Customer Reviews

Baby Trend Double SnapNGo Navy

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4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

When we found out we were having triplets, we like all other multiple parents bought a stroller to accommodate all the babies. The stroller is so large that we can not even fit it into a mini van. We have to purchase a large SUV or Full size van to go anywhere.
We bought the Latch Lock carriers from baby trend and we just love them. When we saw the stroller that went along with them. We decided to order the Double Snap N Go.
The stroller comes all put together, you just need to snap on the wheels. Then comes the fun part. The stroller is made for many different brands of carriers. You find the carrier you are using in the instruction manual and then you remove bars or rearrange them to fit your carrier. It is very simple and all the parts are well labeled.
The carriers just snap on to the top, just like when you snap them into the base that is in the car. There is a strap that goes over the lower half of the carrier to prevent it from rocking or coming off the stroller. It is great because you do not have to unsnap your baby from the car seat and them snap them into the stroller. No need to transfer toys and blankets from car seat to stroller. What a time saver.
It is very light weight and easy to set up. I pull it out of the trunk and just snap and lock it into place. I then just snap the carriers in place and we are off. It takes up the same amount of room that a normal single travel system would take up.
For all you shoppers out there. I took the stroller into a women's clothing store and was able to easily navigate the store. The stroller handles very well. The front wheels are adjustable. You can set them for straight ahead or let them rotate.
Because we have 3 babies, we easily become a tourist attraction. The stroller handles so well that I was able to move swiftly and accurately through spectators and display racks.
We love the Double Snap N Go so much that we have asked for the Single Snap N Go for our Baby Shower.

I dont know about anyone else but when you finally get your baby to sleep in his or her car seat the last thing you want is to wake them up to go shopping. I purchased the frame for use with my graco carseats, installation of the seats is simple and its easy to navigate around on a level surface. Its a purchase worth while for use with newborns. Once the seats are in place only small items can be placed in the basket below.

I am the mother of five beautiful children, ages 6, 5, 3, and one year old twin girls. I searched everywhere for a stroller that would be compact, easy to use, lightweight, compatible with infant car seats, and, "gulp" manueverable. I am delighted to be able to report that this stroller is all of the above. I bought it before the twins were born, (in fact they came home from the hospital in it) and I am still using it today, on their first birthday.

Regarding the things that I like about this stroller:
Lightweight: I knew that my recovery this time was going to be a bit harder. The twins were born by c-section and I was scared about straining those abdominal muscles too much, too soon. We tested out the graco duoglider and the other standard travel systems out there, but was bitterly dissappointed by their 40lb+ weigh-ins. Going with a stroller that could not accomodate infant car seats (ours are graco snugrides, love them!!!) was not an option, something we had learned well after three other children. The snap 'n go caught my eye at a Burlington Coat Factory Baby Depot, and I was pleasantly suprised to discover that it weighs only 11lbs. Literally a fraction of its competition. I was able to manuever it into the back of our Toyota Sienna very easily even at just a few days post-partum.
Compact: When you finally figure out precisely how to fold this stroller, it takes up very little space. We set it upright in the back of the Sienna, and secure it in place with a bungee cord. (Around the top tethers of the car seats in the back row, if you don't have those, you can use the cargo hooks in the same way.)It is so narrow and thin that it can be placed either along the back row upright, or along the side wall of the trunk, also upright. Of course, it may be placed on the floor of the trunk very easily, but why would anyone want to do that? I can go to Sam's Club and get four boxes of diapers and two weeks worth of groceries in the back of a minivan with a little creativity and my fabulous stroller.
Manueverability: When I fully load the huge basket, the stroller does get a little unweidly (read, I must use both hands) but most of the time it only requires one handed steering. In fact, at the grocery store I can push the stroller and pull the cart down the aisles with relative ease. If I start to get tired, or my wrist starts to ache, I can just pull the stroller and push the grocery cart, and it works just as well. It does take a little time to get used to wide turns around the ends of the aisles with this method, but it works, and that's what counts.
Style: The pictures on-line really don't do this stroller justice. With the car seats attached, it really looks sleek. I have come to hate anything that makes us look bigger, bulkier, or just more frumpy than we already are. It is also very easy to clean with just a damp cloth. If you get the parent tray dirty, it is detachable and can be placed on the top rack of a dishwasher. The vinyl/ nylon, and net on the basket can be easily refreshed with a steam cleaner (also great for refreshing car seats and sour milk soaked straps). With a few minutes of TLC you can appear in public with a great looking stroller. And yes, it is small enough that sometimes people don't realize it is a double stroller until they have passed you. You new or expectant moms out there may not yet appreciate the value of a stroller that doesn't call attention to you, but consider this: at worst, all those people stopping to admire your babies and talk to you may or may not have the latest bug going around, and at best they add precious minutes to your errand time, and when your errands must take place between feedings, wasted time can be a real bummer.
Durability: My loving husband has a job and an injury that often prevents him from taking part in routine things like grocery shopping. As a result, I have to be out and about with all five children nearly everyday, and many times twice or three times a day. That is at least 365 times that I have set up, pushed around, and re-collapsed the stroller, and it still performs beautifully. DO take care of it though. Ramming it against curbs and things like that would put undue stress on the wheels and supports. When going over a curb, move to the front of the stroller, lift up the front wheels by the support just under the front baby, and set them on the curb, it really is that easy. The twins have not yet outgrown their infant car seats, and I loathe the day that they do, because it means I will have to find another option for my outings.

