Need help with baby gear, particularly picking a double stroller

[Babina's Mommy]

I hope this is the right place. I need some help deciding on which double stroller to get. I need to order it probably today...I've been dragging my feet and need to get this done already. Here are the ones I've narrowed it down to: http://www.albeebaby.com/baby-jogger-city-micro-double-stroller-in-ocean.html 

http://www.albeebaby.com/peg-perego-2010-aria-twin-60-40-double-stroller-in-kiwi.html?utm_source=Google_Products&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=GoogleProducts 

I wanted the first one in the green but they're all out of that one. My story is that I have a newborn, 2 weeks old, a 1 yr old and a 3 yr old. Newborn will be mostly riding on me at first, in beco or my homemade slings and wraps. My 3 year old rides a lot of time still, but I'm thinking all 3 will take turns riding at some point. I like side-by-side strollers.

I currently have a double jogger that's a horrible ugly huge beast of a thing. I live in the woods and on dirt roads so that is a must...but for the last 21 months I've been lugging it in and out of our vehicle every single day, because we use a double stroller a whole lot, but I'm thinking that double jogger will be our at-home stroller and use it for around here and that way it can get dirty and gross too.

So which one would you pick? I'm thinking Peg Perego has more features like bigger storage basket underneath...and trays for the children. They say in the reviews the Baby Jogger basket is virtually useless and tiny. I was thinking I'd need a new diaper bag, one with a long strap to hang on the handlebars if I picked that one, which I was thinking about a new diaper bag anyway, I'm currently carrying a Vera Bradley backpack that is getting worn out and beat up because I'm thinking it wasn't meant to withstand that kind of abuse.

[osker]

I've used both and absolutely HATE the Aria. It's too light and feels cheap, to me. If you're going to be just using it in malls and such I'd get the double Maclaren that's also on that same website. I've had good luck with those in the past, they're sturdy and good on smooth surfaces.

[Babina's Mommy]

Thanks for the info...I actually had the Aria once, for like a day...it was an old one off of Craigslist...and just horrible quality. We used it once and I hated it and that's when we got the big honkin double jogger that we have now and I dumped the old Aria at a thrift store. Jogger is a Babytrend. Anyhow I was just thinking (hoping) that maybe the Aria got better since then. We will most likely be doing walking at parks and whatnot, which have paved surfaces.

[tzs]

i don't know about the micro but the city mini and its double are very well loved by several friends of mine. if it weren't for the fact that i wanted more off-road wheels (i have the phil and teds....but it's heavy), it would be city mini all the way. basically i think it's the lightest and easiest to fold of all the more durable nice strollers. the regular version also has an amazing sunshade that folds down so so far which seems like such a small detail, until you have a baby you're trying to get to sleep in it.

[chattyprincess]

Maclaren all the way. I hate the pegs suspension, when you have it loaded with anything mroe then 10 lbs of children it feels funny to turn ( I experince this same problem with lots of strollers especially when you get over the 30lbs of weight in them). We have a mac and love it. Especially for portablity they just fold up so nice and small!

[Shannie77]

I would also go with the Maclaren. They are so well made and great to push

[MamaKickyPants]

I don't know if you've already made your decision yet, but I wanted to chime in in favour of the baby jogger. We have a single City mini and we LOVE it. It is so easy to fold (we fold it every time we come in as we are short on space) and the sun/weather shade is great - three segments and actually comes low enough to block out sun. I have a McLaren single as well, which we like too, but I love how easily I can push the baby jogger with one hand (other hand is for coffee!)