Judi
CPST/Firefighter
My turn to play with the new Smart Seat. I was totally against buying this seat. I was told it was a beast and it looked to take up way to much room.
I wanted to see if it would fit in my Malibu.
Here are pics of RF Marathon, RF Radian (old boot), RF Smart Seat.
The passenger seat is all the way back. It is not touching the front seat.
The base.
Forward facing.
The one thing that I do not like about the Smart Seat is that you can not recline to 45 degrees. I measured 30-40 degrees. There is a bubble level on the side. The bubble must be iside two lines. I do think a newborn would be fine in it. I did not try my doll in it though for fit. Oh also, the manditory harness covers/pads. They must be used rear facing.
For comparison. Here is the Frontier 85, in place of the Smart Seat. It fits about the same. Well, basically. The frontier cup holder was under the radian. So really, the smart seat is a little narrower.
I wanted to see if it would fit in my Malibu.
Here are pics of RF Marathon, RF Radian (old boot), RF Smart Seat.
The passenger seat is all the way back. It is not touching the front seat.
The base.
Forward facing.
The one thing that I do not like about the Smart Seat is that you can not recline to 45 degrees. I measured 30-40 degrees. There is a bubble level on the side. The bubble must be iside two lines. I do think a newborn would be fine in it. I did not try my doll in it though for fit. Oh also, the manditory harness covers/pads. They must be used rear facing.
For comparison. Here is the Frontier 85, in place of the Smart Seat. It fits about the same. Well, basically. The frontier cup holder was under the radian. So really, the smart seat is a little narrower.
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