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If you're eager for convenience features such as snack trays, drink holders, reversible canopies, fenders and adjustable handlebars, you might want to check our report on full-featured strollers. All of these extras add weight to the total package, so you face a tradeoff between weight and features. Full-featured strollers weigh 20 pounds or more, while lightweight and umbrella strollers weigh 15 pounds or less, for the most part.
Double umbrella strollers are covered in our report on double strollers.
Sport or jogging strollers are all-terrain strollers with three large wheels mounted to a lightweight frame. They can handle rough and uneven terrain, but can be difficult to maneuver and don't fold as compactly as other strollers. See our report on jogging strollers for more information.
If you've got a newborn, you might want to skip an umbrella stroller for now and look at our reports on car seat strollers instead. These travel systems let you pop an infant carrier from the car to the stroller without waking a sleeping baby.
Stroller recalls are common. It's a good idea to check with the Consumer Products Safety Commission for recall information and updates.
Baby-gear resource "Baby Bargains" has a companion blog that covers recalls and upcoming stroller models. Parents trade advice and insight on the website's stroller forum.
ConsumerSearch.com's Productopia blog includes posts on umbrella strollers, including parent reaction to Maclaren's recall of more than a million strollers after 12 children had their fingers amputated in Maclaren hinges.
The New York Post investigated the Maclaren recall and found that the company knew about the amputation hazard since 2004, when a Connecticut family sued the company, saying their toddler son lost his finger in a Maclaren hinge. The Daily Mail (U.K.) reports that Maclaren did not provide protective hinge covers for its U.K. customers as it has done in the U.S., and that Maclaren has agreed to compensate 40 U.K. children whose fingers were amputated, broken or otherwise harmed.
Manufacturers' websites have a wealth of information, including specifications and recalls:
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