you are crazy. We use the shit out of all of them though so 🤷🏻‍♀️

We always had the baby zen yoyo2 stroller, but it might be too expensive for a one off trip. That stroller travelled the world, walked miles through rough city streets on a daily basis, and collapsed small and easily portable with a shoulder carry strap. Also fits in the overhead bin. Thing acts like it’s built like a tank but then it folds so small!

Doona for travel when they’re little, Yoyo for travel when they grow out of that. Uppababy Cruz or Vista for walks in the neighborhood

With the Yoyo3s now out, I’ve seen the Yoyo2s on sale frequently. I think for Black Friday they were below $400 on the Stokke website. Maybe look the week post-Christmas as they might try to dump inventory before the new year?

I have the Babyzen yoyo, and I love it! It’s a little expensive though. When I bought mine (5 years ago there was not a lot of travel stroller options). One suggestion I have go look into them and try to open and close them with only one hand. I can do it with my yoyo, it’s life saving and love that it can be stored overhead, so I don’t need to wait for it at the end of the flight, or if there’s layovers I can use it easily at the airport. I have lots of friends that have the yoyo and they all love it. It maneuvers very easily, it’s light enough and it fits big kids (my almost 5 years old sometimes seats there when the 2 year old is not using it and she finds it comfortable).

Kids aren’t really supposed to be in the car seat outside of the car, especially when they’re littler due to the risk of positional asphyxiation. I’d get a nice travel stroller that will last you a lot longer that can fold up nicely. We have the bugaboo butterfly and adore it. The Yoyo and Minu are good and I believe both can have bassinet attachments also to use if you’re going on trips before kiddo can sit upright.

I have the yoyo and Nuna pipa x combo and it’s the best. So easy to fly with.

We live in Europe and have the babyzen yoyo 2 for travel, as well as daily use in our city. I love it, as it’s super handy to fly with and on public transportation. It’s also great in crowds! I think it’s the smallest fold up stroller out there, the lightest, and it also has great accessories. And I really love the shoulder strap that it comes with:) That being said, it sometimes doesn’t feel as sturdy as our other stroller (a very hardy baby jogger which can handle cobblestones, any curbs, off roading!) but I’m assuming that’s just a trade off for the lightweight versatility of the yoyo. I did a lot of research before we got the yoyo, and the other top travel stroller seems to be the bugaboo butterfly at the moment, so give that a look as well. There are even YouTube videos that compare the yoyo and the butterfly, which might be worth a watch. I’m American but live in Ireland, and as such we’ve travelled a lot internationally with our now 2 year old! If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask! She’s been to the states 4 times, as well as a few other places in Europe:):)

Babyzen Yoyo2. A family member told us about it. They were in the Middle East for a while and they said everyone in Dubai owns one because people are always traveling and it fits in the overhead compartment. We use it as a daily stroller as well. It’s super light, folds up incredibly small, has a really small footprint when it’s open and well built enough to handle the streets of Philadelphia for over a year of daily use.

With a newborn, you’re going to need to spend the money and deal with the weight. We got the [Baby Jogger City Mini stroller and car seat set.](https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Jogger-City-Travel-System/dp/B07YCNSM4J/) It was super nice for the first year. Being able to go from car seat to stroller and back without having to unbuckle the kid was really nice. Our kid is nearing 2, and that’s still his car seat. When he could sit on his own, we changed the stroller to the [Babyzen Yoyo.](https://www.amazon.com/Babyzen-YOYO2-Stroller-Black-Canopy/dp/B0857159B3/) That’s the one that hits everything you listed. $450, super light, well built and sturdy, and it packs up so small that it fits in the overhead compartment of an airplane. Just got back from a trip with the kid and didn’t have to check the stroller. Just popped it overhead, and it’s the same stroller we use everyday on the streets of Philadelphia. The only downside is that it’s not appropriate for a newborn. They need to be able to sit up on their own before you can use the Babyzen Yoyo.

We have the yoyo and we literally walk it down to our seats and put it in the overhead compartment. I’ve always been allowed to put it in the overhead and we have travelled a lot!

We had a Nuna pipa and a Babyzen yoyo2 with the car seat adaptor. Loved this combo and flew with the stroller as a carry one.

I wouldnt bring either. I would bring a cosco scenera next for carseat because its cheap and lightweight and a travel stroller that folds small (i reccomend city tour 2 because it’s inexpensive and we love it, but babyzen yoyo, uppababy minu or bugaboo butterfly are all also highly reccomended). Buy travel stroller secondhand to save money. You cannot use your doona as a stroller in europe. Like absolutely not. At that point its an incredibly heavy carseat, i wouldnt want to lug that accross the globe. Your main stroller is also so bulky and heavy.

Get a car seat that spins, has iso fix, and goes from 0 to 36 months.  If you’re strapped for space, get a Yoyo stroller. Great quality, light, can be folded tiny. Expensive but worth it. Can (and should, frankly, if you’re budget conscious) be bought second hand.  Get a very large pregnancy/breastfeeding pillow (those u shaped bean bags). When your baby contact naps, you will be very (very) grateful to have it to give your arms a break. Get a baby carrier - I recommend the Love Radius brand. Again, expensive but worth it, ergonomic and can be put on by yourself (this is important). You can probably find that second hand on Vinted. Buy your baby clothes second hand too if you need some - it is not worth spending big bucks on stuff your baby will grow out of in a month or two. Vinted is also great for this. Best of luck! Being a parent is a hell of a journey these days. 

