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I have twin 4.5-year-old girls. They are each about 30 lbs and 39 inches tall. They had been riding FF in Britax Marathon (Emma) car seats. Last night we got in an accident. Everyone was OK! Not even a bump or a scratch. But the car is wrecked. We were rear-ended and there's some minor damage to the back doors, so the car seats have got to go!
For the moment, we've commandeered my parents' cosco car seats, but I plan on buying some new ones soon. Although the girls were far from maxing out the weight on the Marathon car seats, I'm considering getting a high-back harness-to-booster combination seat so that I won't have to buy another booster seat later. I am not having anymore children, so ideally, this will be the end of car seat purchases for us.
I used this forum to pick out my Britax Marathons and they served me well, so I was hoping someone would have some advice for my new seats. Would any harness-to-booster combination seats be a large step down in safety from the Marathons?
I've been looking at the Recaro Performance Sport, The Britax Frontier 90, and The Graco Nautilus.
I want something that will be comfortable, extremely extremely safe, and with straps that are difficult to twist. The girls would also prefer something that comes in pink and has a cupholder (although those aren't dealbreakers )
Any suggestions? I'm pretty open to any price. I got the Marathons on clearance sale, but I'd pay full price for greater safety/quality. Of course, if all things are equal, I wouldn't mind saving a little money on the car seats since we're also having to get a new CAR from all of this
(I'm looking at the mitsubishi outlander to replace our teeny tiny (and now totaled) honda fit... if anyone also has any feelings about cars! )
Thanks in advance to anyone with any words of wisdom to share!
I have twin 4.5-year-old girls. They are each about 30 lbs and 39 inches tall. They had been riding FF in Britax Marathon (Emma) car seats. Last night we got in an accident. Everyone was OK! Not even a bump or a scratch. But the car is wrecked. We were rear-ended and there's some minor damage to the back doors, so the car seats have got to go!
For the moment, we've commandeered my parents' cosco car seats, but I plan on buying some new ones soon. Although the girls were far from maxing out the weight on the Marathon car seats, I'm considering getting a high-back harness-to-booster combination seat so that I won't have to buy another booster seat later. I am not having anymore children, so ideally, this will be the end of car seat purchases for us.
I used this forum to pick out my Britax Marathons and they served me well, so I was hoping someone would have some advice for my new seats. Would any harness-to-booster combination seats be a large step down in safety from the Marathons?
I've been looking at the Recaro Performance Sport, The Britax Frontier 90, and The Graco Nautilus.
I want something that will be comfortable, extremely extremely safe, and with straps that are difficult to twist. The girls would also prefer something that comes in pink and has a cupholder (although those aren't dealbreakers )
Any suggestions? I'm pretty open to any price. I got the Marathons on clearance sale, but I'd pay full price for greater safety/quality. Of course, if all things are equal, I wouldn't mind saving a little money on the car seats since we're also having to get a new CAR from all of this
(I'm looking at the mitsubishi outlander to replace our teeny tiny (and now totaled) honda fit... if anyone also has any feelings about cars! )
Thanks in advance to anyone with any words of wisdom to share!