I'm starting the research process now for a CC for DD. Most likely the carseat will be used mainly in the Honda Pilot, but DH has a Honda Accord Coupe (2 door). So I'm looking for something not overly bulky, but with good ratings.
DH and I've looked at the Britax Marathon, Roundabout and Diplomat. Any other carseats that we should consider?
Thanks!
Re: Recommend your Convertible Carseat
The Cosco Scenera seems to be talked about a lot on the bump boards for an affordable and smaller option for the second car that LO would most likely not ride in as much. Apparently it gets good safety ratings, but I don't have any personal experience with it.
We have the Britax Marathon and it is a monster! We haven't used it yet though.
I checked at the Marathon yesterday and OMG it was huge. Actually all of the carseats were huge.
Okay, another question... Do people actually buy two CC ? I mean most likely I will be dropping and picking up DD from daycare, but I would like to have an option say if DH has to pick her up. You know.
Yes. Trust me you don't want to be wrangling convertible carseats in and out of cars if and when the other car needs to be used. That's why I like the suggestion about putting the Cosco Scenera in your DH's car. Its a good, cheap no-frills seat. You can prob get it for like $45 with a coupon or sale.
You definately do not want to be stuck with only one carseat. We have 4 carseats, 2 of the them are the Costco ones. We got them at Target, on sale for $50. The are no frills, but they work for DH's car, and they are FAA approved so we have flown with them thinking if they were damaged in any way they are not too much to replace. In my car we have the Alpha Omega Elite. This is not a carseat that is too expensive, has good ratings, and it worked well both rear facing and forward facing.
We have a Marathon in the Volvo and even though it looks huge I honestly think it takes up less space than the infant carrier in the base. I found the Marathon and a Maxi-Cosi Priori convertible seat on clearance @ Target, so I got 2 convertible carseats for less than the retail price of the Marathon- granted both had been sitting on the store shelf for a year, so the discount was important, since seats have a limited lifespan. The Maxi-Cosi seat- which I find a little more difficult to get DD in and out of is in my VW cabrio and seems to be "shorter" depth wise.
My dad really wanted a seat for e. to ride in in his car, so I bought him the Cosco Scenera @ Target, it was on sale for $45.
Oh I definitely didn't want to be pulling that big carseat out every time.
We recently bought a Graco My Ride 65. I was torn bn that one, the Safety First Complete Air and the Britax seats. I ruled out the Safety First after learning that it can be tricky to install and then ruled out the Britax seats as they have less leg room than a lot of seats and we want to keep my son rear facing for as long as possible.
The woman that runs this blog really helped us out with making our decision. She will also come and inspect to make sure that your car seat is safely installed, which is great since 95% of kids our improperly installed.
We have the Graco MyRide 65 too, but have not used it yet. Glad to see it is getting some good reviews!
We will need to get DCP a convertible car seat for the fall and will most likely go with Cosco Convertible. Right now we've been switching bases with the infant seat, but I can't wait to stop doing that!
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miscarriage on 11/26/09 at 5w6d
miscarriage on 11/26/09 at 5w6d
Thanks Laura for the recommendation.