We had, in our NYC 1-bedroom apartment, a Doona, a Guava jogging stroller, an Uppababy Vista with bassinet (later sold and replaced with a Chicco Corso LE stroller and Chicco KeyFit35 carseat once he was out of the bassinet), and a BabyZen YoYo. It was ri-fucking-diculous but we used all of them. The only ones we purchased new were the Doona and the Chicco combination set--there are always a TON of jogging strollers for sale secondhand and a very healthy market in secondhand high-end strollers as well. You'll save a lot by buying used, and you can resell them when you're done with them. THAT SAID, the jogging stroller definitely gets the least amount of use, and is not a stroller I would want to bring on a plane. When he fit into the Doona (ours was good up until he was about 11 months, YMMV), we traveled with the Doona and a carrier, and that combination worked great for both city trips or more outdoorsy stuff. No matter how much storage a stroller has, you'll still need all your stroller stuff in a relatively compact bag for travel, because any stroller you brought would need to be folded up once you get to the plane, so yes, just plan to also have a diaper bag with you, which you'd need for the flight anyway. We use a Thule backpack diaper bag that we love. After he turned 1, we started to carry him through the airport in a Deuter frame backpack (which is GREAT and actually designed for hiking, and won't get destroyed by gatechecking, we just toss it in a duffel bag) and strap a Cosco Scenera carseat to one of our carry-on bags--it fits PERFECTLY over the smaller Away carry-on, as it happens. If we think we'll need a stroller at our destination, we generally rent one or bring the YoYo, which can fit into the overhead compartment. I decided I wasn't comfortable with renting carseats because there's no way to know their history, but renting strollers works fine. Kiddo LOVES the hiking backpack, he comes into the living room most mornings saying "pack! pack!" and asks to sit in it even when we're not going anywhere. I think being up high is actually more fun for them. If you're a hiking family, a real hiking backpack is a worthwhile investment you will use for years.

We bought the [Joolz Aer+](https://www.reviewni.com/product/B0CYQBQNVL) for our trip to Italy (think: lots of trains, cobblestone streets, and airport chaos with a toddler in tow) and I wanted a travel stroller that wouldn’t make my life harder. I did a ton of research, tried the famous YoYo and the Joolz, and honestly…I was shocked by how much I disliked the YoYo. Maybe I had a dud, but it was such a pain to close - seriously, at one point I was on my knees struggling to fold it, and my toddler thought it was hilarious. 😂 Plus, assembling it was a nightmare (instructions were just pictures??). Enter the Joolz Aer+: absolute game changer. The seat is seriously comfy (I lowkey want to sit in it myself), the zip recline is smooth, and the sunshade is HUGE for naps on the go and folds small. But my favorite feature? I can close it one-handed while still holding my toddler (and a diaper bag, of course). I don’t need to put him down on gross airport floors anymore, and the shoulder strap is actually comfortable. Only wish it came with a rain cover and foot rest for the price, but overall - this blows all the cheaper options and the YoYo out of the water.

I recommend getting a high quality travel stroller over a full sized one (bugaboo butterfly, joolz aer, or yoyo). I have both and most people much prefer the travel stroller except for my 6’3” husband (travel strollers don’t have adjustable handlebars). It’s so light and compact and eventually your kid gets heavy enough that the full sized stroller feels hefty when pushing.

Babyzen Yoyo is great

I love my Yoyo Zen So compact

On our third kid with a Babyzen Yoyo, and we've travelled around with the world with them, including Japan. IMO it hasn't been bettered. A right little miracle of engineering.

We had a BabyZen yoyo that survived two kids who rode it in when well over the weight limit and then I took it on a plane with me across the country to give it to my best friend who has now been using it for 2+ years and it still looks brand new. Hand down the best investment we made 10+ years ago! I also suggest buying strollers off FB Marketplace and not new!

I’ve been through a handful of travel strollers and ended up flying almost exclusively with the Baby Zen Yoyo because it really tucks into that overhead bin without fuss and only weighs about 13 pounds.

I ended up going with the Babyzen YOYO because it snaps shut small enough to stash in the overhead bin without wrestling it into a weird angle.

We’ve done a fair amount of traveling and I’ve never had to worry about a stroller fitting in an overhead bin. When you get to your gate, talk to the flight attendant at the desk and they will give you the appropriate gate check tag. Once you get to the actual door of the plane, someone will take the stroller for you and it will be waiting for you in that same area when you land. Even on tiny “puddle-jumper” flights on a 6 passenger plane, I’ve never had to worry about how my stroller is stored on a flight. That said, I LOVE our Yoyo. It’s so easy to fold up, it’s about the size of a large messenger bag, and it’s sturdy and smooth and gets over much rougher terrain than the cheap umbrella stroller we used previously for travel. It’s so great it’s surpassed our big fancy stroller and it’s now the one we use everyday. Our other stroller is a Thule Glide jogging stroller and I’ve only dragged that out to use a handful of times since we got the yoyo, it’s just so much more convenient! I still use the Thule for like, going to the country fair when we’ll be walking around a field all day, but the yoyo became our everyday stroller as soon as we got it. In hindsight, I wish i’d gotten the yoyo from the beginning, and a wagon style stroller instead of the Thule.

I used a Yoyo for our 9 month old and the ability to fold it up to the size of a handbag was clutch for some train stations that didn't have an elevator. However, the Yoyo is forward facing so it wouldn't be great for a young baby. I wouldn't do the Doona cuz it doesn't fold up (it becomes a car seat but then you're still stuck with a bulky seat). My advice would be to get one there. Akachan Honpo, Nishimatsuya, or Babies R Us are good options to buy one. Or you can check out Second Street or other thrift stores to see if you can find one second hand. You'd want the A type, I believe which is suitable for newborns. Edit: I should note that I also saw tons of Japanese parents using the Yoyo too, so I felt confident with our choice. But I know there are some A type (parent facing) ones that fold up even smaller. Pigeon is probably a good option.

Used Yoyo babyzen for both My kids! Love it for traveling

FTM went through so many strollers. We have 1 baby and will have a 2nd about 1.5-2 years apart. Live in the city but also have a car and use it often, major walkers and also loads of snow. Had the graco and evenflo (doubles strollers for a 2nd future baby). Threw these out (sold one and one is at grandmas). I couldn’t put them in the car (I could but the hassle and time it would, was too long). Had to put the chair part from the frame to put in the car as it’s not a 1 fold. We live in a city and car theif is super high in public, malls, i wasn’t taking a chance with Lo locked in the car while in taking 2 mins to fold and put the stroller away. Anyways, for everyday strollers (errands in car) Nuna travel, one hand fold, automatic, good sunshade, very easy to put in the car and unfold with one hand. I don’t use this for long walks though, but errands in the city, malls, daycare etc. not good on snow but inbetween. The yoyo one I believe was the next best one. I wouldn’t use these on on baby under 9 months though since they are not parent facing. Maxi corsi Stella i think, great suspension, horrible handle, lift, still big, heavy. Overall win: for walking, errands by foot, longgg walks, bad weather, can go car friendly but still big for my taste. But it’s infant to toddler friendly, comes with a bassinet, chair, can add 2 kids or just 1 with bassinet to seat depending on model, love their sun shades, handle is comfortable. We got the Uppababy cruz better for the city less wide than the vista. cruz can hold only 1 child but comes with a stand board, forward and rear facing.. snack tray is good. I love this stroller for everyday. Comes with a car seat which is totally comfortable for Lo and easily detachable to my frame to base. We bought it used on FB as I didn’t understand the Uppababy hype.. but I wish I got this one for my first. Also customer service is great with their questions. For strong winters (we have snow and low as -20 but we don’t go outside but for snow air filled tires are best) we got a bob for jogging with ours now, and it’s been great but it’s for camping, jogging, winter times outside. Huge though but if you go outside for winter often air filled tires are the best.

