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I have a two year old who's 50% for weight. (haven't weighed her lately) She's in a Britax Marathon in my car and a Decathalon in my husbands (or the other way around) and both seats are expiring (though we have a little more time for hubby's car). I was all ready to buy a Frontier tonight, having confused Combination seats and Convertible terms (surely I am not the first to do so). Now I'm thinking a Radian, since I want to keep her RF, but I'm not sure about different models...I read about side impact protection, but not sure if that's all of them. I like that it's narrower since I sometimes have to squeeze between the car seat and big sistet's booster, plus I'd like to be able to put a second booster in to drive OD's friends. I have an 05 Honda CR-V. Does anyone have fit problems with Radian?
I wanted to get the new seat installed and take the old one on our two trips this summer (so we won't have to reinstall after arriving home) (but leaving next Sat so I need to order YESTERDAY!). Our old Britax will be heavy to roll around the airport on a luggage cart, but we have a CARES harness for the plane.
Is there another seat I should consider if I want to ERF? and are there Radian model options to consider? Is the narrow width a comfort problem at all?
Also, need an ERF car seat for hubby's 09(?) Civic. She rides in my car 95% of the time, but we need a seat in his car. Not crazy about spending the $$ for a Radian that sits empty. Is the Scenera an option? Then we could use that for our trip as I've read it's lightweight, but quality. Just concerned about comfort for longer trips since I've read of lack of padding. I've read about adding padding but wonder if that compromises safety?
Also, I keep reading that there are no safety ratings for car seats...that they are all equal, but then read elsewhere references to ratings. Can anyone clarify?
Also, a link to the chart that has sizes etc would be great. Ran across the link recently but didn't copy it.
Thanks so much for any input that will keep me from staying up all night researching.
I wanted to get the new seat installed and take the old one on our two trips this summer (so we won't have to reinstall after arriving home) (but leaving next Sat so I need to order YESTERDAY!). Our old Britax will be heavy to roll around the airport on a luggage cart, but we have a CARES harness for the plane.
Is there another seat I should consider if I want to ERF? and are there Radian model options to consider? Is the narrow width a comfort problem at all?
Also, need an ERF car seat for hubby's 09(?) Civic. She rides in my car 95% of the time, but we need a seat in his car. Not crazy about spending the $$ for a Radian that sits empty. Is the Scenera an option? Then we could use that for our trip as I've read it's lightweight, but quality. Just concerned about comfort for longer trips since I've read of lack of padding. I've read about adding padding but wonder if that compromises safety?
Also, I keep reading that there are no safety ratings for car seats...that they are all equal, but then read elsewhere references to ratings. Can anyone clarify?
Also, a link to the chart that has sizes etc would be great. Ran across the link recently but didn't copy it.
Thanks so much for any input that will keep me from staying up all night researching.