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First I'll outline the negatives about the stroller (and this is of course my opinion):
1. It's bulky/heavy. If you plan to be pushing it up hills, you'll get quite a workout. I didn't mind it too much as I'm using it as a double stroller, and most doubles are going to be heavy with both kids in their seats.
2. It was a little more difficult to fold/unfold than I had hoped. It gets easier with practice, but they definitely make it look a little too easy in the demonstration video.
3. When folded up with the second seat attached, when you fold it up, the second seat's canopy drags on the ground, so you have to make sure to watch that so it doesn't get dirty.
4. I wish the canopy was adjustable, but this is a minor complaint.
5. With the car seat attached underneath, if you're a taller parent you are probably going to kick it. I'm 5'5" and had absolutely no issues kicking it with any of the configurations, but I'd imagine if you were 5'8" or taller you could have some issues. Also, the handle does not telescope outward at all. This would obviously help accommodate taller parents, but I think adding too much length to the handle could cause some instability. Maybe they'll find a way to make it work in the future.
6. The cup holder is crap. Barely holds any weight without dipping or looking like it's going to fall off.
7. It's pretty wide, but of course it's much more narrow than side by side doubles. If you're looking for a single stroller and never want more kids, this one's probably not the way to go. But if you have two kids, the width is necessary for stability.
8. If you buy the silver B-Ready and silver Chaperone car seat, the two silvers do not exactly match. However I didn't notice this until another reviewer pointed it out. If it really bothers you, order another color.
Now for the positives:
1. Fourteen different configurations. There really is something for everyone here. If you have a newborn and a two-year-old (like me), if you have two two-year-olds, two newborns, a five-year-old and a one-year-old, etc. It all works, and it works very well. I was a little disappointed that with this double decker style, the two children can't face each other, I've seen strollers that use a facing configuration, and it just doesn't work.
2. If one of your children is old enough, he/she can climb into the bottom seat without the stroller falling over (as long as the break is locked). It's very steady.
3. The buckle on this model is much, much easier to undo. For me, this is a plus, since with the last version I had the hardest time getting the buckle undone. This is not good if your child is screaming to get out.
4. The new wheels are fantastic. I have most of the durability of a jogging stroller, without ever having flat tires. The B-Ready is not a jogger, so if you're looking for one I would recommend another stroller. However, if you often go for walks and will be encountering different types of terrain, the B-Ready works very well.
5. The normal seat that comes with the stroller can accommodate a rather large child. The height and weight limits are pretty high, and your average five-year-old can still ride comfortably.
6. The brake works wonderfully. I do wish it was on the handle instead of at your feet, but I love that you don't need closed toed shoes to undo it like most other strollers. I've ruined a couple pairs of shoes undoing stroller brakes.
7. The peek-a-boo window has a magnetic closure, a huge plus if your baby's a light sleeper.
8. The underneath storage basket is huge. Even if you have an older child riding underneath and their feet are extended into the basket, you will still have plenty of room to store your purse and a diaper bag (depending on the size of both of these objects, of course. A duffel bag will not fit into the basket).
9. The one handed recline and one handed harness adjustment features are amazing. No crazy straps to undo, and no re-threading!
10. With the normal seat and the second seat attached, they can both recline! Even if the top seat is facing you, you can still recline both seats. This is a huge plus.
11. It's very easy to assemble. Installation took about eight minutes.
12. The extra features and possibilities are really what sold me. Especially with the possibility of a stroller board for older children, I know this stroller will stand the test of time with our family.
13. Turns on a dime, even with two kids. It maneuvers very well. I can go up and down hills, maneuver malls and sidewalks with ease, even stop abruptly and turn without issues. This is a major problem I've had with other strollers. I can even steer with one hand!
I researched this stroller extensively, in comparison with the Baby Jogger City Select. Here are the reasons why I chose the B-Ready:
1. Stability with the second seat. With the City Select, having the second seat position on the front of the stroller makes it much more difficult to maneuver. Going up curbs is nearly impossible. With the B-Ready, I never have issues with this. And of course you are going to want to put your older child in the front seat, so your younger child can be closer to you, but it's just not practical with the City Select's configuration.
2. $$$ On Amazon.com, the B-Ready is $100 cheaper than the City Select, AND it already comes with a belly bar, cup holder, and the car seat comes with the adapter. AND I got a free car seat with their Free Ride Event. In that department, it was a no-brainer. If you bought all of the extra accessories for the City Select that the B-Ready already comes with, it's just too much.
