UPPAbaby Vista V2 vs Baby Jogger City Select 2 for Twins
Both are inline twin strollers that clear an apartment door. The Vista is nicer to push, fold, and resell. The City Select 2 gives twins two equal seats for less money.
Both are inline (tandem) twin strollers that start as a single and take a second seat, and both fit through a standard apartment door. The honest split: the UPPAbaby Vista V2 is the better stroller to push, fold, and resell, and the Baby Jogger City Select 2 is the better stroller to configure, for a few hundred dollars less once the second seat is on. If your twins are your first babies and you will be out with them daily for three years, the Vista earns its price. If you want the seats to face each other, face you, or swap around on a whim, and would rather keep the difference in the diaper fund, the City Select 2 is the one.
Where they differ for twins#
- Width: the Vista V2 runs about 26 inches wide and clears a standard apartment doorway and most elevator doors. The City Select 2 sits in the same narrow inline band. Call width a tie, with the Vista a touch narrower.
- Weight: neither is light with two seats on, and you feel both on a stoop and in a trunk lift. The Vista is the lighter, one-handed push. The City Select 2 with two toddlers aboard steers like a small train.
- Fold: the Vista V2 folds in one piece with both seats attached and stands on its own. The City Select 2 folds with seats on in some configurations but comes out a larger, flatter block. Measure a hatchback trunk before buying either, and twice for the City Select 2.
- Seat configurations: the City Select 2 wins outright. Two full-size seats and well over a dozen arrangements, including both twins facing each other or both facing you. The Vista's second seat is a smaller RumbleSeat that rides lower, and the lower rider loses legroom as they grow.
- Car seat compatibility: the Vista takes two UPPAbaby MESAs directly, no adapter, the easiest twin travel-system click there is. The City Select 2 takes two infant seats through adapters, which are extra parts to buy, track, and lose behind the couch.
- Price and what is in the box: the Vista is $1,000 and up with the second seat and ships with one bassinet; the full twin travel system with two MESAs is around $1,800. The City Select 2 Double is around $900, with bassinet kits as add-ons. Adapters and a second bassinet narrow the gap without closing it.
- Resale: the Vista has the deepest used market of any premium stroller in the US and returns a meaningful chunk after three years. The City Select 2 resells for less, and more slowly.
Who the Vista V2 suits#
Twin parents who will use this stroller every day for two to three years and want the least friction per outing. The one-piece fold, the native MESA click, and the steering all add up when you are loading two babies solo at the curb. It also suits families planning a third child, since the Vista goes to a triple with a ride-along board, and families who want money back at the end, since the used market is reliable enough to treat the purchase as a partial deposit.
One honest caveat: the RumbleSeat is a second-class seat. Fine for a baby, cramped for a tall two-year-old, and with twins someone is always in it. By the time they walk you will be rotating who gets the good chair.
Who the City Select 2 suits#
Twin parents who want both babies in equal seats and want to change the arrangement without buying more parts. Facing each other keeps two bored six-month-olds entertained. Both facing you is the newborn default; both facing forward is the toddler default. The City Select 2 does all of these with the seats it comes with, and that flexibility is real, not a brochure feature. It also suits families with a toddler already at home, since a bench seat or ride-along board turns it into a twins-plus-one rig for less than a Vista with a third-seat accessory.
The tradeoff is bulk. It is long, with a long turning radius, and in a small elevator or a cafe aisle you will do three-point turns. In a walk-up it is a heavy carry.
The dealbreakers#
- A hatchback or compact trunk: the City Select 2 folded with seats on may not fit. The Vista is tight but usually goes in.
- Non-UPPAbaby infant seats you already own: the Vista then needs adapters too and its native MESA advantage disappears. With two KeyFits already bought, the price gap shrinks.
- Tall toddler twins: the Vista's lower RumbleSeat gets cramped. If your twins run big or you will stroll past age two, equal seats matter more than the fold.
- Stairs every day: neither is a stair stroller. With no elevator, a lighter side-by-side plus a carrier might beat both.
- Buying used: both are fine used. Check the fold hinges for cracks and the wheels for wobble, and confirm the second seat and adapters are included, since those are the expensive parts.
What we'd do#
For most twin families, the Vista V2. The daily friction savings are worth the extra money, and resale claws a good part of it back. We'd buy the frame used from a parent whose singleton just outgrew it, then buy a new RumbleSeat and two new MESAs. We'd pick the City Select 2 with a toddler already at home, or with a real dislike of the second-class-seat problem. Either way, do the doorway test with a tape measure before ordering anything.
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FAQ
- Is the UPPAbaby Vista V2 or the City Select 2 narrower for twins?
- Both are inline strollers, so both clear a standard apartment doorway where a side-by-side would not. The Vista V2 runs about 26 inches wide and the City Select 2 sits in the same narrow band, so treat width as a tie and decide on fold, seats, and price instead. Measure your narrowest daily doorway either way.
- Can both twins ride in equal seats on the Vista V2?
- Not quite. The Vista's second seat is the RumbleSeat, which rides lower and has less legroom than the main seat, and the lower rider feels it around age two. The City Select 2 uses two full-size seats and lets them face each other or face you. If equal seats matter to you, that is the City Select 2's main argument.
- Which twin stroller holds its value better, Vista or City Select?
- The Vista. It has the deepest used market of any premium stroller in the US, so a three-year-old Vista sells quickly for a meaningful fraction of its price. The City Select 2 resells too, but slower and for less. If you plan to buy new and sell later, the Vista's higher price is partly a deposit.
- Do I need adapters to put two infant car seats on these strollers?
- On the Vista, two UPPAbaby MESAs click on directly with no adapter, and any other brand needs one. On the City Select 2, two infant seats of any brand attach through adapters, which are extra parts to buy and keep track of. If you already own two non-UPPAbaby seats, the Vista's native advantage disappears.
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