Has anyone had luck installing a radian and ranier side by side, both RF?
We are trying to do it in an Audi Avant (station wagon) S6 with radian in center, no angle adjuster, and ranier in outboard position with angle adjuster. The ranier is wider than radian at the top and in our first attempt at install the radian ends up a little crooked front to back because the ranier pushes it sideways at the top. Is this unsafe? Both seats seem secure at base but I would feel better if both seats were straight. I'm wondering if anyone knows any tricks/suggestions to get around this problem.
Additionally or alternatively, perhaps people have suggestions for another solution altogether. We already own the radian and have bought the ranier to test for fit. So we could return if there's a different seat that would work better. Here's our situation...
In addition to the center position being safer than outboard, we need to use that slot right now because one seat is for our 3 month old so we can't use the angle adjuster and without that we haven't been able to install with enough space in front for adults to ride without being up against dash.
Our older child just turned 2 and we want to keep both RF as long as possible. We've also been looking into the Swedish options - not sure if one of those might work better than the ranier, installed right next to the radian. I would like the ranier to work because it's significantly cheaper than the Swedish options. The ranier is the only seat I know of for purchase in the US that goes to 50 lbs RF, other than the foonf. I'm concerned about the height of the foonf being a hazard blocking visibility (it's also as expensive as some of the Swedish options and those seem superior so if I'm going to spend that much I will get one from Sweden). Ultimately we will likely get one Swedish seat when our older child outgrows whatever new seat we get now, but we will need an additional seat at that point anyway (bc of childcare arrangements) so I was hoping to hold off on the Swedish seat for now if there was a viable alternative to fit side by side our radian.
Sorry for all the (potentially extraneous!) details! I would love to hear any suggestions that come to mind for people in response to any of this. Thanks so much!
We are trying to do it in an Audi Avant (station wagon) S6 with radian in center, no angle adjuster, and ranier in outboard position with angle adjuster. The ranier is wider than radian at the top and in our first attempt at install the radian ends up a little crooked front to back because the ranier pushes it sideways at the top. Is this unsafe? Both seats seem secure at base but I would feel better if both seats were straight. I'm wondering if anyone knows any tricks/suggestions to get around this problem.
Additionally or alternatively, perhaps people have suggestions for another solution altogether. We already own the radian and have bought the ranier to test for fit. So we could return if there's a different seat that would work better. Here's our situation...
In addition to the center position being safer than outboard, we need to use that slot right now because one seat is for our 3 month old so we can't use the angle adjuster and without that we haven't been able to install with enough space in front for adults to ride without being up against dash.
Our older child just turned 2 and we want to keep both RF as long as possible. We've also been looking into the Swedish options - not sure if one of those might work better than the ranier, installed right next to the radian. I would like the ranier to work because it's significantly cheaper than the Swedish options. The ranier is the only seat I know of for purchase in the US that goes to 50 lbs RF, other than the foonf. I'm concerned about the height of the foonf being a hazard blocking visibility (it's also as expensive as some of the Swedish options and those seem superior so if I'm going to spend that much I will get one from Sweden). Ultimately we will likely get one Swedish seat when our older child outgrows whatever new seat we get now, but we will need an additional seat at that point anyway (bc of childcare arrangements) so I was hoping to hold off on the Swedish seat for now if there was a viable alternative to fit side by side our radian.
Sorry for all the (potentially extraneous!) details! I would love to hear any suggestions that come to mind for people in response to any of this. Thanks so much!