Was my impulse buy good - Kiddy Cruiserfix

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Swmnmom

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #1

Bought a Kiddy CruiserFix Pro at a local baby store on clearance for $93. It is new in box never opened with a manufacture date of Aug 2012 if I remember right. It would be for my 5 yr old son (who is 39 - 40 lbs). So good buy or return it?

 

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a09

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #2

Im jealous! I never find deals like that.

 

Kac

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #3

I'd keep it!

 

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bnsnyde

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #4

The booster? Ours was over $200 so that's good! Bought for my 5-year-old, too. The fit is great for her.

 

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cso1997

Active member

• Jun 16, 2013

• #5

Keep it for sure!! That is a great deal and one of my favorite boosters. I paid 130ish from NBD.

 

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jjordan

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #6

Wow, great deal! You did great!

 

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Swmnmom

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #7

The first few months it will probably be in a car without latch (my husbands) before it moves to my car with latch. Will it still work well in my husbands car?

I had heard great things about the seat but didn't pay close attention as it was out of my price range so I don't know a ton about it.

 

happiness-and-balance

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #8

Swmnmom said:

The first few months it will probably be in a car without latch (my husbands) before it moves to my car with latch. Will it still work well in my husbands car?

I had heard great things about the seat but didn't pay close attention as it was out of my price range so I don't know a ton about it.

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I would imagine it would work just fine, depending on the make/model/year of vehicle. Just remember to re-buckle the seat belt over the booster when your son gets out so that the seat does not become a projectile

 

Phineasmama

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• Jun 16, 2013

• #9

Great buy!! I paid like $130 for mine and I thought that was good

 

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Swmnmom

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #10

Look okay fit wise?

 

cookie123

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #11

Cute young man. The seat looks very comfy. Does he mind the 'head buns?'
Is that a really heavy seat?

 

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bnsnyde

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #12

I feel like my daughter has to lean her head back to have it in the head wing things. Do you find this to be the case?

From the picture, his head looks way more protected than my daughter's head.

Our install is middle row, middle seat of van, fairly upright seating position.

 

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Swmnmom

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #13

If he is looking around outside then his head is not in the headrest as much. But he tends to lean back anyway in his seats as he is talking to me (which is almost always as he is a chatter box). He does not mind the headrest at all. It is installed right now in my 2011 Ford Focus behind the passenger.

 

momtoo3

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• Jun 19, 2013

• #14

When I first got the CruiserFix for ds3 I was worried about the head wings size but we have not had any issues. Ds3 is still a car sleeper at times but has no head slump in the CruiserFix. The head wings are smaller than some seats, like the Vivo and that was my concern but no issues at this point. Here is a crappy picture but the only one I have managed with him sleeping. The rest are posted in the thread I started when we first got it.


http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=242563&highlight=Kiddy+CruiserFix

 

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Swmnmom

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• Jun 19, 2013

• #15

So I decided to see if I could do a 3 across with the cruiserfix and 2 Radians. We are going on a 1 hr car trip tonight and Elliott really really wants to ride in his new seat but I don't trust him 100% yet in the booster. So I wanted to see if I could have a harness seat set up just in case he needed it. Anyway it was tight buckling the cruiserfix when latched but it was doable. It was super easy to buckle when it wasn't latched.
2011 Ford Focus
FF Radian - RF Radian - CruiserFix Pro

 

Phineasmama

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• Jun 19, 2013

• #16

It fits perfectly next to a RFing radian because the bottom is narrow. It's very wide near the shoulders though