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Another Radian vs Britax question

kat.in.the.hatkat.in.the.hat
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I think what we're going to do is put Eliza in Marion's Marathon and get Marion a new car seat when Eliza outgrows the infant seat.  Is the Radian smaller than the Marathon width wise? And does it for sure take up more room RF than the Marathon, because that thing is a beast RFing.
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Re: Another Radian vs Britax question

  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    The radian is absolutely the narrowest seat width wise. You can fit 3 radians across in a Corolla, they are that narrow.

    I'm pretty sure that it takes up more room front to back than a Marathon though. In my PT Cruiser, I tried out the Marathon and it didn't take any more room than my Graco Snugride. I could not get my radian RFing in the cruiser though (but I have read since then that people have done it, so maybe it was just me, I've never tried it again).

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  • savannah11savannah11
    It does take up more room rfing.  We could fit the radian rfing in our car but switched C back to the marathon because it gave the front passenger so much more leg room.  
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  • horn_jm@hotmail.comhorn_jm@hotmail.com
    If you plan on FF, I would look at the Frontier or Nautilus.  If you want to ERF, I would look at the car seat message boards to see what they are recommending as the best ones that will last the longest.
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  • mom2llmom2ll member
    We have 2 of each seat.  Hands down we like the Radian...  It is more narrow and takes up less space, but RF it is longer.  I think it's not a hot in our climate and is a more comfortable seat for them..  My car has stadium seating and the Radian is lower...  When I lift them in I don't bump their heads on the top of the car...  You're welcome to check them both out if you like.
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  • KT120106KT120106

    The Radian is definitely longer RF, but because it is so narrow, it fits nicely in the middle of my backseat without interfering with the positions of the front seats. I only have one child, but I definitely think you could do one in the middle and one on the side, although there would be pros and cons to that...

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  • kat.in.the.hatkat.in.the.hat
    imageKT120106:

    The Radian is definitely longer RF, but because it is so narrow, it fits nicely in the middle of my backseat without interfering with the positions of the front seats. I only have one child, but I definitely think you could do one in the middle and one on the side, although there would be pros and cons to that...

    That's the way we have it now - Britax RF in the middle. Graco RF behind the passenger seat. I think maybe we could do the Radian RF in the middle and the Marathon RF behind passenger if we need to move Eliza up before we're ready yo turn Marion FF

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