Submitted By: Erin from LA, CA Date: 09/11/2008
First, have to say I spoke with an associate at babyearth regarding the stroller and she was really nice and helpful. I needed the stroller fast and it even came a day BEFORE they estimated. Great Service!
I have a 9mo old and a 3.5 year old. I needed a double stroller for full day outings with both kids (sea world, zoo, etc.). Most of the time the older one doesn’t want to be in a stroller, so, investing in a bulky, yet more luxurious and comfortable stroller (and more expensive) wasn’t worth it to me. I needed something that was as compact, both folded and in use, as possible. The 2 biggest reasons I chose this stroller over a cheap umbrella stroller were: because I wanted my younger child to be able to fall asleep, so, I wanted the seat to have the ability to recline. I didn’t want to bend over to push the stroller. I have a bad back and I would pay a huge premium for the benefit of NOT bending over pushing a stroller. (I’m 5’6” and my husband is 6’3”) The height of the handlebars was perfect for me and my husband said it was fairly comfortable for him too. In addition, some of the other reasons I chose this stroller over others pseudo umbrella double strollers were:
*Individual seat recline option.
*Individual sun shades. Although I could not seem to get them to fully rotate, but, I haven’t read the manual yet.
*Some storage. Baskets are decent. The baskets combined with a diaper bag on the handles worked fine for me. The behind seat pockets are nice too.
*Easy steering/handling. This handled great - no complaints at all.
If I could make this stroller better for my needs, it would be to add cupholders (yet, not worth the extra ~150 to get both the cupholders and the extendable handles (extra 1.5”) on the Maclaren Twin Techno). I know that there are a couple other “bonus” features to the Techno, but, still, didn’t seem worth the premium to me. And, I still debate the luxury issue. The baby is used to a bulky, cushy single and didn’t fall asleep in this the one day we used it. But, still bearing that in mind, I think all the other aspects of the stroller make up for it. You can’t have luxury and compact at the same time.
One other small complaint is the choice of colors. I have 2 girls and there were no girly colors. The Turkish blue is a beautiful blue. But, all the colors leaned toward boys. If the brown came with a light pink option (vs. blue), I would have snapped that up.
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