A Stroller Crisis from a Bob Snob

You know those movies where some guy gets sent all over the place to search for money or the bad guy or whatever and if he doesn't find it in time the whole world will blow up?

That was me this week... with STROLLERS.

I know, how mom is that?

I'm training for this marathon and I only have a single stroller, a Bob revolution and I LOVE it, however we AREN'T using it. It was sitting in a closet sad and lonely. I need a stoller that fits two kids now. I tried putting her in the Bob and letting him push but I turn around and next thing I know he is holding something breakable and expensive about to toss it to another kid across the isle. We are constantly on the verge of disaster. Soooo, I looked on CL (that's how we people say Craig's List) and found a double Bob for $200.

That is NOTHIN'!


It was only a year old, a revolution and I needed it. I emailed the girl maybe 20 minutes after she posted it and again an hour later. Put mine for sale on CL and NEVER heard back from her. I had someone ready to buy mine about ten seconds after I listed it. A day later the double stroller was gone. Seriously, if you are selling something on Craigslist, WRITE PEOPLE BACK! Okay, done venting.

I listed my single for a little more money the next day since so many people jumped on my posting within the first five minutes and still had a buyer email me right after I listed it. I sold my stroller the next morning.

Did you ever move away from a good friend when you were little? Say goodbye to a boyfriend or girlfriend unwillingly? Lets just say, giving up this stroller was a bit traumatic.

I wanted to cancel the sale last minute.

I wanted to run after the dad I sold it to and grab it out of his arms.

My stroller had a new lover and I had to get over it.

I was on the rebound.

I was ready to make bad decisions, look at stroller porn, be a stroller slut. I was going to leave the bars with a different stroller each night as my friends explained to other shocked onlookers, "She just went through a stroller breakup."

Bob was really gone and I needed another.

Baby Jogger, Phil and Ted, Mountain Buggy. I searched youtube videos and read every review I could get my eyes on. I searched through blogs and Babies 'R Us. I discovered new strollers: Valco and Easy Walker.

Really I just wanted a Bob so onto CL again. Every five minutes. Posted a wanted ad. I needed a Bob Revolution Duallie.

There were no Bob's on CL that were in my price range. I couldn't spend a dollar more than what I got for my single Bob.

I said I was going to be patient and wait for a bob but there I was emailing other posters RIGHT AWAY.... I'm patient like that.

I went though my friends' facebook profiles looking for pictures of their kids in strollers. Questions: Do you like it? Run with it? How does it hold up? Heavy? Fold easy?

So many questions.

DOES IT FIT THROUGH A DOOR?

I became crazed. Separate folding canopies? Reclining system? Fit a car seat?

When did buying a stroller more detailed than buying a house?

I was scheduling inspections. Test rides. Meeting people at parks.

I guess you can say I'm exhausted and know WAY too much about strollers right now.

The winner:

(Cue Olympic closing ceremony music please.)

Baby Jogger City Series.



Isn't she pretty?

You should see how easy she folds.

Okay so she is a bit on the heavy side but whatever, more cushion for the pushin'.

In my search I realized this: Everyone says Bobs are the best and maybe they are but there are some strollers that might give the Bob Revolution a run for it's money.

Two strollers I'm DYING to try:

BumbleRide Indie and Baby Jogger Summit.

When I met with the girl selling her Baby Jogger and pushed it, the first thing I said was, "Yeahhh, not a Bob." She thought I meant that Baby Jogger City Series pushed sooo much better.

And this stroller does push GREAT. I can steer both my kids in this stroller with one finger. Push with one hand. Turns on a dime. HOWEVER the back tires are 12 inch just like the front where the Bob's back tires are a little bigger. I think the slightly bigger back tires make the Bob just a TOUCH easier. It reminded me of a review I read saying that Bob Stroller lovers were snobby and had no reason to be so into their Bob strollers. Well, we DO have a reason but I do think Baby Jogger Summit just MIGHT knock Bob from the number one jogger.

Is it worth the extra money for a slightly easier push with the Bob? I don't know. I will say that the Baby Jogger fits though a standard door. It's width was made to be the width of a wheelchair so if you don't fit through a door or isles then that place isn't really built to code or wheelchair friendly. Fitting through a door is a HUGE plus in my opinion.

And like I said, the way this stroller folds in one step is brilliant.

I picked a stroller that I thought was totally not my type. I was Bob's girl and now I hold another, Baby Jogger.

I'm hoping we have a long and happy life together.