Bugaboo - Dragonfly

Glad I'm not the only one to come away from JL more confused about what I want! I really struggled to commit to one just based on internet reviews / the John Lewis test drive. I ended up with a Bugaboo Dragonfly (which I LOVE) but I rented it (brand new) from Baboodle with a view to trying out as many prams with the baby as I needed to find the right one. I was stressing about picking the perfect everything and that took the pressure right off. Baboodle also allowed me to realise I hate the Artipoppe sling without pissing away 300 quid on one.

The **bugaboo dragonfly** is the only stroller that meets all your requirements. Reversible seat, bassinet option (it even collapses with the bassinet on), quite light, compatible with Nuna car seat. You could also consider the **joolz aer+** if you would like to prioritize keeping the stroller in the air cabin vs reversible seat (which is valid). You may not need parent-facing for too long anyway if you use the bassinet. I know the Bugaboo works with Nuna - unsure on this one.

Bugaboo Dragonfly, first stroller, bought new but planning to re-sell after we won't need it 🥰

Bugaboo dragonfly. Bassinet and seat fold into the stroller so takes up less space leaving more room for luggage in the trunk

Bugaboo dragonfly. All the durability of a full size with the lightness of a travel. It’s legit AF

The bugaboo dragonfly is a great compact pram and has a bassinet.

I like the bugaboo dragonfly. It folds up tiny in the boot (trunk?) of the car, but when it’s unfolded it’s pretty well sized. The bassinet folds up too which is licensed baby is little, and it’s safe for overnight sleep. This makes going away for the weekend or whatever easy as you only need the bassinet when they are little. It’s more suited for city walks so if you’re going be on uneven terrain perhaps something else would be better. For the hardest we have a Cybex cloud t, as it was the safest compatible with our car. I found visiting a store to try out pushchairs and car seats really helpful. My priority was an easy fold and reasonably lightweight to get in and out of the boot

We got the Bugaboo Dragonfly as it’s small & light enough to be portable - it’s a genuine single-handed open & close buggy - but still big enough to be able to deal with pretty much all urban environments (apart from heavy off-road terrain) & have decent storage capacity. We keep ours in our car & take it on holiday with us. Whilst it’s not small enough to go in the overhead, it does fold down small enough to be easily gate-checked. It’s also light enough that I can carry my child in the buggy up & down steps when there’s no step-free access. The Dragonfly sits somewhere between the Yoyo & the Fox 5 and meant we didn’t have to get 2 different buggies. What we found with some of our friends who got the Yoyo was that there’s not much storage & the babies seemed to quickly grow out of it (or at least get to the point where it didn’t seem as comfortable), so they ended up getting a 2nd buggy. The base unit is on Black Friday sale now so only about £590 (not including bassinet or other accessories) in most places.

I think the Fox or Uppa Baby Vista probably makes sense as it sounds like you’re in the London suburbs rather than Zone 1 or 2. We live in the Home Counties and our Bugaboo Fox was barely used as it can’t cope with wet and muddy ground and we found it a bit too big around town. We ended up with a Joolz Aer and a proper outdoor buggy (Out n About). I really like the look of the Bugaboo Dragonfly as one of the downsides of the Joolz Aer/Butterfly/Yoyo is that you have to forward face as soon as they’re ready for the seat. The Dragonfly allows for a parent facing seat. Not all kids are ready to face forward at 6m as it can be sensory overload. Just as a word of warning, most luxury “all terrain” buggies won’t with go in the woods in anything other than dry summer weather. Once there’s a bit of mud on the ground, mud gets stuck in the wheel covers and you will spend half your time fishing it out with a stick.

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.