Its purpose is marred by failed toddler seat designNovember 11, 2008 Hello -
It looks like more than 150 people have reviewed this stoller already, so I'll keep this brief. Hopefully the engineers at Joovy are reading our feedback here...
I am disappointed in this stroller and am confused why it received such consistently high ranks on Amazon. The truth, I think, is in the reviews that get 3 stars or fewer.
My biggest complaint is that the sitting/standing toddler area is poorly designed. That is, when a car seat is in the front, the rear-facing toddler chair-back has to be pushed down to a roughly 70-degree angle. Our guy can't sit in there. It looks ludicrous.
Worse, when he is sitting in there, two bright red levers are in plain view that invite near-constant pushing. What are they? THE BRAKES! How many times do we walk down a busy sidewalk starting and stopping because those red levers are just too much fun?
I have minor complaints, too, about the "universal" mounting system for the infant car-seat, but I'm sure other people have delved into that already.
Sigh. We spent a lot of $ on this stroller. I have to give it just 2 stars because it fails at its key purpose, which is enabling an infant and a toddler to share a stroller.
-g
LOVE THIS STROLLER!!!!October 24, 2008 I absolutely love this stroller! I read all the reviews and did research on a variety of strollers and I definitely picked the best one for us. I have a three year old and one year old and the Joovy is awesome. My three year old loves that he can either sit or "take a ride". One review said that the front seat doesn't lay all the way back and although this is true, it does lean back more than I thought it would. My daughter that is one and rides in the front has taken a nap in there easily but may be difficult for smaller infants. I did not use the infant carrier b/c my little one is bigger but perhaps that is the answer for that issue. Overall, I love this stroller and can't find one thing that I don't like about it. It is very well made, easily to fold, and my new best friend!
Halfway Between a Single and Double With A Whole Lot of Heaven in BetweenOctober 21, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
greatOctober 9, 2008 This is a great stroller. It's not too big or bulky and manoeuvers really well. My kids love it.
Good fot two!October 8, 2008 This sroller is great. It is easy to push and turns easily in small spots. My only concern is that there isn't a lot of head room for the child sitting in the back, when you are using the car seat attachment (and a car seat) up front.
