Pink Maestro?

rachel1496 · Nov 14, 2012

I feel like I've probably asked this question before but maybe something new has come out. I was planning to get my daughter a new seat for Christmas. She's 2.5 years old, 37 inches and 28lbs and currently FF in a Scenera. The Scenera is about to expire so it needs to be replaced in the next few months. It's the pink flowery one and she's really attached to it so I'd love to replace it with something cute and girly but I can't find anything in Canada. Her brother is in a Maestro and the few times she's been in it she fits well and can climb in and out easily so that would be the ideal if I can find a cute one. We don't own a car, she really only rides once a week or so with my mom and I can't justify spending the money on a Nautilus, especially when the RF feature would go completely unused. I found the AO 3 in 1 on Walmart.ca, it's not horribly expensive but I thought I remembered something about that seat not making a great booster for tall or long torsoed kids, is that still the case?

What would you recommend? I'll just get her they grey Maestro if I have to but I'd kind of like her to be at least a bit excited if she's opening it on Christmas morning.

featherhead · Nov 14, 2012

rachel1496 said:
I feel like I've probably asked this question before but maybe something new has come out. I was planning to get my daughter a new seat for Christmas. She's 2.5 years old, 37 inches and 28lbs and currently FF in a Scenera. The Scenera is about to expire so it needs to be replaced in the next few months. It's the pink flowery one and she's really attached to it so I'd love to replace it with something cute and girly but I can't find anything in Canada. Her brother is in a Maestro and the few times she's been in it she fits well and can climb in and out easily so that would be the ideal if I can find a cute one. We don't own a car, she really only rides once a week or so with my mom and I can't justify spending the money on a Nautilus, especially when the RF feature would go completely unused. I found the AO 3 in 1 on Walmart.ca, it's not horribly expensive but I thought I remembered something about that seat not making a great booster for tall or long torsoed kids, is that still the case?

What would you recommend? I'll just get her they grey Maestro if I have to but I'd kind of like her to be at least a bit excited if she's opening it on Christmas morning.

The Nautilus does not rear-face. And the AO makes a terrible booster for 99.9% of kids. Is there a reason you don't want her rear-facing? She's not overly large, so should fit rear-facing.

rachel1496 · Nov 14, 2012

Sorry, confused the MyRide and the Nauti for a second. I don't know how well she'd do with RF again at this point, we turned her when she turned 2. From about 15 months to 2 it was a kicking, screaming disaster just to get her in the seat in the first place and then blood curdling screaming the entire time she was in it.

So the AO is out then. Back to the drawing board.

snowbird25ca · Nov 14, 2012

Would red piping be close enough to pink? I don't think I've seen a pink cover on a Canadian seat.

The doodle cover that walmart carries has little swirls on it that look like doodles in the white part of the pattern. Maybe that could be talked up to be girly?

The Nautilus is a pretty heavy seat to be installing weekly - unless you just leave the seats installed in your mom's car? The ability to use it as a backless booster after you're done with the highback booster portion does give it a bonus point, so if the pink is important, that may be what you end up doing.

I think most kids aren't going to be excited to open a carseat even if it's flowery. Maybe buy her a new doll and buckle it inside the carseat and she'll be excited about the doll and won't think to comment on the carseat.

canadiangie · Nov 14, 2012

What is that seat that Canadian Tire stocks that is made by Evenflo and is almost identical to the Maeatro? It goes on sale for $64.99 and it's black and pink/purple. It just came here. Has a 40lb harnessing limit, I think.

Off to go look..

Eta: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...466266P/Secure+Kid+100+Car+Seat.jsp?locale=en

snowbird25ca · Nov 14, 2012

Good call Angie! The 40lb weight limit won't be a problem for OP's daughter. I was thinking I'd seen a pink and black seat but thought I was thinking of a US seat.

Would sure be nice if they made more exciting covers for kids.

featherhead · Nov 14, 2012

rachel1496 said:
Sorry, confused the MyRide and the Nauti for a second. I don't know how well she'd do with RF again at this point, we turned her when she turned 2. From about 15 months to 2 it was a kicking, screaming disaster just to get her in the seat in the first place and then blood curdling screaming the entire time she was in it.

So the AO is out then. Back to the drawing board.

I see. I never had that problem with my kiddos, but our vehicle situation did cause me to turn dd2 forward-facing at about 2 1/2. I would have preferred her rear-facing, but it just wouldn't work at the time.

rachel1496 · Nov 14, 2012

Thank you Angie! I knew there had to be something out there. I've been trying to sell her on the grey one, talking about how we could get a big kid seat like her brothers and her answer is always "No thank you. Flower seat, please".

If she grows the way he has the 40lb limit won't be an issue. He's 33lbs and 39" at 4.5, we've got a long way to go in the harness still.

rachel1496 · Nov 14, 2012

Secondary question, the seats stay in my mom's car 95% of the time and on the odd occasion she has my sister's kids with her. Would the Secure Kid work as a booster for my 7 year old, 49" niece? I know the Maestro works for my nephew. She usually just grabs the boosters from my sister's car but it would be nice if this seat could do double duty.

canadiangie · Nov 14, 2012

I'm going to guess no, but it depends on her torso height.

Also, techically the straps need to be removed for booster mode, and you would need to clarify what Evenflo is allowing in terms of UAS and tether strap use during booster mode.

Basically I think a Harmony backless for $20 would be much easier for you niece versus messing wig the Secure Kid 100.

canadiangie · Nov 14, 2012

By the way, I think the pattern name might be Olivia, and if you google that you get a much better idea of the shade of pink. I think it's quite *pink* and not nearly as dark as the pic on the Cabadian Tire link.

Apologies for typos. On my phone.

LittlePeanut · Nov 14, 2012

Also, I do believe the Scenera you have, if it's expiring soon, will generally expire in December following its 6th birthday. So you likely have one expiring THIS December or you have another year before needing to replace it. It should be stamped on the bottom of the seat. If you have a year, obviously you can choose to replace it now but if you wait, you may find better deals that will come out and even different seats that may be introduced on the Canadian market before the end of next year.

rachel1496 · Nov 14, 2012

LittlePeanut said:
Also, I do believe the Scenera you have, if it's expiring soon, will generally expire in December following its 6th birthday. So you likely have one expiring THIS December or you have another year before needing to replace it. It should be stamped on the bottom of the seat. If you have a year, obviously you can choose to replace it now but if you wait, you may find better deals that will come out and even different seats that may be introduced on the Canadian market before the end of next year.

Is it December? The stamp on the bottom says Do not use after 2013 but it didn't tell me when in 2013 it expired.

LittlePeanut · Nov 14, 2012

Yes, it's December. So you just can't use it once the calendar turns 2014. You have tons of time.

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