Thule - Thule Spring

I live in a city and the stroller is my child’s primary form of transportation on a daily basis, and we bought the Thule Spring based on the Wirecutter reviews (used it with a chicco keyfit 30 until she was big enough to sit up in the stroller itself at around six months old). It has a true one-handed fold and works well in a crowded city environment. Different people have different needs when it comes to what stroller is right for them. The reviews on Wirecutter were really helpful for me in terms of figuring out what features are important to me, like a true one handed fold.

We got a Thule Ultra Glide 3 and a Thule Spring only because I get a pro deal with them for ski patrol. It was a solid choice

I hate uppababy strollers with a passion. I had a Cruz and a vista and they are heavy, clunky, and the quality you get isn’t worth the price in my opinion. I had a bugaboo donkey for awhile and that was okay as a double, but to be honest my favorite stroller for both travel and home was the very reasonable Thule Spring. It isn’t a double, but we managed fine with two under two since I wore one and used the stroller for the other, especially traveling in Europe. It survived Air France twice, managed cobblestone and narrow streets in Florence, and was light enough but substancial enough to handle just about all terrain. I live in MN and it handled snow just fine, is easy to fold and stores small. The Cruz on the other hand has been regulated to the stroller my parents use for grandkids because I dont want to store it and I sold the Vista and Donkey.

LOVE my Thule Spring! My 3.5 year old still uses it all the time.

LOVE our Thule spring.

Thule spring ftw

Agree! We’re in Denver and have a Thule Spring. It’s perfect for around the neighborhood and I even take it to the DOLA areas around Denver that have gravel. It’s the prefect all in one imo. Folds up pretty small and very easily for travel as well.

Wirecutter has a good variety of options based on compact vs running vs more all-in-one. Personally, we went with a Thule Spring-- it's expensive but we go on a LOT of walks and having a stroller that I believe I could modify into a running stroller once I'm healed was/is a HUGE bonus. So far, very easy to use, but it is a little annoying having to have the special modifications to make it work with our car system!

I got a Thule Spring stroller for my first. It has a car seat attachment, but isn’t really a jogging stroller. It’s a a little lighter and smaller than a jogging stroller which we needed at the time because we only had a Corolla and I worried a bigger stroller wouldn’t fit in the car well. The car seat attachment is great for when you are out and about away from home, but also thought it was too hot for a summer infant and I didn’t like taking my baby out in it because it just seemed really stuffy. For baby #2 I am planning to get a Thule Urban Glide with the bassinet attachment. Plan is to keep this as our home stroller and use the Thule Spring as our travel stroller. Also, “travel” stroller means different things to different people. The Spring isn’t consider a “travel” stroller, but it’s worked well enough for us and we even took it on an international trip last fall.

We've used the Guava roam for 16 months now. We like it a lot. Our criteria were very similar to yours. We wanted something that can handle trails and is also compact enough for everyday use. We did not want to buy two strollers ... And we haven't. It's definitely the most compact jogging stroller (though it's not actually a compact stroller if you get what I mean). What makes it even better is that it stands on its own and pretty securely so. We folded up/disassembled either a bob or a Thule in a store and we were immediately like "nope, that's ridiculous". Not only was it still very large but you had to take off the wheels ... Who wants to do that every time and who wants to store such a beast? However, something like a Thule spring was more compact than the roam obviously (we really liked the spring too). The folding is actually easy, I'd rate it A-. It looks clumsy on the video but after you've done it a few times you do it on auto pilot. It doesn't get the A+ because of the weight, it's not a lightweight stroller (no jogging stroller is). There's one feature I didn't think much of but really came to appreciate: the dial on the handle to lock and unlock the front wheel. I didn't think I would use it when I bought it but I do all the time. With other strollers you'd have to engage the brakes, walk to the front, do the thing, and then reverse. On the roam you can do it while you're walking - super handy. Due to it's weight I would not call it a great travel system. BUT I think it's the only jogging stroller that CAN be used as travel system.  We're currently not hiking as much on trails as we thought we would, so sometimes I still think about how lightweight that Thule spring was 😆. But we're moving soon to an area with more trails so the roam may still get to truly shine. As far as hiking goes, the roam does fantastic on gravel or dirt roads and can handle getting over some obstacles (roots, rocks) fine but obviously there is a limit. Narrow and really rough trails get annoying quickly.  If you're expecting to go down some very steep and long inclines you might start to think about that hand break the Thule glide has ... But we have not really missed it. In conclusion, we've had no issues with it at all.  I should add there is currently a voluntary recall happening (new ones are not affected) which is a bummer. We've never had any problems and they're sending us a brand new one (minus the back wheels) for free. It might hurt resale down the road though, some people freak if Google says a recall happened even if it's fixed.

