The Cluttered Pantry

I’ve held off on publishing this product review to make sure that my initial impressions still held true after real use here in the city. So far we are at 9 months of use. Since they do, here you go!

The search for the perfect stroller included standing in a posh baby store (well, they sold baby items, not actual posh babies) with my best friend who was pregnant with her third child. We “test drove” (read that as spun around the isles) easily a dozen different configurations of double strollers.

The salesman chaneling a high priced car sales persona spent a lot of time listing off hilarious differentiators like torque and wheel base and shock capabilities. But mostly we were in Shock from the price tags.

Especially for the strollers that placed one child behind and slightly below the other, and a model that was impossible to turn, oh and one that looked like you needed training from NASA to operate.

But then we walked past the Jogger brand Citi Mini Double

I’m no jogger, but I’m sure if I was one I’d be using that time as a break from the kids and wouldnt choose to bounce them along with me.

But this stroller seats the children next to eachother while still only being the width of a standard stroller (29″) so it fits through doorways and turns easily. The wheels are sturdy and quiet and perfect for the urban environment of Chicago (read that as craptastic side walks.)

When we got home last October the girls weighed 21 and 27 pounds so I can’t speak to the setting for infants. But I can tell you that my two squirmy angels have tested the restraint system, stress tested the open and close then open again ease of the individual canopies (awesome that one child can have shade while other pokes her head out) and that 9 months of almost daily use here in the city have produced almost no wear and tear.

Oh! The biggest selling point for me? Besides the way more reasonable sales price of $145. Is the increadibly easy function for collapsing and opening it. It’s smoother and takes less strength than most single seat strollers.

Highly recommended!

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