Amazing - my 21 month old fits in a Safe Seat 1

oxeye

New member

• Apr 28, 2007

• #1

Granted she's tiny - 23 pounds, 30.5" (5% or something like that for height) but my sister just bought one for her 5 month old and I put Eva in it to see how she fit. I'm seriously amazed that my almost two year old could still ride in an infant carrier!

I'm very impressed with the seat - it's leaps and bounds above the Snugride I had for my girls. I tried installing it with a seatbelt and the lock-off made it effortless. Britax may need to take some lessons from Graco as far as the lock-offs are concerned.

 

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Gypsy

Senior Community Member

• Apr 28, 2007

• #2

I'll trump your tiny toddler and raise you --- I tried my then 23 month old, 29.5 pound, longish torso son in this seat and he was at the point where he would almost need a new seat -- I would have been switching him within a week or two if we had been using it. I tried him in it at BRU & was SHOCKED!!! He outgrew the snugride at 3.5 months by height! He had 1 inch above his head and .5 pound until the weight limit max.

 

MagnificentMama

Senior Community Member

• Apr 28, 2007

• #3

Uhhmm... is it really bad that I actually want to have another baby just to try out the sacred SafeSeat1? Fortunately, that's just not a viable option right now

I haven't heard ONE complaint about this seat so far! *sigh* My DD stayed in her infant seat for a whole 3 months. I'm jealous of getting that much use out of an infant seat!

 

CDNTech

Senior Community Member

• Apr 28, 2007

• #4

MissMommy928 said:

I haven't heard ONE complaint about this seat so far!

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My one teeny, tiny complaint is that it does not have harness covers, grr!

Mikkel outgrew the snugride (20lb, 26in model) at 5 months - by height. He only weighed 12lbs! I tried him in the SS1 at 22 months (26lbs at the time) and he had 1/4" left heightwise before he would have outgrown it... to clarify he had 1 1/4" between the top of his head and the hard shell.

We are planning #3 to arrive next spring and he/she will be getting an SS1... unless something spectacular comes on the market to triumph the SS1!

 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador

• Apr 29, 2007

• #5

Wow! That is amazing!!!!

 

natysr

New member

• Apr 29, 2007

• #6

I tried my son in it at the store. He barely squeeked by in fitting in it, but he did fit!

He is...drum roll please.....32 months old.
23.75 pounds
34 inches...he has long legs.

 

ThreeBeans

New member

• Apr 29, 2007

• #7

natysr said:

I tried my son in it at the store. He barely squeeked by in fitting in it, but he did fit!

He is...drum roll please.....32 months old.
23.75 pounds
34 inches...he has long legs.

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You should take a picture of that and send it to Graco :thumbsup:

My 30 monther is darned near 40 inches tall and would never fit in that seat

 

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NatenMaddiesMommy

Senior Community Member

• Apr 29, 2007

• #8

It really is an awesome seat. I bought one for our 10 month daughter and just for kicks I put my son in it. He will be 3 next month and is at 27lbs and ~ 38" tall. He's barely got an inch of headroom left in the SafeSeat, so he fits much better in his RF Decathlon

 

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thepeach80

Senior Community Member

• Apr 29, 2007

• #9

Long legs there! Our house is all torso. Evan outgrew the SS1 in height right at 24 mos, I expect Ilana to do it at that time too. He's only 24# though and was 33".

 

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LiLBunz

New member

• Apr 29, 2007

• #10

Would you all find the Safe Seat 1 to be a better option for a 3 month old 13.5 lbs than the Britax Boulevard? Im torn on which to get. I was leaning more towards the Britax but after seeing this tread, Im not sure! LOL

Trisha - mama to 4 boys!
www.lilbunz.com

 

CDNTech

Senior Community Member

• Apr 30, 2007

• #11

LiLBunz said:

Would you all find the Safe Seat 1 to be a better option for a 3 month old 13.5 lbs than the Britax Boulevard? Im torn on which to get. I was leaning more towards the Britax but after seeing this tread, Im not sure! LOL

Trisha - mama to 4 boys!
www.lilbunz.com

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I would want an SS1 for the carrier capability. At only 3 months you have tons of time left in an SS1... that's what I would get.

 

oxeye

New member

• Apr 30, 2007

• #12

LiLBunz said:

Would you all find the Safe Seat 1 to be a better option for a 3 month old 13.5 lbs than the Britax Boulevard? Im torn on which to get. I was leaning more towards the Britax but after seeing this tread, Im not sure! LOL

Trisha - mama to 4 boys!
www.lilbunz.com

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I agree with the previous poster that it would be nice to have the infant carrier since your DS is still so young.

You'll probably end up buying the Boulevard anyway though (or another comparable convertible). While my 21 month old would still fit in the Safe Seat, I don't think I'd still have her in it at this point. I think she's more comfortable in the convertible. Plus she'd be just about to outgrow the Safe Seat when she *easily* has 1.5-2 years left RF in her Marathon. So if you want to ERF (which IIRC, you do) then you'll still want the HWH convertible. It's not like you'll be able to move him directly from the SS1 to a Regent (or other comparable FF-only seat).

I guess it depends - the convenience of the SS1 would be nice but are you willing to buy both seats eventually?

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Apr 30, 2007

• #13

I know! Leah just keeps fitting AT the top slots... now she's 15 months old and STILL has like 3 inches over her head in that seat. Maybe she can keep in it long enough for the Recaro to ever come out or the pink Radian cover to be sold separately, lol! (she's 32 inches, 80th %ile, mostly leg)