I have a fox 5 and a yoyo. The yoyo stays permanently in the trunk of our small car. The fox we use for daily walks around the neighborhood or to the store. The storage for groceries is great! Limited on weight for the storage basket, however. Once or twice a week we put the fox in the car for events or significant walking days (zoo, fairs, etc). It's tricky to get in the trunk because it will unfold. That said, with practice I now can easily get it in my average sized car with half the trunk still available. There is a learning curve to do it quickly without it unfolding, but you can get the hang of it for sure. When I'm strapped for space at all, I can quickly split it into 2 pieces, which is super easy to maneuver. You will not in any case be able to put your fox into your trunk while carrying a baby in 1 hand. Its a 1 hand fold, but absolutely not a 1 hand carry. I thought the fox would be my 1 and only stroller, but ultimately the idea of air travel with it was too much. So I bought the yoyo after 6 months, since it can fit in the overhead bin. The yoyo is compact, but it's a bad push. That's ultimately the trade off you'll get in more compact strollers. If your strolling is quick trips from the car, maybe a good folding mechanism/carrying ability is priority. If youre doing long haul hour plus walks (especially over curbs or rough terrain), go for the best push with ample storage. The fox bassinet was incredible too. My baby took all of his naps in that (on the stand or while strolling) for the first 4 months, which I think also speaks to what a good push it is.

Hi! We traveled internationally with our baby too, and having a compact stroller made such a difference! The Babyzen YoYo is a great option, but if you’re open to exploring others, we’ve had a great experience with the Bellini Juno Compact Auto-Folding Stroller. It folds with one hand, is super lightweight, and fits easily in overhead compartments. Plus, it has a smooth ride and a decent storage basket, which is always a plus when traveling with a little one. Hope you find the perfect fit for your trip, safe travels!

I have the Yoyo and I love it as a city buggy for quick trips but if I was buying another one, I’d be going for the Ergobaby Metro+, the almost lay flat recline is vital. The Yoyo doesn’t recline nearly far enough for a good nap between 6 months to 1 year in my opinion. I think you can buy a foot rest extension for it now though? Also from my research, the Ergobaby handlebar is adjustable which is great if one parent is taller etc. I believe both the Bugaboo Butterfly and Ergobaby have one handed fold which the Yoyo doesn’t so worth bearing in mind!

We love Baby yo-yo zen.

We use a babyzen yoyo for our travel stroller. Got it used on GoodbuyGear for $250 and it’s great. The attachment to the nuna car seat is super easy.

I also got a yoyo off GoodbuyGear for $250. Basically new except for one minor stain on the hood. I second buying a quality item used vs a cheap item new.

This is the travel stroller of choice for sure!! Folds up so small, and is so light. Where I am they are quite easy to get second hand

Yo-yo is the best! I have two for my two kids and take them both in the plane

Similar situation to you. We were gifted the vista V3. It works great on all terrain. The bottom basket is mesh so if the terrain is dusty or muddy, the stuff in the basket can definitely get dirty. The wheels also have a mechanism that can get grit in it. We have a lot of fine gravel trails, and even though our baby is only six months we’ve already had to do maintenance on the wheels. It’s also a beast. Anything even an inch larger than the V3 would be a no go for me tbh. We got our selves the other end of the spectrum: the yo-yo three. We use it for trips to the zoo to the mall or anywhere there are sidewalks and we need to maneuver more easily.

Ok if no budget then probably the yoyo2 with the attachment so you can have them going together as a double (front to back) or can split it up and use them each individually. Bonus, 3.5 will fit in it too. They are small enough to bring on board and will be free (not count as baggage) for each lap kid. They are sturdy and versatile. Only thing is not great on unpaved walking trails and non-city terrain.

We bought a yoyo travel stroller around 1 for traveling and honestly use it more than our vista now (daughter is 2). The vista is really just for things like the zoo where we want the big basket to hold our stuff, but it’s so heavy to get in and out of the car it isn’t worth it a lot of the time. It does handle really well and I’m sure we would get more use out of it if we were walking more places from home. However it can be a pain to navigate in stores and tight places because it’s so big. I probably would have gone for the cruz if I could do it over again from infancy, but after 1 the yoyo has been great and is way more portable and still handles really well. The only drawback is the basket holds basically nothing.

We travel a lot and got a second hand Yoyo. We used it from 4 months with the (original) bassinet (folds) option which was ok for short use / travel but felt quite exposed with a little one and I preferred to have him in the carrier but was great when he was napping to have a lay flat option  Once up into the normal seat we do love it. First uses it felt a bit rickety compared to the big pram but we pretty quickly stopped using the big pram and the yoyo was our every day + travel pram as it was so light and easy to manoeuvre (NB we live in a city).  My biggest complaint is the kids really slouch in the seat. He never complained but I felt like i was constantly pulling him up or trying to wedge the seat a bit so he was sitting better. Once he was 16ish months and bigger he sat a lot better in it  

I have a yoyo 2 as my only stroller, my baby is 5 months so we got the newborn pack too. So far so good, it took me a bit to get used to fold it but once I got, I got it! The deciding point for us was how convenient it is to fly, that is not heavy ( since I'm not so strong) and it did well in our test drive, better than the bugaroo.

Right?! I was shook when I tried to fold a yoyo in the store. I think it's popularity is thanks to all the celebs that use it: Kim Kardashian, Alicia Vikander, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, Keira Knightley, Jennifer Lawrence, Chrissy Teigen etc.

