If you’re looking for one stroller to rule them all, let me spare you the wild goose chase. There’s no such thing—at least, not for adventurous families.
When I became a parent two years ago, I swore our garage would not be full of specialty kid gear that would only see occasional or specific use, i.e. a jogging stroller for running and gravel use; a compact stroller for everyday errands and travel; and a wagon for kid and gear schlepping. Lo and behold, we now have every one of these kid conveyors in our garage.
While each is in steady rotation, there’s one that has seen a surprising amount of use: our Veer All-Terrain wagon.
Veer All-Terrain Wagon Specifications
Open dimensions: 37” L x 20” W x 23” H
Folded dimensions: 37” L x 20” W x 14” H
Capacity: 55 lbs per seat (2 seats)
Weight: 32.6 lbs (with wheels); 24.6 lbs (wheels removed)
Pros and Cons
⊕ Pushes and handles like a stroller
⊕ Rugged, durable design
⊕ Burly wheels can navigate off-road terrain
⊕ Sleek design for compact storage
⊗ Expensive
⊗ Most helpful accessories not included in base price
⊗ Doesn’t fit as much gear as some other wagons
I first learned about this wagon through my local mom group’s Facebook page. One mom’s post about it racked up at least 50 comments from other women. Most posted glowing reviews, a few criticized it for being overpriced, but the majority were moms who were eager to get their hands on one but were striking out finding used options on second-hand marketplaces.
I hadn’t seen this level of discourse in this mom group since someone posted about turning their leftover breast milk into jewelry, so I decided to try the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser for myself to see what all the fuss was about.
We originally got this wagon to take on a beach vacation, where we knew we’d need something to haul our one-year-old and all of our gear from our condo to the beach each day. There are lots of affordable kid wagons out there; most are fine for toting kiddos and gear short distances on smooth surfaces, but many of them are a pain to pull when fully loaded down, and uncomfortable for the little ones riding in them.
Our son was barely 30 inches tall at the time, too little to comfortably sit up in a hold-all wagon without getting tossed around. We wanted a wagon that would pull double-duty as a stroller and gear hauler on vacation, and that’s exactly what the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser is: a wagon that you can push and steer like a stroller, and securely seats two kids.
What I Love About the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser
Smooth Steering and Handling
The Veer—stuffed to the gills with beach towels, toys, soft cooler, sun shade, diaper bag, and our son—handled the 0.2-mile trek (a mix of pavement, gravel, and sand) right onto the beach with aplomb. The wagon can’t navigate loose sand with just the stock polyurethane foam tires—you’ll need to purchase Veer’s beach wheel kit ($250) for that. But the stock tires did fine on packed sand when not fully loaded down, allowing us to take our son, who wasn’t yet walking, along for beach strolls.
In the months since that beach vacation, the Veer also became our go-to for walks around our neighborhood and trips to our local pool and parks because our son preferred it over our regular stroller. He liked being able to see more of his environment and sit more upright on the wagon’s built-in bench, made cozier with Veer’s comfort seat for toddlers ($89). This seat also includes a five-point-harness, which added extra support for our little guy, who needed more than just the three-point-buckle that’s included to comfortably stay upright on rugged terrain.
On those outings, the All-Terrain Cruiser handled cracked pavement, wonky curbs, gravel, grass, dirt, and even snow with ease. Like all wagons, it doesn’t have the tightest turning radius and smoothly navigating around corners takes some practice. My husband and I both decided we prefer pushing the wagon like a stroller versus pulling it like a traditional wagon. Ergonomically, the height-adjustable handle is designed primarily for pushing the wagon; the extra wide handlebar, while nice for hanging bags off of to accommodate more gear, makes pulling the Veer like a wagon awkward.
That said, having the ability to choose how you steer the Veer is clutch. We inevitably found ourselves pushing it along as a wagon for stretches of our walks because the retractable canopy ($59) doesn’t provide enough coverage to block out low-angle sun. In early morning or late afternoon, the sun’s low angle dictated whether we pushed or pulled the Veer to keep glaring rays out of our son’s eyes.
