Exra carseat for the nanny?

MrsEMC · February 2012

Our nanny is going to start picking up our 3 year old (he's about 34 inches tall and 28 pounds) at school for us. The school is literally two miles down the road from our house so we are looking for an economical car seat. We have 2 britax's (I forget which model), but she doesn't need a $300 model from this simple drive a couple times a week. I don't want to get into switching the seat back and forth every though either. Any recommendations? Not sure exactly how to google that one!

mommabear7182 · February 2012

Is she a full time nanny? If so, I'd look into buying another Britax.

Singingmama · February 2012

I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

lindac1 · February 2012

We have an Evenflo Maestro as our extra seat for our 2 yr old (who is about the same size as your 3 yr. old!) and it wasn't super expensive at all.

SuperCuteBenz · February 2012

Singingmama:
I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

FWIW, this car seat is on the Top 10 Worst Booster list. It stinks as a harnessed seat, because the harness is outgrown early on (assuming you have the 40lb edition and not the 50lb version) and makes an unsafe booster.

OP, please do not waste your money on that seat. You might look into something like the Evenflo Maestro.

MammaBear81 · February 2012

We have this carseat that turns into a booster. You need the Latch system (which most cars have now) and you can usually get it on sale for $150

mrsjami · February 2012

I gave the 2nd seat to our nanny, we just use my car when we have DS. I have 2 Britax, second one I bought on albeebaby.com for a great price.

Kingston54 · February 2012

Britax is #1 for me but a good compromise is Graco My Ride 65. Good bang for the buck. The Cosco Scenera is often recommended but we had it and literally threw it in the garbage because it was such a piece of crap.

Singingmama · February 2012

SuperCuteBenz:

Singingmama:
I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

FWIW, this car seat is on the Top 10 Worst Booster list. It stinks as a harnessed seat, because the harness is outgrown early on (assuming you have the 40lb edition and not the 50lb version) and makes an unsafe booster.

OP, please do not waste your money on that seat. You might look into something like the Evenflo Maestro.

Wow! Well, thanks for making me feel like a completely shitty parent for having this carseat for our daughter.

Singingmama · February 2012

Singingmama:
SuperCuteBenz:

Singingmama:
I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

FWIW, this car seat is on the Top 10 Worst Booster list. It stinks as a harnessed seat, because the harness is outgrown early on (assuming you have the 40lb edition and not the 50lb version) and makes an unsafe booster.

OP, please do not waste your money on that seat. You might look into something like the Evenflo Maestro.

Wow! Well, thanks for making me feel like a completely shitty parent for having this carseat for our daughter.

Also... you do know that not everyone can afford to go out and buy 2+ $300 carseats....

Singingmama · February 2012

SuperCuteBenz:

Singingmama:
I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

FWIW, this car seat is on the Top 10 Worst Booster list. It stinks as a harnessed seat, because the harness is outgrown early on (assuming you have the 40lb edition and not the 50lb version) and makes an unsafe booster.

OP, please do not waste your money on that seat. You might look into something like the Evenflo Maestro.

Ok, I've googled and I can't find any Top 10 Worst Booster list. As a matter of fact, while googling, I came across several websites that talk about the safety and convenience of the Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite.

SuperCuteBenz · February 2012

Singingmama:
SuperCuteBenz:

Singingmama:
I have this carseat in my car and I LOVE it. It's super comfy and will grow with DD until she's 100 lbs. Plus, it's not $300.

FWIW, this car seat is on the Top 10 Worst Booster list. It stinks as a harnessed seat, because the harness is outgrown early on (assuming you have the 40lb edition and not the 50lb version) and makes an unsafe booster.

OP, please do not waste your money on that seat. You might look into something like the Evenflo Maestro.

Ok, I've googled and I can't find any Top 10 Worst Booster list. As a matter of fact, while googling, I came across several websites that talk about the safety and convenience of the Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite.

https://www.iihs.org/research/topics/boosters/not_recommended.aspx

No one said you were a shitty parent. However, the AOE makes the list year after year. It does not make a good booster seat, and any tech will tell you that. It is fact, that the 40lb harness does not last long either. Most kids outgrow it by 3 before they are ready to move to a regular booster safely. You cannot use this seat (if you have the 40lb limit harness) on the top harness setting either, which most people don't know, because they don't read the manual.

FWIW, I have never paid $200-$300 for a car seat. There are plenty of awesome seats under $150. The Scenera is $40 at most stores, and the Maestro that I recommended is under $80.

Did you look (or ask) for reviews on carseat.org? There are tons of techs on there, and you can search by the name of the seat. There are just way better seats for the money.

This top link discusses the Eddie Bauer 3-n-1 (which is the exact same as the AOE- there are actually 7 seats manufactured under different names) and it basically says it all.....

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=212213

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=137208

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=179195

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=176332

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