3. With the City Select, there is only one position in which both seats can recline, and that's if the two seats are facing forward. Sort of disappointing.
4. Longevity. The main seat on the City Select is not as deep or as tall as the B-Ready's seat. I didn't feel that my son could ride comfortably in it for much longer than a few more months, especially during the winter months when he would need a heavy coat. There is also not as much room in the front for an older child's legs. It would seem that this stroller was made for infant twins, not two children of different ages.
5. The car seat compatibility was really a major reason that made me go with the B-Ready. Compatibility with a Britax car seat was a huge plus, and this was the final push we needed to go with Britax instead of Baby Jogger.
Pros of the City Select:
1. There is a hand brake instead of a foot break.
2. It folds/unfolds much more easily than the B-Ready.
3. The handle telescopes outward for taller parents.
4. Canopy is movable/adjustable.
Overall I would recommend doing extensive research on both strollers. Ideally you should test them out in the store or in person somehow, to see which one you like better. For our particular situation, I decided that the B-Ready was better for our family.
UPDATE
I've owned this stroller for almost a year, and I'm still completely in love with it. I love all the configurations for my two kids, and they are generally quite happy riding in it. Oftentimes I can even get them both to fall asleep! Still highly recommend this stroller to anyone looking for a double.
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With three kids under four, including twins, I've had my fair share of double strollers. The Baby Jogger City Select and the Britax B -Ready look very similar, but they're not when used in doubles mode. Which stroller is better really depends on the age of your kids. For twins or children close in weight, I found the City Select has more advantages, but if you have different age kids, the Britax is worth a look.
Some considerations:
* The City Select stroller was Baby Gizmo's top tandem stroller in 2010 -the 2011 model has been redesigned with deeper and firmer seats, improving an already excellent stroller.
* Of the two, the City Select is a better stroller for twins because of the 45 lb. weight allowance for each of its full-size seats (child's weight and baggage, for a maximum of 90 lbs overall), foot wells that expand to 10.5 inches and large canopies that raise up to 24", allowing you to use it all the way up till your children are age 4 or 5. The Britax only has one full size seat as the second seat has a lower weight capacity than the main seat.
* The Britax B-Ready is a good option if you have two kids of different ages (1 & 3 for example) given the different weight limits on its seats. If you have twins, you'll be limited by the second seat's 35 lbs. weight capacity and a 22" canopy, to about 3 years old only one child will be able to ride in the stroller past this weight (I still use my City Select with my 4 year old but will be able to use it with both my twins till this age as well).
* Another important consideration is that the telescoping handle on the City Select extends from 39" to 41", whereas the handle on the Britax B-Ready does not (it has a pivot handle that goes up or down but does not extend). This comes in very handy for taller parents, when you raise the canopy on the upper seat (when stadium seating) to give you additional clearance, or when hanging a diaper bag with the seats in the rear-facing position, so the baby is not kicking it.
* The City Select offers more clearance for walking with the second seat in than the Britax, either front or rear facing.
* Both seats recline on the Britax forward facing, but the second seat is not reversible. On the City Select, both seats are reversible, but they recline fully only in the rear-facing position (with lots of leg room). I actually prefer this configurations as twins are people-magnets and when they are facing towards me and napping it's easier for people to stay away.
* You can hang a larger than average diaper bag (like the Lassig Messenger Eco-Friendly Diaper Bag) from the handle with two seats in the City Select. (Note: the stroller handle says not to but because of the weight distribution I haven't had any problems).
* The City Select allows for 16 configurations including two carrycots (Britax has 14)
* The Britax B-Ready has a more compact footprint than the City Select, a plus if you don't mind the handle that doesn't extend or are not a tall parent.
* For the City Select handling curbs can be challenging going forward but if you pull the stroller backwards upor down the curb, it's actually easier than most strollers because of the large back wheels. It hasn't been an issue for me.
Some similarities between the two strollers:
* Similar width at 26"
* Huge storage basket in both.
* Tires that handle all surfaces well, indoors and out. It's worth mentioning that neither stroller is meant for jogging.
* The City Select with the second seat weighs 33 lbs., similar to Britax's 36 lb weight, less than iCandy's hefty 44 lbs.
* Both have the same recline mechanism on the seats.
* Easy fold for both. With the Britax, you can leave both seats in and fold quickly. With the City Select, both seats need to be in stadium seating, fully upright with the foot wells folded down as far back as they will go (not horizontal), and then you can fold it with both seats. Honestly, it's a lot easier and faster to just pop off the seats and fold the frame (plus it fits in most cars because it's very compact, with the frames and seats folding flat separately).
