Which one(s) do you have? Like it? Not like it? Are the buckles easy to use?
They haven't outgrown the infant seats yet, but we'll need to buy convertibles eventually and we're just going to get them now so we have seats in each car for a while and don't have to move them back and forth. Plus, Grandma offered them as first birthday presents and I'm not saying no to that
We have Radian's and love them. They are heavy but fold for travel. They have a slim profile which makes it great for smaller cars or fitting several in a row. I think the height/weight limit is higher than some convertibles so they last a looong time.
We had Britax Marathons. They are a beast in size, but the kids seemed super comfortable, and they lasted a LONG time (we just switched them out of them at 6.5 - and honestly Gray could have lasted a few more months because he is a smaller.) Easy to buckle/unbuckle. I thought they were really easy to install and clean (can't tell you how many times I had to strip the seats and clean them top to bottom.) We had no complaints with them.
We also had Costco Sceneras for our spare seats (for L's car.) They were super lightweight (so much better for traveling), but a PITA to install/uninstall, not as padded, and much smaller (the kids grew out of them by 4y.) But for $40, they did the job if you needed an extra set for occasional use.
Post by bluedaisyus on Apr 14, 2013 19:32:56 GMT -5
We have brittax marathons. We like them, they're easy to install and move between vehicles. My wife has an accord now which is a little bigger, but she used to have a civic and it fit fine in there and in my SIL's focus, but they are on the larger side as far as seats go. I drive a pilot so pretty much anything fits in there. We mostly went with them because they had good ratings and we found them on clearance (the cover fabric was being discontinued). I've heard good things about the radians, too.
We also had Costco Sceneras for our spare seats (for L's car.) They were super lightweight (so much better for traveling), but a PITA to install/uninstall, not as padded, and much smaller (the kids grew out of them by 4y.) But for $40, they did the job if you needed an extra set for occasional use.
I agree - we've got one of these we used for the grandparent's car and we used it when we traveled to CA. It wouldn't be my main carseat, but its the best value for a backup/travel seat.
However it is very, very easy to use, clean, buckle, etc. I'd probably got with a smaller Britax if I were to do it again but that's only because now I have to squeeze three into the back seat.
I went to BRU and while they didn't have the Radians, they had several Britax and the Evenflo, and Safety 1st. I love the new Chicco Nextfits - they are so nice, seem very safe and adjustable, and we've been super-happy with our Keyfits. Plus if you buy them in-store you get a $50 BRU gift card with each one, and the twin discount, so that brings the price down considerably. Now I just have to find them. They were sold out at the one near me and the next closest one (20 miles away) said to call tomorrow morning when they open. They expect two to come on the truck but couldn't say for sure. I hope so b/c I don't want to order online and miss out on the gift cards and the discount.
Thank you for recommending the Tribute - I think we'll pick those up for the second car when they outgrow the Keyfits.
We are also looking for M's truck plus as the weather continues to warm I am worried Jacob is going to sweat too much in his infant seat. Has anyone encountered the issue with some models of convertibles requiring a rolled up towel to level correctly? I see this so often in reviews especially when installing in cars.
We are also looking for M's truck plus as the weather continues to warm I am worried Jacob is going to sweat too much in his infant seat. Has anyone encountered the issue with some models of convertibles requiring a rolled up towel to level correctly? I see this so often in reviews especially when installing in cars.
this is pretty common in the reviews I've seen for Dorel seats (Cosco, Safety 1st, etc). We have not needed anything with our Radians or the Tributes at my MILs. I bought the latter entirely because of this - we fly there 2-3x/yr and I am not going to be leveling a car seat at the airport!
fwiw, my kids are much much cooler in the low side Radians than they were in their buckets. Our old Forester has shitty AC.
Awesome! Thank you so much. I wanted to avoid this as well as I really don't want to have to add something not provided with the seat to level it. It was a safety concern for me.
We also had Costco Sceneras for our spare seats (for L's car.) They were super lightweight (so much better for traveling), but a PITA to install/uninstall, not as padded, and much smaller (the kids grew out of them by 4y.) But for $40, they did the job if you needed an extra set for occasional use.
I agree - we've got one of these we used for the grandparent's car and we used it when we traveled to CA. It wouldn't be my main carseat, but its the best value for a backup/travel seat.
We also have one as a backup/travel seat. It does the trick and is nice and small, but so hard to adjust the straps in comparison to our Evenflo Triumph!