My daughter just turned 2 a few weeks ago. She is 21 lbs and 32 inches tall. She has been riding in the Safety 1st Air Protect 35 for this whole time. But she has reached the height limit (32 inches) and it is time to switch to convertible car seat!
I want to keep her rear-facing for the next few years.
My vehicle is a 2003 Toyota Corolla S. I will not need to take the car seat out possibly ever so ease of install does not really matter. I am leaning towards the Diono Radian RXT. I would like to install in the center. Only issue I see is that sometimes on weekends my husband drives this car and he does need to push the driver seat all the way back. But the angle adjuster could help with this correct? I am very small and drive with the driver's seat all the way forward.
My husband's vehicle is a (4 door) 2007 BMW 328i. Pretty sure the car seat would have to install on the passenger side here as my husband needs to push his seat all the way back to drive. Of course I would prefer her to ride in the middle if possible. Are there any car seats where this is possible with a pushed back driver seat?? He may need to occasionally (couple times a month?) take the seat out to fit more passengers. But he is good at installing so that is not a huge issue. He hates bulky seats and is leaning towards the Safety 1st seats. His car feels smaller than mine and I don't think it could handle the Radian, especially with his seat back.
My in-laws take care of my daughter several times a week and they have 2 vehicles. One is a mid-90s cargo van (sorry I don't know the make & model.. Astrovan?) and the other is a 1992 Toyota Corolla. I don't really want to drop $1,000 on 4 car seats so I would like to have one that is VERY EASY TO INSTALL for them to be able to switch between cars a few times a week when needed. Grandma needs to be able to put the seat in with a simple belt install like she does with our current seat. We bought them a base for my daughter's current car seat but they don't like messing with it. So we need a car seat with a VERY simple rear-facing belt install. For this car seat it is also very important that my daughter has alot of leg room rear-facing. My in-laws do not quite understand the extended rear-facing thing and are more likely to try and turn her around if they think she looks uncomfortable. I suppose I could buy 1 seat for each of their cars if they were under $200 each but I tend to not trust those seats especially brands like Chicco / Evenflo. They just don't look good quality to me.
Any help appreciated! I only recently realized that these type of car seats really STAY IN the vehicle and that we need 1 for each car! We play musical cars WAY too much to be able to switch 1 or even 2 seats around..
Thanks!
Forgot to mention that even if we bought a seat for each of my in-laws vehicles they would still need to be very very easy to install.. they frequently haul things around – cans for recycling, food for catering, etc. in each car and would need to be able to take the car seat out and put it back in several times a month.
I want to keep her rear-facing for the next few years.
My vehicle is a 2003 Toyota Corolla S. I will not need to take the car seat out possibly ever so ease of install does not really matter. I am leaning towards the Diono Radian RXT. I would like to install in the center. Only issue I see is that sometimes on weekends my husband drives this car and he does need to push the driver seat all the way back. But the angle adjuster could help with this correct? I am very small and drive with the driver's seat all the way forward.
My husband's vehicle is a (4 door) 2007 BMW 328i. Pretty sure the car seat would have to install on the passenger side here as my husband needs to push his seat all the way back to drive. Of course I would prefer her to ride in the middle if possible. Are there any car seats where this is possible with a pushed back driver seat?? He may need to occasionally (couple times a month?) take the seat out to fit more passengers. But he is good at installing so that is not a huge issue. He hates bulky seats and is leaning towards the Safety 1st seats. His car feels smaller than mine and I don't think it could handle the Radian, especially with his seat back.
My in-laws take care of my daughter several times a week and they have 2 vehicles. One is a mid-90s cargo van (sorry I don't know the make & model.. Astrovan?) and the other is a 1992 Toyota Corolla. I don't really want to drop $1,000 on 4 car seats so I would like to have one that is VERY EASY TO INSTALL for them to be able to switch between cars a few times a week when needed. Grandma needs to be able to put the seat in with a simple belt install like she does with our current seat. We bought them a base for my daughter's current car seat but they don't like messing with it. So we need a car seat with a VERY simple rear-facing belt install. For this car seat it is also very important that my daughter has alot of leg room rear-facing. My in-laws do not quite understand the extended rear-facing thing and are more likely to try and turn her around if they think she looks uncomfortable. I suppose I could buy 1 seat for each of their cars if they were under $200 each but I tend to not trust those seats especially brands like Chicco / Evenflo. They just don't look good quality to me.
Any help appreciated! I only recently realized that these type of car seats really STAY IN the vehicle and that we need 1 for each car! We play musical cars WAY too much to be able to switch 1 or even 2 seats around..
Thanks!
Forgot to mention that even if we bought a seat for each of my in-laws vehicles they would still need to be very very easy to install.. they frequently haul things around – cans for recycling, food for catering, etc. in each car and would need to be able to take the car seat out and put it back in several times a month.