Customer Reviews

Bugaboo Frog Complete Stroller - Black

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3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Yes, the price is steep, but if you are a person who loves to walk, then this stroller is worth it. I spent 30 hours researching strollers, reading everything I could, asking friends with children for advice. Finally, the Bugaboo won out. It maneuvers beautifully, making walking a true pleasure. It can turn on a dime, which helps out hugely in stores and small cafes. It even motivates me to get out of the house and walk more often (sometimes two or three times a day!), benefitting me in the post-pregnancy weight loss area. A friend with a Peg Perego is switching to the Bugaboo, because as she says, the PP is like trying to walk a house on wheels. The Bugaboo is more like a Porsche.

A word to the wise, you'll want the Graco or Peg Perego car seat adaptor for those first few months.

Although the price is hard to swallow, this stroller is really awesome. The instructional cd is great in getting through all the features. It is unbelievably easy to fold and unfold, as well as use with our peg perego carseat (we bought the bugaboo adapters). We simply click our carseat onto the adapters. It is also very easy to get around tight corners which makes using it in stores a breeze. The wheels absorb almost all sidewalk bumps and our son sleeps peacefully through all our walks. It is lightweight, but feels very sturdy when in use. It truly is a beautiful and simple design, but also works as well (if not, better) as it looks.

Everytime I start to write a review for the Bugaboo, it turns into a novel. I will just bullet point the high & low-lights and help you to decide.

Pros: 1. Definitely the coolest looking, best-designed stroller in your play group. People WILL stop you and ask about it. 2. Integration of Graco/Peg car seat via adapter is great. 3. Pram/Seat features are fun & handy as child grows. 4. Handle tilt, two-wheel mode, reverse-facing options, brakes, tires, suspension are all top-notch design features, while mosquito net, rain-shield, and optional bag-hangers, diaper bag, foot-muff, umbrella all come in handy albeit pricey.

Cons: 1. It still takes up considerable space in your car. We have a wagon, so we have the room to give. 2. When collapsing, you have to balance the handle, lest it gets scratched up. 3. Storage capacity. Americans require storage for everything including drinks for Mom and baby, Europeans don't.(Remember, they don't really care about cup-holders in their cars. We require 2-3 per person) 4. Most obviously, price. This pram is pricey.

We bought the Bugaboo and have noticed we do walk more with our baby. For that reason alone, it has been worth the price. The added looks and cache are a bonus.

Pros
one hand steering ,

Cons
large and clumsy,akward 2 piece fold,not very stable,tipsy hard to fit inside small car

The Bottom Line
Avoid it if you have -back trouble
-limited on space
-small car
-busy -child older than 1 yr (too small for tall kids)

I was so exciteed about this stroller bought it after reading hip reviews and also liked the trendy style.Every Baby magazine I read protrayed this stroller as the coolest looking stroller on earth and used by all celebrities.But soon after I got it i was not very happy....

This stroller is HUGE !!and very clumsy,It has a akward 2 piece fold,and is not very stable and tipsy It is very hard to fit inside small car.It would hardly fit inside my BMW 330i which is NOT a very small car!This stroller Is much BIGGER than it looks in pictures.
To inform you this stroller is NOT for you if you have back trouble or had an epidural recently as it can cause severe back aches from bending over to fold it and also hard to open chassis which takes a full 5 mins sometimes to open while standing on the street with baby crying inside the car!
I ended up returning it within a week because I did not think it was worth the money.
Although this stroller is projected to be very light weight and user friendly it is a complete pain to open and store .It weighs 26lbs also which is not very light weight in my opinion My friends also thought it was too large to steer inside stores and malls.In fact I got more annoyed looks of store owners than compliments....because the tires are HUGE
If you need a stroller look at strollerqueen.com where there are tons of reviews for other better strollers which are much cheaper than this one and have other great features.Think twice before buying this one.Returning it is also hard as most stores will charge a 15% restocking fee if you return it.
Honestly I tried to love this stroller but I could not...If you have a HUGE Suv ,a strong back and can lift weights and walk a lot ourside I can see buying this stroller would be an option as it steers very well.However if you are limited on space,looking for a light weight stroller or hope to take it to the mall I would suggest passing on this one as it is simply a hassle to put together and although it is very very good looking stroller I don't think it is worth $729 for looks alone...

I've had this stroller for three years now. I've used it with both my kids (now 3 and 1). Wouldn't buy it again. Here are my thoughts

Cons
* Only fit my son until he was 2. He is 3 now and 35 lbs and there is no way he would be comfortable in it.
* Two pieces are VERY annoying. Getting this in and out of the car for a quick trip to the bank, or a run into the store gets old fast! It was also cheaper to buy another stroller than to buy the travel bag to go with this thing if you plan to travel with it on an airplane.
* Folded it is BIG. I've got a Passat Wagon and it takes up 1/2 the trunk.
* Stroller will tip over easily. Front wheels easily cause stroller to tip. If you hit a hole in the road, you could easily dump your kid out of the stroller.
* Don't try pushing this thing in the snow. If you live in a cooler climate where it snows, small amounts of slush will make your stroller unpushable because all the slush clogs up in the areas above the wheels.
* Storage space is VERY hard to access when you have the bassinet attached, is OK when the baby seat is being used.

