2023 Cybex Balios S Lux, An Impartial Review: Mechanics, Comfort, Use

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In this video we take a close look at the Cybex Balios S Lux, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of its design in relation to comfort, functionality, engineering, longevity and optimal use.

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

In order to keep our recommendations up to date, we maintain a 'Buyer's Guide' (with a wide spectrum of models, and a lot of technical and lifestyle-related information). Organizing our recommendations this way makes it easier to include good models that we haven't made review-videos for yet, as well as to remove models which have developed unforeseen wear-issues over time, or which have been weakened by the manufacturer in their current iterations. You can access the guide (in addition to our 4-part video series on Choosing the Right Stroller for your Lifestyle, and other helpful content), as well as contact us directly on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/stroller-buyers-37953864 These materials are also available via channel membership on KZbin: www.youtube.com/@BarnevognverkstedNo/membership , and BuyMeaCoffee: buymeacoffee.com/thestrollerworkshop

[@Tassadar89]

Your videos provide such value for future parents like me who are just starting to dive into the world of having a child, thanks a lot!

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

Thanks so much for your contribution, we really appreciate it! I'm glad our videos have been helpful! :)

[@jabiansky]

Thank you! 👏🏼

[@maxytheshihtzu5579]

Thank you so much for your video! It helps me to decide on which one to get. I love how this new model look. However, I couldn’t find this black frame one for sale anywhere online in the US. Do you know where can I find this stroller? Thank you!

[@favourite1743]

Thank you very much for your videos! You have helped me to avoid a very bad buy but let me very hesitating with a purchase of my new stroller for baby girl. I want a light stroller for going shopping and crusing city, easy to throw into car and I have narrow it down to two models: balios s lux or nuna triv next. What would you recomend? (Unfortunately uppababy is not sold in my country and nuna arra car seat must be compatible) :-)

[@ivonasusak]

Great Video. I need to travel with my 4 months old baby and after I watched all your videos, I still can‘t decide which stroller to buy. I like Bugaboo and Yoyo but they are for bigger babys (6months+). Can you give me an advice which one is the best one?

[@unbelieva_ble]

Sorry for my english. I have a problem with cybex balios. I accidentally pressed the buttons when I was taking the stroller apart. Now the right latch does not work, so I cant fix a handlebar in the highest position🙈 what can I do to fix it up?

[@user-kl4cy1we9g]

Do you recommend buying the cybex Balios S Lux or the Easy walker Harvey 3? which is a better stroller? for all terrain usage, majorly city and public transport use, ease of handling and compactness.

[@yogirajawati9073]

Hello, is this stroller compatible with clek liing infant car seat with default car adapter?

[@adrianzamfir2663]

does it have a tipping risk? 3:27 looks like a pretty easy tip

[@florenciasilva7136]

Thanks so much for the reviews!!! I'm on a budget so I was thinking of getting the balios. I also found the Balios 2 in 1 slightly cheaper but don't really understand the differences. From the pictures it seems that the structure is the same one...

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

The 2-in-1 comes with a bucket-seat and the bassinet I believe. The chassis is the same. Some people are super-into getting a lie-flat seat, but in my opinion, since you get a bassinet with the 2-in-1, it's just as good as the Lux option (and better from a longevity perspective since there is less internal complexity with the mechanisms). :)

[@florenciasilva7136]

@@BarnevognverkstedNo Thank you for the feedback!

[@alicanyenidogan]

@@florenciasilva7136 2-in-1 does not fold with the seat on it. S lux is much better IMO

[@floridangl4866]

What kind of car seat brand is compatible to this stroller?

[@Scarlett_84]

Which pram do you recommand to buy 2nd hand?

[@ositomisha2k]

We’ve bought this product and returned because we also found it too loose in the way the pram is connected to the chassis. We thought it was a faulty item but you remarked this as well. Do you think it could be a problem by Cybex? Do you find this in other brands like bugaboo (our 2nd opt)? We do not want to buy a pram for its suspension and then find the baby bouncing

[@realuriziel]

Hi thanks for the review. Is it better this or the baby jogger City Sights? The price is about the same...

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

This one. 100%. I just haven't had the time to promote it as much as it deserves yet. 2023 Balios > city sights, versatrax, mixx next, reef / dune and probably several other B-grade reversable seat models as well. :)

[@windyrainStorm]

Hey, im still looking for travel stroller 😂 ive been so obsessed of your videos. I sold my yoyo and i was leaning to buy Butterfly but it doesn't have full "ligestilling", i saw one called Carena Kobe 2.0. Have you tried fixing this stroller? Or do you have any impartial review like Beemo easy fly? Or Mountain buggy nano? I need new travel stroller as I will fly long distance again with my 14 month old baby.

[@Marina-zb2iz]

Try Babyjogger or Leclerc Influencer.

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

We did cover the Nano a while back ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIXCfXaart2EfdU ), otherwise I agree with the Marina007 - the Tour2 or Influencer (and also the Metro+) are great full-flat ultra-compacts. I might add though that at 14 months, a full-flat reclined position is not as important in terms of child-safety as it is in the first 6 months. :)

[@declanb1928]

Have you looked at the Joolz AER ... super impressive

[@Nizze011]

Any opinions of the new Talos S Lux 2023? Has it also received similar improvements and therefore would be a recommended buy?

[@Marina-zb2iz]

The Talos was/is just the Balios with heavier wheels and more textured tires. The "Talos" received the same updates. I doubt that those alone make the new Talos more terrain-capable than the old one. Just a personal opinion after looking at the updates on Cybex's page.

[@mours8452]

​@@Marina-zb2iz There is a windbreaker canopy, IDK if it's pure marketing or anything useful. I must say I am hesitating between the two for use in a rather snowy city with sometimes cobblestones, and also irregular pavements

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

We will be addressing this within the next few days or so. The changes to suspension and better front wheel stability definitely also speak to the performance of the 2023 Talos as well. :)

[@mours8452]

@@BarnevognverkstedNo Thanks, that's really interesting, indeed, as your previous video on the Talos was quite clear on the "do not buy" side.

[@TheYellowDott]

How about the changes to the new gazelle?

[@SuperWyzo]

Thanks for reviewing new models. I would like to know if the basket and the car seat from the older model can be put on the new model of the stroller? No one talks about that.

[@amypeggs9606]

Car seat yes certainly. Basket no idea.

[@RiceAndPeass]

the older model carry cot fits on the newer model. I was sent the older carry cot by mistake and didn't bother changing it as they grow out of the carry cot so quickly

[@SuperWyzo]

@@RiceAndPeass Thank you for your reply. I am buying a new cybex balios model with a lux stroller, and I would get a basket as a gift, which is one of the older models. So I won't be a problem and everything will be fine?

[@jlu1400]

i am looking for a stroller with good height, currently i have a Joolz aer which is too low for my baby, and he likes to look around. do you have any recommendations?

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

We will be addressing this within the next few days or so. The changes to suspension and better front wheel stability definitely also speak to the performance of the 2023 Talos as well. :)

[@Marina-zb2iz]

What kind of stroller are you looking for? an ultra-compact or a regular stroller? For regular, check out UppaBaby Vista (and maybe Cruz?) and EasyWalker, both companies offer height adapters for their bassinets and seats for kids up to a certain age, and even after the age limit of the height adapters, the regular position of the seat is still quite high in comparison to other strollers.

[@maryharrell8486]

How does it compare to the cruz v2 as far as folding size and comfort?

[@BarnevognverkstedNo]

This comparison is on the way, probably within the next couple of weeks - 'just stay tuned' :)