Bugaboo - Bugaboo Ant

Our strategy was to get a high end stroller from the start because we would be using it daily for city walks. We live near large parks with unpaved trails so I needed something can handle that. We got the Bugaboo Fox. I also got the Bugaboo Ant (discontinued) for travel and to put in trunk because there’s no way I was folding up the large stroller everytime I needed to use the car (not daily). Both have held up over 3 years! We are hitting the age where we don’t travel with the stroller anymore which is super nice. I borrowed my friends Graco once on vacation since she was in her hometown and it was soooo bumpy!

We have a Bugaboo Ant - it's a bit glitchy but we've held onto it because there are no other cabin approved options with parent facing. You'd have to find it second-hand though because it's discontinued.

Can you find a bugaboo ant on fb marketplace? It’s the model before the butterfly so doesn’t have the one hand hold but it is cabin approved. It also lies flat in parent facing mode and sits upright. We’ve travelled with it and a buggy board, when kids were 2 and 6 months, and 3.5 and 1 (different trips, we don’t have 4 kids!). The eldest is happy on the board and loves chatting to the youngest if the pram is in parent facing mode.

The bugaboo ant which is discontinued but you might be able to get secondhand does parent facing and folds up to 23 x 38 x 55 cm which would work for some but not all airlines. We gate checked our normal pushchair in a travel bag and it was fine. It actually went straight through to our second flight both times and wasn’t damaged.

We replaced the minu which I hated with the bugaboo whatever small travel sized one is and love that. $140 for a playmat is wild. I think we had a $20 wal mart one. Agree with Chico car seat and now the cosco one. I forget the model but inexpensive

I’d actually recommend the open box bugaboo if you can fit it in your budget. I held off on it and bought a cheaper option thinking $400 for a travel pram was absurd but ended up buying the bugaboo when my other one broke. I use it almost every day the fold is fantastic the wheels/ drive is fantastic — one of my favorite purchases. If I could go back in time I’d just buy the butterfly and not have a full sized pram.

Doona then bugaboo here, found it easier to collapse one handed than the yoyo

Once you get into the price range and brands you're looking at they're all very much the same. At that point it comes down to personal choice/fashion choice. I have the bugaboo :)

Team bugaboo here! Great for all types of terrain

We were given a hand-me-down (baby jogger) which is very appreciated. However if money was no issue, I would have gone bugaboo. The user design is just so good. And one hand folding/unfolding action is just so nice. When it’s a stroller and folded it also doesn’t take up much space which was key for us in the city.

just spent a month researching. my takeaway: Nuna - loved this one the most (mixx or trvl xl) but all of the carseats/accesories make it extra pricey. my fav uber premium option uppababy- i found these all to be kind of rigid and too large. didn't like the vibe but its obvs popular mockingbird - decided on this one and so far love the balance of quality and price point. truly feels strong but also premium, while not being huge, and almost all the features feel obvious instead of buried silver cross - if you really want to go with the most premium it is indeed very nice. graco Modes nest - solid budget option. felt a little on the light/fragile side for me but if lightweight with versatility is important, this one isn't bad at all bugaboo - maybe the one i tried was a janky floor model but i didn't think it was smooth at all. nuna/mock crushed it

I just bought the Minu v3 today!! The local baby store had literally just gotten it in. We currently have the Nuna triv and wanted a travel stroller to keep in the car. I brought my 13 mo son and tried out the bugaboo, joolz and the minu V3. The minu was the best one out of all three. Easiest to fold up, has a flap on top to be able to see down to the baby, and easiest capability to expand the seat up/down. it was super helpful testing them out right beside each other!

Personally, I’d gate check both for ease of access/peace of mind. Most airlines (at least in the US) allow you to gate check one car seat and one stroller. The Doona is your car seat, and the Bugaboo is your stroller. You shouldn’t have any issues.

We have 2 strollers and 2 carseats. We have the Uppa Baby Vista V3. We went to a stroller store before we bought it and the guy was directing all city parents to the Uppa Baby and all suburban parents to the Nuna. He was absolutely right. We lived in NYC and the Uppa Baby had these big wheels that could navigate terrible uneven sidewalks without launching the kid out. The Nuna is equally a high-cost brand, but it doesn't take terrain and abuse like the Uppa Baby. When we travel or as our kid got older, we bought the Bugaboo Travel Stroller. We liked it because it could fit in the overhead compartment, could open with one hand, and the canopy didn't bang against your hands as you pushed it (which the Nuna travel did and annoyed me). Both those strollers are compatible with the Nuna Pipa Lite carseat which is hands down the best carseat on the market. It's so lightweight and yet sturdy. Remember, your kid packs on lbs quickly, so even the Doona becomes a serious pain to lift in and out of your car. When he aged out of the Pipa we got the Evenflo Revolve 360 Slim and it's been awesome. Toddlers are messy, so I'm glad we went with an affordable convertible car seat option instead of the Nuna or a similar expensive brand.

