twin side by sidestrollers not joggers, maclaren,steelcraft, valco, childcare ???

[sue1386]

please can anyone tell me about

twin side by sidestrollers not joggers, maclaren,steelcraft, valco, childcare ???

i've heard maclaren are the lightest and wonder how others compare or compare with each other advantages or disadvantages of side by side strollers that fold like umbrella strollers, not joggers or ones with one in front of the other.

thanks.

[alioops]

You get what you pay for with doubles. The childcare brand one I had when DD2 was born did not last.

[sue1386]

i've also since been told that maclaren and steelcraft have doubles that the seats can go right back for new borns.

i'm not sure why the maclaren is so much more expensive though than steelcrafta few hundred dollars difference.

I've heard childcare is heavier but havent had that confirmed, and you've said it doesnt last.

what about valco.?

so would i stil to maclaren because its one of the most expensive or is steelcraft also fabulous.

[~Trish~]

Maclaren make an awesome quality stroller, nothing even comes close to how good they are IMO . You'd never regret buying one.

Steelcraft are good quality, but I have no experience with their twin prams.

My sister had a Valco twin stroller and she absolutely loved it. It was lightweight, easy to use and good quality.

HTH

[sue1386]

thanks for telling me all that. I wondered about valco .Thanks for that.

[Curly]

I'd be interested in this - I'm going for the Steelcraft purely because the Maclaren is out of our budget. The Steelcraft will apparently still fit through a standard doorway.

Plus I don't care if it gets run into the ground - this baby will be our last baby.

We have a Childcare single stroller and we've had trouble with one of the nuts continually falling off (and then it would collapse in on itself unless we were very careful to thread the screw through the hole). It got nicknamed "the Deathtrap" . The nuts were an awkward size and we had to go to a specialist tradie supplies hardware store to get replacements.

When it is in proper working order, it certainly does the job but because of the nut issues we won't get the Childcare double stroller. A friend of mine had the exact same single Childcare stroller and never had any trouble with it at all but after our experience I don't trust the quality control.