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@Rainbow Sprinkles: The City Select is far and away the best option for both kids to have a good view. But for me I found it to be really clunky and difficult to fold/put in a car so it wasn't a good option. We have the UB Vista and once we have two we'll put the Rumble seat and the Piggyback board on there (they can be attached at the same time). I figure that most of the time the older child will want to walk or ride on the piggyback and will probably only get in the seat if they need to rest/sleep in which case the view doesn't matter much.

I have at least three friends who own the city select and love it!

We are having #2 this year (they'll be 15 months apart) and are saving our pennies to purchase it as well. it doesn't have the view problem that so many other jump seats do!

And here! http://www.hellobee.com/2012/07/16/stroller-options-for-2-kids/

I have the B-Ready and love it. It is bigger than the B Agile but I think if you are toting around two kids, the extra size is worth it. They have lots of seat configurations.

I've heard that the view isn't as great, but lots of people say that their toddlers LOVE it down there. Its also closer to the ground so its easier for the toddlers to climb in and out.

I have the Britax B-Ready. I am only using it for a single child right now. I LOVE IT!!!
Love how it manuvers and how small is fold up. I ha e a small car so thats def a perk.

I haven't been using ours as a double yet, but we bought the b-ready in particular because of the way the second seat works on it. The second seat goes on and off so easily, and you still have a good amount of cargo carrying ability with it. The car seat adapter goes on either seat, and the seats have a ton of flexibility in the way you configure them.

As a single, the stroller handles and folds easily (it is a 2 hand fold, but I have never found that to be an issue). It pushes really easily, and I have had tons of compliments from strangers on how it looks, and a few older ladies have mentioned that it looks like it handles really easily. I know a co-worker of mine, after seeing it a few times actually bought one for her daughter.

We have the Graco version of the sit and stand. I think it's called the Ready 2 Grow, or something similar? It has a regular front seat and the back seat comes off the accommodate a child sitting on a lower bench seat or standing on the kickboard. It has like 12 different configurations that can be used with two kids ranging from 0 to 5 (or so). For as much as we use the stroller, I like it. It also has a big basket, which is great for when we walk to the park for a picnic!

@Rainbow Sprinkles: Yeah, it doesn't just click in and out. We asked at Buy Buy if we could just remove it and they said it wouldn't be that easy.

That was one of the benefits of the City Select to me, that if we only had the younger child, we could use it as a single stroller. But DH and I weren't huge fans of the CS, especially the maneuverability. Maybe if we weren't using it right at the same time as the b-ready, we wouldn't have disliked it that much. But the CS frame is so long with 2 seats and the b-ready is so much more compact and handles so much better.

Also, if you're concerned about toddler visibility, you could buy another attachment to put the infant carrier on the bottom instead of the 2nd seat. Obviously you'd probably need the 2nd seat at some point, but I'm sure even with the extra attachment it'll still be much cheaper than the city select. But I have seen a lot of reviews saying toddlers generally like to sit back there.

@Rainbow Sprinkles: Yeah, it was a beast. Meanwhile, the b-ready I could lift with both seats attached and drive with one hand, even with the weight we added to simulate 2 kids.

ETA: But they did tell us at Buy Buy that the CS is a super popular stroller, more than the Britax. We just didn't love it as much. No fancy baby boutiques that might carry one or both?

I don't have the Phil & Teds, but a good friend of mine does. The one drawback I see is that you lose basket storage with the bottom seat attached. Their feet go in the basket, leaving little room for extra stuff.

We bought the city select for this reason.

We have the Britax B-Ready but haven't tested it with two seats yet. I originally wanted the B-Agile but then later decided that a stroller that would convert to hold 2 babies would probably be better. I have no complaints of the B-Ready for a singleton and am actually excited for when I get to add that second seat! We were down to the City Select vs B-Ready, but I ended up liking the B-Ready more because I didn't like how on the City Select the front baby is essentially the "bumper". On the B-Ready, a bit of the front chassis / wheel protrude beyond the front kid and it just seemed safer to me. Also, the B-Ready second seat fully reclines so it can accommodate a newborn - I thought this was neat because (1) for walks just in the neighborhood toddler can be in top seat while baby sleeps in reclined second seat, (2) for trips involving car ride, baby gets car seat attached to top and toddler sits in second seat (which I read that they like) with no need for a second seat car seat adapter. So only really one additional purchase of a second seat would be needed to welcome the second kid assuming you will re-use same infant car seat for second kid.

@MsLipGloss: I agree on the B-Ready having better multiple seating arrangements than the UBV. It seems with the UBV, the top kid would be constantly kicking the bottom kid. =P

We have the britax b-ready but I haven't used it with the second seat yet. Wait until the summer and they usually have a sale where if you buy the stroller you can get the second seat free. So far, I love it. Folds up easily and the top seat can face forward or backward. I did lots of research before we bought it and it just seemed like the best option for the price.

@MsLipGloss: LOL I totally can hear that too.

We never actually got a double pram. DS was 2 when DD was born, he continued to use the pram we always used with him and we bought a carrier for DD. so he would be in the pram or walking and I would be wearing DD. For us, it was a much better arrangement than a double pram, fitting it in the car and the initial cost of it after we bought an expensive pram for DS.

I do know people who use the phil and teds pram and loved it, and I know someone who has the city select one. It looked HUGE, not something I would want to use on a daily basis.