S/O 2015 Winter coats for the car seat

Persimmon · Sep 15, 2015

Add any others that you know of! I will update the list as more are posted.

Light:
Land's End Lightweight Packable--Hooded
LL Bean Puff n Stuff--Hooded

Medium:
North Face Perrito--Hooded
Land's End Stormer--Hooded
Costco Gerry Packable down--Hooded. $30. Heavy if layered with a fleece.
Patagonia Reversible Puff Ball--baby to 5T

Heavy:
North Face Moondoggy--Hooded (Not Canadian heavy)
Costco Snozu--Hooded and fleece lined (18months to 6) $23
North Face Thermoball. Now with and without hood for sizes XS and up. 2T-6 hood only.
Gap Primaloft Luxe Puffer--Detachable hood, fleece lining.

Not sure what category:
Columbia Powder Lite Puffer
Columbia Fleece Bunting
Gap Primaloft Eco Raglan Puffer
Patagonia Nano puff - no hood
Patagonia Reversible Down Sweater - hood

See Carseat Blog's post on how to test if a coat is OK for using in a carseat. Not everyone agrees on which coats work in a carseat (particularly if you are sizing up to try to get another year out of the coat) so be sure to test them yourself.

jacqui276 · Sep 15, 2015

Thanks for starting a s/o thread. Will be following this one!

TechnoGranola · Sep 15, 2015

The North Face Thermoball - has a hood for 2015 which I personally dislike in the car and my kid hates hoods, so I'm happy I bought a larger size at end of season last year. But I know some folks love hoods.

Warmer than a Perrito. Not sure if warmer than Moon Doggy, but it's at least as warm. And it's the same or less bulky than the Perrito.

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Persimmon · Sep 15, 2015

TechnoGranola said:
The North Face Thermoball - has a hood for 2015 which I personally dislike in the car and my kid hates hoods, so I'm happy I bought a larger size at end of season last year. But I know some folks love hoods.

Warmer than a Perrito. Not sure if warmer than Moon Doggy, but it's at least as warm. And it's the same or less bulky than the Perrito.

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Good news. They still offer it without a hood.

TechnoGranola · Sep 15, 2015

Persimmon said:
Good news. They still offer it without a hood.

Apologies, I wasn't clear. There is a hood on the toddler 2T-6 sizes now (no hood last year) and the girls/boys sizes XXS and up has both hood and hoodless options. Since I was looking for a size 4, my original info was just for the toddler sizes.

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brooksfamily · Sep 16, 2015

They are pricey but Patagonia makes 2. I got one last year at REI at and end of season sale for a good price.

Patagonia Nano puff - no hood
Patagonia Reversible Down Sweater - hood

Both are extremely compressible.

TechnoGranola · Sep 16, 2015

brooksfamily said:
They are pricey but Patagonia makes 2. I got one last year at REI at and end of season sale for a good price.

Patagonia Nano puff - no hood

Patagonia Reversible Down Sweater - hood

Both are extremely compressible.

Ah yes. Which reminds me, for sizes baby - 5T, also Patagonia's reversible Puff-ball jacket. It's basically the same weight and compressibility as The North Face Perrito.

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Persimmon · Sep 16, 2015

brooksfamily said:
They are pricey but Patagonia makes 2. I got one last year at REI at and end of season sale for a good price.

Patagonia Nano puff - no hood
Patagonia Reversible Down Sweater - hood

Both are extremely compressible.

Would you say medium or heavy weight?

cookie123 · Sep 17, 2015

Lands End has a $15 off coupon and LLBean a 20% off. Both came in my email today. I might buzz out to the Mall of America soon and take a look at the LLBean coat. Today I got a 30% off coupon from Lands End!

brooksfamily · Sep 18, 2015

Persimmon said:
Would you say medium or heavy weight?

