Cosco Scenera

sportsmomma

For those that have this one - where did you get it? Did you get the RF to 35lb or 40lbs? It's sort of weirding me out that there are very few places to buy it and even though I read to get the 40RF one I can't find it anywhere.

 Did you have to use pool noodles to get the right fit? I've heard that's a common problem - where do you put the noodle?

 We're getting it to take on a place/for vacation and then for my parents' car afterwards. 

 Thanks in advance for the help! 

emilyerin13

We bought ours for DD a few years ago to keep in DH's car as a backup (I'm a SAHM so no pickup/dropoff issues).  We bought it at Walmart for around $40 or so.  Honestly, I don't know if it is RF 35 or 40.  I would have loved to keep my LOs rear-facing for as long as possible but there is just no room for feet to go (my kids are long).  DS is still RF and I'm guessing by 12 months we'll switch him to FF.  We haven't had to use pool noodles to get it to fit properly.  Its fine but not as user friendly or padded as our Evenflo Triumphs that we keep in my car.  We do plan on getting a second Scenera for DH's car soon.

elainedave

We found the 40lb one at Target for approx $55. We ended up getting a different one, so cannot comment on installation, etc. GL.

uncharch7

ours is the 35lb one and i'm not overly concerned about it. it's in our second car, the only time he rides in it is when he goes to DC. i do a majority of the other errands with him in my car, where we have a triumph.

he's 20lbs at 8 months, we'll deal with what to get next when he reaches about 32-33lbs. we're planning on keeping him RF as long as possible, but the minute that he becomes too much of a distraction and FF will fix it, we'll switch him. we're hoping to make it to 2 but know also that it may be sooner. 

Leap08

This is the seat we use for our toddler in my husband's car. The one we have is RF to 40 lbs. When it was RF, we put a tightly rolled towel under it. She is FF now, and we don't have to use anything under it. We bought it at Target, but that was almost 2 years ago. It's an okay seat. My daughter's Britax seat is definitely much nicer and is the seat she rides in about 95% of the time. I think for your purposes, the Scenera will work well. It's definitely better for travel as it's lighter and a little smaller.

KYmama9286

Both of my kids use this seat my in car- not sure if its the 35RF or 40RF but even if you have a big baby now their weight gain usually slows down considerably once they are more active and a toddler. We do extended RF'ing (DS is almost 2.5 and still RF) and we will probably keep both of them RF until the weight max. We have a fancier Safety 1st convertible we got for my car for DS but honestly DS likes the Cosco seat just as much and the safety 1st seat is a lot bigger and bulkier and harder to move in and out so we keep that in my DH's car since in general the seats in my car get moved more (if grandma picks up a kid or if we are carpooling with a friend somewhere, etc.) We havent had to do anything special to get it to sit right, honestly I'm not too sure where you would put a pool noodle and why that would be needed. I like that this seat is light, not super big and easy to move. It doesnt have as much padding as the other seat we have but DS has never once complained and we've used it for 10+ hour car rides. 

sportsmomma

Thanks! Seems like this is the seat for us!