The Burley D’lite trailer has been in our test fleet over the past few months and we finally feel we are now at the place to talk real-world thoughts on the product.
The first thing I noticed when I pulled the Burley D’Lite out of the box was how incredible light the double stroller was. It is the lightest double stroller we have tested and it has been quite noticeable on some larger hills and when I have been exhausted after a typical brutal sleep with two kids under three years old.
The first thing I noticed when I pulled the Burley D’Lite out of the box was how incredible light the double stroller was. It is the lightest double stroller we have tested and it has been quite noticeable on some larger hills and when I have been exhausted after a typical brutal sleep with two kids under three years old.
The next thing that I fell in love with was the seat belt harness system that Burley has developed. If you don’t have a lot of experience with trailers or putting kids into trailers you will need to channel you inner ninja unless you were blessed with angelic children. The Burley straps never tangle and are always in the right spot when you manage to wrestle the kids in. I really wish that kids car seat manufacturers could take a page from the Burley product manual and figure out how to get those straps to quit twisting.
The suspension system is fully adjustable and does well with smoothing out the ride on pavement and light gravel roads. The trailer has lots of headroom for the kids and some pockets for you to store their stuff when you clean up after them. The front door attaches on a two latch system that works as intended and getting into the trailer to calm a crying kid with the soother that always seems to fall out is pretty easy.
The rear hatch has impressive cargo space and you don’t have to have a degree in engineering to get to that over packed diaper bag and some extra outdoor play toys.
All the materials from the floor to the ceiling of the trailer are easy to clean as the people at Burley know how messy kids can get on outdoor adventures.
For a double trailer the D’lite is fairly narrow. They have bowed out the upper trailer and brought axle width of the trailer in to help with navigating. The upper bowed part is effective in giving the kids some extra breathing room. Furhter, the way Burley have tucked in the wheels is really well designed.
As a Bike only trailer the Dlite is pretty hard to beat for a pathway and light off-road use. If you are not loading and unloading it out of a car all the time, the Burley D’lite would be one of our first picks for double stroller on the market.
We found that the arm that attaches the trailer to the bike quite hard to remove to get the trailer into the car. It was super sicky at first but did get a little better over our 6 month test period, but it was always something I didn’t enjoy. Other than the arm, loading the trailer was a breeze, the wheels, trailer handle and collapsing of the trailer with super intuitive and easy.
We used the cross country ski attachment for fat-biking this past winter. Attaching the skis was brainless and they worked well on groomed and hard packed snow.
As always, with any rear axle hitch mounted trailer we recommend the Robert Axle Project rear axle for your bike. They simply work and you don’t have to fart around to get the hitch nice and secure.
All and all we thoroughly enjoyed the Burley D’lite trailer; the weight, incredible harness system- we are going to call it one of the best in the industry, and all the well thought out cycling centrist features makes this trailer a top pick for any Bike family looking to buy a double trailer.
Where to purchase:
MSRP: $669 US | Where to buy: Burley Amazon Backcountry