1. I didn’t take the bait on that one lol no matter what other moms in my area are doing. No travel systems. YOYO all the way. My back thanked me on this one. Do over: could’ve bought an open box deal 2. I bought this one used and I still regret it lol Do over: https://a.co/d/5RTV47x or just a similar spider toy arch with a double-sided machine-washable mat. 3. Same! Do over: an old phone permanently plugged in with access to YouTube and a Phillips hue bulb on an existing lamp 4. Still using Halo sleep bags, they’re great. But not their sealed swaddled. Do over: something like the keababies swaddles with a zipper across the bottom, but of a better quality. I used the keababies the first few months but they got quickly wrecked after a few washes. 5. Never tried the Nannit but next time I’d like to go for a standard baby monitor, separate from my phone.

I just went through this!! I ended up with two strollers (both from Marketplace): 1) Thule Urban Glide - for winter and jogging 2) Babyzen/Stokke Yoyo - for travel and summertime Another Mtl friend’s top pick is the Ergobaby MetroPlus.

Doona for first year (this is a divisive one but I LOVED ours and found it was worth every penny; also great if you plan to take any Ubers or Lyfts) then Yoyo. Both are compact options that store nicely, don’t take up too much space when you’re out. Also, a stroller wrist strap gave me a little extra piece of mind for hills.

I have a Babyzen yoyo and love it. Fits very easily in the overhead bin.

It depends. Overall yes, with caveats. 1. Pram must fold down easily and very small. We had to rapidly fold down to board a body train a number of times. Also not all stations have lifts 2. Pram must be small. Most lifts we rode in fit 4 people max. That was basically myself, my husband, and the pram 3. Most gardens and castle grounds have paths with tiny gravel rocks that got stuck in our pram wheels or made a very loud, annoying sound (and was bumpy for our toddler). For reference we brought our 2.5 year old with our Babyzen Yoyo and had zero regrets. Will bring it again on our next trip with our now 5 year old and 2 year old next year.

We finally bought the Donkey when my son was a year old, and I wish we’d had it from the start! It was the one I had at the top of my list when I was pregnant, but it was so expensive that I elected to get a travel stroller with a bassinet attachment (Babyzen yoyo) instead. We loved the yoyo and used it constantly, but my son got tall enough by a year that he wasn’t very comfortable sitting in the little stroller and we decided to upgrade. I scoured every possible stroller style/brand but kept coming back to the donkey 5. We’ve had it for a few months now so here’s a summary: Pros: -So roomy and comfy: my son asks to sit in this stroller -Canopy extends ridiculously far: full coverage for naps -Multiple orientations for the seat: front or rear facing and multiple inclines -Kid can sit fully upright at the most upright incline; there are lots of strollers that force a slight recline and my son wants to sit up - Tons of storage in the stroller -Super easy to maneuver and push -50 lb weight limit per seat Cons - expensive -Can only recline fully (aka lay flat) for naps in the rear facing orientation. The recline in forward facing is still enough that my son can sleep/relax, but it may be annoying if your kid wants to lay flat. - Large enough that narrow walkways or crowded areas can be frustrating As far as trunk space goes, I drive a RAV4 and I’m able to fit the stroller in mono configuration along with a diaper bag, carrier, and 3-4 bags of groceries easily. (Note: I take the seat and side basket off before folding the frame for compactness) I can pack more in if I really need to. I actually disagree with most of the comments about how you won’t want to be loading and unloading is from the car all the time. It was a learning curve but once I had a system for getting it in and out I bring this stroller EVERYWHERE. When loading I just buckle my son into his car seat first, and when unloading I assemble the stroller before taking him out of the car (just as I would with any stroller). It takes me less than 5 minutes to load/unload now. I can’t speak to the side by side vs tandem since I only have this one, but my friends with 2 kids have said that the tandem/stacking arrangement is very annoying with two kids. (Ex: kids kicking each others seats, bassinet and seat orientations are limited, maneuverability goes way down) Overall: if you’re going back and forth and can afford the donkey I’d say go for it!

I live in NYC too and agree. I’d say a giant cruiser stroller is a better fixture for the suburbs, and the travel stroller is better suited to city life. We have the Yoyo too and you see tons of them in my neighborhood. That being said, I am surprised by how many people do have the Uppababy Vista too. Interestingly though, the people I know who have it don’t love it and regret it, because it’s so huge and heavy, and many of them didn’t even end up using it as a double stroller. I think a lot of people just got it because it was deemed the best without considering our lifestyle here in the city. It’s definitely extra cushy, but idk, my kids have never had a problem in our Yoyo, started my second kid in it at 4 months and she loves strolling.

I would not buy the Doona at this point - you’ll only have a few months before baby outgrows it. I love having a small travel stroller. We use the Yoyo + added adapters to hold the Pipa. I love having a travel sized stroller and use it a lot in everyday situations- so much better than the big stroller when you’re at crowded events or on narrow sidewalks and want to be more maneuverable.

I am a big fan of the Yoyo. I tried another travel stroller (the GB Pockit) and it was really hard to fold. I sold it. The Yoyo is easy to fold and even easier to unfold. It was a super popular stroller in the big city I lived in - lots of little shops and narrow sidewalks where it’s impossible to fit anything bigger. I had a Nuna, a Bob and a Yoyo and the Yoyo actually got the most use.

We have the baby zen yo-yo and it was the best purchase we made. So lightweight and compact, great for everyday use and travel. We started the stroller with a newborn pack and then once the baby turned 6 months, we switched to the 6+ month pack. I also read you can attach a car seat with some adapters but we have not tried it. If we ever have another baby, we are buying the same stroller again and getting adapters to make it a two in one.

We were in the same boat and could not make up our minds so we started with the one city/every day stroller with the potential of getting others in the future when needed. We did end up with more, way too many lol. Luckily we saved some money by following sales, using gift cards, marketplace, and Rebelstork (FromRebel ?) Unfortunately that one stroller ([Thule Spring](https://www.thule.com/en-ca/strollers/compact-strollers/thule-spring-_-11300103)) was outgrown too fast and it is no longer being used since around 18 months. We never considered that our baby would be 98 percentile at every stage when we first bough it. About 4 months after birth, we got a Thule bike trailer ([Thule Chariot](https://www.thule.com/en-ca/bike-trailers/bike-trailers-for-kids/thule-chariot-cross-2-double-_-10201035)) that was used for running, trail and winter walks, and cycling. It's still being used for runs and bike rides. Around 10 months, we bought a travel carry-on stroller ([Babyzen/Stokke Yoyo2](https://fromrebel.ca/products/yoyo-stroller-black-4314cf)) since we were traveling more. That stroller ended up being our main car stroller unless we were going to do an outdoor activity, and it's still going strong and well used for our giant toddler. Just wish the storage under was better... We also ended up got a stroller wagon ([Evenflo Pivot Explore](https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/evenflo-pivot-xplore-all-terrain-stroller-wagon-1461131p.html)) after we couldn't go out for a walk without it turning into a giant meltdown; hated the stroller and straps. That one turned into upgrading to a bigger one ([Larktale Caravan Quad](https://larktale.ca/products/2024-caravan-v3)) since toddler just want to ride it like a captain on their ship. We've been using it like crazy and it's worked great in both summer and winter.

