Joovy Cocoon X2 Review {Double Stroller-Jogger-Bicycle Trailer, all in one!}

Over almost 6 years of par­ent­ing now, we’ve tried our fair share of strollers. With 3 boys now, we really needed some­thing that can accom­mo­date mul­ti­ple kids & items. Plus, I really wanted the ver­sa­til­ity of a stroller that could per­form dif­fer­ent activ­i­ties well & in a vari­ety of con­di­tions. We’ve wanted to do fam­ily bike rides for so long, but couldn’t jus­tify the cost of a sep­a­rate bike trailer that only does that one job. Enter the CocoonX2 by Joovy! It’s a dou­ble stroller-jogger-bicycle trailer all in one!

Joovy is an Amer­i­can com­pany that prides itself on design­ing and man­u­fac­tur­ing fam­ily gear prod­ucts that are extremely use­ful, prac­ti­cal, good-looking and FUN! The CocoonX2 is all of those things! The boys were imme­di­ately excited to climb in & go for a stroll once as soon as it was out of the box and set up! Assem­bly of the CocoonX2 was a breeze. From bring­ing the boxes inside the house to fully assem­bled to my hus­band maybe 10 min­utes! Every­thing (wheels, han­dle bar, etc) attach very eas­ily (and thus can be removed eas­ily for flat­ter stor­age or when chang­ing to one of the other modes).  Even with 2 boys (weigh­ing in at some­where between 70 & 80 pounds total), push­ing this stroller is amaz­ingly easy! The ride is smoother & it’s the eas­i­est to push of any stan­dard 4-wheel strollers I’ve used. In fact, even set up in the stan­dard 4-wheel mode, it moves with the ease of a jog­ging stroller. The rea­son? Pneu­matic front swivel wheels and 20″ pneu­matic rear wheels! It’s SUCH a smooth ride! If you’re a fre­quent jog­ger & will be tak­ing this on runs, you’ll def­i­nitely want to get the jog­ger wheel attach­ment (I’ll be review­ing it in that mode soon). But, if you just lead an active lifestyle and do fre­quent long walks/outings on a vari­ety of sur­faces, the stroller in the stan­dard 4-wheel mode should suit you really well.

In addi­tion to the ride smooth­ness, the maneu­ver­abil­ity is also fab­u­lous. If you’ve ever tried out dou­ble strollers, you prob­a­bly know that some of them either don’t turn well, don’t fit through door­ways, or are so long you worry about run­ning into peo­ple in front of you. I’m pleased to report that NONE of those things is an issue with the CocoonX2. It turns very eas­ily. And, I was shocked that it eas­ily fit through our front & back doors! Its unique, com­pact design makes it easy for even this very short mama to see over it and not worry about run­ning into anything!

Fea­tures Inside the CocoonX2:

1. A large vinyl win­dow on each side of the stroller, enabling kids to enjoy the view.
2. Padded bench seat
3. Mesh stor­age com­part­ments on each side (per­fect for sip­pies & snacks!)
4. 5-point har­nesses
5. Mesh back­ing (with backs up to the LARGE rear stor­age com­part­ment) allow­ing for good ventilation.

You can see that the two big boys fit in there together just fine. It’s a lit­tle cozy, but Big Brother is almost 6 and still fits! You can zip down the cool mesh win­dow to allow for great ven­ti­la­tion, but pro­tect from bugs & any other ran­dom fly­ing objects. And, if it’s cold or wet out, you can pull down the large vinyl cov­er­ing (which eas­ily rolls up & attaches up top when not in use). On the top is also a par­ent win­dow (or a sun roof for the kid­dos ), allow­ing you to see in when on the go. And, there are the two youngest in the stroller. The stroller doesn’t accom­mo­date a new baby (there’s no place to attach an infant car­rier like a travel sys­tem stroller). But, once they’re able to sit upright like Baby Brother almost is, then the stroller works fine. Since the back doesn’t recline, we just helped sup­port him a bit with one of his blan­kets. (The only down side to the stroller that I’ve found is that the back doesn’t recline).  It must have still been a cozy ride though because our first time out in it he feel promptly to sleep! We have loved some evening walks out with this! It would make a fab­u­lous whole fam­ily gift this hol­i­day sea­son! And, stay tuned as I’ll be shar­ing more in the upcom­ing weeks about the jog­ger mode and the bicy­cle trailer mode! 

To learn more and pur­chase the Joovy CocoonX2 visit Joovy.com. And, you can keep up with the lat­est news, deals, and prod­ucts by fol­low­ing along on  face­book and twit­ter.

Dis­clo­sure: I was pro­vided with the items shown above for the pur­poses of review. As always, all opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are entirely my own.