Having my son when my daughter was just 18 months old meant I would definitely need a double stroller. I researched endlessly for a week or so before settling on the Duo Glider by Graco (this is not a sponsored post in any way). I had read great things about it, and it was comparable in price to many other good ones. After searching online for the best deal, I bought it on Amazon. Couldn't wait to have it come in.
About a week later, the stroller arrived. Woo hoo! I had Andy put it together right away. Now, all I needed was my little boy to make his debut. He did, and it wasn't long before I got to test drive the new wheels. So I loaded the kids in and set out for a walk in the neighborhood.
At first, all was well. We were on a long road, and Addyson was loving having baby Colton with her. Then came the first corner. Ugh! I hadn't worked out in a while, and it took some real muscle to get that thing to turn. Hmmm...I was hoping it was just the road. Maybe it would work better on a smoother surface. Nope.
This stroller has accompanied us on countless walks, trips to the park, the zoo, and even a trip to New Orleans. Each and every time we got that bad boy out, I would complain to Andy "this stroller is a piece of S*&T! It is so hard to maneuver!" I'll be darned if I was going to spend any more money to get another one though. So we learned to live with it.
Today, 15 months later...something happened. I was at the mall with my two babes when another mother walked by and I noticed she had the same stroller. Feeling bold, I asked her if she had trouble turning hers and explained that mine turned about as well as the Titanic. Nope, she's never had any trouble. She even demonstrated how freely hers spins, and I looked on with envy.
Then, giving my stoller a once over, she gave me a tip that would change my strollering experience for the better from here on out. Now, dear friends, I pass this tip on to you! If you have this stroller and you are having the same trouble I always had before this stroller angel freed me...I give you this: check the front wheels to see if they're locked. Um, yeah. That's it. My husband and I are both college graduates (he a graduate from Westpoint), not to mention the fact that his degree was in engineering, no less. Yet here we've been for the past 15 months, struggling with the demon stroller, whose wheels were all the while...locked. Genius.