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I have the bob and I love it!

Depends, do you want to spend the extra money on the BOB? I have the Britain B-Agile and don't see why you couldn't jog with it.

The B-Agile is not a jogging stroller and won't be suitable for jogging. The small wheels and inability to lock the front wheel straight will make it difficult to run with the stroller comfortable and safely. When you lock the front wheel of a swivel-wheel jogging stroller, it extends the length of the stroller making it safer for jogging. Also when you hit a pebble with the front wheels of the B-Agile it will shake the whole stroller (while running) because the wheels are so tiny, as compared to a 12" rubber wheel on a jogging stroller which will glide over most bumps without you or your LO feeling it much at all.

I don't have a BOB, but I have a Baby Jogger Summit XC, which is a very comparable stroller with a 12" front swivel wheel that you can lock. My choice was between the Bob Revolution and the Baby Jogger. I chose the Baby Jogger (last year) because Bob had just upped their MSRP by $50. The strollers are very similar is size, shape, and features. The Baby Jogger Summit has a handle in the bottom of the seat that you can pull with one hand to fold and carry the stroller. It is truly a one-hand fold stroller. It is very easy for me to toss this stroller around and get it in an out of the trunk of our sedans. The rear wheels (on both the Bob and the Baby Jogger) pop off with the push of a button, and with the wheels off it folds up smaller than most regular strollers.

We use the Baby Jogger Summit as our only stroller and I love it. It can be slightly more difficult to navigate at the mall, since the rear wheels are set a bit wide, but compared to my travel system that I used for the first few weeks before we invested in the jogger, I don't have more trouble than I did with the travel system stroller. (I don't know how narrow the B-Agile is in comparison.) The swivel wheel makes it really turn on a dime though, and I do go to the mall with this stroller and it works just fine, although I do sometimes have to go around a rack to get to where I want to be. We use it a few times a week and it is very comfortable for DS.

If you really want to jog/run with this stroller, I urge you to go for a true jogging stroller. It will be safe and efficient for running, but also convenient enough for daily use. And when LO is still using an infant carseat, you can get an adapter to use it with the jogger (Bob and Baby Jogger have these available) so that you don't have to wake baby getting in and out of the car.

The only thing I wouldn't do with this stroller is fly with it, since I wouldn't want it to get damaged and without taking the wheels off, it won't go through the scanners in security.

If you'll be walking/jogging mainly from home, get the BOB. I have the Britax and it's not at all suitable for jogging, though it handles well on our bumpy sidewalks. My solution was to get the Britax (because we live *just* outside the city, therefore we're using it in the city and suburbs...lots of in and out of the car) and a cheaper jogging stroller because I'm not a faithful runner. And you can lock the front wheel on the Britax, but it's kind of a pain to use that way.

I don't know much about the Britax, but we bought the BOB last month as REI was having a big sale on it. We got the stroller and the carseat adapter for $400, saving us easily $100. Our LO isn't due until 10/9 so I can't tell you how it is yet, but using it around our lawn it handles wonderfully. We have a lot of dirt walking/jogging trails near our house and I wanted something that could withstand that. In the BabySteals 2012 book, they rated that one along with 2 others as the best all-terrian strollers. I didn't want to buy a jogging stroller and another stroller for shopping/day trips so I felt the BOB was a perfect all-in-one stroller for us. In addition, I did register for the skelleton stroller frame for our carseat to use on quick trips to the supermarket or mall.

OH, and one more quick thing... REI is a Co-Op (which I didn't know until recently). We paid a $20 lifetime membership fee which gives you 10% in dividends at the end of the year. The major selling point for me though is that they give full refund on all purchases no matter when you return it. They said I could literally use the stroller for 6 months and decide to return it and we would get our money back. I thought that was amazing!