Sleek Design for Easy Storage
The smart design of this wagon is what sets it apart from similar wagons on the market. For how rugged and bombproof it is, it’s sleek and incredibly streamlined, making it super simple to fold up into a relatively small package and stash on a shelf in the garage, in the trunk or roof box of a car, or even in a gate-check bag for flying.
Simply unlock the handlebar with the push of a button and fold down the four sides of the wagon like a box to collapse the wagon onto itself; you can also pop off the wheels by clicking the buttons in the center of each wheel to get the wagon to lay completely flat. The whole process takes 30 seconds, and unfolding it is just as quick and easy. Even without being fully collapsed and with the wheels still on, the wagon easily fits into the back of our Chevy Equinox. And at 33 pounds with the wheels on, it’s not back-breaking to lift it.
You do need to remove the optional accessories—like the sun canopy and toddler comfort seat—to get the wagon to pack all the way down; this adds a few steps and a little extra time to the pack-down process, which is why we got lazy and usually just loaded the wagon into our trunk not fully collapsed.
Downsides to the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser
Limited Gear-Hauling Capacity
The Veer All-Terrain may bill itself as a wagon, but it’s really a stroller. By design, it’s better at conveying kids than hauling a pile of gear. Its two built-in benches (that don’t collapse) and short sidewalls mean this wagon can’t hold the amount of gear that other, more basic wagons can (like the affordable ones you see at Target and Walmart).
When our little guy was in the wagon, we could fit a couple of towels, a large beach bag, and a bucket of beach toys in the wagon with him. With two kids in there, there’s not a lot of room for anything else. With one kiddo seated on a bench and an infant car seat attached over the second bench (a compatibility feature that’s a huge plus of this wagon), there’s room for even less extra stuff (and what you do shove under the car seat is hard to access).
Veer’s foldable storage basket ($79) helps to increase the wagon’s gear-hauling capacity and easily attaches to the back of the wagon, but in my opinion doesn’t offer enough extra storage to justify the additional purchase.
Expensive, Best Accessories Aren’t Included
This brings me to the biggest downside of the Veer wagon: It comes with a hefty price tag, and that doesn’t even include some of the most helpful accessories (like the comfort seat insert, the storage basket, or the canopy). Heck, Veer even sells a sun visor ($19) for the canopy separately.
The stock wagon only comes with two cupholders that attach to the handlebar, and a snack tray with two cup holders that can click anywhere onto the sidewalls so kids can snack on the go. These accessories are nice, but they’re not as essential and don’t add as much as some of the other optional accessories (like a sun canopy).
Is the Veer All-Terrain Wagon Worth the Price?
So, is this wagon worth the price? The answer depends entirely on what you’re looking for from a wagon, and how much extra cash you have lying around. If you’re in need of a wagon that can haul a lot—kids and gear—look elsewhere. Similar stroller-wagons like the Wonderfold W2 Elite ($479) have more capacity.
But what has impressed me about the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser is its smooth handling over all sorts of terrain, and its smart and rugged design that makes it so easy to fold, unfold, and travel with. We now have two kids (a baby and a toddler), so anytime we go anywhere we have to cart around a stroller that can carry two. Because the Veer All-Terrain Cruiser is much more compact and packable than our Thule Urban Glide 3 double stroller, this wagon accompanies us on more road trips and outings that require us to hop in the car first. So for our family, this wagon is totally worth it.
At $699, it’s expensive and double the price of similar hybrid stroller-wagons like the Evenflo Pivot Xplore. But like a Yeti cooler, the Veer is over-engineered to be extremely rugged and durable, making it a piece of gear that will stand up to kid abuse, travel, and years of family adventures. There’s a reason they’re so hard to come by on second-hand marketplaces.
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