Baby Jogger City Mini (2016) vs Bugaboo Bee 5

The Baby Jogger City Mini is a great Standard Stroller for its $228 asking price.

The Bugaboo Bee 5, however, while a reasonable product for $529, doesn't stack up against its competitors quite as well. If you're considering Standard Strollers in the $510 range, you might want to check out some better options.

Reviewed, a source known for its hands-on testing and objective methodology, had good things to say about the Baby Jogger City Mini. It performed great in its "The Best Strollers Under $300 of 2021" roundup and earned the "Top Pick" title.

Moving on to the Bugaboo Bee 5: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like MadeForMums, BabyGearLab, Reviewed, The Independent, and Wirecutter (NYTimes), enough for them to include them on those lists.

When we thoroughly analyzed their review scores, we learned that all of the sources that tested both Standard Strollers, including BabyGearLab and MadeForMums, preferred the Baby Jogger City Mini over the Bugaboo Bee 5.

We also took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most. The Baby Jogger City Mini was liked best by BabyGearLab, which gave it a score of 10, while the Bugaboo Bee 5 got its highest, 9.2, score from MadeForMums.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Standard Strollers on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Standard Strollers being 7.0 out of 10, whereas the Baby Jogger City Mini and Bugaboo Bee 5 managed averages of 9.5 and 8.6 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Baby Jogger City Mini vs. Bugaboo Bee 5 comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.