FYI WestJet made us gate check our YoYo. They said it couldn't go in the overhead "because it has wheels". If you're set in carrying it on, I'd make sure it's in a bag (travel bag or even just a backpack) before boarding.

We've been told we *had* to gate check our yoyo before, "because it has wheels." It didn't occur to me at the time to mention that most carry-on suitcases have wheels. I think I'd bring the travel bag in the future if I *needed* to put it in the overhead bin, but lately we've been gate checking it anyways just so we have one less thing to carry on the plane.

How do you find the Minu/EBM for shopping? Is the basket size good? I love taking my Cruz shopping so I can throw stuff in the basket, even diaper boxes. But I LOATHE taking it in and out of my car and folding and unfolding the footrest and setting it up. Would love something quicker for shopping but don't want to lose basket space. Currently have a yoyo as our travel troller and the basket is shit. Would love something in between...

Thank you so much for adding your thoughts I appreciate it! I know the Minu basket will not compare to the Cruz, but the yoyo is so small and there's bars going though it that make it almost unusable, I feel like some travel strollers must have something more practical. We have the same slouching problem with the yoyo. I think part of the problem is travel strollers tend to not have a lap bar so there's nothing for baby to pull up against it hold on to, and they have no option but to slouch further and further. I feel like I'm trying to find a unicorn stroller that is moderately light and easy to fold, but has a big enough basket and an adjustable seat. Seems like most strollers either try to be as big as possible, or as small as possible.

We flew WestJet in June and were allowed to take our Yoyo in the cabin for one flight, and told we had to gate check it for the return flight ("Because it has wheels" which is dumb, because almost all luggage has wheels.)

So question: What kind of backpacking? Like walking around cities and taking trains or planes between major urban centers? If so, a Babyzen Yo Yo. Caveat that my experience in this department is about four years old, so there may be new developments in stroller technology, but I loved my Yo Yo. 1. They are the right size for Europe. I arrived here some years back and brought the Citi Mini that was all the rage as a lightweight stroller in Brooklyn. It was way too big for Europe. Didn’t fit in elevators. Couldn’t navigate between cafe tables. Everything is smaller here if you’re coming from North America. 2. They fold up and fit into overhead bins on planes. And ground staff all over Europe recognize the brand and won’t question whether you have to gate check it. This will come in handy on trains as well. 3. They fold up small and are relatively light. They are not the absolute lightest strollers out there, but they balance weight and durability well (they won’t break on you). And they fold up small, with a carrying handle. 4. They will handle cobblestones. These are definitely not all terrain strollers, but Inhave taken them all over Europe and they stand up fine to cobblestones, high sidewalks, etc. They’re not good on gravel or off road. 5. They are expensive but have re-sale value. These strollers aren’t cheap but you may be able to find them on sale used or re-sell them yourself if you buy one new. If your backpacking isn’t primarily urban but will include more hiking, etc, then I’m not sure. I haven’t looked into good trail strollers and you’ll need something more robust than a Yo Yo.

Based on your stroller wants, it sounds similar to what we did. We got a Babyzen Yoyo as our main daily urban + travel stroller - we used it with the bassinet attachment until baby was ~5 months then switched to the seat. Then we also got a Thule Urban Glide for a jogger to use on trails, while running, etc. - be aware that baby should not be in a stroller while running until 6 months at the earliest, even with newborn attachments, etc. because they don’t have the neck strength. So you can use the jogger for long walks those first several months but definitely wait to run until baby is older and more stable.  For car seat we wanted lightweight and the least toxic materials I could find so we got the Nuna Pipa for our infant car seat then transitioned to the Nuna Rava at 10 months.

I’ve been a fan of the Babyzen YoYo2 ever since my first trip with it. It folds down to a postage‑stamp size that tucks into almost any overhead bin and pops open with one hand.

We went through a few with just one kid: - Maxi Cosi Zelia - Maclaren Triumph - Uppababy G-Lux - Bugaboo Chameleon - Bugaboo Bee3 - Bugaboo Buffalo (favorite full size stroller) - Bugaboo Donkey3 - Bugaboo Butterfly (favorite travel stroller) - Diono (idk what model, it was free with a car seat) - GB Qbit Stroller - Babyzen Yoyo - Babyzen Yoyo2 (runner up favorite travel stroller) - Veer Wagon (only wagon, kinda wanna try the Wonderfold if #2 happens) I bought most of them used as well other than the travel strollers.

I love my Gazelle S, and it can hold two kids so I'm thinking I'll be using it a lot with baby #2... I loved it for baby #1 as well. We still use it daily and baby 1 is 18 months. If I had to get a single stroller right now though with baby #2 on the way, I'd focus on a one hand fold/open that allows a clip in infant car seat (with or without adapter). No question. Especially knowing I'll be wrangling a toddler and baby. I have a Yoyo that we use for travel and I am not a fan. It's a pain in the tush to fold, it's only redeemable quality seems to be every flight attendant knows it fits in the overhead bin so we didn't have any issues on a bunch of international flights. The under storage basket is way too small and the bars make it impossible to hold anything. Recently you can find me in the parking lot slamming it against the pavers trying to collapse it. I can't stand that thing.

I do option 2. Two things that make it work well, get a shoulder strap for the car seat to carry it if you don’t have the stroller but also, the cosco seat will sit directly in the seat of the yoyo and you can use the luggage strap to strap the car seat into the stroller so you don’t need to carry it separately- we just strap the cosco seat into the stroller and good to go.

Also, the yoyo is an amazing stroller to have for in and out of cars, or going to places that might be tight. I have the uppababy but use the yoyo so often even when not traveling.

