Splash
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So, how do you feel about being the first to own a new seat?
With the Como/Signo debacle, and the TrueFit anxiety, and the Nautilus excitement... is anyone uneasy about having the first release of a car seat?
I bought the Boulevard the DAY it hit shelves. My kid wasn't even BORN! But I wanted to play with it so bad... I needed it! So, I bought it. But... it was from a company with a solid track record, and it was almost identical to the successful Wizard, and extremely similar to the Marathon. So, I didn't perceive a huge risk in that one.
I bought a SS1 shortly after it came out (within 6 months, I think). But again, from a company with a solid track record for infant seats (regardless of how crummy the ComfortSport is, you can't really knock a SnugRide... unless you need to install it with a three point locking retractor).
But there there are these other seats... Radian from a company that had never made a seat before (though we know it's tried and true by now), TrueFit from a company that has previously only made infant seats and boosters (and their first attempts at both were flops), Como/Signo from another booster company, and these are nightmares in the making...
The Nautilus is at least from a company that I trust to make a decent seat, though I have my doubts about Evenflo and the TA... but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Does anyone else think it's more prudent to wait until a seat has been out for awhile and most of the kinks are gone, at least/especially with companies like Compass with virtually no track record in what they are trying to accomplish?
With the Como/Signo debacle, and the TrueFit anxiety, and the Nautilus excitement... is anyone uneasy about having the first release of a car seat?
I bought the Boulevard the DAY it hit shelves. My kid wasn't even BORN! But I wanted to play with it so bad... I needed it! So, I bought it. But... it was from a company with a solid track record, and it was almost identical to the successful Wizard, and extremely similar to the Marathon. So, I didn't perceive a huge risk in that one.
I bought a SS1 shortly after it came out (within 6 months, I think). But again, from a company with a solid track record for infant seats (regardless of how crummy the ComfortSport is, you can't really knock a SnugRide... unless you need to install it with a three point locking retractor).
But there there are these other seats... Radian from a company that had never made a seat before (though we know it's tried and true by now), TrueFit from a company that has previously only made infant seats and boosters (and their first attempts at both were flops), Como/Signo from another booster company, and these are nightmares in the making...
The Nautilus is at least from a company that I trust to make a decent seat, though I have my doubts about Evenflo and the TA... but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Does anyone else think it's more prudent to wait until a seat has been out for awhile and most of the kinks are gone, at least/especially with companies like Compass with virtually no track record in what they are trying to accomplish?