Anyone choose Britax Boulevard over Marathon?

sescms2004 · May 2011

We have narrowed it down to the Marathon and Boulevard. I am torn between the two and trying to decide if the Boulevard is worth the extra money, or if it's overkill. The main reason I'm considering it is b/c I drive a 2003 Tahoe and do not have side airbags in the backseat. Then again, it's an SUV, not a small car.

Anyone choose Boulevard over Marathon? If so, are you happy with your choice and do you feel it was worth it?

LALASEPT05 · May 2011

I did get the Boulevard. They were having a sale on Albee Baby and I just figured why not get the one with the extra padding. They're pretty wide so it's good you have a nice sized vehicle. I like the Boulevard but again I didn't really heavily weigh them against each other.

sescms2004 · May 2011

LALASEPT05:
I did get the Boulevard. They were having a sale on Albee Baby and I just figured why not get the one with the extra padding. They're pretty wide so it's good you have a nice sized vehicle. I like the Boulevard but again I didn't really heavily weigh them against each other.

According to the measurements listed on Amazon, the Blvd is only half an inch wider. Did you have any issues fitting two side by side?

sylver408 · May 2011

I actually got the Advocate and also bought them at Albee Baby since they had a really good sale. I think all 3 are pretty good so no complains from my part.

busybea · May 2011

I also just purchased the Boulevard 70 CS at albeebaby.com due to their sale

srh08.05.06 · May 2011

We bought the Boulevard 70's and are very happy with them so far.

blondek8 · May 2011

We bought 2 Boulevards. I can't remember why we chose them over the Marathon or Advocate. My memory blows. The babies like them far better than their infant seats.

keg · May 2011

blondek8:
We bought 2 Boulevards. I can't remember why we chose them over the Marathon or Advocate. My memory blows. The babies like them far better than their infant seats.

Ditto including not remembering why we chose them. :-) They have been great and DDs seem very comfortable in them. We have a minivan and have them in the 2nd row captain's chairs so no clue how they would work in a bench seat. We got ours from albeebaby.com

nikinikinine · May 2011

I picked the Boulevards too. I took the kids with me to BBB when I was looking at them and I put DD in a Marathon and then in a Boulevard and seeing her tiny head in between the padding versus just bobbling free and I was sold. Sure, it might be overkill. But it makes me feel better and the price difference wasn't so drastic that I thought it was worth it.

We got one at BBB with a 20% off coupon and had enough store credit from registry returns to pay for the difference. The other I bought through Albee Baby with their 25% off sale.

omalley · May 2011

keg:
blondek8:
We bought 2 Boulevards. I can't remember why we chose them over the Marathon or Advocate. My memory blows. The babies like them far better than their infant seats.
Ditto including not remembering why we chose them. :-) They have been great and DDs seem very comfortable in them. We have a minivan and have them in the 2nd row captain's chairs so no clue how they would work in a bench seat. We got ours from albeebaby.com

Ditto exactly what keg said above.

I think I saw a comparison chart of the different Britax seats and Boulevard stood out to me...but I don't remember where I saw it. This post is proof that kids zap brain cells! ;-)

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