Rec your carseat

miss2697 · January 2014

We are looking into getting a convertible seat for LO very soon. Who has made the switch and what did ya get? We are currently in a Graco snugride 30, but I don't mind switching if something is considered "safer".

pgermain11 · January 2014

Yay! Glad you asked this bc I've been doing research too trying to figure out what to get. I'm looking at the Chicco Nextfit, but I think I might want a 3-in-1 system. I have a Keyfit 30 now.

fabk · January 2014

We just got the Britax Boulevard. Only used it once so far but it was easy to install and LO seems to like it.

jackson290721 · January 2014

I need to add the carseat people. I think I am leaning towards the radian (I want to RF as long as possible) but I'm curious what the have to say. But lazy.

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jackson290721 · January 2014

OMG just found out Diono is coming out with new car seats in april. I think I'm in love. Okay DD, no growing anymore, wait until april.

saphires · January 2014

We have the Graco headwise and like it. I agree with pp check out the car seat for littles fb group, I learned so much from them. Not trying to be snarky but to the other pp whose ped said they are safest in the Infant seat this makes no sense to me, MOST convertibles are made for babies 4-40 pounds RF and no car seat is safer than another.

miss2697 · January 2014

Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!

pgermain11 · January 2014

miss2697 said:

Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!

Really? I saw the baby gizmo review and it looked incredibly easy. It's a no thread harness. You just adjust the height of the headrest.

bobcee · January 2014

We use Britax Boulevards with DD and plan on getting the same for DS.

miss2697 · January 2014

pgermain11 said:

miss2697 said:

Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!

Really? I saw the baby gizmo review and it looked incredibly easy. It's a no thread harness. You just adjust the height of the headrest.

Not hard to adjust, but I guess tighten? Quite a few people said that. Honestly, I think I am just going to put the 3 favorites on our wishlist because my MIL just said she would get it for us. That way I don't have to decide...

saphires · January 2014

mainerocks said:

emmb72713 said:

We have the Graco headwise and like it. I agree with pp check out the car seat for littles fb group, I learned so much from them. Not trying to be snarky but to the other pp whose ped said they are safest in the Infant seat this makes no sense to me, MOST convertibles are made for babies 4-40 pounds RF and no car seat is safer than another.

That's just silly. That's like saying no car is safer than another. Yeah, they all pass safety tests, but some have more safety features than others.

Any tech will tell you this.

saphires · January 2014

I guess that's just what I've been told

babykk · January 2014

miss2697 said:
Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!

We had/have the nautilus with my DD (she is 5 now). I love it. When she turned one, they were able to front face. Not sure if that seat rear faces. She now is in the backless booster.

miss2697 · January 2014

babykk said:

Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!
We had/have the nautilus with my DD (she is 5 now). I love it. When she turned one, they were able to front face. Not sure if that seat rear faces. She now is in the backless booster.

You're right, it's not rear facing. See, I am so overwhelmed with all the choices I am not reading correctly. Thanks for pointing it out.

Linzbut113083 · January 2014

We bought the chicco nextfit but have yet to install it. I liked the feel of the material compared to some of the other car seat brands. Kellymom (is that it?) had the nextfit on her list.

[Deleted User] · January 2014

My pedi told my sister (we have the same pedi) that she could go ahead and front face her 1 year old, I was kind of shocked. He's old but he usually knows his shit.

Kitten80 · January 2014

miss2697 said:

We are looking into getting a convertible seat for LO very soon. Who has made the switch and what did ya get? We are currently in a Graco snugride 30, but I don't mind switching if something is considered "safer".

aehamilton13 · January 2014

We are looking at the Diono Radian RXT. We have a Britax B-Safe bucket now, and I love it, but he's so tall that I feel like we are stuffing him under the straps, even though he is still well within the limits. I'm worried we'll run into the same problem with another Britax, and I've read that Diono is a great brand for tall babies.

SASSY1JA · January 2014

We have a Chico key fit and love so it so we got the next fit for Christmas but haven't switched yet. I saw good reviews on it.

klyann · January 2014

The graco nautilus is a FF only seat. Completely Inappropriate for our babies. Minimum RF until 2, but 4 is recommended. PLEASE.

miss2697 · January 2014

klyann said:

The graco nautilus is a FF only seat. Completely Inappropriate for our babies. Minimum RF until 2, but 4 is recommended. PLEASE.

Yes, I know that it's a forward facing only. I mis-read it.

babykk · January 2014

NKaeding said:

babykk said:

miss2697 said:
Gah, I am struggling with a Graco myride 2 in 1 or the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1. I looked at the Chicco reviews and a lot of people had complaints about the harness being hard to adjust. This is hard!
We had/have the nautilus with my DD (she is 5 now). I love it. When she turned one, they were able to front face. Not sure if that seat rear faces. She now is in the backless booster.
This is really dangerous. LO should RF until at least 2, but really until 3.

I know. This was in 2008, so the requirement was only one year. That is why it wouldn't work now. But I liked it. I will buy a 2 in 1 that can rear face for the required time/weight/height limits and buy a booster when DS is old enough.

jemasa33 · January 2014

I have three convertible car seats. Honestly they are all pretty much the same thing. My 250 dollar britax and 45 dollar evenflo are pretty comparable. I'm buying another evenflo when I need the fourth seat because it wasn't worth the trade off.

Melissa0926432 · January 2014

We have the Nextfit and really like it. The complaint on them has been that the straps are hard to tighten - really its the stupid shoulder pads - the grip on them gets stuck on clothes and makes it difficult. They have fixed this so if your seat was manufactured after October it has the new pads that are removable. The old ones can be removed also and they have new ones for sale to replace. Honestly we just got used to them and they are fine now. We had the Keyfit and really like the Nextfit so far.

I second the suggestion of using the Car Seats for Littles facebook page. I learned a lot from them. It is important to RF to at least 2 years but as close to 4 as possible (I think the law though is 1). We bought the nextfit because it was one of the ones that has a higher RF limit so should keep our very tall kid RF as long as possible. Britax has great reviews and we considered one but I have heard it is not great for tall kids.

Melissa0926432 · January 2014

lwrightenator said:

@NKaeding How do you ask for a recommended car seat on the Car Seats for Littles FB page? On the wall or via a message? I want to ask for our LO, but I am an old school FB user and don't know the proper etiquette for all the new features...

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