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05-26-2009, 02:52 PM
We have a three-week long domestic trip coming up next month. We'll be on about a 4.5 hour plane ride each way, then in rental cars as well as family members' cars.
We are in business class on the flight. We do not have a seat for DS, so we are not taking the car seat onto the plane. (I know we could have all traveled in coach and gotten a seat for him and still paid less money. He won't sit in the seat if he's awake anyway, and this way we'll have some room for him to stand in our row. We've always gotten a seat before and barely used it. I do know it would be safer.)
At home, we use the Orbit toddler seat with the base (RF) in DH's car, and a Britax Boulevard (RF) in mine, because I hate the Orbit toddler seat (which is a shame, because I thought the infant one was fantastic.) We very briefly had the Radian XT, but it wouldn't install in my car rear facing, so I returned it.
I'm debating whether to get a lighter, less expensive seat to check for the flight and use on this trip and any others in the next year or so.
Would you:
1) Take the Boulevard, given that we already have two car seats?
2) Get a Safety 1st Avenue or a Cosco Scenera specifically as a travel seat? Is there another lightweight seat you'd recommend? I want something that will work rear-facing, so the Radian is out, sadly, based on my previous experience. A friend recommended the Go Hybrid seat, but I don't want DS forward facing and I'm not confident we'll always have top tether available.
Thanks for your help!
I actually don't know DS's exact height and weight, but I would guess he's maybe 24-25 lbs. and 30" tall, so any convertible seat should work for a while.
We are in business class on the flight. We do not have a seat for DS, so we are not taking the car seat onto the plane. (I know we could have all traveled in coach and gotten a seat for him and still paid less money. He won't sit in the seat if he's awake anyway, and this way we'll have some room for him to stand in our row. We've always gotten a seat before and barely used it. I do know it would be safer.)
At home, we use the Orbit toddler seat with the base (RF) in DH's car, and a Britax Boulevard (RF) in mine, because I hate the Orbit toddler seat (which is a shame, because I thought the infant one was fantastic.) We very briefly had the Radian XT, but it wouldn't install in my car rear facing, so I returned it.
I'm debating whether to get a lighter, less expensive seat to check for the flight and use on this trip and any others in the next year or so.
Would you:
1) Take the Boulevard, given that we already have two car seats?
2) Get a Safety 1st Avenue or a Cosco Scenera specifically as a travel seat? Is there another lightweight seat you'd recommend? I want something that will work rear-facing, so the Radian is out, sadly, based on my previous experience. A friend recommended the Go Hybrid seat, but I don't want DS forward facing and I'm not confident we'll always have top tether available.
Thanks for your help!
I actually don't know DS's exact height and weight, but I would guess he's maybe 24-25 lbs. and 30" tall, so any convertible seat should work for a while.