* For the City Select, the "Baby Jogger City Select Second Seat Attachment Brackets" are sold separately if needed on mystrollers dot com. You do not have to buy the whole second seat as some older reviews state.
* Neither stroller's seats are appropiate for babies 0-6 months (even if the seats recline fully, they're in a "V" shape as the whole seat tilts). You can get optional car seat adaptors but if you live in a city, you may find that a single snap-n-go/ infant seat with an Ergo carrier for the 2nd baby (w insert #2 for babies 0-4 months) is the easiest way to get around for the first year. A double snap n go is even better and less expensive, and will allow you to use infant car seats so they can nap on outings. Another option is the Maclaren Triumph which folds compactly @ 22 lbs, reclines fully and can be used from birth up, if you want to have a stroller for travel for later on.
Lastly, I also have Maclaren double strollers (Triumph & Techno) and the Bob Duallie. If you're looking for other alternatives, they're all good, but of all of these, I find the City Select is the easiest and most versatile to use with twins or a preschooler & baby (see my profile for a full review with pros and cons). If you're looking for getting one all-purpose stroller, regardless of whether you have kids close in age or not, it would be my pick. I only wish I had known about it before buying the other double strollers.
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UPDATE 1/07/13: This review was first posted in June 2011. At 2.5, my twins are now 38" & 32 lbs, and my six year old, 48" & 40 lbs. The City Select is still going strong, day after day of heavy use, for shopping, trips to the park, the grocery store, almost anywhere really. I'm so glad I went with this stroller as they would have almost outgrown the Britax at this point, when used as a double.
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I had the old, and now I have the new, and here is how they differ.
The new model has a seat with a 4th, totally upright position as well as an easier to open buckle. On the old you had to really press in and tug just so to get the buckle open, on the new the sides just fall out. Personally I found that on the old, my bigger kids did not need that more upright position. My baby kept pulling up on the belly bar and biting chunks of foam off of it, which made me think he wanted to be more upright, but the new 4th position actually seems almost TOO upright to him he tries to slide out! He's 15 months, so not super young. I actually got out the level and checked and while the back is now totally upright, the seat part actually seems to slope forward a bit. I expect we may never use the new 4th position. Hard or easy buckle has pros and cons both ways so is the new seat really better? It depends. I do prefer the easier buckle, but some prefer the harder kind. What they should really do is give you two and make them removable, vs. sewn in, so you can pick what works for your family whether you have an escape artist kid or if you tend to find yourself with only one free hand.
The weight limit on the seat is now 55 pounds and I think it was 50 pounds before. There is now an extra strap under the seat cover which I suppose adds more support. However realistically this is a SMALL (seat-wise) stroller. I would expect most people are done with it by 3, 3 1/2. At 4, my girls are squished and while we can use this for them, I would not use it all the time. I don't see putting either a 50 pound or a 55 pound child in either version. (The actually fit better in the 2nd seat, which I think is a tad wider, but has a lower weight limit!)
It has a deeper basket but the difference is marginal. It is POSSIBLY inch deeper and doesn't matter all for practical purposes. If you take the baskets off (you can unzip at the front, unsnap at the back) and put them on top of each other, they seem pretty much the same. The frames of the strollers are the same so it's not a difference in how it hangs. If you try to switch the baskets, though, you will get maybe a quarter inch of zipper that doesn't line up at the front. The difference is VERY minimal.
The suspension is somewhat better. It's a little easier to make the shocks give but you have to MAKE them give, still, vs. really feeling them give over bumps. This is still not a hard-core off-roading stroller. I do most of my walking in nice weather in a cemetery which has a mix of smooth pavement in good repair, smooth pavement in bad repair, oil & chip type pavement (tiny rocks but all glued together) in good repair, oil & chip in bad repair, and gravel/dirt. Old or new, I will not take this stroller on to the gravel/dirt parts I will only use my Bob back there. The old did decently on all the other stuff. The new does a bit better but I largely credit the wheels. Maybe 10% new suspension, 90% new wheels.
The wheels are rubbery, forever air, vs. dense foam over plastic as before. They provide a smoother ride. It's not a Bob, but it is an improvement! They are also quieter there have been many reports of the old starting to squeak over time, and mine had in fact started making noise after just a few months. The new one is QUIET. So far.
