Cnidaria
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My husband is tired of the Radian in our 2000 Subaru Outback for our 20-month-old boy, so we're looking to replace it. He'd like something that's more compact front to back. It's behind the passenger seat and while I can reasonably fit there, when Grandpa visits he doesn't fit. I know the Radian with angle adjuster is supposed to be compact, but I think in this car at least, other seats have the potential to be *more* compact.
Little guy was almost 27 lbs at his 18 mo visit, which puts him in the 81st percentile for weight, but he's usually been more like 67th %ile for weight. That puts him hitting 40 lbs right at age 4. He seems to be in the mid-60s/low-70s for height percentile and I don't think he has an especially long torso.
Ones we're looking at:
-4Ever. Sounds like it has this magical combination of a deep seatpan (we're hoping to RF til 4) while being very compact front to back.
-Boulevard Clicktight. I'm concerned about the lack of legroom but it seems like the sides of the seatpan are low and wouldn't be hard for kiddos to throw their legs over. I like the ARB option. Husband really liked this one in the store. He uninstalls the kids' seats occasionally to haul around large items and loves our Clicktight Frontier. But he can install the Radian in just a few minutes and I'm sure he could get good at installing just about any seat.
-Peg convertible. I really like the extra 5 lbs but I'm concerned about the height. It's not any shorter for RF than the Radian, though, right? The Radian got older son to 4 RFing no prob (who must have an average-to-short torso because he's always been in the 90-95th percentile for height). Irritating that the ARB is only available in Canada! (right?)
-Nextfit. The lockoffs are very appealing because tipping is one reason why husband is tired of the Radian. But the high sides will probably be annoying.
-Clek Fllo. Sounds great but I suspect it isn't going to be compact enough. It sounds like the Fllo would make more sense than the Foonf without LATCH and for a seat that we might not even use FFing.
-Clones. We'll take a look.
-Pria. If it wasn't for that damn 40" standing height limit!
Am I missing anything? Other thoughts? I can't wait to try out some of these seats in our car!
Little guy was almost 27 lbs at his 18 mo visit, which puts him in the 81st percentile for weight, but he's usually been more like 67th %ile for weight. That puts him hitting 40 lbs right at age 4. He seems to be in the mid-60s/low-70s for height percentile and I don't think he has an especially long torso.
Ones we're looking at:
-4Ever. Sounds like it has this magical combination of a deep seatpan (we're hoping to RF til 4) while being very compact front to back.
-Boulevard Clicktight. I'm concerned about the lack of legroom but it seems like the sides of the seatpan are low and wouldn't be hard for kiddos to throw their legs over. I like the ARB option. Husband really liked this one in the store. He uninstalls the kids' seats occasionally to haul around large items and loves our Clicktight Frontier. But he can install the Radian in just a few minutes and I'm sure he could get good at installing just about any seat.
-Peg convertible. I really like the extra 5 lbs but I'm concerned about the height. It's not any shorter for RF than the Radian, though, right? The Radian got older son to 4 RFing no prob (who must have an average-to-short torso because he's always been in the 90-95th percentile for height). Irritating that the ARB is only available in Canada! (right?)
-Nextfit. The lockoffs are very appealing because tipping is one reason why husband is tired of the Radian. But the high sides will probably be annoying.
-Clek Fllo. Sounds great but I suspect it isn't going to be compact enough. It sounds like the Fllo would make more sense than the Foonf without LATCH and for a seat that we might not even use FFing.
-Clones. We'll take a look.
-Pria. If it wasn't for that damn 40" standing height limit!
Am I missing anything? Other thoughts? I can't wait to try out some of these seats in our car!