Best Lightweight Strollers of 2025

Most of our top-rated lightweight strollers are traditional models, and we’ve also included one umbrella stroller, the Delta Children Jeep PowerGlyde Plus.

Lightweight strollers offer a huge advantage if you frequently go up and down stairs—if you live in an apartment building, for instance—or if you make frequent transfers into and out of a car. You also may not want to maneuver something heavy and bulky (especially immediately postpartum): Among the single strollers we’ve tested are models that weigh as much as 34 pounds.

While these lighter strollers are easy to lift, carry, fold, and stow—and most meet strict Disney theme park requirements—they do have limits. Some may feel less than sturdy, and their small wheels can make them a little more difficult to maneuver. They may not be car-seat-compatible, and few accommodate babies who can’t sit up on their own. (For infants, you may want to consider a car seat carrier: These are stroller frames that use a car seat as a stroller seat, making it easy to transfer sleeping babies into and out of the car. Lightweight strollers also tend to have less storage space than larger strollers.

At our labs in Yonkers, N.Y., CR’s engineers put strollers through their paces to assess which ones are safe, maneuverable, and easy to use. They use each model the way parents do, using weights to simulate a child—up to 30 pounds in our maneuverability tests and 40 pounds for our safety evaluations—pushing each model through an S-curve test course, steering them between cones, up and down curbs, and over obstructions including grass, mulch, and tree roots.