I loved the Jane Twone. I will be utterly honest and say I had seen the prototype mock up last year, had watched the progression this year, seen the videos etc from Cologne and I really didn't "get" it. I was mildly interested because of the small fold though. But the lower child position didn't look good.
At Harrogate ihateparties and I (both hugely interested in tandems) took one glance and kept walking. But I returned the next day and stopping at the stand was a last minute decision. And we nearly walked away because the Twone was being demoed and I still wasn't impressed. Then it came free and I was given the demo. Again, it really didn't impress. But then I - so I thought stupidly - asked to put my children in the seats and all of a sudden the amount of space, good seating positions, upright seats, basket space, handling etc all crystalised and I could suddenly see it would work brilliantly well. Its probably one of the weirdest moments I have ever had. But I love it when a pushchair wins you over :)
It looks fantastic for twins and it works for a toddler and newborn. There aren't many tandems which realistically do either, let alone both. On top of that, I had heading for 30kgs of older children on board and it was easy peasy lemon squeezy to push. I got so excited at that point that I got the demo lady to push the Twone!!
I will admit I didn't have a long time playing with the Twone, and to be honest I have been left with more questions to answer because I really now want to get really hands on with the Twone and use it in real life. But everything about it felt right ie no side to side movement in the chassis, no wobbles, no shove to get it started, there was some basket space left for a changing bag. The only negative really was access to the lower child. Again, I need to have another look, but I think the only way is really to remove the upper child, but my children once in the pushchair, stay in until we get back home / to the car. The carrycot is easy to access eg to feed a baby.
But all round I have a really good feeling about the Twone.....Its a tandem that I would love to have here and own....and although I know people probably will still look at the seating positions and think the lower child is compromised, I really dont think they were. They had good views out of the sides, there was plenty of space for them etc. And at the end of the day, there aren't many tandems that can start with a newborn and keep going until the children are 3ish without needing a rethink. I think the Twone will manage that easily. Plus it also works as a single.