The amount of accessories has been cut back. It comes with the cup holder, but no longer includes the rain cover or color-coordinated storage organizer pouch. Admittedly, the pouch organizer thingie was only marginally useful and kind of strange, but it was something, and it matched. For the price this ought to come with SOME sort of parent console! (I use a Jolly Jumper one and it works perfectly and is cheap I know Britax sells one now but it is considerably more moola)
One thing they did not improve which I wish they had was the belly bar. As I mentioned it is covered in foam. Exposed foam. I have seen it referred to as a "choking hazard belly bar" and I have to agree it very well could be. I have pulled sizable chunks of foam out of my baby's mouth. The bar needs to come with a color-coordinated cover OR be made of hard plastic. I have ordered the UppaBaby tray to do away with the bar. I have been using it without the bar but my little dude likes to have something to grab.
It retains all of what I love about the old flipable seat, baby is comfortable, push is AWESOME, decent sun shade, folds easily, open between back wheels so no kicking while you walk. It's a wonderful stroller. But if you are trying to decide between the old and new, or wondering if you should sell and upgrade I think the wheels are the #1 improvement. I really thought it was going to be the seat, but I am on the fence about the seat. It may be possible to snag a killer deal on an old one, and replace the wheels. Or replace the wheels on the one you have. Either way get the UppaBaby tray as the belly bar is the one thing IMO that really needs to go.
If they included a parent organizer and fixed the belly bar I'd give this a 5. Maybe in the next version?
If you are wondering the new will take the old 2nd seat and the old will take the new. All that has changed on the 2nd seat is the buckle, and the color choices.
Also Britax has said you can put the new top seat on the old frame but mine didn't seem to go together well, I couldn't figure out why. It looked like it should but it just wouldn't click for me. Also you can swap the skins of the seats, old skin on new frame, and vice versa, although Britax only seems to sell complete seats, not just frames or skins.
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The stroller itself is quite nice. Until recently, I enjoyed the versatility and it gives a nice ride. However, I would like to focus on the dangers of the removable arm rest which is covered in a soft foam padding.
My 10 month old was able to lean forward and chew on the armrest that is, chew off chunks of the foam padding and gag on it until I was able to recover the pieces from his mouth. This poses a SERIOUS choking hazard, particularly as the riding child is typically facing away from the parent. With this feature, I cannot honestly recommend the product to any parent. Why a component of the stroller within arm's (and mouth) reach of a child wouldn't be childproof is beyond me. It is not noted as a potential choking hazard in the manual, and other complaints have been responded to by Britax with the child should be restrained by the shoulder harness, and thus unable to reach the armrest however, that will not prevent children of all body types from reaching the arm rest. Even if a child is not biting at the arm rest, I imagine a determined child could also tear the foam off with their hands. It certainly came off quite easily when I tore the rest of it off.
If you choose to get this stroller, please do not use the arm rest and let Britax know that they need to change the padding before some unfortunate child chokes to death.
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I purchased this stroller back in October 2012 while pregnant with my second child. At the time Amazon had a promotion going where I got a free Britax stroller organizer with my purchase. I was able to use the stroller with ease during the last months of my pregnancy. I wasn't able to use the basket as it was too low. Instead I used my diaper bag stroller straps and attached it to the handle. It took a little effort to lift the stroller up enough to put it in the trunk. I found that if I seperated the seat it was easier to lift in and out. I still had room in the trunk for other stuff. I drive an '08 Nissan Altima. After my baby was born I tested the stroller out at the beach. It will roll over the sand with a little effort. I love the mud flaps. I didn't think about that little detail when I was looking for a stroller but it turns out to be a deal breaker. No muddy water, dirt or sand splashes up when its raining or dry. The one step stroller break is the best. This stroller fits through mall doors with no problem. I'm able to make turns in tight spaces. The stroller handle height is perfect for when my husband who is 6'4 takes turns pushing; Even with the second seat he never kicks the stroller. My newborn fit perfectly in the second seat second position. We never wake her up with the magnetic closure peekaboo. Everywhere I go we get questions and compliments on this stroller. You can go out to dinner and pull it right up to the table. When the kids are sleep it reclines enough for them to be comfortable and stay asleep for the duration of your outting. I've been using this stroller almost 5 months and its still perfect. The shocks really absorb bumps so my baby can really enjoy the ride. My only complaint is that the basket is really low and not big enough for me to get in and out of without effort. I like to walk to the store but the basket isn't big enough with the second seat to hold a reusable bag full of groceries without considerable effort. I also called Britax and asked for the seat extenders that move the front seat out a few inches. That alone makes a world of difference if you are going to purchase a second seat.
