More Radian news about CT

Jewels said:

Does it say in the Canadian Radian manual that you can use it 1" past the top slot? I thought that was just for the Radian 80 or Premier

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katrintrin said:

Well I called Dorel Canada today as Canadian Tire told me they distributed the Radian to them & here comes the big shocker, THEY DONT!

So Dorel doesn't distribute, PJM/SK In Van doesn't distribute to CT & Neither does Sk out of the U.S. SO I guess CT just gets them droped of to the stores from the carseat fairy.

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beeman said:

Isn't the TB's top height only 19"? So that would make the torso length for the Regent the same as the TB, right?

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snowbird25ca said:

:scratcheshead: Wow, I've never heard of a 3yr old outgrowing the Radian before. It has top slots of 17"... so he must be on the top slots of his husky? Are you sure it was the Radian you were looking at?

Are you in Canada? If so,the Husky is illegal to use here... just so you know. I know lots of people still choose to use american seats, but you can get a ticket for it - plus fMVSS standards do differ from CMVSS standards. General opinion amongst the CDN techs this has been discussed with is that it's simply not worth the risk to bring a US seat into Canada unless there is no other seat available on the market to fit your child - like if it meant a 2yr old going into a booster or a child under 40lbs having to go into a booster.

Obviously you're already using the husky, so I won't try and tell you to go buy the radian anyways...lol. But for future reference or for anyone else who might be reading this thread, the radian does allow children's shoulders to up to 1" over the top slot. They are the only car seat to allow this. And so in the end it makes their seat able to harness a child with an 18" torso - only 2" less than the husky. Kid might not make it to 65lbs, but the vast majority willl make it to an age old enough to be safely using a booster. :twocents:

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snowbird25ca said:

:ROTFLMAO: Wonder if they can send the car seat fairy to my house when it's done at CT?

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thrillhouse said:

I'm not comfortable with the compression that would occur using the radian 1 inch past the top slots. My son lost a kidney to cancer and if anything happens to his remaining kidney, such as car accident injuries, he could die. We wanted him in the biggest safest seat we could get our hands on. When this one expires, I am hoping that by then we can get a canadian one. But if not, we'll go to the US and get another one in a heartbeat, plus one for little brother when he outgrows our canadian marathon.
yes, we know it's illegal to use a US seat. but honestly, my son's safety is much more important to us than getting a ticket. I have never ever ever heard of anyone getting a ticket for using a US seat. The seat is not expired and it is installed and used properly. That is far better than the dozens of "legal" seats I see each day that are clearly expired, installed poorly or not used at all. I am confident that we have made the right choice.

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tiger926 said:

I just got off the phone with PJM Distributors to discover that we also have a short strap Radian that we bought from CT in Feb. '07 with a DOM of Aug. '06. She mentioned that they don't distribute to CT, and that CT gets it straight from the manufacturer. She didn't know much else as she just found this out and is still trying to wrap her head around it. Anyway, I have to contact Brad C about getting my new seat as well, so I'm not sure what the deal is with CT, but as customers, this is extremely problematic as their seats are sitting on their shelves for months at a time, and if no one can figure out where they are coming from that's a problem! She did say that PJM handles all of the repair/warranty issues - I called her from the number listed on the card inside my box.

Very confusing, indeed! Tiger

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snowbird25ca said:

Well, the good thing for you is your replacement seat will have the deeper harness channel and 99% likelihood of the higher weight limit. So you actually got kind of lucky.

And yep, PJM distributions is like Britax - doesn't matter where you buy a marathon, all repairs, recalls etc are handled through Britax.

You know, I think that PJM must supply CT, but maybe CT buys under a different name or something? Or maybe they buy under a # or something? Or a private distributor? There's gotta be a reason why their name isn't on PJM's records when PJM is the sole distributor of Radian's in Canada. You just have to wonder what that reason is...

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aidensmom02 said:

A Jan '07 model gets you the deeper harness channel for sure. Also all seats that are coming from the manufacturer at this point *should* have been restickered, regardless of DOM.

Guess we'll see what happens when your new seat shows up.

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mommycat said:

I got my 2 Radians and a Marathon from babyproofingplus.com today. The two Radians are DOM Jan 07 and are both stickered for 65 lb, as well as manuals printed with 65 lb. Score!!!

The Marathon unfortunately makes no mention of re-stickering and is still firmly stickered with 48 lb. MAYBE when I send in the registration they will issue a sticker, but I am starting to have my doubts... I think the DOM for that one was March 07.

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Message: I was wondering when you would be selling the new Sunshine Kids Radian car seat that is rated to 65 lbs. I just bought a Radian today from your store and was very disappointed to learn that it's only rated to 48lbs and it was manufactured in Oct-06. Since car seats expire that's already 9 months that I've lost in it's usuable life. I'll likely return this seat and buy a newer one from a different retailer unless Canadian Tire will be making the new ones available soon.

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