Wonderfold Wagon Review [and Veer Cruiser comparison]

Jul 26, 2023

Wonderfold Wagon Review [and Veer Cruiser comparison]

In this Wonderfold Wagon review, John dives deep into the Wonderfold W2 Luxe to find out:
- Wonderfold vs Veer Cruiser — what are the differences? How do the two compare?
- How big is this thing?
- How easy is it to fold the Wonderfold?
- Handling
- Do kids like it?
- How does the wagon perform off-road
- Is the Wonderfold Wagon worth it?
- And much, much more

Links from this video:
Shop Wonderfold: https://www.wonderfoldwagon.com/
Father’s Ed, our online course for new and expecting dads: https://fathercraft.com/fathers-ed/
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The Wonderfold Wagon is part of a new breed of stroller/wagon crossovers meant to help you haul kids, and all their gear. As the name implies, it’s meant to easily fold up for storage and travel. How well does it do those things? Watch to find out.

Content

0.08 -> i've been testing the wonderful w-2 lux

2.639 -> on and off for quite a while and

4.4 -> recently i was fortunate enough to haul

5.839 -> this thing 900 miles to breckenridge

7.919 -> colorado and really put it through its

9.76 -> paces so in this wonderful wagon review

11.599 -> i'm gonna let you know if this behemoth

13.2 -> of a stroller wagon crossover pulled its

15.519 -> weight or if it would have been better

17.199 -> left in the garage not only that but

18.72 -> i'll touch on how the wonderful compares

20.24 -> to other crossover wagons like the veer

22.08 -> cruiser and because the name wonderful

24 -> is a pun of sorts i have no choice but

26.32 -> to make this a pun heavy video you've

28.48 -> been warned

32.8 -> what's going on people uh i'm john from

34.559 -> fathercraft where we make online courses

36.559 -> for dads um and also review a bunch of

38.64 -> baby gear and products to try and help

40.399 -> make this parenting thing just a bit

42.16 -> easier

43.28 -> so totally head over to fathercraft.com

46.16 -> to find out more let's first address the

48.079 -> 700 elephant in the room which i guess

50.48 -> ironically is pretty cheap for an

52.48 -> elephant

54.64 -> off to a good start yeah this wagon is

56.399 -> super expensive and honestly it's not an

58.96 -> essential item in my opinion

61.039 -> but before we all freak out over the

62.48 -> price tag let's add a splash of context

64.96 -> so the bob revolution flex 3.0 dually

68 -> which is a double stroller costs around

69.76 -> 700

71.36 -> and while these two child transportation

73.6 -> devices may have extremely different

75.439 -> uses the point is that there are a lot

78 -> of expensive strollers out there uh so

80.56 -> it's important to understand how you're

81.84 -> going to use the stroller you're

83.52 -> intending to buy and whether or not the

85.84 -> features on any given stroller you're

87.36 -> looking at will meet your needs so let's

89.28 -> first focus on the features themselves

91.36 -> first the wagon is large and in charge

93.84 -> weighing in about 55 pounds now for some

96.4 -> context that's nearly twice as much as

98.56 -> uh two bob strollers put together but

101.119 -> not quite as much as an actual elephant

102.64 -> though which weighs about 12 000 pounds

104.64 -> so fully extended the wagon measures in

106.399 -> about 44.5 inches long and 54 inches

109.36 -> tall with the canopy attached at its

111.28 -> fullest height and about 19 inches wide

113.759 -> for some more context the bob revolution

115.759 -> flex is about 46 inches long

118.159 -> 25 inches wide and 45 inches tall so all

122.32 -> in all it's actually a little bit

124 -> smaller dimensionally speaking than the

126 -> bob revolution

127.52 -> it's really the weight that's going to

129.039 -> stand out as far as seating capacity

131.039 -> goes it can comfortably sit two kids

132.72 -> with a maximum weight limit of around

134.4 -> 200 pounds now according to the specs

136.319 -> the detachable and race seats have a

137.92 -> weight capacity of 45 pounds but i'd

140.879 -> venture to say that weight limit is on a

142.56 -> bit of the conservative side as calvin

144.4 -> is pushing 50 pounds in the seat held

146.72 -> them without any issues now i wouldn't

148.239 -> recommend this but paul and i did some

149.76 -> testing with our eight and

150.64 -> nine-year-olds in the seats with our

152.64 -> four and five-year-olds trying to scale

154.319 -> the walls to get in like they were