Neither was rated on the site for what temps. I haven't seen the nano puff in person so I would say medium. The down sweater with hood (Although our is hoodless...they must have changed them) is a heavier weight coat. I have it in vest form and it is warm. Although, all Patagonia products are really functional, the coat itself isn't bulky at all.

mping · Sep 18, 2015

The Nano puff isn't down so not as warm but the Down Sweater is so super warm. I live in Chicago and my kids have worn them even during the Polar Vortex

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New grandma · Sep 30, 2015

Just a heads up, I just posted a sale at patagonia in the kids shopping thread.

sunflower · Oct 11, 2015

The Snozu from Costco for $23 is warm enough for -30C, and thin enough for the car seat???? How?

allmyboyz · Nov 21, 2015

Anyone know if the patagonia hi loft down sweater is as compressible as needed for a car seat? How does sizing run on northface and patagonia for a 2.5 yo who wears 24m clothing? Also any opinions on fleece buntings (looking at patagonia micro d, synchilla, northface, columbia foxy, any others) for baby so that I can transfer baby to a carrier outside rather than carry his seat into the store.

brightredmtn · Nov 22, 2015

Persimmon said:
Not sure what category:
Columbia Powder Lite Puffer
Columbia Fleece Bunting

DS has the Powder Lite Puffer he's not in a harness this year but from eye balling the jacket and compressing it with my fingers I'd feel comfortable from a compression standpoint using it under a harness. It is a little on the long side though so my only concern I'd look out for is that the length isn't interfering with hips of the harness.

DD is still being kept warm by amniotic fluid but I'll report back about the Columbia Fleece Bunting in three or so weeks. This is the one we have. It's their standard fleece so I'd categorize it as light weight.

Are you categories for warmth or density?

TechnoGranola · Nov 22, 2015

allmyboyz said:
Anyone know if the patagonia hi loft down sweater is as compressible as needed for a car seat? How does sizing run on northface and patagonia for a 2.5 yo who wears 24m clothing? Also any opinions on fleece buntings (looking at patagonia micro d, synchilla, northface, columbia foxy, any others) for baby so that I can transfer baby to a carrier outside rather than carry his seat into the store.

Sizing depends on the specific item. TechnoKid currently has a 2 TNF jackets in kid's medium and one fits her perfectly (which means it fits small as medium I'm 10/12 and she is 9 and basically 50th percentile) and the other is too big (but wearable) and she needs to roll up the sleeves. That being said, I typically find Patagonia toddler stuff to run larger than TNF toddler stuff though; I find it fits wider. Patagonia doesn't fit my thin kid well at all, but it fit my huskier kid much better.

teresah00 · Nov 25, 2015

allmyboyz said:
Anyone know if the patagonia hi loft down sweater is as compressible as needed for a car seat? How does sizing run on northface and patagonia for a 2.5 yo who wears 24m clothing? Also any opinions on fleece buntings (looking at patagonia micro d, synchilla, northface, columbia foxy, any others) for baby so that I can transfer baby to a carrier outside rather than carry his seat into the store.

DD turned 3 in August. She's small for her age wearing 2t or 3t clothes. Her 2t Patagonia down sweater fits w room to grow. Also have a 3t and its way to big. She wore an 18m last winter. It's a little snug and short in sleeves now but she can still get into it. My 7yo has one too in small, I don't find the larger sizes run as big.

My 5yo and 10yo have a north face moondoggy. I think they run true to size.
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teresah00 · Nov 25, 2015

Persimmon said:
Add any others that you know of! I will update the list as more are posted.

Light:
Land's End Lightweight Packable--Hooded
LL Bean Puff n Stuff--Hooded

Medium:
North Face Perrito--Hooded
Land's End Stormer--Hooded
Costco Gerry Packable down--Hooded. $30. Heavy if layered with a fleece.
Patagonia Reversible Puff Ball--baby to 5T

Heavy:
North Face Moondoggy--Hooded (Not Canadian heavy)
Costco Snozu--Hooded and fleece lined (18months to 6) $23
North Face Thermoball. Now with and without hood for sizes XS and up. 2T-6 hood only.
Gap Primaloft Luxe Puffer--Detachable hood, fleece lining.

Not sure what category:
Columbia Powder Lite Puffer
Columbia Fleece Bunting
Gap Primaloft Eco Raglan Puffer
Patagonia Nano puff - no hood
Patagonia Reversible Down Sweater - hood

See Carseat Blog's post on how to test if a coat is OK for using in a carseat. Not everyone agrees on which coats work in a carseat (particularly if you are sizing up to try to get another year out of the coat) so be sure to test them yourself.

7Yo DS has the Costco Gerry and Patagonia down sweater. The down sweater is much warmer according to him. I'm not sure it's quite as warm as the moondoggy that my other son has but he wore it all last winter.

Anyone have feedback on the Eddie Bauer down jacket for boys?
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