Guides

8 shortlists, each saying what it ranks on

Nobody here is picking favourites and there is no test lab. Each list below is a filter and an order applied to the catalog, and it prints the rule at the top, so you can argue with the rule rather than with an opinion.

The Lightest Strollers You Can Use From Birth Without Buying Extras

39 qualifying strollers

Included when the seat is rated from birth or a bassinet is in the box, and the maker publishes the weight. Ordered by newborn lift weight: the stroller's weight, or its weight with the bassinet fitted where the maker gives that figure.

Travel Strollers Measured Against a 22 x 14 x 9 Inch Carry-On Limit

43 qualifying strollers

Every compact, travel or umbrella stroller whose maker publishes folded dimensions, sorted largest side first and compared with 22 x 14 x 9 inches side by side. Ordered by the largest overage, smallest first.

Strollers With the Tallest Published Handlebars

24 qualifying strollers

Included when the maker publishes a handlebar height whose top setting is 42 inches or more. Ordered by that top setting, then price. Makers that publish no heights are left out rather than guessed.

Strollers an Infant Car Seat Clicks Into Without an Adapter

33 qualifying strollers

Included when the maker's own page says a named infant seat attaches with no adapter. Ordered by price. An adapter that comes in the box does not count as no adapter.

Strollers Sold as Lightweight, Weighed Against the Catalog

38 qualifying strollers

Included when the maker calls the stroller lightweight (in its name, category or copy) and publishes a weight. Ordered by weight. The yardstick is the 22.38 lb median of every single stroller here with a published weight.

Double Strollers, Lightest First

26 qualifying strollers

Every stroller sold as a double, with a published weight. Ordered by weight, then price.

Jogging Strollers by Child Weight Limit

16 qualifying strollers

Every single jogging stroller. Ordered by the maker's child weight limit, highest first, then by stroller weight.

Strollers With the Largest Rated Baskets

39 qualifying strollers

Included when the maker rates the under-seat basket at 20 lb or more. Ordered by that rating, then price.

A list needs at least 3 qualifying strollers to exist at all; anything shorter is a comparison with a headline on it. How the catalog is built.