Things You Need to Know About Baby jogging Strollers

By Frank Froggatt

Lots of new mothers like to make running a part of their daily work out schedule as it is an essential part of any exercise regimen. It isn't an easy thing to do though with a regular baby stroller as they are not very easy to push around. The point of your jogging is not to get your exercise from fighting with your baby stroller it is to get it from the actual running. Developers have come up with a brilliant solution for the problem though with the design of baby running strollers as they make it easy for you to push the stroller around and still maintain your child in comfort. When you are shopping around for a baby running stroller, you are going to come across quite a few distinctive ones, and you may wind up confused about which of the baby jogging strollers is the right one. If running your name then you won't go wrong with any of the jogging strollers on the market, but there are some things that you should know before you make your buy.

Wheels

You will find that baby jogging strollers have three general wheel sizes: 12 ", 16 inch, and 20 inch. The best choice for walking on smooth terrain unlike sidewalks and tracks, are the 12 inch wheels. While the strollers with 16 inch wheels are well suited to the same purpose as the 12 inch wheels, they also can be used on more bumpy services such as grass and pathways. Strollers that hefty 20 inch wheels are designed to jog over pretty much all of your rough terrain, and are particularly good for long distances.

Materials

Make sure that the hubs on your wheels are made out of an alloy material rather than that of steel. When you get an alloy material you don't have the problems of weight and rusting like steel parts do. You will have a lot less maintenance and less weight to carry with the alloy.

What the frame is made out of is also really important. Some baby jogging strollers are built with metal tubing that are connected at the joints with pieces of plastic, while other ones are constructed from an entirely welded aluminum frames. Obviously the welded aluminum frames are best so this is what you are going to want in your baby jogging stroller. Aluminum is extremely lightweight I'm still plenty strong enough for anything you do to it.

Swiveling wheels

There are several makes of baby jogging strollers that have the wheels that swivel as well. This is a perfect choice if you plan on using your jogging stroller like a regular stroller.

Safety harness

One of the most important things to look at when checking out baby jogging strollers is the safety harness system. This is what is going to keep your child buckled into the seat when you're jogging with the stroller. The safety harness should be no less than a 5 point system. If something happens and you lose your grasp of the stroller, you want to make sure that the safety wrist tether isn't going to cause your child to fling out of the baby jogging stroller head first.

The price of the baby jogging stroller is also going to be a factor in your choice. Like anything else baby jogging strollers are going to vary in their pricing. Some things that influence the prices of baby jogging strollers are the brand names as well as the materials that they are made from. - 30553

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