155.68 -> storming a castle and everything stayed

157.599 -> in one piece when it comes to folding

159.519 -> and unfolding the wagon it's actually

161.44 -> surprisingly easy in spite of its weight

163.28 -> in overall footprint surprisingly the

165.44 -> wonderful doesn't take up much more

167.12 -> space than the bob would in its folded

169.04 -> position so when it is folded the

171.599 -> footprint shrinks to 20 inches in width

173.84 -> and a height of around 43 inches

176.4 -> assuming you remove the canopy so again

178.319 -> the wonderful surprised me with how

180.239 -> little space it actually takes up it's

182 -> quite deceiving at first glance

184.4 -> so when i traveled i wasn't actually

186.319 -> able to fit it into the trunk area of my

188.56 -> car and ended up needing to strap it to

191.28 -> the roof well to be fair a lot of that

193.44 -> was due in large parts the fact that i

194.959 -> was forced by my co-founder paul to

196.64 -> bring his dj speakers back to denver now

199.599 -> there's obviously a rather large

201.28 -> backstory to this but in the interest of

202.8 -> time let's just say that once upon a

205.12 -> time this big buddy had hardcore

206.799 -> aspirations of becoming the next dead

208.64 -> mouse and spitting the ones and twos on

210.72 -> the main stage of coachella

212.879 -> now if that reference is lost on you

214.56 -> then i apologize i'm now apparently old

217.04 -> taking a closer look at the wagon itself

218.879 -> it looks and feels high-end and it

220.64 -> better because it costs 700

223.2 -> so this admittedly subjective

225.28 -> observation is backed up by the fact

227.12 -> that it's supremely well built for me i

229.44 -> can tell when a stroller is poorly made

231.519 -> when the stroller starts to give at the

233.439 -> joints when navigating around corners

235.2 -> especially when going uphill or downhill

236.879 -> which means you can literally feel the

238.319 -> stroller start to bend in a couple of

239.92 -> places and this was not the case with

242.239 -> this wagon even with the wagon fully

244.159 -> loaded with kids and purses and camera

246.239 -> gear and whatnot there was hardly any

248.159 -> give pushing this thing around corners

250.239 -> now this is not to say that it wasn't

251.84 -> difficult at times

253.519 -> but we'll get into that in a moment so

255.04 -> starting at the top and working your way

256.479 -> down you've got a nylon canopy supported

258.56 -> by two canopy rods on either end

260.88 -> which are both adjustable and removable

263.04 -> now within the main cabin of the wagon

264.639 -> you've got the two removable seats which

266.639 -> are elevated from the floor of the wagon

268.56 -> which makes it really easy to put kids

270.72 -> in and out of the seats especially when

272.56 -> they're younger and can't do it

273.6 -> themselves the reclinable removable

275.68 -> seats are equipped with a five-point

277.44 -> magnetic harness which makes strapping

279.36 -> your kids in super easy

281.28 -> the side panels are made of a mesh

282.88 -> fabric which helps with air ventilation

285.28 -> because kids smell and you don't want

286.639 -> the wagon to smell either

288.16 -> and on the front doggy door you'll find

290.08 -> a large zippered storage area as well as

292.24 -> two smaller zippered pockets on either

294.24 -> side so at risk of bruising by the doggy

296.479 -> door reference uh let me explain so this

298.479 -> door unzips on three sides making it a

300.32 -> flap or doggy door of sorts so on this

302.639 -> trip to denver like i mentioned earlier

304.4 -> to visit paul and his kids it was

306.08 -> immediately apparent that the doggy door

308.16 -> was a huge hit for the kids

310.4 -> and it was also rather entertaining to

311.84 -> watch them figure out how many kids

313.12 -> could fit in through the dog the doggy

314.8 -> door at once and the answer is one

317.52 -> but they never really quite figured that

318.8 -> out which made for minutes of

321.199 -> entertainment for us all right now let's

322.72 -> talk about how this thing handles

323.84 -> especially considering how large and in

325.44 -> charge it is the three position

326.88 -> adjustable handlebar is wrapped with a

328.72 -> vegan leather cover so not only will

330.639 -> your hands thank you the environment

332.32 -> will take you as well

334.72 -> cows too now that i think about it as

