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CR’s experts run rigorous safety assessments, evaluate ease of use, and steer strollers on a test course to see how they maneuver.
Join Joan Muratore, who oversees stroller testing at Consumer Reports, for a tour of the lab and a demonstration of some of the tests that are performed there.
CR staff shoppers buy every product we use as a test sample from retail stores, helping maintain our objectivity and independence.
Molly Bradley
Home and Babies Writer
Min Kim Bryant
Senior Market Analyst
Joan Muratore
Test Program Leader
A solid stroller should be intuitive to use, a breeze to navigate through different environments, and secure enough to keep your child safe, even on a bumpy ride.
Our testers fasten and adjust the safety harness, fold and unfold the stroller, lift and carry the stroller, adjust the backrest, engage the wheel brakes, and attach and detach car seats if the stroller is compatible with them.
Using an infant dummy or a weighted bag that simulates a toddler passenger, our testers push strollers around a course we designed. We assess how they strollers maneuver around S-turns through cones, through narrow sections, uphill, downhill, up and down curbs, and across terrain that simulates grass and dirt trails with tree roots and other debris.
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Our safety assessments test to the requirements of the federal safety standard, 16 CFR 1227, which incorporates the ASTM F833 stroller safety standard. With the infant dummy or weighted passenger substitute, we rotate the stroller to make sure a stroller’s harness will keep a child in place, conduct an impact test of the stroller’s structural integrity in the event of an accident, and more. CR has also designed its own unique and rigorous stability and braking test to make sure a stroller’s brakes can keep it in place even under pressure.
Look for the CR Recommended mark when shopping in stores or online for easy access to rankings and reviews of products that meet our high standards for safety, performance, value, and reliability.
Learn MoreWhen we put strollers to the test, we find high-performing models across a range of styles. So whether you need a stroller that accommodates two little ones or a lightweight model to take on vacation, we can help you choose.
