- Both the Cruz and the Cherry have a good seat height. I certainly wouldn't say the Cherry was low. So I dont think it matters with these two TBH at all. Your toddler certainly wont notice the extra inches that they never saw or tried out ;)
- I find bumper bars a PITA personally. Most of mine get removed - not all, but most. I even bought a bumper bar for one pushchair thinking it would be nice to put toys on, but I have to remove it to put my 2 year old in (he's too heavy now to lift over the top as you would a younger child) and its annoying. Gate opening bumper bars are so much easier but my children wouldn't care less if they had a bumper bar or not. On the flip side, I know one MN who likes a bumper bar with all her pushchairs for her child to be able to pull herself up - but mine never did - nor any of the children I have looked after. Again, your child won't miss what they never had.
- I guess the two obvious considerations are fold - the Cherry is a 2 piece, the Cruz is a one piece. Both chassis freestand but the Cruz has the seat attached. Personally I dont mind 2 piece folds, but again I know they drive one fellow MN mad. You have to remove the seat to parent face / turn it back to fold anyway, so you may as well leave the Cruz as a 2 piece fold.
My other concern is over the wheels of the Cruz. I have to say, I am not sure the Cruz will go anywhere. It may be that you have a very urban lifestyle - we do generally, but last weekend we were invited to a family birthday party which we didn't realise at the time was in the middle of some woods, in a muddy field with huge chunks of stone to push through. Thankfully I had had an inkling there may be grass and had left the Bee at home and opted for something with more substantial wheels. But this was a one off outing, and what I am trying to say is that if you are only buying one pushchair, I personally want something that can cope with most things. Most people will go to the park or even the beach at some point in the first 3 years. Where we went wasn't particularly extreme TBH. There were 2 Cherry's there coping well, and 2 Vista's but I have to say I wouldn't have taken the Cruz.
What I am trying to badly say is that you have no idea where your LO will take you in the next 3 years and I would rather have a pushchair which I could take anywhere.