336.56 -> i've mentioned this several times

338.16 -> already uh it's worth mentioning again

340.32 -> that this wagon is fairly heavy and the

342.639 -> weight is distributed much differently

344.479 -> than your standard stroller so when you

346.479 -> add kids to the mix pushing this thing

348.32 -> on anything other than a straight and

349.919 -> flat surface becomes a bit of a workout

352.479 -> now despite its bulky frame the steering

354.56 -> is surprisingly responsive

356.479 -> plus the amount of torque needed at

357.759 -> times to navigate tight corners and

359.36 -> uneven surfaces

361.039 -> doesn't result in handlebar wiggle

363.28 -> meaning this thing is solidly built it

366.08 -> also has that 200 pound weight capacity

367.919 -> which means it could easily hold me

373.039 -> what come on son did you forget how to

375.36 -> read a scale

378.639 -> yeah okay maybe not me now

382 -> me like five years ago

384.8 -> okay 10 years ago

388.16 -> all right

389.52 -> high school you happy it could hold me

391.6 -> in high school yeah that's more accurate

394.56 -> kids

396.4 -> they make you fat

398.319 -> they make you fat another way around it

400.56 -> they make you fat in case of emergency

402.72 -> or if you simply need to stop the

404.16 -> stroller you can engage the brake by

405.919 -> pushing down on the brake pedal if you

407.759 -> do find yourself veering off-road the

409.599 -> oversized all-terrain tires will help

411.36 -> navigate through some of that bumpy

412.639 -> terrain as with anything that kids get

414.88 -> their grubby little paws on this wagon

416.639 -> will get rather dirty from use when it

418.72 -> does you can remove the fabric for easy

420.639 -> cleaning but you can only wipe it down

422.4 -> you can't hose it down or throw it in

423.84 -> the washing machine which makes it a bit

425.84 -> of a more of a manual process but it can

427.84 -> still be cleaned now real quick

429.28 -> wonderful wagon versus veer cruiser

432.24 -> now admittedly i haven't tested the veer

434.4 -> cruiser in depth yet i've just had a few

436.639 -> quick minutes of playing with it at a

437.919 -> store

438.96 -> to kind of take a look at some of the

440.24 -> differences so the wonderful is

442.08 -> considerably taller which means your

443.759 -> kids are higher off the ground which

445.759 -> then means it makes it easier to put

447.36 -> them in the seats

448.96 -> and also making the center gravity

450.639 -> higher which can help with steering veer

452.96 -> is also considerably smaller meaning

454.88 -> you're going to struggle to get your two

456.08 -> bigger kids in it

457.44 -> and any other gear that you were

458.639 -> carrying with you which potentially

460 -> reduces how long your kids can use it

461.68 -> one plus in the viewer's corner is that

463.44 -> it can be hosed down while like i

465.12 -> mentioned earlier wonderful fabric

466.8 -> necessitates wiping down instead all

469.12 -> right so let's talk a minute about what

470.639 -> i really enjoyed about this wagon first

473.28 -> despite its size and weight it's also

474.8 -> really easy to collapse and open you've

476.4 -> got that single clip on the side

478.96 -> that centers it closed

480.639 -> it can also carry a lot of weight

482.319 -> without being too difficult to push

484.319 -> again if the road conditions are

485.759 -> favorable also my kids really love

487.84 -> riding in it and like i mentioned

489.28 -> earlier the kids loved entering and

490.879 -> exiting through the doggy door just a

493.12 -> lot of entertainment value added for

494.96 -> them which means more free time for you

496.56 -> plus it's super simple to convert it

498 -> from a stroller to a wagon with its

500 -> removable seats

501.44 -> i mean there are all kinds of things to

503.68 -> like about this wagon but that's not to

506.24 -> say that there are some drawbacks so

508.16 -> i'll talk about some of those now one as

510.479 -> i've said a couple of times now it's

512.32 -> rather heavy

513.599 -> which can make it difficult to push when

515.039 -> you're navigating elevated terrain

516.959 -> especially if you're toting around a

518.24 -> couple of kids

519.599 -> which really can add to your exertion

521.2 -> but it was still a lot easier to push it

522.959 -> on than i thought it was going to be

524.32 -> given how big i thought it was probably

526.48 -> the hardest thing to do is navigating up

