EmmaCPST
CPST Instructor
In trying to help the grandparents I mentioned in this thread:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=183293 I tried a ton of seats along with the Maestro to try and get something to puzzle with it. Their goal was to get a RF seat next to a Maestro in their 05 Durango, and still be able to operate the folding seat to access the 3rd row.
In all, I tried the Maestro next to a RF: MyRide, True Fit, ComfortSport, Scenera, Onside Air, Triumph, and Radian.
With the MyRide. This is in my mom's 07 CRV, sorry it's a phone picture but this was the worst combination, they hit each other directly in the widest places. You can see how much of the left outboard seating position the Maestro encroaches on.
This is in my 98 CRV, with the Scenera 40. They fit together reasonably well, especially with the Scenera closer to 45 degrees reclined.
Unfortunately though, it still took up too much of the bench, I didn't even have space for a LiteRider.
True Fit - they puzzled together pretty well too, but the width of the two seats combined was still too much, overall space this combo was about the same as the Scenera + Maestro.
Puzzled with the True Fit
Just out of curiosity I flipped the TF and they fit together about the same RF & FF. (and yes, sorry my Maestro has Dorel harness covers on it... they rip into my son's neck otherwise)
I don't have pictures, but I also tried a Triumph and that was crazy huge, probably more room than the Maestro + MyRide was. Even the RF Radian and Maestro wasn't slim enough, the low profile of the Radian is STILL too high to slide under the Maestro.
That was all this weekend. Today, Grandma came back and I was armed with my best predictions to try. She had also traded in their ComfortSport over the weekend at BRU for an Onside Air, so we threw that into the mix.
Sorry that this pic doesn't show much, but this is the Onside Air outboard with the Maestro center, showing how much the Maestro overhangs into the folding seat area. The cupholder hangs out about an inch past that outer lip of the seat, so it's a no-go. The Onside Air puzzled the same as the Scenera did, obviously.. fairly well, but not enough to be able to clear the folding seat.
This is what we came to... Onside Air and Radian. It was the ONLY combination that fit.
She's going to decide if she wants to return her Maestro and buy a Radian, or just put them both outboard and un-install the Maestro when they want to use the folding seat. A FF Scenera also fit next to the RF Onside worked with room to fold the seat, but the FF child is a tall 3 year old and he wasn't going to make it to booster maturity in a Scenera for sure.
So, that's what I learned today... hope it helps someone down the road!
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=183293 I tried a ton of seats along with the Maestro to try and get something to puzzle with it. Their goal was to get a RF seat next to a Maestro in their 05 Durango, and still be able to operate the folding seat to access the 3rd row.
In all, I tried the Maestro next to a RF: MyRide, True Fit, ComfortSport, Scenera, Onside Air, Triumph, and Radian.
With the MyRide. This is in my mom's 07 CRV, sorry it's a phone picture but this was the worst combination, they hit each other directly in the widest places. You can see how much of the left outboard seating position the Maestro encroaches on.
This is in my 98 CRV, with the Scenera 40. They fit together reasonably well, especially with the Scenera closer to 45 degrees reclined.
Unfortunately though, it still took up too much of the bench, I didn't even have space for a LiteRider.
True Fit - they puzzled together pretty well too, but the width of the two seats combined was still too much, overall space this combo was about the same as the Scenera + Maestro.
Puzzled with the True Fit
Just out of curiosity I flipped the TF and they fit together about the same RF & FF. (and yes, sorry my Maestro has Dorel harness covers on it... they rip into my son's neck otherwise)
I don't have pictures, but I also tried a Triumph and that was crazy huge, probably more room than the Maestro + MyRide was. Even the RF Radian and Maestro wasn't slim enough, the low profile of the Radian is STILL too high to slide under the Maestro.
That was all this weekend. Today, Grandma came back and I was armed with my best predictions to try. She had also traded in their ComfortSport over the weekend at BRU for an Onside Air, so we threw that into the mix.
Sorry that this pic doesn't show much, but this is the Onside Air outboard with the Maestro center, showing how much the Maestro overhangs into the folding seat area. The cupholder hangs out about an inch past that outer lip of the seat, so it's a no-go. The Onside Air puzzled the same as the Scenera did, obviously.. fairly well, but not enough to be able to clear the folding seat.
This is what we came to... Onside Air and Radian. It was the ONLY combination that fit.
She's going to decide if she wants to return her Maestro and buy a Radian, or just put them both outboard and un-install the Maestro when they want to use the folding seat. A FF Scenera also fit next to the RF Onside worked with room to fold the seat, but the FF child is a tall 3 year old and he wasn't going to make it to booster maturity in a Scenera for sure.
So, that's what I learned today... hope it helps someone down the road!