Over Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I were admiring the new UppaBaby Vista 2010 stroller that friends of ours just purchased for their newborn. In many ways, it looked like the BugaBoo that we had purchased in 2007, but, unlike the BugaBoo, the UppaBaby Vista has the potential to grow into a double stroller.
Completely trusting our friends’ market research and selection of the UppaBaby Vista (our friends are more detailed in their research than we are), we didn’t perform any additional research on double strollers (though I had already looked into the Phil and Ted double stroller, which many parents seem to like), and proceeded to buy the UppaBaby Vista 2010 stroller along with the Rumble seat.
Other double strollers seem to have the two seats either side-by-side (which makes the stroller a bit too wide for our crowded City streets) or have one seat facing the back of the other (which seems like a depressing view for the child facing the back of the other seat!).
We were excited that the UppaBaby stroller allows the two children to face each other. So that’s one of the key reasons we purchased it. In addition, it has some additional flexibility. A “piggyBack” may be purchased so that your toddler may stand, like in the image below.
The stroller comes with a bassinet (for the stroller) and a bassinet stand may even be purchased for your infant. We actually used our Bugaboo’s bassinet as our first daughter’s bed for the first six months of her life. This stand would have been a nice option!
Conclusion
We wish we knew about the UppaBaby stroller sooner! Although the BugaBoo feels of higher quality (it feels sturdier, more stable, and has better traction), the UppaBaba Vista stroller has great versatility and is more able to grow with our family. I highly recommend that parents consider this option! Below is a YouTube video that walks through the features of the UppaBaby Vista along with the Rumbleseat.
Product Features
- It comes with a Cup Holder
- Additional 1.5 inches of headroom in the seat so you can use the Vista longer.
- One-touch parking brake is much easier to use.
- No flat tires with rubbery treads simulate the great performance of air-filled tires, but they never go flat.
- 4-wheel, shock absorbing suspension
Note as of February 16, 2011: I just read about a pretty cool double stroller that I haven’t seen in person but is worth taking a look at: The Kinderwagon.
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Thanks for your stroller review! I will be purchasing the Rumble seat to go along with my 09 Uppababy stroller (and new baby). I thought you couldn’t face the seats towards each other. It looks so much better that way though. Does it throw off the weight and/ or make it harder to steer? I also thought the youngest had to be in the rumble seat (which seems kind of annoying b/c it doesn’t recline). Your picture is exactly what I wanted to do, so I’m hoping it’s doable.
Thanks!
Hi Meredith!
I do find the stroller a bit hard to steer with the two girls in the stroller (but I’ve never tested a stroller with the seats side by side so I don’t know how it compares). I imagine that any double stroller with have pros and cons. What we really like about this stroller is that the girls can see each other, and, therefore, they really enjoy the stroller! When there’s just one child in the stroller, it’s much easier to steer.
The Rumble seat can seat a child from 6 months of age but we found the Rumble better for our 3 year old and we used the standard stroller seat better for our 8 month old (she started using it when she was 5 or 6 months old).
Good luck and please let me know what you think of it!
Sophia
Thank you! I looked closely at your picture. It doesn’t look like the feet of your baby are in the way of your older child. That’s great and it’s good to know that you can put the older child in the Rumble.
I can’t wait!
Hi – I’m glad you have posted this picture! Have been looking for this option as I can only seem to find the main seat with the footrest vertically upright, could you tell me how you enabled the footrest to be out of the rumbleseats way? Did you have to take it off?
Thanks x
Hi!
If both the main seat and the rumble seat are facing each other, then we usually remove the rumble seat to move the footrest of the main seat. There are buttons on each side of the main seat, at the point the top of the footrest pivots with the main seat. When pushing both buttons at the same time, the footrest is able to move back and forth. I’ve added a YouTube video that walks through the features of the UppaBaby Vista along with the Rumble Seat. From looking at the video, it looks like you could maybe skip the removal of a seat by tilting the main seat all the way back, adjusting the footrest, and then tilting the main seat back down.
My friend who turned me onto UppaBaby after her extensive research, just emailed to tell me the customer service at UppaBaby exceeded her expectations, and she had already heard that UppaBaby has great customer service. Just FYI.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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