Chicco Cortina

Among budget-priced, full-featured strollers, the Chicco Cortina stands out for its relatively blemish-free record with reviewers. Weighing about 4 pounds less than the top-rated Graco Quattro Tour Sport (*Est. $170), the 22-pound Cortina comes with useful features like height-adjustable handles and full recline for newborns. We found a few complaints about the plastic wheels. But overall, reviewers say this stroller stands up well to everyday use. The Cortina doesn't make out as well in professional evaluations as the Graco Quattro Tour Sport, however.

We usually rank "Baby Bargains" or ConsumerReports.org as our top reviewer, but newcomer Cookie magazine actually has the best coverage of the Chicco Cortina. Editors at Cookie base their ratings on feedback from parent testers, who go into considerable depth about each stroller's strong points and weak spots. "Baby Bargains" has a good, balanced assessment of Chicco's strollers in general, along with a short section specific to the Cortina. When it comes to rigorous controlled testing, though, Consumer Reports continues to be the gold standard. To complete the picture, we also looked at user reviews on Amazon.com.