Looking for a stroller for your little one can be daunting. There are so many choices out there and so many articles about which is best, it would take a whole lot of research and testing to find the best for you. Did you know there is site that does the testing for you? Baby Gear Lab focuses solely on testing baby products so we don’t have to. Their process for testing strollers involves a six month testing period where they compared the top selling strollers by putting them through every day use in realistic settings and defined 30 specific tests for performance. What mom would have time for that on their own? Here is what their test found.
These are the top 6 categories they tested strollers for:
- Ease of Use
- Maneuverability
- Safety
- Quality/Durability
- Weight/Folded Size
- Ease of Setup
Each category, along with the other 24 test conducted, were scored on a 1-10 scale, combined and placed on a scale of 1-100. Here are their top 10 along with their respective star ratings on Amazon:
- Rated 81 with it’s highest rating on quality, durability and maneuverability (all 9s)
- 5 stars on Amazon
- Rated 75 with highest ratings for quality, durability and ease-of-setup (all 9s)
- 4 stars on Amazon
- Rated 74 with highest ratings for ease-of-setup (10) and ease of use (9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
- Rated 73 with highest ratings for ease of use (9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
#5 Baby Jogger City Mini Single
- Rated 72 with highest ratings for ease of use and ease of set up (both 9s)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
- Rated 71 with highest ratings for safety, quality and durability (each 9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
- Rated 71 with highest ratings for Maneuverability (9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
- Rated 70 with highest ratings for ease of use, safety, quality and durability (all 8s)
- 3 1/2 stars on Amazon
- Rated 68 with highest ratings for maneuverability (9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
#10 Britax B-Ready
- Rated 66 with highest ratings for safety (9)
- 4 1/2 stars on Amazon
Once we knew what the research said, we decided to ask the people that know the best, Austin moms! We conducted a poll to find out which strollers were our readers favorite strollers. Thank you to all that participated. This is what YOU told us.
Top 3 Choices:
Honorable Mentions:
- Baby Jogger City GT
- Baby Jogger City Select
- Britax b-agile
- Bugaboo Cameleon
- Chicco KeyFit Caddy
- Double BOB
- Joovy Caboose Stand-On Double Stroller
- Orbit