Things I do not like about this stroller:
Details: It can be a bit fussy. The front wheels need to be turned a certain direction so the stroller can fold all the way down. This is easily accomplished by pulling the stroller backwards a foot or so before collapsing it, and making sure the wheels stay in that direction until fully collapsed. Not a big deal really, unless you haven't figured that out yet, and then it is quite frustrating. Also, other children walking nearby can accidentally catch the locking mechanism on the front wheels, preventing them from being able to turn. All of a sudden it is much less manueverable, and you have to stop everything to align the wheels and unlock them. Also, the storage bag on the bottom is huge, but hard to get to. Many times I have put both babies on the stroller, only to have to take one off because I forgot to put the diaper bag in first. Also, I have had to go for a backpack style diaper bag with a full front zipper so that I can get to the diapers inside without removing a car seat. It seems like there should be a better way to access all the contents in that voluminous space. Likewise, that storage space is only rated for five pounds. Any more weight than that, and the bag sags low enough to interfere with the turning of the front wheels. Now, what diaper bag meant for twins weighs less than five pounds? I have just learned to deal with it, but that would be a great redesign for the future. I'd love to see it able to accomadate more adventurous terrain as well. Some sturdier and larger wheels, with some tread would be great. Even some little shocks or springs for the wheels would be helpful in keeping the little sleeping ones asleep.

Last word: I would buy this again in a second if the need came. I have recommended this to many mothers of multiples, and will continue to do so. The only reason I gave this product a review of four stars out of five was becuase I think a few minor redesigns could substantially improve product enjoyment, and it is always the little things that make the biggest difference.

I have told so many people how much I love this stroller. It opens with a "snap," and folds up quickly. The release buttons are a little difficult to push, but it's probably like that deliberately, so one does not inadvertently close the stroller while the baby is in it. You can open and close the stroller with one hand if you have to. And you can push the stroller with one one hand for short periods of time. There's a cup holder for both mom and baby. The basket is large enough for my diaper bag plus some groceries. It says the basket has a limit of 5 pounds, but it carries much more. Putting the stroller together took a little time, but was well worth it. It fits more models (such as Evenflo) than it says it does. This stroller is extremely light and easily fits in my trunk.

Lets face it, it is not easy to walk and carry an infant carrier & now this product has made it much easier!! I would not live with out this product. It is very light weight and compact so you can take it every where. The only problem I had with the product was the storage basket. Once the infant carrier was in place, you couldn't really get anything into or out of the storage basket underneath. The cup holder was a great place to store bottles, pacifiers or car keys. They may have changed the storage basket since I first purchased my Snap N Go, so check it out before you buy it. Even if the storage is still hard to get to, the rest of the stroller is priceless!! I would say that all new mom's deserve this as a gift, it is a BIG HELP.

