Baby Jogger - City Tour Series

Maybe check out the baby jogger city tour 2. It’s travel friendly and light. There are adapters for a baby jogger or graco infant seat. It doesn’t have a bassinet function but does lay flat with adjustable calf support. I was a nanny for family who had it and while I didn’t take it on hikes, I had no issue pushing it on non-paved park trails. If I was you, I would purchase a stroller that meets your other needs and then decide later if you still need a more heavy duty stroller for hiking.

We have the baby jogger city tour 2 which we've been very happy with. It fully reclines and is 6.8kg in the bag. I haven't taken it as carry on yet, but it does claim to be airline approved for carry on.

I went with uppababy vista for our first baby because we planned on having more kids and the options to expand made sense for us. Highly recommend. Price tag is worth it and then some. Now that I’m on baby number two (3yo and newborn) I’m using the whole set again, except swapped to a Nuna car seat because I gave my Mesa to a friend who is still using it so another friend gave me her Nuna ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It is NOT travel friendly. We lugged it on a trip when my son was 10 months and it was a hassle. We bought an umbrella stroller (baby jogger city tour2 in costal) immediately after that trip and never looked back. Another word of caution - it has a large footprint so you need the storage space for it. We keep it in the garage or tucked into a corner of our dining room if we have to bring it in... but it’s definitely not for compact spaces/ small cars/ limited storage. Also note - I use the bassinet on a stand in my bedroom as baby’s sleep space for now and will transition her to our crib in the existing nursery when she’s ready and my son is settled in to his “big boy” room (he’s still in the nursery with a toddler rail on the crib).

I got the uppababy system with my first, now on my second and it’s back in daily use as a double. It’s a behemoth so it only makes sense if you already drive a larger SUV and live in an area where big wheels are needed. When my first was a bit older and in a regular car seat we switched to a travel stroller (baby jogger city tour2) becuase it’s lighter and more compact but would break out the uppababy for the bigger basket and better suspension as needed.

We really like our bay jogger city tour. It’s a really light umbrella stroller, fits in the overhead bin but we just gate check it. It’s not great on cobbles in Europe but imo nothing is so I just baby wear in that setting. Otherwise it’s the best! Been to Disney, resorts, city trips with him. For more suburban settings (gravel/ rougher terrain) you’ll need a proper stroller with suspension.

I went with Baby Jogger City Tour 2 because it's really compact, we've had it in the overhead locker on several Ryanair flights. It was also half the price of other travel ones I looked at. It lies flat for naps and nappy changing on the go and we just use a Snooze Shade when required because nothing I found had a canopy that was good enough. If you go somewhere very sunny there are also points of the day where no canopy will really do the job. It's a travel stroller so the wheels are obviously not going to compete with something like a Nipper, we also use Out n About at home but it's been completely fine for trips including cobbled Italian streets. I just love that it lies flat and goes in the overhead locker so we can use it the whole time at the airports.

I have the Baby Jogger City Tour 2 and love it! So lightweight, it has a nice fold, and my Graco car seat snaps in with adapters (sold separately). I think they have some other brands' car seat adapters too. Edit: I got mine as an open box on eBay, and it's in great condition and was around $100. Don't be afraid of open box or second hand!

We have a Baby Jogger City Tour 2 travel stroller with the adapters for our Graco carseat, and we use this combination for almost everything. It's great for car and air travel, but also just as a small around-town stroller. It's great for bringing into casual restaurants and places like breweries and food halls, and also great for shopping trips. We also have a Graco Modes Pramette that we got second hand and use that with a separate bassinet attachment (the convertible seat/bassinet is pretty wobbly so we don't use it anymore), but since it's pretty big we only use it for walks around the neighborhood and don't take it along with us when we drive anywhere. We did this once and it was a PITA and barely fit in my SUV! Now we just take the baby jogger everywhere, and now that my baby is 3 months and can hold her head up better, we feel comfortable using the baby jogger in the recline mode (it's not all the way flat) if we don't keep her in the carseat atrached. She's still too small for being strolled around in the baby jogger alone without the carseat (she's tiny and the stroller straps are still pretty loose on her), but eventually we'll use it as our only stroller and get rid of the Graco one.

