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Mountain Buggy Cosmopolitan and BJ City Versa?

laurel22laurel22 member
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Does anyone have any real experience with either of these strollers?  They each have some pros that I really like and some cons that are annoying, but I'm down to a decision between these two.  They're both new models, so it's hard to find a lot of user reviews besides a handful on Amazon.

My concerns with the two strollers are:

Mountain Buggy:  Seat back height is short at 17" (City Versa is 21.5" and UppaBaby Vista is 19").  DS #1 is very tall, and we expect DS #2 will be as well.  DS #1, who is 3 yrs 3 mos, was much too tall for the seat when we tried it out at a store today (although he won't ride in it).

City Versa:  The basket isn't as good, and you have to buy a separate bassinet (Mountain Buggy seat becomes a lie-flat bed).  Also, I don't love the car seat attachment on Baby Joggers for Graco car seats (we have a City Mini from DS #1 and a Graco Snugride and I never liked the car seat attachment).

Thanks!
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Re: Mountain Buggy Cosmopolitan and BJ City Versa?

  • AKB090609AKB090609 member
    I have a versa, I love it, I think the basket is huge. If you want a bassinet I think they make their own or you can use the Britax one with the britax car seat adapters (or so I've been told).
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  • laurel22laurel22 member
    Thanks for the input! I went back to BBB today and spent some time with both strollers again. Def going with the City Versa. The Mountain Buggy seat was waaaay too short. If DS #2 is anything like DS #1, he will outgrow that seat before he is 2! Question for you... Does the seat fabric come off the frame for washing? I know the fabric on my City Mini does. Also, what color do you have? I am considering the silver but worried about it getting really dirty. Thanks again! Shoulda figured I would like the Versa, since I love my other two BJ strollers.
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    I have yet to try to take the fabric off, as the stroller is new, but I think you can order replacement covers for the seat so my guess is it is easy (as seems to be the trend for bj). I have black because it was on super sale, I also prefer black for resale. I am also excited for the new gt wheels that are coming out this spring, they sound great for a bit rougher terrain and winter weather!
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  • laurel22laurel22 member
    I found the product manual on Baby Jogger's website, and yes, you can remove the seat fabric!  Yay!  I will probably also order the GT wheels when they're available, since I plan to head to our local lake, park, and pool club a lot while I'm on maternity leave this spring/summer.  Funny, the only color that is NOT on sale on Amazon right now is the black!  All of the other colors are on sale for $289, so I think I'm going to do the silver.  I saw it in the store and it's really nice-looking.  Just wanted to make sure I could clean it!  :-)  I'm confident this is going to be a good stroller - my City Mini and Summit XC have been rock stars with DS #1!
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  • laurel22laurel22 member
    CK2MD said:
    I have the Versa too and love it. The basket is huge. I have the green. We used a Snap n Go for the first few months (which I hated) and didn't buy the Versa until LO was >6 months old, so I can't speak to the bassinet/carseat attachment question. We have washed the fabric twice without issue. FYI, all colors are on sale for $289 on albeebaby.com right now, which is a great price!
    I had a Snap N Go for DS1 as well, and while I loved the huge basket, I hated it in all other aspects.  This time we're getting a "real" stroller and a huge basket was one of the "must haves".  I initially assumed the basket on the Versa was going to be small, because the baskets on our other two BJ strollers were small and hard to access, but I was pleasantly surprised at how gigantic it was!  I was won over by the Versa after playing with it for a good half hour today.  Thanks for your input, and yes, I saw the $289 price on Amazon today as well!
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