I hate the folding mechanism of the yoyo

I have the yoyo and my greatest complaint is that it is not one-hand fold. I got it for a steal off fb marketplace but have nonetheless contemplated buying a Aer+ solely for that reason

This is the same combo I have, but I actually use the Yoyo everywhere but neighborhood walks now.

babyzen yoyo is the way to go. fits perfectly well in aircraft overhead storage.

I just took my Babyzen Yoyo2 through a handful of flights and it’s been a lifesaver for me. It folds down small enough to slip into the overhead bin on most planes and pops back open in a second once you’re at the gate.

I was able to put my babyzen yoyo in the overhead compartment on air Canada earlier this year.

The Babyzen YOYO2 became my go-to on city trips.....its one-hand fold is slick, and it truly slips into most overhead bins without me wrestling with gate agents.

Totally agree on the Cruz. I have got Yoyo and now enjoying it. If I could choose again maybe Minu or Joolz Aer

Thanks for your response. I pull the trigger on Yoyo 🫣 I love to easy fold on Aer+ so much, but we have infant seat from Babyzen. Yoyo with adapter would make life easy for now.

I was gonna go for a Graco travel system as it had everything from an infant car seat and stroller that also doubles a bassinet for the early months. However the stroller itself is 11+kgs and I just knew it would be too bulky and heavy for me to handle on my own without my husband. I also really wanted an infant car seat as well despite knowing it would only last up to a year before we have to move on to an actual car seat. I ended up getting the maxi cosi cabrio fix infant car seat and the yoyo3 travel stroller (it’s half the weight of the Graco at 6kgs). We got the yoyo 0+ newborn attachment (not bassinet) and 6mos+ set along with an adapter that would allow the cabriofix to attach to the yoyo frame. A “dupe” for the yoyo3 we almost went for was the mamas and papas libro stroller (weighs about the same) and their in house brand memory foam liner (for newborns). Their libro stroller can be used from birth as it goes flat all the way, I would just get the memory foam liner to make it more snug.

Stokke YoYo baby zen stroller, it’s a travel stroller but it’s so compact and great for all terrain! I absolutely love it. I got the newborn -6+ months pack and the car seat adaptor clips. Currently using a nuna car seat and it’s been great! It’s the only stroller I own and it’s perfect for everything and so easy to fold up or carry if needed.

We use the Babyzen YoYo (Stokke actually bought them recently) and use adapters to attach the car seat. The stroller folds up small enough to carry on the plane. I always gate check strollers and car seats to minimize possible damage but also use through the airport.

I love our baby zen yoyo! It’s small enough to fit in the overhead :)

From a nuna owner who lives in a big city - buy the yoyo

No, I have never seen a child that old in a stroller in Japan. It’s only for babies. Toddlers walk or get carried at most. People will think you are crazy. If you ca rather use an Ergo Japanese do this a lot too. You can take a stroller to places that get visited with small children like museums, play areas, malls. Japanese stick to those activities with children they don’t drag them along where it’s not suitable. Your itinerary should be child focused. You should bring the smallest stroller possible like a Yoyo or the likes. At a lot of subway stations you’ll have to carry it they don’t have elevators at everyone Should also go to family restaurants not like high end sushi or the likes. Restaurants are small and cannot accommodate you with a lot of stuff

When I lived in Brooklyn, I had a vista and a yo-yo (both second hand!). I liked the vista when we were having neighborhood days, so I could be out of the house a long time with a lot of storage. The yo-yo made more sense if we were navigating a crowded area, traveling, or would be in an out of a taxi.

I lived and traveled all over Asia with a toddler. I know all about tight spaces lol. I recommend the yoyo. 

Another vote for this one. On the pricier side but it was the only one we got so probably saved some cash in the long run. Fits everywhere, take it with you, has bassinet for newborns, just very well thought out.

Yoyo is the absolute best

Bugaboo and Yoyo for us, both hand-me-downs from friends with older kids. Both brands have parts, so that helped a lot. Don't bother with a new pram, just get one from a friend and wash everything, maybe even buy new liners.

Recommend the YOYO, never had and issue with its its ended up replacing my main one. I bought of facebook marketplace place for travel initially. I have used it to travel abroad a fair bit and its a brand very well known by staff. So they don’t even check anything, just look at it and say oh you have the yoyo and just know its cabin approved. Whereas ive seen others with lesser known brands to have to show that theres are cabin approved. One lady told me they didnt allow hers at the gate even though her was cabin approved and was questioning why mine was allowed, again hers was a lesser known brand or model.

We have the UppaBaby Vista and the YoYo. We use the Vista for neighborhood walks and full day trips, and I keep the YoYo in my car for quick trips, and we take it when we travel. I like having both because they each serve their own purpose. My vista is so much nicer to push, more comfortable for my kiddo, better storage, etc. My YoYo is so small and convenient to take in the car or plane, and is really handy to have in small places but it isn’t nearly as nice to push or comfy for kiddo.

I have the Babyzen (now Stokke) YoYo and really like it. It’s a bit cheaper than the Bugaboo and folds up smaller. I’ve taken it on several flights and have put it in the overhead bin as well as gate checked - both have been no problem. If you haven’t considered it, I’d add it to your list for consideration. I considered the Joolz Aer, the Bugaboo Butterfly and the YoYo when deciding. But honestly all 3 were excellent options so IMO you couldn’t really go wrong with any. I felt the GB Pockit was too flimsy (we saw it in store) so we removed it from our list. I don’t know anything about the Colugo Compact, and the Ergobaby Metro+ is a great stroller but isn’t as small as other travel strollers.

We have the YoYo and it’s great. It’s very small and folds/unfolds easily, it’s surprisingly smooth to push for how small its wheels are and has great one-handed maneuverability. I like that the actual seat cushion comes right off and can be thrown in the wash, and you can also buy different colour packs if you want to switch up the seat and sunshade colours. It lives in the trunk of my car, and we take it when we travel. It does well on a variety of surfaces and the recline is pretty generous for good stroller naps (not fully flat but very reclined). We’ve taken it on a couple flights and it’s cabin approved so if the airline allows it, you can put it in the overhead bin instead of gate checking. It’s not a one-hand fold; and the basket is pretty small but those are my only “complaints”. It’s a great option if you need something very compact but very versatile and comfortable.

We have the YoYo, and love it. Everyone airline recognizes it immediately so there’s never any argument about it going in the overhead.

