Wednesday, August 29, 2012

That stroller is how much??

Hey friends,
Let me start out by sayingq that I was going to make my first blog an intro, but then realized no one would ever come back! So, bottom line, I love to research different baby topics, whether it is public opinion on whatever may be ailing my children at the given time to the benefits of early preschool to te biggest, baddest, but best priced stroller out there. My husband will tell you, research is my thing and 99.9% of the time I will not make a decision without looking into it; extensively ;)
So my idea with this blog is just to put my findings out there, or share an interestig experience based on what is going on in our lives in hopes that I may save another mom some time and energy one day.
Moving on,  today I have strollers on my mind. Let me preface the rest of this by telling you quickly that after I had my first, I also birthed a fascination with strollers. Our first stroller was a gift, and yes I picked it out based on advice to pick something light and easy to steer. I picked a pretty basic Graco, not a travel ststem but separate stroller and carseat. Now don't get me wrong, Graco makes a great, safe stroller but the trouble we had with the storage was such a pain and this, my friends is what started this love for strollers.
Maybe I've said too much for this particular post because what is really on my mind today is double joggers (I will get into the great stroller hunt in another post). Hubby and I do not run, which is terrible because we both used to run and love doing it. We hve decided to try and get back in shape and work back up to running. We would take advantage of the treadmills at the Y...if we were still members (whole different post). Our only solution is to jog ogether while #1 is at school because we only have a single jogger.
Finally, the main point of this post, we are on the hunt for a double jogger. I love our single jogger, the Joovy Zoom, and despite a minor brake malfunction caused by us taking it on the beach, it has worked out great. Now the challenge is finding a double jogger that will function for us. One of the biggest decisions is swivel vs fixed wheel. I am thinking swivel because we are not serious runners. However, the consensus online seems to be that jogging at all with the swivel wheel will inevitably cause problems. For those who do not know, the issue with not having a swivel wheel is the lack of turnability. The options really seemed endless, until I did a little research and narrowed it down. I can get a fixed wheel double jogger for around $200, but it does not fit through standard doorways. Other than that the cons for that one are minimal. That brings me to our other option, the well known BOB strollers. I knew when I started this search that I would come across the BOB series and probably decide to go with it. My justification is that it is in fact a better stroller, which is without a doubt reflected in the price. Althought I am still keeping the $200 fixed wheel in the running (no pun intended hehe), I am trying to decide on which BOB is the best for us, most likely the BOB Revolution Duallie (not only great reviews and fitting throught standard doorways but also that much sought after swivel wheel).  The only issue I have with the BOB is that most reviewers find the soteage basket to be difficult to fit thkngs into, which was one of the buggest reasons we replaed our Graco.
I know we are blessed to even be having this decision to make but here I am, faced with it. Will it come down the price or will we save for the stroller of all strollers? We all know which way I'd like to go but we will just have to see! One of my biggest challenges? Convincing hubby, whose inevitable first reaction to the BOB was "that stroller costs costs how much?!"

1 comment:

  1. You know you're a mom when you're eyeballing everybody else's stroller features. Personally, I've got the single BOB Revolution SE for jogging, and despite my initial sticker shock, I agree it's worth the price. The lack of storage underneath is a real bummer though.

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