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Britax B-Dual Review
The Britax double is the latest addition to the Britax range and designed by a brand responsible for some of the best performing infant carriers on the market they’ve got a lot to live up to with their first double buggy.
Initially, the B-Dual is impressive. The chassis has a slimline design and looks ultra-modern and stylish. It has a t-shaped chassis, with an adjustable handlebar and the main seat has a high positioning, so you can stay in close contact with your little one and they get a good view of the world going by. On a practical note there’s a very generous and easily accessible shopping basket underneath the pushchair seat.
The Britax double has a modular design so you get flexible travelling options – you can choose from the pushchair mode, with multiple seat reclines, right down to completely flat; pram mode, or travel system – simply by attaching either a car seat or carrycot unit to the chassis. Both the infant carrier and carrycot unit are very good quality; designed to high safety standards and thoughtfully created to offer a cosy and comfortable journey for baby. Their modern and slimline design is definitely in keeping with the chic styling of the buggy.
However, as with other similar tandem buggies it’s worth noting that you can’t use the pram or travel system modes while carrying two children. The second seat unit can only be attached when the pram is in pushchair mode. So if you intend to use the buggy for a toddler and baby, you will only be able to use the rear seat for your infant.
As you’d expect from a quality stroller, the B-Dual has strong suspension, lockable swivel wheels and an adjustable calf support, so you get a comfortable and bump-free ride and a nice little feature is the puncture resistant tyres, giving you the benefits of pneumatic wheels, without the hassle of dealing with punctures.
The Britax B-Dual has a lot in common with the ever popular Phil and Teds inline pushchair design, except perhaps a little more modern and stylish. The tandem design with a removable second seat unit is a really clever and budget-friendly idea – perfect if you have a new baby and an older toddler, who’ll soon be walking. Once your toddler is finished with the pushchair you can simply remove the second seat and use the pushchair as a single buggy for your baby. All in all you can’t doubt that the B-Dual is a great investment; a well designed versatile and flexible tandem that could quite possibly be the only double buggy, or even single pushchair, you ever need!