Is it worth it?

Would buying a SS1 for ds be worth it? (read post b4 voting pls)

  • Yes, go for it.

    Votes: 14 45.2%
  • Probably not - but it would be fun to play with. ;)

    Votes: 17 54.8%

  • Total voters
    31

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
I'm trying to figure out if this is really a good idea, or if I just *think* it's a good diea because I'd love to have a SS1. :eek:

Ds is 5mos old with a long torso and has a bit less than 1" of room above his head in his snugride. We've bought a radian for him to move into, and he fits it well, so fit isn't the issue...

Do you think that I'd really get that much longer out of a SS1 to make it worth buying one? We go to my parents 1.5hrs away on the weekend quite often and the kids sleep on the way back. Right now we bring the carrier in, let ds get back into a deep sleep, take him out of his car seat and put him straight to bed and he sleeps until he wakes to feed. Once he's in a convertible, we obviously won't be able to do this.

So... do you think we'd get our money's worth from a SS1 at his age? Or am I just wanting one for the sake of playing with it and we wouldn't really get much time from it? :eek:
 
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Jewels

Senior Community Member
I said "yes" partially because I would love one too, but at 5 months you could possibly get another year out of it and getting you through our cold frigid months of winter (well hopefully the worst of it). My ds would have fit in the SS1 until he was just over 2 and I know cold weather so I would say yes :rolleyes:
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
I said "yes" partially because I would love one too, but at 5 months you could possibly get another year out of it and getting you through our cold frigid months of winter (well hopefully the worst of it). My ds would have fit in the SS1 until he was just over 2 and I know cold weather so I would say yes :rolleyes:

This was something I was wondering about... but would 2.5" more than the snugride provides give him that much more time?

At least according to the carseat measurements site, there's only a 2.5" difference in the shell height - maybe kids sit in it differently though? Maybe I can talk dh into a trip to toys'r us when we're out tonight to try ds in the safeseat.

As an aside - how much would you ask for a 5pt front adjust snugride that was used for 5mos? no stains, no accidents etc... (blah blah blah, the technical stuff you'd want to know about a used car seat.) ;) It was $150 at toys'r us, got it on sale for $130. Do you think I could ask $100 reasonably?
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
Trudy,
I want your snugride, Check your PMs.

Hi Arly, I got your PM and I"d be interested... but I'm in Canada and my seat wouldn't be approved for use in the US & vice versa. Too bad though, because I'd do it in a heartbeat.
 

Jewels

Senior Community Member
I think you could try asking for $100 you can always come down in price. What is the DOM? I was also looking and noticed it is very hard to find a 5pt with upfront adjust without getting the seat with the travel system :rolleyes: All I could find was the 5pt with the rear adjust!

I have heard that some kids outgrow the comfortsport before the SS1 (can't remember who said that; sorry). My DS hangs over the ends of the snugride and his head is just even or slightly below (but he is still too big for the SS1) the top of the SS1.
 
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CDNTech

Senior Community Member
I haven't voted yet but I will go do it right away. I would totally get a SS1! Mikkel has about 1/4" left to go (torso wise) before outgrowing the SS1. He is currently 22 months old, 26lbs and 34 inches tall. I tried him in the blue striped one at Sears - no gracopedic foam. He outgrew his Snugride (20lb, 26in model) just before he turned 5 months old. I pushed him to 5 months in it. No way was my baby outgrowing my brand new, had to have a new infant seat, that quickly:rolleyes: I was sooo tempted to go buy one now but I'm waiting until the next baby so I can have the latest model.

Now I am selling my Snugride (8649MTR - Gracopedic foam, harness covers, winter boot) and was also wondering what to price it at? The next baby is getting an SS1. Our winters are too cold to lug a baby in and out when we don't have to, lol.:D
 

Jewels

Senior Community Member
I haven't voted yet but I will go do it right away. I would totally get a SS1! Mikkel has about 1/4" left to go (torso wise) before outgrowing the SS1. He is currently 22 months old, 26lbs and 34 inches tall. I tried him in the blue striped one at Sears - no gracopedic foam. He outgrew his Snugride (20lb, 26in model) just before he turned 5 months old. I pushed him to 5 months in it. No way was my baby outgrowing my brand new, had to have a new infant seat, that quickly:rolleyes: I was sooo tempted to go buy one now but I'm waiting until the next baby so I can have the latest model.

Now I am selling my Snugride (8649MTR - Gracopedic foam, harness covers, winter boot) and was also wondering what to price it at? The next baby is getting an SS1. Our winters are too cold to lug a baby in and out when we don't have to, lol.:D

I agree, our winters are too cold!

Also remember that the infant seats are outgrown when there is less then 1" of hard shell above the baby's head or they outgrow it by the stated weight limit.

I have heard a good equation to price your seat by is take the total devide it by its life (6years) to figure out how much it is worth per year of use and then deduct from the original total the amount you have used (ie. $189 devide by 6 =$31.5/year, so if it still has 4 years of life it would be worth $126; 2years of life =$63 etc.) (My snugride with upfront adjust was $189 :rolleyes: )
 

Gypsy

Senior Community Member
Yes.

My ds outgrew the snugride by height before he was 4 months old, a few weeks after his second birthday I played with a SS1 at BRU and he BARELY fit in it, he had one inch above his head and he was at the weight limit.
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
I think you could try asking for $100 you can always come down in price. What is the DOM? I was also looking and noticed it is very hard to find a 5pt with upfront adjust without getting the seat with the travel system :rolleyes: All I could find was the 5pt with the rear adjust!

