Best Strollers for Twins

For newborn twins, the Graco Ready2Grow 2.0 is the pick: it is one of very few mainstream doubles that holds two infant car seats at the same time, which is the specification that decides this whole category. Everything else is secondary. If you are already in the Evenflo ecosystem, the Pivot Xpand does the same job and keeps converting as they grow; if budget is no object, the UPPAbaby Vista V3 carries two bassinets on one frame and is the nicest thing to push. And the honest caveat up front: we do not currently carry a dedicated side-by-side twin stroller, which is a legitimate alternative and the one many twin parents end up with. We would rather say that than pretend a tandem is the only answer.

Per how we pick, this page is built from the published car-seat compatibility and seat limits each maker states, not from a test we ran with twins. We have not pushed two newborns around a parking lot. What we have done is apply one filter ruthlessly — two infant seats, from birth, at the same time — and tell you which of the doubles we already recommend fail it.

Why the usual double-stroller advice does not apply

Our double stroller roundup is the right page for the common case: an older sibling who sits or stands, and a baby. Twins invert every assumption in it.

• Both passengers are newborns at once. A newborn cannot use a stroller seat; they ride in an infant car seat or a bassinet. So you need two of whichever it is, on one frame, at the same time. Most doubles hold exactly one infant seat.
• A sit-and-stand is useless. The rear platform needs a child who can stand and hold on. With twins you have two babies who cannot sit, let alone stand. The Joovy Caboose LX is a fine stroller and it is on our doubles list; for twins it is the wrong tool, and so is any sit-and-stand for roughly the first year.
• The weight limits are hit together, not in sequence. With a toddler and a baby you outgrow one seat at a time. Twins reach every limit within weeks of each other, which makes the lower of the two seat limits the one that matters.

The two-infant-seat table

The single column that decides this is the third one. Figures are the seat limits and car-seat compatibility each maker publishes, as recorded in our catalog.

Note what the “yes” rows have in common: they are brand-locked. The Ready2Grow takes two Graco infant seats; the Pivot Xpand takes two Evenfloones. This is the most expensive mistake in twin gear — buying the frame and the car seats from different brands and discovering the adapters do not exist. Decide the car seat and the stroller together, and check our will my car seat fit my stroller guide before you order either one.

Tandem or side-by-side: the trade you are actually making

All three of our from-birth picks are tandems or convertibles, not side-by-sides. That is partly what our catalog carries and partly a real argument, so here is both sides honestly.

A tandemstays single-width, which means it goes through a standard doorway, a store aisle and an accessible restroom. Its cost is length: it is long, it turns wide, and the rear passenger usually gets the lesser seat and the lesser view. The Ready2Grow's own trade-off is exactly that — the front seat does not recline as flat as some rivals and the long frame is less nimble than a side-by-side.

A side-by-side gives both twins the same seat, the same recline and the same canopy, which matters when they are both newborns and will matter again when they are both toddlers arguing about who is in front. Its cost is width: many are too wide for a standard 30-inch doorway, and you will learn which shops you cannot enter. We do not currently list one, so if that is the direction you want, this page is not the one that will pick it for you.

What we would actually buy, in order

If you want one decision rather than a list: buy the Graco Ready2Grow 2.0plus two Graco infant seats. It is the cheapest route to a frame that works from the hospital, Graco's infant seats are the ones we already rank highly in best infant car seats, and the rear seat converts to a bench or a standing platform later, which is useful again around age three when one twin wants to walk.

Buy the Evenflo Pivot Xpandinstead if you want one frame that starts as a single — relevant if the twins arrive after an older sibling, or if you want the narrower single configuration for the first few weeks at home. Buy the UPPAbaby Vista V3if the budget genuinely stretches: two bassinets means both babies lie flat, which is the one configuration here that is a bed rather than a seat. Remember the V3 no longer includes a bassinet in the box, so a twin setup is the stroller plus two bassinets — see our UPPAbaby Vista V3 review for what the carton actually holds.

And buy the Baby Trend Sit N' Stand 2.0 as a second stroller around the one-year mark, not as the first one. At that point both twins can sit, the sit-and-stand layout starts making sense, and it is the lightest and cheapest way to keep two children contained. Our when do you need a double stroller guide covers the timing question for non-twin families, most of which still applies to the second-stroller decision.