I wouldn't get a travel stroller as a primary stroller if you're doing a ton of walking. I will live and die by our travel stroller for trips and planes, but even a high end travel stroller feels flimsier, is less comfortable, and has a much smaller basket than full size strollers. For reference, we have a Vista and the Yoyo for travel, and I have zero regrets.

We had the yoyo as our travel pram but found it too small and shoddy so got the Uppababy Minu (we have the Vista as our main) and it’s been great. Good sized canopy and basket. We normally gate check but some airlines let you bring it on board. You can buy the travel bag (backpack) that makes it easy to transport and insures it if the airline damages it.) The new version lays flat I believe. You may be able to find second hand.

Yo-yo is nice. Look at the bugaboo butterfly. We have one and love it and tried both. Felt like it had less moving parts and a sturdier design

I have the YOYO2 with the newborn pack, and we love it. It folds with one hand and feels like it can do everything and more. That said, it doesn’t recline the way you’re looking for, and for babies under 6 months, you’ll need to buy either the newborn pack or the bassinet.

Second the yoyo zen which is now going on 5 years with our second kid, but it is NOT easy to fold up.  

So update.... i used in a neighborhood that had cobblestone-like surface? It wasn't the greatest in terms of ride, but it got through it. I never thought oh no this thing is going to break down. Granted i was only strolling through a small area. Keep in mind there is no suspension on it, as all travel strollers ive used and seen. It's a travel stroller so it's going to be lightweight. I don't think any travel stroller (at that price point or higher) is made for consistent use on rough terrain. However I will say, prior to the bombi we used a hand-me-down babyzen yoyo (5 years old) and I'd argue that the quality is on par if not better. The wheels are sturdier on the bombi and the frame is a little wider so the ride/handling is smoother among other positives when comparing. And the babyzen retails for over double the price but I choose the bombi over it.

Realized the rest of my comment didn't post. Only had for a few months but it's become my daily stroller because of how much we love it. For the price point I'd say it's very good quality. The wheels are sturdy, it folds easily, the seat is comfortable, looks great. Both parents and my toddler prefer it over a babyzen yoyo we used prior. Quality is similar if not better. And the features are solid.

Loved it for taking kids to daycare on the subway. Would pop it closed on the train, open for the walk. Also opening and closing that thing around people makes you feel like Optimus Prime.

We had an YO-YO so not a running stroller but it fit in the OH bin; however, any time we brought it on the plane the flight attendants gave us serious side-eye and told us it wouldn’t fit when it clearly did. 

I had an Uppababy G-Luxe for my first child which was absolutely amazing for napping on the go. It reclines flat and has a great built-in sunshade. Here's a link to an open box one for $150. https://www.albeebaby.com/products/uppababy-open-box-2018-2019-g-luxe-stroller-jordan-charcoal-red-stitch-silver I'm sure you could score one used for much less, though! Folding it is easy. Now that the baby world has moved on to the "micro compact" folding strollers the old umbrella kind is less in vogue, and thus cheaper. My child napped all over Europe in that thing! The downside is that it's not as easy to carry when folded as a micro compact stroller. If you think you'll only fold it on the monorail, etc, then that's not an issue. If you want the ultimate travel stroller and don't mind spending more then I recommend the Babyzen Yoyo. Ease of travel with it is unmatched, and it also reclines for napping. I can't give you a great nap comparison because my second child (who used the Yoyo) just outright refused all on-the-go naps. It wouldn't have mattered if she was in Baby Yoda's floating bassinet! LOL

Here’s my take on it. Big strollers are the SUVs of strollers. Big and heavy but comfy with very smooth rides and cargo space and a lot of other options. Won’t fit everywhere you go. Need space to store them, in the trunk of your car for example or at home. Not recommend for appartements without elevators. Lightweight/compact/travel strollers are the Toyota Prius, nay the Twingo of the strollers. Small, light they fit *everywhere*, but comfort is much less there than with bigger strollers and you don’t want to go off-road with these lest you break/loose a wheel. Limited to no options and very limited cargo you can fold these up and take them up a few flight of stairs, some even on airplane cabins. One I even put on my shoulder with a strap and bike back from daycare. And then you’ve got everything in between so everyone has something that gives or takes from one or the other. I live on a second floor apartment. We have a Thule Spring for winter and a Babyzen yo-yo for summer. Car seat attaches to the Thule spring with adapters. I believe Babyzen yo-yo as well but as with every stroller check their compatibility chart. Lots of YouTube videos about many strollers good luck!

We use our yoyo for everything and love it

Yes - I got a baby jogger city mini (which isn’t even that big), sold it and exclusively used the Yoyo.

Strollers are like shoes, you *can* have just one kind, you probably need different kinds for different situations. We ended up with I think 5 but in retrospect 3 would have been fine. **Babyzen yoyo** for flights and airports and very smooth shopping centre floors. **UppaBaby Vista double f**or 2 kids and for shopping trips (huge cargo sapce under) **Mountain Buggy Swift** for normal every day walks with one kid: this one is the king of prams, 3 wheel design, pneumatic tyres, perfect handle you can push with one hand, super easy to fold. If I could have only one this would be my one.

We love the yoyo babyzen, especially because it's expandable to be a double, which we'll need someday. Travelled all over Europe with it last November.

Same I love my joolz for all those reasons. I do NOT understand why people are still recommending the yoyo as the best travel stroller. It’s small but it’s so rickety it feels like pushing a dolls pram around. Also, the fact that a travel stroller requires 2 hands to close is absurd. How is that supposed to work when you’re out travelling and you have a baby in one arm, a diaper bag slung over your shoulder, and a shopping bag in the crook of your other arm?

We just got the nano duo for our two kiddos (20ish months apart). We used it once so far, and it’s great! We plan on using it for travel in the late winter/ spring when we have time off! We used the yoyo for when we only had one kid!

Hi… so we have been using babyzen strollers for our kids. It’s light weight easy to fold n open. Very convenient

Uppababy Cruz and Vista are really smooth rides that can handle a variety of terrain and the strollers are quite durable. Nuna IME is not a smooth ride at all and has a low backboard so they can't fit children as tall as the Uppababies can. Depending on the walking you are doing, I like the Joolz Aer+ to keep in my car when we go places. We used the Uppababy exclusively the first 6 months and now use the Uppababy for neighborhood walks/going to the park and longer excursions, and the Joolz for day to day, in and out of the car stuff. Uppababy also has a HUGE basket. Oh I've just seen will be going on buses/subway. Get something like the Joolz Aer+, Yoyo, Bugaboo Butterfly. They are compact travel strollers that are good. Not as smooth of a ride as the Uppababy, alas, but they're all excellent. Joolz and Bugaboo are one hand folds which was important to me when choosing. Joolz has the larger basket but it's very much not grocery shopping sized. Many people love the Yoyo and it's the smallest but it felt dinky to me.

