S.B.
I bit the bullet and bought the Phil & Teds Explorer. I needed the big wheels for Vermont winters and I wanted it to be as compact as possible for our little car. My oldest is 3 and already 35 pounds so that means that he has to sit up top. I find the combined weight a little hard to maneuver but all in all I'm quite happy. Sometimes I do wonder though, if it was an added expense that I really needed. If I had money to burn then I wouldn't be giving it another thought. If I didn't need the bid wheels of a jogger then a sit and stand Joovy would have been a much better (and less expensive) solution.
As for the City mini, I had the City Elite as a single and LOVED it! I checked out the double but had my heart set on a Phil and Teds. Good luck.
By the way, you can't jog with the City Strollers because the wheels are still too small. The wheels should be 16 inches to safely jog with kids.