528.24 -> and over curbs it's quite the herculean

530.56 -> effort there are times where i put my

532.399 -> whole weight on the handlebar just to

534.08 -> try and pop a wheelie over a curb

536.48 -> and can just barely manage it so if

538.8 -> you're not as buff as i am

541.04 -> you're probably gonna have issues with

542.48 -> it

544.399 -> i'm just kidding i'm not buff in fact

546.56 -> and i've gotten used to it both paul and

548.16 -> i noticed that the wagon tends to push

549.6 -> towards the right when coasting which

551.04 -> means we're adjusting the steering quite

552.8 -> a bit now we could chalk this up to

554.64 -> being either like a weight distribution

556.72 -> thing or perhaps our left arms are

558.72 -> slightly longer than our right arms but

560.64 -> i thought it was worth mentioning the

562.16 -> price is also a bit of a hindrance again

564.16 -> this model the w2 lux comes in at around

566.48 -> 700 bucks but in context with other

568.64 -> high-end strollers you're going to spend

570.399 -> just as much if not more so is this

573.44 -> thing worth the price tag

575.519 -> i have to say yes i think all the

577.519 -> positive aspects of this wagon stroller

579.6 -> definitely justify the cost the first

581.68 -> thing i always think about before making

583.2 -> a big purchase is what is my return on

585.36 -> investment how long will i actually be

587.2 -> able to use this thing like how long

588.88 -> until it gets wonder old or how long

591.279 -> until i leave it out in the wonder cold

593.519 -> and i think the wonderful wagon will

595.76 -> provide you a net positive return so if

598.16 -> you think about the versatility of this

599.519 -> thing it's definitely something to

601.04 -> consider

602 -> you can start toting your kid around it

603.519 -> as early as six months so you'll easily

605.839 -> get nine plus years out of it and

607.279 -> probably the most important aspect of

609.12 -> this stroller wagon hybrid is its 200

611.6 -> pound weight capacity which means it can

614.48 -> easily tote 160 pound keg of beer

617.36 -> so because it doubles as a wagon once

619.76 -> your kids are old enough to fend for

621.279 -> themselves the stroller easily converts

623.6 -> into a beer wagon definitely the thing i

625.76 -> am looking forward to the most those

628.16 -> will be the golden days the wonderful

630.24 -> days so all in all you should be wonder

633.12 -> sold on getting one that's the last one

635.6 -> i promise

636.8 -> speaking of being sold on something you

638.64 -> should totally get yourself sold on

640.16 -> father's app our online course for new

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644.24 -> information that will guide you through

645.6 -> everything you need to know on how to

647.44 -> take care of your baby how to be a

648.959 -> supportive father how to be a supportive

651.12 -> partner and what kind of gear you need

653.04 -> and don't need and a ton of other super

654.88 -> important topics

656.16 -> plus it comes with a super sexy workbook

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659.68 -> old-fashioned way and we also offer a

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663.92 -> check it out at fathercraft.com father's

666.16 -> ed

666.88 -> again that's fathercraft.com

670.16 -> father's ed

671.6 -> alright people thank you for sticking

673.6 -> around i really appreciate it my hair

676.079 -> and i are going to

678.32 -> have a talk i don't know if you've

679.6 -> noticed but my hair's getting long

681.6 -> basically my hair is going through

682.72 -> puberty it's stuck in between the

685.36 -> kid phase and the adult phase right in

688.079 -> the middle of that weird adolescent

689.519 -> phase

690.72 -> trying to figure out if it wants to be

691.839 -> short here along here

693.279 -> it hasn't decided yet

695.6 -> and you know i'm getting kind of

698.8 -> uh annoyed with it but we'll we'll see

701.279 -> fingers crossed i'm trying to grow it

702.64 -> out look like the cool work at home dad

705.44 -> that grows its beard and hair i can't

707.36 -> grow a beard so i'm gonna grow my hair

710.16 -> it's uh been tedious so we'll see how it

712.48 -> goes

713.36 -> fingers crossed i can put it into a man

715.36 -> bun by the end of the year definitely

717.12 -> keep you posted on that

718.639 -> alright thanks people see in the next

720.56 -> video

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