I never see it mentioned on stroller threads, but the Thule Spring is pretty travel friendly and has a locking front wheel to be a jogging stroller. It definitely doesn't fold small enough for an overhead bin, but it easily fits into a stroller bag to be checked or gate checked. I don't think it checks all of OPs boxes for bassinet, but it is good for travel, jogging, and rougher terrain!

I have three strollers and only really use one, the Thule Spring. It folds up pretty small, and is really durable for travel. We actually bought it just to be the travel stroller and now use it all the time. One of my favorite features is that it has a lockable front wheel and can be used as a jogging stroller on paved paths. There are some carseat adapters available for the early days, but I bought it around 6 months, so I don't have any experience with using those. On the second kid point, I also thought that, which is why I bought a vista. Now I have a 2 year old and am just starting to think about baby number 2. By the time my son is 3 he isn't going to be in a stroller as much as I want. He already says "I walk, I walk" most of the time I try to get him to ride in the stroller. If we have another, I'll probably get a rider board for him.

I have a 13 month old who has been up and down the state of California from 2 months on (via car and plane), and to Europe (direct flight SFO to Paris). I will agree with the other posters to wait until 6 months, in part so you have get the measles vaccine before going. We went to Paris (also to see family) at 11 months, and I think it was a too late. The little guy just wanted to walk up and down the aisles (holding our fingers, since he couldn’t walk on his own yet). 6(ish) months would have been perfect, since he wasn’t yet crawling and would have been content to just be held. On that note, we opted for two business class seats (rather than three economy plus), and I feel that was the right choice for us. I would do that and reserve the bassinet. As for actual travel items, the guava lotus is the best if you have to fly with the pack and play. We also did the Cosco Scenera for the car seat (it’s super light weight). This car seat may not be the right option for a 3 month old, but something to consider later. We also have a Thule Spring stroller, which is a great stroller, but not super compact or light weight for flying. In our travel pack we have a nightlight (usb chargeable so it can move around without an outlet), a hatch travel sound machine, and a closed circuit monitor (Hello Baby) so we don’t have to mess around with trying to connect it to the internet. We have some zip-ties with the monitor in case we have to get creative with positioning. If you are bottle feeding, Oxo makes a portable drying rack with bottle scrubber. If you are formula feeding, there are travel containers you can store the powder in pre-measured quantities. Bring some dish soap if you’re staying in a hotel. Also remember to bring baby Tylenol, the thermometer, and snot remover. Ours got sick the second week in Paris, and thank goodness we had the Tylenol at 2am when he woke up with a fever screaming. Other general thoughts: my husband and I have to keep reminding ourselves that taking the little guy places is a trip, but rarely a vacation. I think going to visit family is worth it, but if you want to go and see things, it may be pretty stressful. If you can stay with whoever you are going to see, that will be better than a hotel, as it’s hard to get everyone out, and reset up what you need in a new location. If you do go the hotel route, ask if they have a pack and play or anything else (like a diaper pail) (though dog poop bags work really well for poop diapers, smell wise). Anyway, hope some of this rambling was useful and bon voyage.

Baby Jogger City mini gt or Thule Spring 🫡🫡🫡

Love air filled tires on cobblestone. We use our Thule for those conditions. 

I’d get a Thule for the snow