Pros
* On even payment, pushes and turns like a breeze
* If you are in to Style you WILL get comments and looks when pushing this thing, but I personally didn't like this. I bought the stroller because I thought I was buying the best performing stroller on the market since I walk ALOT. I have since learned this is not true - there are MUCH better options out there and I always felt like pushing it made me look like a snob.
* Baby sits high and upright - my daughter likes that she can see what her brother is doing. If you push it next to the table, they are close to table height.

I love the look of this stroller. I admit, its beautiful. With my baby I wanted a stroller that had a bassinet. WHOA, but some of the criticisms about the Bugaboos ARE warranted. Yes, once you figure out how to put the stroller together and use it, it's a bit easier, but it IS bulky and takes up a LOT of space. The only thing I'm not sure about is if ALL strollers are bulky and take up a lot of space (besides the umbrella strollers). I have to say, we were on vacation and I had to buy a inexpensive "umbrella" stroller from Target and I LOVED it so much more than my Frog. (I really hate to say that). But it was sooooooooooooooo easy to get around and maneuvered very well. I thought, wow, spent $800 on my Frog and like my $20 stroller better. :(

I also admit, I didn't read ALL the instructions and got stuck a few times trying to figure out how to detach the Frog. Goodness, it was FRUSTRATING!!!! Especially if you have a tired crying infant in the summer heat. NOT FUN.

If you buy this stroller, PLEASE WATCH THE CD/DVD and MAKE SURE you READ the instructions CAREFULLY so you know how to use the stroller. It is TOO EXPENSIVE if you end up not knowing how to use the stroller.

My daughter is now 16 months old & this has been the only stroller we have needed. Some friends of ours are on their third stroller, with a baby the same age. So, the price is well worth it. Everything is great about this stroller, just like everyone said. But, I do have a couple major complaints. There is no cup holder for the adult & no cup holder for the child. With my daughter being older now, a snack tray would buy me some extra time. I ended up buying an after market snack tray for my daugher, which works ok. I also bought the attachable diaper bag, cause else there's no where to put anything. It is a great stroller & I would buy it again.

After foolishly purchasing a heavy travel system by graco before my daughter was born, I realized after few days of using it how big, bulky, uncomfortable and unattractive it looked. As a first time parent I didn't understand how important strollers were and the wide range of quality (and not-so-good-quality) strollers that were out on the market. When my friend first mentioned how she loved her bugaboo stroller, I thought she was crazy for spending $800 but I couldn't help but to fascinated with this sleek, cool-looking stroller. After hours and hours of research and convincing my husband (he thought I was crazy for even thinking about purchasing this stroller) I finally made up my mind to purchase it...and to this day I do not regret my decision. I don't think its too big or bulky and I do not think the 2 part fold system is that hard to do. When I was reading about this product online, most parents recommended it for 'city-dwellers" claiming that it is a hassel to fold and unfold but as a suburban mom who is constantly in and out of the car, I do not think this stroller is that difficult to use. Yeah you do have to bend over at times to open it but how bad is a little bending over for the comfort of your baby as well as yourself, the driver? Plus my husband and I now have a little "trick" of opening the stroller right out of our SUV which doesnt require too much work. The basket is not too small (contrary to some parents' claims) and I've never had a problem fitting my medium-sized diaper bag, shopping bags, lunch box, etc. I love how it has the brakes right on the handlebar and the forward and rear-facing feature which was a MUST for me. The ride is unbelievable and smooth...not to mention its cool design. No other stroller out on the market beats this one and if you can afford it, definitely go for it. I decided to save money on other baby things and splurge on a stroller since it'll be like a car that our baby rides in every time we're out. We're now expecting a second baby and we definitely can't afford another bugaboo so we're planning to purchase a more light-weight umbrella stroller for our 17-months old daughter and pass this on to our new addition. But its been good for us and our first daughter and am sure that it'll last without a problem with our second one as well. And my husband now loves this stroller as much as I do.

i do like this stroller. i wasn't crazy about spending the money on it and was concerned that it was more of a status symbol than anything else. but the truth is, it is actually very nice and worth the extra money if you have it. we used to have a maclaren which we did like but was still inconvenient in tight places like restaurants or subways - it's very good for a city dweller.

When my husband first heard about this stroller, he absolutly refused to even concider it. The price completely turned him off and he vowed that he would never spend that much on a stroller. When we were in the store picking out strollers, I was looking at the bugaboo (out of curiousity, there was no way I was getting it at that point) and a shopper came over to me and told me it is a terrible stroller because it is hard to open and close. We ended up getting the peg perego venezia because i wanted a lot of features, and I was willing to suffer with a larger stroller if it had good features. I used the peg perego for 6 months and I hated it. It has terrible meneuverability and is an extremely inconvenient stroller (and it wasn't cheap either!) so I finally convinced my husband to take a look at the frog. We bought it and now he doesn't know how he ever used anything else. He loves it and he tells all our freinds about how worth while a purchase it is (if you can afford it). It is so easy to open and close and I am able to do it while holeding my daughter - its tricky, but once you get the hang of it, its a breez! The frog has a reversable handle, and i cant tell you how many times that came in handy, at resteraunts, on the train, at the doctors office - sometimes you need that handle out of the way! The seat is reversable, which is great for keeping the sun out of your little one's eyes and also its great to have the option of whether to looka tyour baby or to let your baby look at the world. The menuevarability is unbelievable, it goes over bumps, snow, ice, sand- everything! It is like the SUV of strollers.
If you were hesitant before, I hope thsi convinced you - it is an expensive stroller but worth every penny!