I have heard that some kids outgrow the comfortsport before the SS1 (can't remember who said that; sorry). My DS hangs over the ends of the snugride and his head is just even or slightly below (but he is still too big for the SS1) the top of the SS1. Here he is in the snugride (I will be removing my pic later today, Trudy maybe you could let me know once you've seen it so I can delete it, thanks)

Thanks Jewels. Is that a 29" snugride? (all front adjust are 29", right?)

I have to double check the manufacture date, but I know it's less than 1yr old. I'm thinking June 06?

Depending on the mood dd is in after our trip to wal-mart tonight we'll try ds in the SS1 at toys'r us tonight. I'll be sure to post back. ;)
 
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snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
Yes.

My ds outgrew the snugride by height before he was 4 months old, a few weeks after his second birthday I played with a SS1 at BRU and he BARELY fit in it, he had one inch above his head and he was at the weight limit.

Thanks. :) Was your snugride a 26" or 29" length limit?
 

CDNTech

Senior Community Member
I agree, our winters are too cold!

Also remember that the infant seats are outgrown when there is less then 1" of hard shell above the baby's head or they outgrow it by the stated weight limit.

The 1/4" he has left is actually including the 1" rule, so really, he has 1 1/4" left to the top of the shell. Just to clarify;)
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
What? There are frugal moms voting who aren't recommending stocking up on seats for any and every reason? (lol, just kidding ;) )

I didn't get mine till my dd was 8 months, she would have outgrown the 20 pound/26 inch snugride at 4-5 months, and she STILL has several inches over her head, now, at 14 months.

Although...... I only needed it because I have two older kiddos to chase around and it always seems to be at naptime (LOTS of extra curricular actities and we went out to eat a LOT), and I found the seat for $99 which made it a bargain... seriously, without the older kids I could have skipped it and been happy with a convertible sooner. Also, my garage has been out of commission, if I had at least a garage to walk right into and put her in her convertible, I would have gone to a convertible sooner (we've been having work done...I couldn't imagine buckling her outside in the driveway or on the street all winter! the safeseat was great!)
 

Gypsy

Senior Community Member
Thanks. :) Was your snugride a 26" or 29" length limit?

It was a 29 inch snugride.

I have big kids, they were both almost 20 pounds at 4 months, and 26/27 inches then too, however they both have long torso's which is why ds outgrew the snugride by height before 4 months.
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
Julie - That's part of what I'm thinking... we don't have a garage, and while we do have remote start now, we still have a walk down the sidewalk to get to our car. And with a 2.5 yr old, it would be handy to be able to have ds already buckled in.

So we went to TRU tonight, and I put ds in the ss1. Here's some pic's to compare the SS1 to his snugride: (clicking on the pictures will show a bigger version.)

<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/snowbird25ca/car%20seats/th_rdadianmarch07017.jpg" border="0"/> <img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/snowbird25ca/car%20seats/th_rdadianmarch07018.jpg" border="0"/> <img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/snowbird25ca/car%20seats/th_rdadianmarch07020.jpg" border="0"/>

And here is just a full shot of him in the SS1. He's actually in the middle slots, so I'm wondering why it seems like he doesn't have that much extra headroom. :confused:

rdadianmarch07016.jpg


It sure fits him nicely though and I wish we'd had it from the start... I'm going to try and talk dh into it - if we could get through next winter with it, it'd totally be worth it. I think if we could sell the snugride and then put that money towards it, and use the radian in the meantime (once the weather is warmer,) that that might make it an easier sell to dh. ;)

He's going to think I'm as obsessed about car seats as I am about diapers... and I won't even begin to tell you how many different types of cloth diapers we've had through our house. LOL. :p
 

Jewels

Senior Community Member
Thanks Jewels. Is that a 29" snugride? (all front adjust are 29", right?)

My seat was only a 26", it has a DOM of 2003 :rolleyes: But I used it until I had 1" of room left and he was still under weight wise.

The SS1 you have your DS in, does that have the gracopedic foam under the bum and in the hip area? If it does it might make him have less room in the seat. Also in the vehicle he may have more room and depending on the angle of the seat might give you a bit more room to work with as well. I have my MA in the centre and DS is right at the 2nd from top slots but when I had the MA install outward he had a good 1/2" from that 2nd slot :rolleyes: I would try the SS1 in the vehicle too. Too bad you didn't try this last week, I was on Sears.ca and they don't have their SS1 on for $150 anymore :(
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
My seat was only a 26", it has a DOM of 2003 :rolleyes: But I used it until I had 1" of room left and he was still under weight wise.

The SS1 you have your DS in, does that have the gracopedic foam under the bum and in the hip area? If it does it might make him have less room in the seat. Also in the vehicle he may have more room and depending on the angle of the seat might give you a bit more room to work with as well. I have my MA in the centre and DS is right at the 2nd from top slots but when I had the MA install outward he had a good 1/2" from that 2nd slot :rolleyes: I would try the SS1 in the vehicle too. Too bad you didn't try this last week, I was on Sears.ca and they don't have their SS1 on for $150 anymore :(

Yeah, bummer... but Sears has carseats on sale so often... and so does TRU. I'm thinking we have another month in his snugride, and it's starting to warm up, so I wouldn't worry about using the radian for a few weeks if I needed to wait once his snugride was sold.

I don't think this seat had the gracopedic foam - it's the kendall pattern, is there a way to check if it does? I'd wondered about that. And I had set the seat on a gliding ottoman, so I'm sure the angle wasn't the best. Will have to try it in our car I guess - although TRU didn't have the seat by itself in store.. only in a travel system. I think I probably looked kind of funny rethreading the harness and everything and then moving ds from one infant carrier into the other... lol.
 

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