BABYZEN YOYO Review (Now the Stokke YOYO³)

If you have researched travel strollers for more than ten minutes, someone has told you to buy a BABYZEN YOYO. It is now sold as the Stokke YOYO³, following Stokke’s acquisition of the brand — same product line, different name on the box. That is worth knowing before you spend an evening searching for a model number that no longer exists.

The specs

7.1 inches is the whole argument

Stokke publishes a folded size of 52 x 44 x 18 cm — 20.5 x 17.3 x 7.1 in (stokke.com, read 2026-09-27). The 7.1 in figure is the thinnest published fold in this category, and thickness is the dimension that decides an overhead bin, because a bin is shallow and wide and a stroller goes in sideways.

For comparison, United publishes a carry-on maximum of 22 x 14 x 9 in, and the Cybex Libelle 2 folds to 7.8 in thick. The YOYO³ is not dramatically better than the Libelle — it is better by seven tenths of an inch, and it has a shoulder strap, which matters when you are carrying it down an aisle. Our overhead bin roundup compares them directly.

The weight figure deserves scrutiny

Stokke publishes “from 13.6 lb,” and that word is doing real work. The YOYO³ is a modular stroller: frame, seat, canopy, and options. The lowest figure describes a configuration, not necessarily the one you will own. Independent measurements of fully configured examples come in higher, sometimes around 17 lb.

This matters in exactly one place: American Airlines publishes a 20 lb ceiling for a carry-on stroller (aa.com, read 2026-09-27). A YOYO³ is under that in any configuration, so the risk is not being refused — it is being surprised by how heavy it feels lifting it into a bin at the end of a long day. If a precise number matters to you, weigh yours.

What it does that other strollers do not

The folding handlebar. It drops flat, which is part of how the fold gets to 7.1 in, and it has a tether so the folded stroller stays folded rather than springing open in your hand.

The shoulder strap. Small thing, large effect. Carrying a folded stroller down an aisle by the frame is awkward and slow; over a shoulder it is neither.

The reputation, which is mostly earned. This stroller has been the default recommendation in this category for years because the fold genuinely works and the parts are available. That is worth something on a product you will use for three years.

How it compares, on the numbers

The honest reading of that table: the YOYO³ and the Libelle are effectively tied, and the tiebreakers are not dimensional. The YOYO³ gives you seven tenths of an inch more bin margin and a shoulder strap; the Libelle is smaller in total volume and publishes a tidier set of figures. If you already own either, do not switch.

Who should not buy it

Anyone whose walking is on rough ground. Small wheels are the cost of a 7.1 in fold. On cobbles, gravel or a park path a heavier stroller with bigger wheels is meaningfully more comfortable for the child, and no amount of suspension engineering closes that gap at this folded size.

Anyone who needs a precise weight for an airline limit. “From 13.6 lb” is a configuration, not your stroller. Weigh yours.

Anyone gate-checking on every leg anyway. If your itinerary means the stroller goes down the jet bridge regardless, you are paying a premium for a fold you will not use. A simpler stroller plus a gate-check bag is the cheaper plan — see gate-checking a stroller.

The honest limitations

Small wheels and a compact seat, both direct consequences of the fold. It is a city and airport stroller, not a park stroller, and on rough ground a heavier stroller with bigger wheels is more comfortable for the child. The weight figure is published as a range rather than a number. And it is one of the more expensive strollers in the category, which the fold and the parts availability go some way to justifying.

Selected and compared from currently sold models against published specifications. We have not tested this stroller and do not claim to — see how we pick.