Baby jogger doubles

[Wildwaterfalls]

Hi all

We currently have the BJCM for DD1 and love it.

DD1 will be 20 mths when DC2 is born, and my inclination is to go for the BJCM double as our double buggy.

However, looking in the brochure I have now seen the Baby Jogger City Select which looks quite clever with multiple double configurations.

So my questions:

• Any views on the BJCM double?
• Any views on the select? Is it better?
• And finally in case we win the lottery, what does a bugaboo donkey offer which the baby joggers don't?

Tia

I had a bjcmd with dc1 and 2, really liked it. I had a bigger age gap than you so the width of it became more of an issue, plus whatever people say i was constantly meeting doors, bits o f pavement etc it was too wide for. When i say more of an issue i mean dc1 walking more than being in it, if two full time occupants width is fine imo. The donkey is 1.5cm slimmer, which doesn't sound like much but it would have gone in my house where the city mini didn't. The donkey has parent facing seats beyond the carrycot stage, that's basically what it has over the bjcmd, not the whole story but in basic terms.

With dc2 and 3 I have had tandems, i prefer a tandem, i think you will probably have a natural favourite on style - side by side or tandem. I never had a select because it was too difficult to handle whilst also sorting an errant 4yo. Needs 2 hands to steer and push, a lot of effort to tip up a kerb. Ultimately i traded seating options for pushability.

City minis are great, city mini gts better (although heavy to lift), i guess you'd choose a select if the seat positions was your main criteria and you were happy to push something that feels heavier. Donkey is both light to push and has seating options. Everything you mention is a good option imo, just depends on your requirements really.

If you have the money to spend on a City Select, then change the BJCMD for a BJCMGTD because its SO much better :)

The City Select seating positions are fab. The fold is fab. The basket is fab. BUT it is heavy to lift and to push. If you really love it, you are likely to put up with the weight for the advantages. However, mine got to the point where it hurt to push it. Go and try it before buying.

The Bugaboo Donkey offers loads more than the BJCMGT except two things - and thats ease of use and storage (both on the pushchair and fold size). The BJCMGT is just easy to use. The Donkey is lovely to push, lovely to use, looks fab - most importantly it offers you two independent seats which can parent or forward face. Plus you can add car seats to the Donkey which you cant the side by side Baby Joggers. The Donkey also converts between Mono and Duo mode which is handy, but not one I enjoyed doing and unless you have room to always have it in Duo mode then it can take so long to set up that it becomes hard work. It was bliss for me to return to a pushchair that could easily be flicked open. Look at the Stroll Air My Duo too because its a mix of the two - the advantages of the Donkey but easier to set up and go with good storage, and a flatter fold.

Thanks both for that incredibly useful feedback.

On this basis I think I might discount the donkey as too big and expensive for a benefit which I don't attach a great deal of value to (parent-facing beyond carrycot - DD has always loved to look out and the BJCM has good parent 'viewing panels' as well).

So I need to look at / test drive the Select to see if the seating positions / fold make up for the heavy pushing.

If not, then it's back to the BJCMD, although interested in the comment re the GT. Is that just different wheels / tyres (forgive my ignorance)? So presumably it is more comfortable to push and sit in but risks punctures?

Thanks again

No punctures, they are sort of simulated air tyres really, they behave mostly like them but not as bouncy feeling. But yes, easier to push.