zoecoltsmama
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Hello to all you wonderful car seat people!
I have been trolling the halls of carseatblog.org for a wile now and I am so impressed and have learned SO much! I have to admit that I have stayed up way past my bed time on more than one occasion reading up on all the info here. I am sure that this lovely important blog is responsible for my son's much improved safety in the years to come. Please forgive me if you all have answered this question before. I couldn't find the answer on my own yet and I am running out of time.
First the facts...
My son Colton is six months old, he weighs about 18 lbs, and he is tall, around 95th percentile. I do believe he will continue to be on the taller, solid but lean side.
I plan to keep him RF for as long as possible.
He does most, if not all of his riding in a Toyota Corolla station wagon w/out latch, but at times we do transfer to other cars.
He is our first child and we do plan to have more children w/in the next few years.
now the question...
Colton is fastly outgrowing his Britax companion infant seat (we got one rite before the switch over to the chaperon) he is at the tallest shoulder strap setting and the widest crotch buckle setting. His head seems to be about 1.5" below the back of the shell and rite at the top of the sides of the shell.
I need advice on what seat to buy him next.
I am currently thinking about the Sunshine kids Radian XTSL Or just biting the bullet and going the Swedish route and getting a Britax Multi Tech.
I like the Radian because of it's construction, slenderness, and the fact that it is sold in the US. I do wonder about why they don't have the side impact head rest low enough for the smaller babies, seems like they would need it most of all?
I like the Multi Tech because of it's high limits and the fact that the side impact head rest seems to be able to come down to accommodate the smaller babies. However, it does seem big and the price is hard to say out load to grandma when she asks to buy Colt his new seat.
What do you guys think? Have you tried both? Did you choose between the two? Is their some other seat I should look at? besides being from Sweden, are their other drawbacks to the Multi Tech as oppose to the Radian?
I would love to see pics of younger Babies in both if anyone has them!
Thanks so much for your help!
I have been trolling the halls of carseatblog.org for a wile now and I am so impressed and have learned SO much! I have to admit that I have stayed up way past my bed time on more than one occasion reading up on all the info here. I am sure that this lovely important blog is responsible for my son's much improved safety in the years to come. Please forgive me if you all have answered this question before. I couldn't find the answer on my own yet and I am running out of time.
First the facts...
My son Colton is six months old, he weighs about 18 lbs, and he is tall, around 95th percentile. I do believe he will continue to be on the taller, solid but lean side.
I plan to keep him RF for as long as possible.
He does most, if not all of his riding in a Toyota Corolla station wagon w/out latch, but at times we do transfer to other cars.
He is our first child and we do plan to have more children w/in the next few years.
now the question...
Colton is fastly outgrowing his Britax companion infant seat (we got one rite before the switch over to the chaperon) he is at the tallest shoulder strap setting and the widest crotch buckle setting. His head seems to be about 1.5" below the back of the shell and rite at the top of the sides of the shell.
I need advice on what seat to buy him next.
I am currently thinking about the Sunshine kids Radian XTSL Or just biting the bullet and going the Swedish route and getting a Britax Multi Tech.
I like the Radian because of it's construction, slenderness, and the fact that it is sold in the US. I do wonder about why they don't have the side impact head rest low enough for the smaller babies, seems like they would need it most of all?
I like the Multi Tech because of it's high limits and the fact that the side impact head rest seems to be able to come down to accommodate the smaller babies. However, it does seem big and the price is hard to say out load to grandma when she asks to buy Colt his new seat.
What do you guys think? Have you tried both? Did you choose between the two? Is their some other seat I should look at? besides being from Sweden, are their other drawbacks to the Multi Tech as oppose to the Radian?
I would love to see pics of younger Babies in both if anyone has them!
Thanks so much for your help!