The current generation is the Miles2, listed at $499.99 direct from Babybee, and that is the pram assessed here. It replaces the original Miles rather than sitting beside it, and Babybee’s own listing reads as a change list: one-handed seat recline and return, an 8 kg basket up from 5 kg, recycled water-resistant fabrics, a bigger canopy, a new easy-adjust harness with stay-put covers, and four colourways. At capture the listing said pre-orders open early September with dispatch estimated early October, so nobody in Australia was pushing one yet.
Assessed on specification, the Miles2 scores 7.3. That places it mid-pack among the cheap travel strollers and behind the bracket leader, which is the Stokke YOYO 3 at $599.95 and 7.5. What follows is the argument about whether $499.99 buys you a better stroller than the four things sitting either side of it on price.
The case for it
The basket is the strongest number on the page. Babybee lists 8 kg, up from 5 kg on the original Miles. For context, the Cybex Coya at $799 publishes a 5 kg basket, and the 8 kg figure matches the Joolz Aer2, which is listed at $1,058 with its bassinet. On a travel stroller the basket is usually the first thing sacrificed to the fold, and 8 kg is a nappy bag plus a decent shop rather than a token pouch. Babybee has spent the second generation fixing the right thing.
The seat action is the second. On the original Miles you could recline one-handed but needed two hands to sit the seat back up, and Babybee names that flaw in its own copy before saying the Miles2 does both with one hand. Manufacturers rarely publish what was wrong with the last model. It is a small mechanism and a real improvement, because the moment you need it is the moment your other arm is holding a sleeping toddler at a cafe table.
Australian parts and service is where the Miles2 quietly earns its keep, scoring 8.5. In this bracket only the Babyhood Air Compact does better at 9.0. Stokke and Cybex sit at 7.0 and Babyzen at 6.5. On a $499.99 stroller the difference matters more than it does higher up the range, because a $90 replacement canopy that has to come from Europe is a meaningful slice of what you paid for the whole thing.
Build and materials takes 7.5, which is ahead of the Babyhood Air Compact at 6.5 and level with the Cybex Coya at more than half again the price. Babybee’s claim is recycled fabric that is water and spill-resistant, and for a stroller that will spend its life absorbing sunscreen, sand and dropped sultanas, wipe-clean is a more useful property than most of what gets advertised at this money. Conversion and versatility takes 7.0, the best of the sub-$600 travel group here and level with the Coya.
The case against it
Push and wheels is the problem, and it is not a small one. The Miles2 scores 6.0, the equal lowest in this entire pram field bar the Rever Bebe Horizon at 5.5, a mark it shares with the Babyhood Air Compact. That score is a direct consequence of what Babybee will not tell you. There is no tyre size, no wheel material, no mention of suspension anywhere on the listing. Babyzen publishes independent suspension on all four wheels. Stokke publishes Hytrel elastomer suspension on four wheels. Cybex publishes front-wheel suspension. Babyhood at least names high-density EVA wheels on a powder-coated aluminium frame. Babybee names nothing at all, and we do not score a figure that has not been published.
Then there is the weight. On a travel stroller it is the number that decides the purchase, because you will be carrying this thing up an escalator with a bag on your shoulder. Stokke publishes 6.2 kg for the YOYO 3. Cybex publishes 6.6 kg for the Coya. Joolz publishes 6.5 kg for the Aer2. Babybee publishes no kerb weight for the Miles2. Nor does it publish folded dimensions, which is the other half of the same question. Babyzen states 52 x 44 x 18 cm folded and Joolz states 44 x 53 x 23.5 cm with an IATA compliance claim attached. You cannot tell from Babybee’s listing whether the Miles2 fits an overhead locker, and that is why fold and footprint sits at 8.0, the lowest of the travel strollers named here.
Availability is the third mark against it. As at 30 July 2026 the Miles2 was a coming-soon listing with pre-orders from early September and dispatch estimated early October. If your due date is inside that window you are buying a promise, and a pre-order is a poor way to acquire the one item you might need in the boot on day one. The score reflects a stroller nobody has yet received.
Watch Babybee’s own ladder too. The Rover3 is listed at $799.99 with a bassinet included and capsule compatibility to roughly five years, and it scores 7.7. That is $300 more for a pram that covers a newborn properly and outscores the Miles2 by four tenths. The Miles2 is the second stroller in a household, or the only one for a family that flies often. It is not the pram you build a nursery around.
