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monica-m

CPST Instructor
I cannot wait to read some reviews on this seat. I hope that car seat blog can get their hands on one soon.
 

Holly

New member
So, this is supposed to be like a Graco AOE?
It will be interesting to see how well it does in each mode after people start reviewing it.
 
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babyherder

Well-known member
Once again a pretty girly cover and a boring boy cover. Sigh. They have cool boy patterns (Lizards in line and the airplane TB come to mind) but they just decide not to use them very much, I guess.
 

canadiangie

New member
Wow, at $299US I wonder what it will cost if it makes it to Canada. Holy smokes. And then tack on the cost of extra bases (that's the idea, right?) and you're looking at a bundle of cash.
 

hboo22

New member
I wish it weren't so expensive, and that DH would let me have another baby :D and that it would be another girl.....cause I LOVE that Jessica print!!!
 
I noticed it was on there last night. I have a friend at the local BRU who also works in my department at Disney so he was giving me the Radian scoop the other day but didn't mention this seat. I will have to ask him!

He said there are many requests for the Radian (good to hear!) and that he was told they are getting it in store for January :thumbsup: The only other information he knew was that it would only be the XTSL's.

I will ask him about the Graco seat when I next see him.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
Not in stores yet. The little 'available for instore pickup' button on that page is a little premature, but it just means you can pay for it online and go pick it up in the store (they allow this on quite a few products, obviously since this isn't IN stores yet, it's a touch misleading!)
 

Mags462

New member
Oh my gosh.... it weighs 35lbs empty?!?! :eek: I cannot imagine putting a child in it and then carting it from car to car to snap in to a base.... :rolleyes: It would weigh an ever living TON. I am imagining trying to get a seat weighing 50lbs (with kid and seat combined) to snap and unsnap in to a base.... can't really see that being pleasant.

When the news of this seat first hit - i thought COOL, but the more i think about it, the more i just really find it impractical :whistle:
 

::er!ca::

Member
Oh my gosh.... it weighs 35lbs empty?!?! :eek: I cannot imagine putting a child in it and then carting it from car to car to snap in to a base.... :rolleyes: It would weigh an ever living TON. I am imagining trying to get a seat weighing 50lbs (with kid and seat combined) to snap and unsnap in to a base.... can't really see that being pleasant.

When the news of this seat first hit - i thought COOL, but the more i think about it, the more i just really find it impractical :whistle:

I don't think it's meant to be transported like an infant seat. That's not the purpose of the base.
 

Pixels

New member
I think the idea is more that you can have one seat and snap it into bases in various vehicles, instead of buying multiple convertibles. Not that it's supposed to be used like an infant bucket, where you carry the seat around with the child in it.
 

Kalinky

Senior Community Member
I agree - I can't imagine the base feature being for lugging it around *with* a child in it, just for the convenience of snapping it into a base in multiple vehicles rather than uninstalling and re-installing each time. I've never minded a 5 minute uninstall/re-install, when necessary, but I know some people who are terrified of the mere thought of it! It is a bit pricey, but I guess a base would be cheaper than buying a whole second seat. Love that girl pattern.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
I'm sure it's 35 pounds shipping weight (seat, base, box, maybe even the box measurements that dictate shipping weight?)
 

daycaremom2002

Active member
I haven't read much on this seat yet. Does the base install the same way for FF or RF? Or do you have to turn it around. It looks like a nice versatile seat. Especially for someone like me who has so many different sizes of kiddos.
 

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