Definitely invest in a good pram first since they generally last longer and more sturdy but I would get it second hand. Not worth paying thousands of dollars if a second hand one does the trick! I initially wanted the bugaboo but I couldn’t justify myself paying thousands of dollars for brand new one and I felt awful asking my parents to buy it since they were offering to buy a pram as a gift. So we decided on the steelcraft which we had no issues with and used it up till bubs was about 3 then we purchased a travel stroller (baby jogger tour 2) to travel overseas.When I was pregnant with my second, we saw a second hand bugaboo for sale and purchased it. No regrets at all and I did a lot of research on that specific model and they are the best in my opinion for “off roading”. But it all comes down to how many kids you are planning to have, their age gap, and how often you use the pram/stroller. Our kids are 4 years a part so getting any double pram was useless since our 4 almost 5 year old (15kgs) would be too heavy for the second seat anyways. Most prams seat limit are probably between 17-23kgs so keep that in mind and check the limit. Prams are good for going on your daily walk or big trips like to the zoo or a park since it will be easier to push on uneven ground, more comfortable and generally have much more storage compared to the strollers. Strollers are great for travel and bigger kids. We used it when we had to run to the shops quickly or going out for lunch. Something easy to take out quickly but can be purchased later down the track.

We also purchased the City Tour 2 over the Aer +, Butterfly and Yoyo. From a price point and reviews the City Tour 2 was a better pick. I would recommend watching The Stroller Workshop on YT of the strollers you are after and even read the comments that how we ended up with our stroller! FYI - the City Tour 2 did not fit in the overhead compartment but we gate checked it (Singapore airlines).

According to the stroller workshop nobody should be using a buggy board because they put too much strain on the chassis of the pushchair. That will go 5x with ultra compacts because they're not built for strength but for lightness and small fold. Honestly my advice to you is get something that is a workhorse like a battered old second hand BJCM, Britax B Agile (pref the original) or anything along these lines that's parent facing, one piece flat fold and decent sized wheels. Take it up to the plane gate, let 3yo stand on the cross bar at the back or sit both kids in the stroller at once. You don't need a buggy to be compact to use it for travel and it has a load of downsides when it is.

I was given a used Baby Jogger City Tour and it's really great; It totally saved us on a trip to visit family 5 hours away, and was easy to pack because of the size. This one is in the travel stroller category (folds like a suitcase size, versus an umbrella stroller with 2 handles that folds long and narrow). I'm really happy with it, and I'm happy to have it over the classic umbrella stroller.

The Baby Jogger City Tour 2 is a good in-store option with full recline - Baby Bunting will price beat Amazon which tends to have it a slight discount. We’ve used ours for multiple international trips, never a problem carrying it on. The only downside is the basket is a bit small.

It does not have a decent sized basket at all (but I’m not sure any true travel prams do?) but the baby jogger city tour 2 is great for tall kids. My tall 2.5 year old still fits very comfortably in it.

Putting in a plug for the Baby Jogger city tour 2, it’s been going strong as our our daily run around now for 2 years but we bought it for our first overseas trip at 10 months old. Reclines fully flat and is one colour is on sale on Amazon for $450 - which baby bunting will price beat by 5% if they have it in stock.

Looks like your boot is deeper rather than long - you’ll need to remove the parcel shelf and stand a pram frame upright if it’s around that size. Alternatively, some compact/travel prams come with bassinet add ons to make them newborn compatible including the stokke yo-yo (previous babyzen yo-yo) and the baby jogger city tour 2.

We have a baby jogger city tour and it's been brilliant, fully reclines, I fold it one handed, although I don't know how easy it would be for a smaller handed person 😂, overhead compliant, comes with a shoulder bag so we put it in that before it goes in the overhead. The canopy was too small when my bub was littler so we combined it with a snooze shade for a bit of extra sun protection and napping on the move