How it compares
| Pram | Price | Bench Score |
|---|---|---|
| Stokke YOYO 3 Stroller | $599.95 | 7.5 |
| Babyzen Yoyo2 (frame + 6+ colour pack) | $449.95 | 7.4 |
| Cybex Coya Travel Stroller | $799 | 7.4 |
| Babybee Miles2 Stroller | $499.99 | 7.3 |
| Babyhood Air Compact Stroller Black | $499 | 7.2 |
Stokke YOYO 3 Stroller, $599.95, Bench Score 7.5. The bracket leader, and the pram the Miles2 has to beat. It is the lightest in this field on the maker’s figures at 6.2 kg, folds in seconds to a size that fits most airline cabin allowances, and runs Hytrel elastomer suspension on all four wheels. It costs $99.96 more. The catch is real: this bundle pairs the frame with the 6+ colour pack, so a newborn needs extra spend, and Australian parts and service scores 7.0 against the Miles2’s 8.5. If weight and cabin fold are why you are buying a travel stroller, buy the Stokke.
Babyzen Yoyo2 Stroller, frame plus 6+ colour pack, $449.95, Bench Score 7.4. The smallest published fold in the field at 52 x 44 x 18 cm, with independent suspension on all four wheels, for $50.04 less than the Miles2. Two caveats decide it. The bundled colour pack is 6 months and up, so newborn kit costs more, and the $449.95 we captured is an ex-display, in-store-only Brisbane listing rather than a national price. Treat it as a bargain if you can get to it and a distraction if you cannot.
Cybex Coya Travel Stroller, $799, Bench Score 7.4. The one in this group that publishes a lie-flat recline from birth to approximately 4 years, at 6.6 kg with a carry-on friendly fold. It costs $299.01 more than the Miles2 and gives back a 5 kg basket against the Miles2’s 8 kg, along with front-only suspension. It is the better documented stroller and the more expensive answer to a question the Miles2 answers adequately for $499.99.
Babyhood Air Compact Stroller Black, $499, Bench Score 7.2. The closest rival on price, at 99 cents less, and the holder of our Best under $500 award. It is the more complete newborn proposition on paper: an assisted auto fold, a reclinable seat described as newborn-ready, capsule compatibility, a frame weight-tested to 22 kg and a carry bag in the box. Its Australian parts and service score of 9.0 is the equal highest of any pram assessed. The Miles2 edges it overall by a tenth, on build and materials at 7.5 against 6.5 and on the 8 kg basket, and both strollers share the same 6.0 for push and wheels. This is genuinely close. If you want published newborn suitability and the strongest local support at this money, the Babyhood is the safer buy today, not least because it is on the shelf.
Verdict
The Miles2 is a competent second-generation update that fixes the things owners of the first one complained about, and it is priced where a travel stroller should be. The 8 kg basket, the one-handed seat action and the local support behind it are worth the $499.99 on their own terms. What Babybee has not done is publish the two numbers this category is bought on. Without a kerb weight and a folded dimension, a travel stroller is asking you to take its portability on faith, and 6.0 for push and wheels is the price of saying nothing about the running gear.
Buy it if you want an inexpensive second stroller from an Australian company you can ring, and if you can wait for October. If you want the best stroller in this bracket, it is not the Miles2. It is the Stokke YOYO 3 at $599.95, which publishes its weight, its suspension and its fold. If you need something at this exact money that is available now and documented for a newborn, look at the Babyhood Air Compact at $499. More options at this price sit in our under $800 pram rankings, and the full field is in our pram rankings.
Bench Score 7.3. Conversion and versatility 7.0, fold and footprint 8.0, push and wheels 6.0, build and materials 7.5, Australian parts and service 8.5.
Assessed on specification, 30 July 2026. No unit was pushed, folded or weighed by us; every figure above comes from the manufacturer or the retailer listing. Prices are the lowest listed Australian retail as at that date and will move.
Disclosure: Babyhood, which also distributes the Kaylula range, is an agency client of The Baby Bench’s publisher, Xpand Digital. Babybee is not. Bench Scores are set from published specification on the same five criteria for every product, and no Babyhood product has been placed above a product that outscores it.
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Product specifications, claims and Australian pricing were checked against the following sources for this assessment. Prices and availability can change after publication.