Excellent lightweight stroller

Author's Rating:

Pros: Lightweight, easy to steer, folds easily--and looks very, very cool

Cons: No carrying strap like lower Maclaren models

The Bottom Line: 
Love it!

Author's Review
I'm a city dweller, and this is my second stroller. I use it for trips on public transportation and travelling through airports, and so far it's great! If my sidewalks weren't so crater-filled this would be my everyday stroller, hands down.

Smooth Ride, Easy Fold
This stroller is ideal for easy transit through airports, especially the security checkpoints. It steers very smoothly, even one-handed. It's very easy to collapse this stroller one-handed and load it on the x-ray belt while holding my baby in my other arm. It's just as easy to fold up as I'm boarding a Metrobus or subway.

The ride of this stroller is very smooth, both for the parent and baby. It glides easily without a rattle or squeak, and it's easy to steer with one hand. The suspension is also stiff enough to make it easy to pop the front wheels up onto a curb.

Features
The five-point harness is easy to use. The shoulder straps are clipped to the the waist straps, so it's fast to secure your baby in.

This stroller weighs 12.2 lbs.

A clear vinyl rain cover is included.

Not surprisingly for a stroller this size, the basket is on the small side. Also you can't get into the basket unless the seat is completely up.


Recline
The recline is the best I've found in a stroller this size. There are three positions, and the lowest is about 3/4 of the way to flat. That's one thing I learned about other umbrella type strollers--check the recline positions for yourself. I assumed two-position recline meant up and flat, but it usually doesn't. I found many models where the two positions were upright, and two inches lower than upright.

Colors
The Quest Sport comes in five colors--tangerine (what I have), lime, pink, blue, and black. There's also a Quest Mod fabric, which is flowered, in four colors--blue, pink, lime, and red. While both the Sport and Mod versions are widely carried by many chains, I have yet to see all nine colors/styles in one place. So if you have a particular color in mind, call to see if the brick and mortar store stocks it before heading out.

No Carrying Strap
The only drawback is the lack of carrying strap. There's a handle, but frankly if I'm carrying a stroller then I'm carrying a baby in the other arm, and one free hand would be nice. The lower Maclaren model (Triumph) has a strap, and I wish this one did too. I plan to go to REI and come up with a carabiner and strap configuration that should work.

The Bottom Line
And last but not least, this stroller looks very, very cool. A male friend who is single and childless said that he doesn't know anything or care at all about strollers but thinks this is one cool rig.