Just picking up on your last comment the YoYo has a newborn/infant insert, pretty epic bit of kit when you factor in all the attachments they have, you can even clip two together of you have 2 kids or add a scooter seat attachment. The thing is like a Swiss army knife AND fits as airline carry on

Get yourself two individual travel strollers (we have two Yoyos) and then buy off brand stroller connectors so you can connect them side by side to be a double stroller if and when needed (I got mine off Amazon). This way you can use the individual strollers in crowded places where it’s easier to maneuver and then connect them when you want as a double.

If you are planning to travel somewhat regularly in the next 4-5 years, invest in travel strollers like the Babyzen Yoyo. I have travelled with my twins at 3, 7, 9 and 15 months (3 times was across the Pacific). The Yoyo strollers + the Ergobaby 360 (at 15 months we used just the strollers). We have car seats at both destinations.

We have the Ergobaby Metro+ , SIL has the Joolz Aer. I tried both and I liked both. If you’re only using it here and there, I’d go for the Ergobaby. If you will travel a lot, maybe the Joolz would work better as the build was a tiny bit better compared to the Ergobaby. The Yoyo felt way too small as there was barely any room in the basket under.

We had the same experience - borrowed a Yoyo for a month in Europe with our 8 month old and it was perfect. Same experience on flights and was super easy to fold up. If we hadn't already had a pram I would've bought it for home. We also saw them alllll over Europe

We had one that we got for free off the local buy nothing. They're great for kids who are not too into the pram anymore and want some control. I can't say that it's particularly good for what you're hoping for as it doesn't seem particularly convenient for folding up. We always kept our assembled and just used it for going around the block. I'd recommend a second hand babyzen yoyo if you're looking for something that's convenient to fold up. Our travel pram vs trike had very different purposes. 

I have UB and wouldn’t change it but agree it’s bulky AF in the car etc and on reflection I think it depends how you will use it. For first almost two years of my kid’s life my husband was always with me when we did drives out and we have a Range Rover with a fold down tailgate so the stroller hasn’t been an issue. He changed jobs recently and his hours mean I’m on my own more and I cannot juggle a toddler, diaper bag and the UB in a car park and a smaller second car with ease. So over to our travel YoYo. All to say it depends - you say it’s for neighborhood walking and in another comment, taking that at face value, I have advised the UB. On the basis that we always left it unfolded and have room in our apartment and for a while weren’t driving out a tonne. But if you don’t have the space, and will use the car more, if you’re going to be on your own and you’re petite, it’s not pushing it up the hills that will be the issue but clambering it in and out of the car.

Wanted to update this a few weeks later, because I have been using the YoYo as my primary stroller, including on the hills. Handles the hills fine, is super lightweight and I’m really enjoying it. I think the UB Cruz was ideal for infant / younger toddler, and I always felt like I needed so much stuff so the carry space underneath was clutch. But with a two year old and needing way less stuff for our little excursions, I’m finding a lightweight diaper bag on my back with a jacket and lunchbox tossed underneath is all fine in the YoYo and has made a meaningful difference pushing up the hills. If I went back in time I’d say the YoYo would be a great exclusive stroller from around 8+ months. Before that I found the UB flexibility to keep facing me instead of outward, plus the carry space incredibly useful. And still useful now for groceries. But it’s a lot of money for something I’ve basically deprecated at the two year mark so I can see now why you’d stick with a carrier and see how you go.

We hired a bugaboo butterfly from Baboodle when we went to Canada with a transfer at Heathrow. Thoroughly recommend both Baboodle and the Butterfly. Think it was about £60 for a month. They do also have the YOYO and Joolz which you can hire for a shorter time. The stroller was brand new, delivery and return process was super easy!

We got our travel stroller (yoyo) as a Black Friday 2024 deal for our March 2025 baby because we knew we’d need it and didn’t think it would go back on sale before baby. I’d personally go for it, especially with the tariff nonsense. Who knows what price it’ll be in the future! That’s the cheapest I’ve ever seen that stroller! We were between the bugaboo and yoyo and at the end of the day only went with the yoyo because gate agents can apparently be a pain in the ass about letting you on the plane with it if it’s “not a yoyo”

I have a Nuna mixx next with a bassinet attachment for when I know we’re going on long adventures- park walks or out to a restaurant. I have a yoyo travel stroller with infant car seat attachments for quick errands- in and out of stores, doctors appts, etc. it’s a lot smaller than the big Nuna! I also just got a bob jogging stroller for when baby is big enough to accompany me on runs!

I’m not sure if they’ve improved the folding mechanism between the 2 and 3, but the yoyo 2 is the biggest pain in the ass to fold. We travel a ton so we thought we wanted the yoyo, but the bugaboo butterfly and joolz aer+ were both so much easier. 1-button/hand close and very light!

Compact stroller + ride along board for the 2 year old. I’m partial to the Babyzen YoYo and their ride along board because it’s compact and the board has a seat. It’s light and you can swing it over the shoulder.

Everyone has their own preferences, but personally I would never buy a yoyo. We were gifted one second hand and it’s fine but not great and I’d never pay what they ask for one.  +it’s small and easy to fold +on flat ground the ride is easy/smooth +it turns easily +it’s easy to push one handed  +our kid is tall and still fits in it (not true for the graco system we first bought) -the harness is so low that our kid can easily get out/fall out regardless of how tight it is. We didn’t get this until she was big enough to have some core strength so it’s not a major issue for us but would not work if she wanted out at all. If she’s not in a cooperative mood the stroller is totally useless for us.  -if the terrain is bumpy at all we can’t get over it. When our kid was like 1 we could tip the stroller back to get the wheels over a bump but now at 2 she’s too heavy for the and it feels like we’ll break the stroller that way. We live in a suburban area and if the sidewalk is uneven/broken/bumpy we can’t get over it so there are multiple streets that are just a nightmare to navigate with minor bumps in the sidewalk.  -you have to buy all accessories like cup holders separately, which, at this price point annoys me