Duet Double Buggy

Most double buggies force a trade-off between two full-size seats and a pushchair that actually fits through doorways. The Duet is Mountain Buggy's answer to that specific problem: a side-by-side format kept narrow enough to clear a standard UK front door and most shop aisles, which the wider tandem-style doubles in this category (iCandy Peach 7 Double, Bugaboo Donkey 5 Twin) generally cannot manage without turning sideways.

Against the Out n About Nipper Double V6, the comparison is really about terrain versus town use. The Nipper is built for off-road pushing with big air-filled wheels and a wide wheelbase, which is genuinely better on gravel and muddy paths, but that width is the exact problem the Duet is designed to avoid. If daily use is mostly pavements, buses and shop doorways rather than trails, the Duet's narrower footprint is the more practical choice day to day.

From-birth use isn't included out of the box — a separate carrycot or the Heritage Carrycot Plus bundle is needed to take a newborn, priced as an add-on rather than bundled as standard the way some competitors configure it. That's a real cost consideration if both children need from-birth support at once, and buyers should budget for the bundle rather than the base buggy price alone. Against the Ickle Bubba Venus Prime Double, which is priced as a budget option from the outset, the Duet sits at a noticeably higher price point but with sturdier build quality and better resale value typical of the Mountain Buggy range.

This suits parents doing a lot of on-foot urban walking with two children close in age, particularly where narrow doorways or public transport are a daily factor. Families who need full from-birth capability for both seats immediately, or who push mostly off-road, are better served by a pram with an included carrycot or the Nipper's off-road wheelset respectively.