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stokessn

New member
We're trying to figure out the perfect car seat for our second car. I get a little obsessive and have been reading on this website a LOT. DH is not willing to research. He tells me to get whatever I want, but at the same time complains if things aren't exactly the way he thinks they should be. I want something that he likes, is comfortable with and will use properly. (Sounds reasonable, right?)

So, I install one of the options (CA65) in our car and ask DH to check it out. (DS was in the seat.) He goes to the seat, grabs it at the top, and yanks it with both hands - pulling it to the side. And for that reason, he doesn't like the seat. Oy!!! I try to explain that that's not how you check an installation, and that in a crash it would be okay for the seat to tilt, that DS would still be protected by the seat. He doesn't buy it, or he does, just mentions that he likes our primary seat better (he complains about the RadianXTSL all the time!)

So I try a friend's RA55. They do install easily! I asked him to go take a look (this time w/o child) and he does the same thing! Oy!!!

If I didn't care about DH feeling comfortable, I'd just get a Scenera and be done with it. But that feels flimsy, DH won't drive more than a few blocks with DS, etc, etc.
 
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BabyKaykes

New member
Was the RA55 tethered? If so, he wouldn't be able to pull it over. If him being comfy means no movement, then get a seat that has a RF tether like your Radian, and the Britax convertibles.

posted from my iPhone, please excuse the auto-correct!
 

Carrie_R

Ambassador - CPS Technician
:(

Can you go see a tech, who will explain to him the physics of a crash, how it's supposed to move, and how to check for tightness? (IE, that EVERY seat will move at the top if you yank it sideways, and that's normal and expected?)

I know you've told him, but sometimes coming from an "expert" guys will take it better, lol.
 

BabyKaykes

New member
Also I've found that most men know only ONE word when it comes to car seats -"RECARO"!

:ROTFLMAO:

posted from my iPhone, please excuse the auto-correct!
 

Pepse

New member
BabyKaykes said:
Also I've found that most men know only ONE word when it comes to car seats -"RECARO"!

:ROTFLMAO:

posted from my iPhone, please excuse the auto-correct!

Lol

We are in Canada and don't even have recaro and since we had dd 4 years ago, that is all he talks about. He wants to go to the states to buy on
 

monica-m

CPST Instructor
BabyKaykes said:
Also I've found that most men know only ONE word when it comes to car seats -"RECARO"!

:ROTFLMAO:

posted from my iPhone, please excuse the auto-correct!

That was my DH before I got in to car seats. That is why DS rides in Comos in DH's car and my mom's car.
 

andre149

New member
Recaro seats are DH friendly only because of the name, it really has nothing to do with the car seat lol. I would take him, a seat, and your child to a tech... get them to explain it to him, in my experience he won't listen to you anyways, because he's got to be right about it and research means nothing :rolleyes: lol.
 

stokessn

New member
I don't think that the name Recaro would sway him. I'm wondering if I should just get a RA55 for the VW since it tethers RF and it's solid like the Radian. The Radian installs so nicely in the Focus (much more upright than in the Jetta). I HATE how high the RA55 sits up. I know that DS CAN climb in it by himself, but the idea of loading him when he's being stubborn is annoying.

The CA actually fit in the Jetta nicely, but DH is more comfortable with the Radian in the primary car, so that won't happen.

Anyone in Austin have mad skills in getting a Radian upright in the center of a Jetta with plether seats? It slides back into the seat blight after I install.

DH took the car to be checked by a tech when we had an infant seat in. He's still convinced that he knows better. He's a bit infuriating at times...
 

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