Calling all baby jogger city select owners

[frogem366]

Looking at purchasing this pram as I am due 2nd baby and my first will be 18months old.

What do you think of it? Would you recommend? Is it compact? How does it handle as a tandem? What are common problems? pros & cons I'd appreciate them all

I live in the north east of Scotland and there doesn't seem to be anyone near that stocks it so I can have a look & play, so it will be an online purchase.

Does anyone have any recommendations as to where to buy? John Lewis stock, but does anywhere else cheaper?

Thanks in advance

Honestly, its not one I would recommend buying blind. I will confess I did, and I loved it for about 8 months (22 month age gap) until I finally understood what people meant by it getting too heavy to push. Since then, I have had the City Select next to the Oyster Max, and the 2 iCandy tandems and there is absolutely no question that the City Select is heavier by miles to move, push and carry, even when empty.

I loved my City Select whilst I had it. I loved the seating positions, the big wheels, the huge basket, the tiny fold etc. But ultimately my baby had literally just gone into the seat unit when I was forced to stop using it because the pains up my arms were too much.

Normally I would say to go and try it. Unless you are happy to buy one, try and hope and return if no good, then I would honestly say look at all the options before deciding.

I'm also thinking of this pushchair and will have a 26 month gap... however, now after reading your review Tiggy I'm thinking again. the thing I really like is that it's a travel system and there isn't one baby sitting on the floor in the basket staring at the back seat of the other!! I like the look of the donkey but someone else said it takes ages to put it together and take it apart to get it into the car. I have too much of a list of criteria & fear the pushchair I want doesn't exist!!!

My short list was p&t, Icandy pear, and the city select..........I have heard the Icandy is heavy as a single so as a double I cannot imagine how it would be, the p&t has no basket with 2 seats, and therefore I thought the city select.......the oyster max is 6mth plus for seats as I understand so I wrote this off from the start......this really is a minefield!!!!

I am no wiser"..........

The oyster max has one from birth lie flat seat and carrycot options so no need at all to write it off :-)

have a look at stroll air my duo online. this is the one we've decided on.