Buying a stroller is one of the biggest purchases a parent makes, and while single strollers offer plenty of options, double strollers offer even more. I tested five different strollers and will share my honest, comprehensive thoughts to help you on your quest. I've focused on a few primary areas that I've found to be critical to my lifestyle – storage space, weight and how you can configure it to fit two kids.
And just so you know where I'm coming from on all of these, I'm a mom living in New York City. I'm five feet tall, and my husband is six feet tall, so we need a stroller that works for both of us in terms of our varying sizes and our preferences for style and priorities. We also don't use our car for errands, so our stroller is our car day to day, and we are out of the house from 9 am until at least noon every day.
And I will say that the biggest downside of any of the side-by-side strollers I tested is that they don't fit through my apartment door or into my elevator. They do fit through my building's front door, though, which makes me think my apartment doors aren't ADA-compliant. So, that's a personal issue, but if you also live in an apartment, it's worth measuring your doorway before you buy a side-by-side.
Going into this review, I honestly didn't think I would like the UppaBaby stroller. Call me biased, but my friends all have side-by-side double strollers and raved about them, so I was riding hard on the side-by-side stroller train. But UppaBaby really won me over.
First off, this is the only stroller I realistically could have if we stay in our current apartment in New York City because it's the only one that fits through our door. That's a personal problem, but if you live somewhere a double stroller won't fit through your door and the UppaBaby Vista is your only option, it's a great one. In my professional opinion, the storage on this is unbeatable.
It runs the length of the stroller, and because the top seat sits so high up, you can really pile things in. We were able to fit our diaper bag, some groceries, toys for the playground, and even my son's ride-on hippo, which was a necessity to bring after he tried to steal another kid's toddler bike the other day. When it comes to the bus or walking down the sidewalk, I was a lot more comfortable with this than the side-by-side strollers because it takes up less space.
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