zoecoltsmama
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just for fun, legalities aside, wwyd?
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foonf or swedish seat?
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zoecoltsmama
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why?
zoecoltsmama
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looking forward to that compare! foonf colors win for me too.
scariestone
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It would really depend on the situation for me. My DS was the rare kid that weights out of seats instead of outgrowing them by height. I actually did end up buying a swedish seat when he was 3. Due to DH's incessant whining I turned him FF when he turned 4 even though I had planned to keep him RF until kindergarten. It wouldn't have happened anyway. He's not going into K until next year and he's 55lbs. Some people would need those 10 extra lbs for RF, most won't. I just hope they carry the foonf at BBB so I can go fondle it sometime. 
robbertbobbert
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Legalities aside, Swedish seat.
Honestly, the more I see of the Foonf, the uglier I think it is. And I just don't think I could handle how high up it sits.
Honestly, the more I see of the Foonf, the uglier I think it is. And I just don't think I could handle how high up it sits.
Aurezalia
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Swedish seat - I prefer the TWE over the MT.
For a couple of reasons - 55lbs RF'ing, obviously. But I'm not at all a fan of how high the Foonf sits on that base - I much, much, MUCH prefer low-profile seats. Also, the TWE can do this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4C8EnD6Py8"]Extra leg room![/ame]
I just find Swedish seats much more EERF friendly.
For a couple of reasons - 55lbs RF'ing, obviously. But I'm not at all a fan of how high the Foonf sits on that base - I much, much, MUCH prefer low-profile seats. Also, the TWE can do this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4C8EnD6Py8"]Extra leg room![/ame]
I just find Swedish seats much more EERF friendly.
Swedish seat - I prefer the TWE over the MT.
For a couple of reasons - 55lbs RF'ing, obviously. But I'm not at all a fan of how high the Foonf sits on that base - I much, much, MUCH prefer low-profile seats. Also, the TWE can do this: Extra leg room!
I just find Swedish seats much more EERF friendly.
What exactly is going on here? You can brace it against the front seat instead of having it tight against the back of the seat it sits on?
zoecoltsmama
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I'm glad to hear you like the TWE, it seams the TWE has the longest rear facing capacity of the swedish seats? I wonder too about the swedish seat makers having all that experience with higher weights rear facing? Maybe they've worked out kinks we will still have to work out as our seats get higher rear facing capacity?
scariestone
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The TWE HAS to be braced against the seat in front of it(or the dashboard). Whereas the MT has a bracing foot that braces on the floor of the car. Both are dual tethered though. The engineering on swedish seats is absolutely amazing!
I wish I could say Foonf, but I've got hefty children, so the Foonf doesn't solve my radian 45 lbs RF problem. It may solve my Radian doesn't freakin fit in the car problem.
Oh, I'm looking forward to that! Foonf will last longer by height, but not weight (unless they changed it?). My kid would have been out of Foonf in May (when we retired his RF radian), but he's still in the MT with about an inch of torso to go.
Oh, I'm looking forward to that! Foonf will last longer by height, but not weight (unless they changed it?). My kid would have been out of Foonf in May (when we retired his RF radian), but he's still in the MT with about an inch of torso to go.
Brianna
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Wouldn't that be forbidden in many US cars, or restricted to only behind the passenger seat, or only in the 3rd row?
zoecoltsmama
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we do have an older car and are not in a position to replace with newer car, hence wanting the absolute safest for longest seat. funny to have a clunker car and a spendy seat I know, but this is how we roll rite now.
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