Carrie_R
Ambassador - CPS Technician
I did some photos with the S4M -- how it compares to the MyRide and how it puzzles with other seats (and a few other seats with each other as well) and got a bit carried away. The good news is that the S4M puzzles very well with lots of seats, especially because it essentially has two shapes due to the cupholder/noncupholder side.
Disclaimers: no judging me for my messy car. Seats are often not installed but should be plenty representative for the purposes of showing puzzling. Misuses exist (like no headrest behind a Monterey and aftermarket harness covers on my expired demo SR20) but no one will ride in seats this way!
Photos uploaded in reverse order -- most seats have multiple photos/angles/close-ups so click the photo below and then hit "previous" to see other photos of those same seats. The Scenera/SR20 got intermixed so keep clicking back to see more of the SR20. Also, any recline angles are for the photo you're about to see, so, angle indicator first then "previous" for the seat at that angle.
Verdicts:
MyRide and Size4Me are definitely different shells. Click the thumbnail for a ton of different angles and comparision shots (appx 15 photos)
Front-to-back space vs. Radian -- S4M is shorter by a bit (5 photos)
MyRide/Radian/Size4Me is a pretty tight three-across -- the S4M/RN takes up more space than the MR/RN though. (2 photos)
Monterey and RF Radian puzzle extremely well (7 photos)
Rear-facing Size4Me --
Radian and Size4Me puzzle quite well with both rear-facing, but not so well with the S4M FFing; fairly well with the Radian FF and the S4M rear; and well with them both forward (17 photos)
MyRide and Size4Me, both rear-facing... not so successful unless angles are varied, but work better on the non-cupholder side (5 photos)
Rear-facing Size4Me and Turbo puzzle extremely well (7 photos)
As does the RF S4M with the Literider (3 photos)
Maestro with the RF S4M only puzzles a bit on the cupholder side, but better on the non-cupholder side. (7 photos)
RF S4M and ProSport don't work so well, cupholder-side... but better non-cupholder side. (8 photos)
Snugride20 and RF S4M puzzle a bit on the cupholder side, they kind of follow each others' countours. (2 photos) but not really on the non-cupholder side (2 photos)
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Scenera doesn't puzzle well with a RF S4M when it's RFing, but puzzles wonderfully on the cupholder side when it's forward-facing (3 photos) although not so much in either configuration on the non-cupholder side.
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The RA50 puzzles great on the cupholder side when FFing and well (but not amazingly) on the non-cupholder side while FFing, but not well in the alternate configurations (8 photos)
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Disclaimers: no judging me for my messy car. Seats are often not installed but should be plenty representative for the purposes of showing puzzling. Misuses exist (like no headrest behind a Monterey and aftermarket harness covers on my expired demo SR20) but no one will ride in seats this way!
Photos uploaded in reverse order -- most seats have multiple photos/angles/close-ups so click the photo below and then hit "previous" to see other photos of those same seats. The Scenera/SR20 got intermixed so keep clicking back to see more of the SR20. Also, any recline angles are for the photo you're about to see, so, angle indicator first then "previous" for the seat at that angle.
Verdicts:
MyRide and Size4Me are definitely different shells. Click the thumbnail for a ton of different angles and comparision shots (appx 15 photos)
Front-to-back space vs. Radian -- S4M is shorter by a bit (5 photos)
MyRide/Radian/Size4Me is a pretty tight three-across -- the S4M/RN takes up more space than the MR/RN though. (2 photos)
Monterey and RF Radian puzzle extremely well (7 photos)
Rear-facing Size4Me --
Radian and Size4Me puzzle quite well with both rear-facing, but not so well with the S4M FFing; fairly well with the Radian FF and the S4M rear; and well with them both forward (17 photos)
MyRide and Size4Me, both rear-facing... not so successful unless angles are varied, but work better on the non-cupholder side (5 photos)
Rear-facing Size4Me and Turbo puzzle extremely well (7 photos)
As does the RF S4M with the Literider (3 photos)
Maestro with the RF S4M only puzzles a bit on the cupholder side, but better on the non-cupholder side. (7 photos)
RF S4M and ProSport don't work so well, cupholder-side... but better non-cupholder side. (8 photos)
Snugride20 and RF S4M puzzle a bit on the cupholder side, they kind of follow each others' countours. (2 photos) but not really on the non-cupholder side (2 photos)
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Scenera doesn't puzzle well with a RF S4M when it's RFing, but puzzles wonderfully on the cupholder side when it's forward-facing (3 photos) although not so much in either configuration on the non-cupholder side.
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The RA50 puzzles great on the cupholder side when FFing and well (but not amazingly) on the non-cupholder side while FFing, but not well in the alternate configurations (8 photos)
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