Convertible Car Seat Recommendations

Re: Convertible Car Seat Recommendations

• LittleApple member

  February 2014

  Chicco Nextfit

  Graco Mysize/Headwise/size4me

  Britax Boulevard

  
  Emily 8.8.08
  Madeline 1.2.11
  William 8.5.12

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• BabyMayinMarch member

  February 2014

  I LOVE my Britax Blvd.

   

  

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• hollygb22 member

  February 2014

  I'm probably in the minority...but I'm not a fan of our Britax. It's a huge seat and I drive a pretty good sized car (Acura MDX). my passenger seat can hardly be moved back due to the size of the britax.  It takes up a ton of room, the straps are difficult to fasten and forever getting twisted and their customer service has not been effective. We had a recall on the seat straps and it took them 3 months to get the remedy kit to us. That was with about 5 phone calls and double the emails and wrong parts sent to us.

  Since we paid around $250 for it, we've kept it but when we went to buy a second convertible seat for DH's car we steered clear of that brand. I wasn't able to do a ton of research because we needed something quickly, but we went with an Evenflo Symphony as our second seat. DH said it was an easy install, and super easy to get her in and out of.

   

   

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• taylorjeanne84 member

  February 2014

  We have a Britax marathon and love it. It sits in the middle seat of our Tahoe and is a good fit.

  

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• laurel22 member

  February 2014

  We love our Britax Boulevard and we also have a Ford Explorer.

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• headgear03 member

  February 2014

  Chicco next fit and all the Gracos size for me/ my size/ headwises have some if the highest rear facing limits . be aware that the britax seats though great are outgrown faster then most because the shell of the car seat is shorter. You could also look into the Dionos they are really nice .

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• emwaiting member

  February 2014

  Great, thanks for all of the help.  I have some time before I need to purchase but man there are SOOO many options that it is hard to know which one. 
  

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• PB102012 member

  February 2014

  We bought a Britax Advocate for LO to convert into in a couple months.

   

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• lv2011 member

  February 2014

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• JKTTC1 member

  February 2014

  BabyMayinMarch said:

  I LOVE my Britax Blvd.

  This!
  
  

  
  
  

  #2-BO 6/6/13 D/C     #3 natural m/c 8/6/13 

  
  

  #4 EDD 5/19/14 It's a boy! 

  
  

  
  

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• Slpafford member

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  I did a lot of research and asked a lot of people for recommendations. I had a hard time choosing between the Chicco Nextfit and the Britax Pavillion. I took DS with me and strapped him into each and they were very comparable. We also measured them in their various positions to see what would give us the most room (again there wasn't much difference in size when they were reclined the same). We ended up with the Nextfit because there was a crazy sale on it (got over $100 off) and since I needed 2 it was the smartest option. I don't think one is really better than the other since they both have their strong points. Maybe go look at different ones in store and then keep an eye out for a good sale (which could be your final deciding factor).

  

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• PB102012 member

  February 2014

  We have a Britax Advocate.

   

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