Here's the straight answer: If you are having twins, buy this stroller. It is light, easy to maneuver, fits two infant carseats, and it's cheap! I researched forever to find a stroller when our twins came along, and this was definitely the answer.

PROS:
price, light weight, easy to use, big basket to store stuff, cup holder/tray for mom

CONS:
it's pretty big (but so are all of the rest of the double strollers), you will replace it when the babies grow out of their infant seats but that is outweighed by the price, a bit hard to maneuver with one hand, owner's manual/configuration instructions totally suck, but you can figure it out (we used it with the Peg Perego seats and where it told me to put the bars was not where they should have gone; we figured it out eventually and it's fine)

I've been using this for 3 months now with my twins. I really like it because it is easy to get it in and out of the car and get it folded and unfolded quickly. It's been a hard winter here in Boston, and I don't have to spend a lot of time messing around trying to get the stroller set up.

At first we were a little unsure of how safe it was because there's just a hook and a strap to hold the baby seats in, but we've had absolutely no problems with that. The carseats go in easily and stay in.

We took this for a walk on the beach over New Years, and while it wasn't easy, both my husband and I pulled on it, when we stayed on the packed sand, it was doable. We've also been able to plow it through slushy snow. Considering that this stroller was not made to do either of those, it's pretty impressive. Our friend showed us how to lock the front wheels in place, and that made the "off roading" much easier.

I had to get rid of this stroller once and for all :(. My first set of twins used a graco duo glider, (it could hold infand carriers) BUT IT WAS HORRIBLE! For my second set of twins I got the Aria MT Twin, but that doesnt fully reqline or hold infant carriers! So I was really stumped and thought that before I could sell my duo glider I would HAVE to use it. My friend gave me THIS! HORRAY!! It is very simple to put in almost any infant carrier, (We had sunrider, Graco). It is very small and easily fit into my trunk. I now could use a stroller without having to wake my sleeping infants, (With 2 twins the last thing you want to do it wake them!) and put them into a stroller. I also didnt have to use the duo glider for the infant carriers, so I sold it. I love that it has space for my things and drinks, the basket can accomidate plenty, (diaperbag, purse, small shoping bag...) and I really loved it. It was very sturdy and easy to move. I agree with the other reviewer, it IS descrete!I can no longer use this stroller since my boys are 8 months old. I really loved it and recomend it to parents who do not own a stroller that hold infant carriers, or for moms who hate their duo gliders! (If you are looking for something for after the kids outgrow it, I recomend the Aria twin!) Since I have such a great double stroller, letting go is a little hard, but not too bad!

I purchased this stroller to transport my twins. I had planned to use this until my babies were old enough to ride in my Peg Perego Aria Twin (not a fully reclining stroller, so not recommended for newborns). I love the convenience of having a travel system without the added weight of the regular travel system stollers. The Double Snap-n-Go also has a huge basket and great parent's tray. Unfortunately, the stoller is very difficult to push on smooth surfaces like you would find inside stores. The front wheels tend to over-rotate making it really difficult to manuever. I really feel like I'm fighting the stroller whenever I take it to the mall. It performs better outside on concrete or asphalt where there's more traction. Its too bad the stroller is so difficult to handle because I really like everything else about it.

I had the single Snap N' Go for my singleton and found it very useful. When I found out I was having twins, I was happy to find there was a double version available. However, it has not worked out as well as I expected. One of the seats pitches forward (I use it with Graco Snug fit car seats), so one of the girls is always uncomfortable. It is so long that it is difficult to steer, and barely fits in the back of my minivan ('04 Nissan Quest). I have yet to get it to close completely. It is also very heavy. I spend too much time wrestling with this thing. Regret the purchase, wish I would have gone with a travel system.