UPPAbaby - Cruz V2 Stroller

I have 3. Uppababy Cruz is my everyday stroller, a BOB from fb marketplace is my winter/snow stroller, Mountain Buggy Nano is my travel stroller (has gone all over Canada, US, China, and Portugal). Love all three.

UPDATE: moved comment to where it belonged 🤦🏻♀️ sorry, OP! You're providing valuable information and I wasn't negating you at all! Original comment kept below, but meant as a reply to a different comment. ----- I've literally never seen them there and I spent many hours there trying to convince myself I needed and could afford a Bugaboo. (Surprise to no one, I didn't and I couldn't! Lol) Nuna, Uppababy, Silver Cross, Thule, Doona, Joolz, Cybex, sure. Chicco? Never. Maybe this is a new development? 🤷🏻♀️

Uppababy Cruz was what I had when I thought I only wanted one child. It's light compared to others, it folds up fairly compact and didn't take up all the trunk space in the car. It's narrow and fits through all the doors and is very easy to take on public transit. It has a huge under seat basket that's easy to reach into for shopping. The seat has a nice and big canopy with an inside UV extension that you can pull down or fold in, when it's pulled down it pretty much covers the entire seat and baby is perfectly shaded. I had an infant insert and my daughter had used it from about a week old. Now 9 years later after my first I'm pregnant with my second and plan to use the same Cruz I had with my first. It still works perfectly, we might get new replacement wheels but everything else has held up extremely well. It's a great stroller.

I started out with the Stokke Yoyo3 as my only pram (with the newborn pack) bc we live in a first floor with no lift apartment with not much space and I get public transport a lot. So it did make sense for us on paper but I ended up getting a secondhand Uppababy Cruz about 4 months in. The Yoyo is great and is awesome for getting around on public transport but I kind of wish I'd had the Cruz from the jump. I have to be so much more judicious with what I bring with the Yoyo bc there is very little storage (which makes sense obviously, it's a travel pram!) and if I'm taking a full size nappy bag I have to carry it, whereas with the Cruz I can throw everything in the basket and take bigger items like a picnic blanket. I just didn't factor in how much stuff I needed to lug around and honestly a big part of the reason I got another pram was just so I could put a pack of nappies in the basket which you can't really do with the Yoyo. I also like being able to talk and engage with my baby on walks when she's facing me, which isn't possible with the Yoyo for 6m+ as it only faces out. And the newborn pack was great at first bc she could lie flat and nap, but from about 4m she wanted to look out and look around so I'd constantly have to take her out. Plus it's just not the best for surfaces like grass, pebbles etc. All that said I genuinely do think the Yoyo is great lol, but it has worked much better as a second pram for me. I will say I rarely ever fold down the Cruz, the Yoyo now lives in our boot. If I were having to constantly fold it down into a car boot I might feel differently!

I'm on east coast and I didn't use my stroller outside until they were 12+ weeks... which was spring! It's not a hearty winter stroller though

Personally i don't think there is a stroller that will fit both 1 and 2. Usually strollers that are good in snow will be jogging strollers or at least strollers with larger wheels. Even uppababy vista will get stuck in the snow and slush. Personally I have an everyday stroller that's easy to fold (in my case I have a Cruz) and a secondary stroller for winter (i bought a BOB on marketplace for $100).

I have a 22 month old and just found out I'm pregnant with #2. I have the uppababy Cruz and bugaboo butterfly which are single strollers and don't regret those purchases. My toddler doesn't like sitting in strollers anymore but I'll probably get the riding board for the strollers I have in case she doesn't want to walk.

Second hand is the way to go. Also, you're going to use the travel stroller 99% of the time if you live in a city. Full sized strollers are just too hard to navigate. I bought a UB Cruz and a Minu and the Minu is always our go-to.

I've literally never seen them there and I spent many hours there trying to convince myself I needed and could afford a Bugaboo. (Surprise to no one, I didn't and I couldn't! Lol) Nuna, Uppababy, Silver Cross, Thule, Doona, Joolz, Cybex, sure. Chicco? Never. Maybe this is a new development? 🤷🏻♀️

I started with a Stokke Yoyo then got a Cruz and it was the best decision I've made post baby lol. It handles well on footpaths and in shopping centres, decently on grass, I love the big basket (it fits SO much), I like the versatility of having the seat recline or sit up and parent/outward facing options, and it's sturdy but not so big I feel awkward taking it on public transport.

I felt the same way! We ended up with the Uppababy Cruz V2 and we got it on sale (not a huge discount but I think it was 10-15% off). It depends how much you think you'll use it, but we live in Vancouver and walk everywhere including for grocery shopping and for daycare drop off and pick up. Our stroller was our one splurge and I have no regrets because the mileage we've put on that thing is crazy. We got pretty much all the other big ticket items second hand. We looked at buying a stroller second hand but the prices were still so high (like $800 for a 3 year old beat up looking Vista) and it didn't seem worth it but the resale market might be different near you. Other than looking at second hand, I would just think about how often you plan on using it and on what kind of terrain, and for what other purposes. For example since we do our grocery shopping with the stroller the basket size was a big thing for us. That should help you narrow it down. You can try out strollers at stores to get a feel for them. Then wait for sales! We got ours in June through a random sale.

I second the Uppababy Cruz or Vista. I have the Vista and it was expensive, but WORTH IT.

We have the Cruz... while it's great for walks and long strolls, it's pretty big and close to the same size as the vista. I had a compact car with our firstborn, and the stroller took the whole trunk. I ended up getting a babyzen yoyo as a travel stroller but I wish I would have gotten this stroller from the beginning and used the newborn kit/adapters.

This all makes sense. I would recommend finding a store with the Minu and Cruz so that you can compare sizes-you might decide you only need one (or, alternatively, that you definitely want both). We did an Uppababy travel system (Vista V2, Mesa car seat, bassinet) and found it super easy to use, even when flying. We gatechecked our Vista base and carried the car seat onto the plane, so you can do that with the Cruz or Minu.

I live in the suburbs and the stroller that hit the sweet spot for me was the UPPAbaby Cruz V2, not the Vista.

I have a Cruz and I absolutely love it. It's not the lightest pram, but tbf I only have a Stokke Yoyo3 to compare it to and everything is going to seem heavy next to that one! But I love how versatile it is with multiple seat positions and the huge basket.

Some stores to check out and explore options are: West coast kids (got my uppa baby here and the staff was wonderful and patient), Snuggle bugz or babies r us. I highly recommend going in and doing a test run of some of the ones you see online. I initially wanted a nuna and changed my mind after a store visit.

I have the Cruz and got the bugaboo when my toddler turned 14 months. I love it so much. It's so light, smooth to push, and compact. We never use the Cruz anymore but are keeping it for when we have baby #2.

I wanted an Uppababy and ended up having to just buy it online because I couldn't find it anywhere locally. I know Once Upon a Child in Monroeville and North Hills has used strollers, but it's very limited selection. But if you stalk their Instagram they usually post new things daily, so you can see if a side-by-side comes in.

We bought uppababy cruz v2 stroller and uppababy mesa v2 infant car seat. Both are well made, sturdy and extremely smooth to operate. Tip: Look for the locking front wheels option on the stroller since you mentioned gravel roads .

Live in Eastern Queens. Have a Vista and it's a beast/huge. It's like the SUV of strollers, used it through different neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs and different terrains outside the city during pumpkin and apple picking times/easy trails. When our kid was around 20 months we got a hand down GB Pockit stroller for the times she didn't want to walk or for city/travel use. The smaller Cruz/Minu may be better for a one fits all solution.