Joolz Aer+ is 10/10. I spent hours researching different ones. Bugaboo was my runner up. Avoid the Nuna Trvl, I had it and returned it, it has a hole in the seat structure and a very low back, which became uncomfortable as my child got bigger. Grew out of it before even turning one.

We went to an infant safety class after getting our Nuna Pipa and at the class we used more affordable seats. Truthfully, the difference in quality was shocking. After feeling the sturdiness of the Nuna, I was really surprised by how cheap the others felt and I was really glad to have spent the extra money on the Nuna. We also have a Bugaboo stroller (which Nuna is compatible with) and not only is it also insanely sturdy, the suspension is insane and I can’t think of a reason to need any other stroller. We got the Nuna at the Nordstrom Anniversary sale and the Bugaboo “barely used” (came like new) from GoodBuyGear, and I’m super pleased with both and am confident they’ll last a long time if we have more kids in the future.

Check out GoodBuyGear. I got my Bugaboo practically new for half price. You may have to watch it for a while to wait for what you’re looking for, but when you come across a gem it’s a game changer! I don’t think Nuna works with Chicco or Graco, I’d just get the matching seat to those travel systems if those are the strollers you want. Otherwise I do think Nuna works with Maxi Cosi adapters, so maybe one of their strollers?

When I first moved here I thought it was silly seeing so many Cadillac sized strollers with big wheels- seems contradictory. But then I realized its the cobbles stones, albeit not so wide spread in Berlin, I’ve now traveled with a stroller to Copenhagen, Prague and Lisbon and the bigger the wheels the better really or else they get stuck between stones. Thats why in Berlin and CPH buggaboos are so popular. Also, easywalkers, joolz and joie.

Strollers are like cars and not everything will fit everyone's lifestyle needs or budgets. The stroller I currently have would not work for someone who lives in the city in a small apartment, someone who takes public transit a lot or has a small car. I found it easier to make a list of things i didn't need/want in a stroller as someone who lives in the suburbs to narrow it down. An anecdotal example from late 2019: We bought our infant seat at babies r us for an insane discount (paid $60 for a +$200 bucket seat) so I didn't need a travel system. I live in the suburbs and sometimes the sidewalks aren't shoveled very well in the winter so a light stroller with little wheels wasn't going to work for me. I wanted my kids to be close in age so I only looked at strollers that could turn into doubles; uppababy, bugaboo, peg perego, and city select. I didn't like the configuration from single to double for the uppababy or city select for their bassinet attachments and the peg perego was impossible to find so we got the bugaboo. I was also able to talk to a customer who would come into the store that I worked at who bought the bugaboo for her twins and she raved about it but the only thing she didn't like was how wide it was because it made mall shopping difficult. I don't go to malls and the stroller fits through a standard doorway so the width was never really an issue for me but I can't walk side by side on the sidewalk with another mom pushing a stroller beside me 😅. If I was having my first baby in 2025 with the information that I have now, I would pick cybex gazelle or bugaboo kangaroo.

Uppababy minu 3! I tried the bugaboo, Joolz are, metro and hands down prefer minu 3. Overhead compatible, sturdy, big basket and full recline.

Loved our Maxi Cosi bassinet and rocker chair. Equally loved our Chicco KeyFit 35 and the snap in stroller frame. Once I went back to work, I gave the seat and stroller frame to my MIL since she takes care of him during the day. I then got the Chicco Fit360 and Bugaboo travel stroller—love those! Product regrets: baby bath tub, Burt’s Bees baby towels and sheets, wipe warmer, Honest bath products, Munchkin swinging chair, and Baby Brezza bottle washer Product loves: Angel Care bath seat (super useful with having a preemie), softer baby sheets from some random brand from Marshall’s/TJ Maxx, Dr. Browns drying tower, Mama Bear diapers (Amazon brand), Pillow Fort toddler towels, diaper genie, Nanit (was gifted)

Whatever fits in the car works. 17 years ago, the hype was Bugaboo. My boss, at the time, bought us one as a baby shower gift. 17 years ago, it was the most expensive stroller you could buy $1200. Now, I checked, they go up to $2200. Sure, it was fancy. And those parents who knew, knew. But it was a hassle. It was large and you needed a SUV to haul it around. I guess, it was solidly built because it lasted 2 kids and you could convert into bassinet/regular. If I had to do it again, I'd take the slimmest, smallest stroller I could get.

Honestly check Facebook marketplace. We got the Bugaboo travel stroller for like 100 dollars.

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.

Bugaboo is always worth the $ in my experience, if you have the $ to spend.

Same! Just came back from a trip and used the doona for a week- missed our bugaboo sooo much. Never thought much of it until I was using a different stroller tbh

I have a baby and I’d say 70% of all moms I know have a Bugaboo and that’s what I see the most in the inner city as well. Cybex Priam is another one. Uppababy is not very popular here

The bugaboo is much better than the uppababy. Galt baby used to have a location in Lincoln park & they would let you “test drive” strollers on the bumpy sidewalks outside the store. It immediately became clear that Bugaboo’s product was far superior when it came to shocks/ensuring a smooth ride.

bugaboo is by far the best.