by Joyce Slaton posted in Products & Prizes

Stroller engineering gets better every year. Proof positive: the following 7 beauties with gee-whiz features like expanding baskets, seats that morph according to your needs, and teeny tiny folds that let you store them anywhere you need. The best part: prices start at $179.99.

1. Uppababy Vista 2017: If you know strollers at all, you know the Vista: that magnificent sailing ship of a stroller that rolls like a dream and looks like one too, with the included bassinet holding your baby from birth (even overnight if you like -- it's safe for overnight sleeping). The Vista was already more or less perfected in 2015, so this year it's basically tweaked: a couple of pounds lighter, genuine leather on the handlebar and bumper bar -- you can feel the difference -- and ravishing new colors, including this rock-star-at-a-ski-chalet white-and-silver scheme. (Pishposhbaby, $899.99)
2. Austlen Entourage: This amazing expanding cargo stroller got plenty of attention in 2016, but wasn't actually ready for sale until recently. As you can see from the above image, the Austlen can function as a single stroller when that's what you need -- or you can pull out the chassis to two different positions, allowing you to put on a second seat/hold up to two carseats, make a standing platform for an older child, or carry up to 150 pounds of whatever you need to carry: kids, groceries, beach or soccer gear, luggage, thrift store finds. (Pishposhbaby, $8...