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I've been reading this forum for a couple of months now hoping that all you knowledgeable people might answer my question without my even asking it, but I've decided to jump in and ask directly!
I have nearly 3 year old twins who are around 28 lbs. and on the tall side. They're in Marathons in our Sienna (which is the car they're in the most) and currently in Fisher Price Safe Embrace seats in our Subaru Legacy. I'm totally happy with the Marathons and figure they'll last in those seats for a good while. But while they still fit in the FP seats, I think they'll outgrow them by height fairly soon. I'm also just spoiled by the Marathons and find the harness adjustment on the FP seats to be a big pain.
So, I've been thinking about what I can get to replace the FP seats. I was hoping to find a combination seat that would keep them harnessed for at least a few more years and then serve as a good booster. I've seen the Recaro Young Sport online and would love to be able to get those, but they're just too expensive for our current budget. I'd ideally like to spend less than $300 on both seats together.
The other complication is that I have an 11-yr-old who is only recently riding without a booster. If I could get the twins' seats narrow enough to make it possible to fit all 3 kids into the back seat that would be wonderful. The car is not all that big but I have in the past managed get a Marathon, a Roudabout, and a Star Riser Comfy installed well together back there. We'll be replacing this car within the next couple of years, we hope (it has a lap belt in the middle and no head support in the back seat), but we're stuck with it for now and, for those rare times when one of us needs to transport all 3 kids, it would be great to have them all as safe as possible.
So I guess my questions are: (1) What are the best options out there for me to consider given my current financial and space constraints? (2) Should I just get something cheap and adequate for now--maybe a couple of Graco Cargos?--and hope something better comes along by the time they get either too tall or too heavy for those? (3) Is there something coming out relatively soon that I should hold out for?
Thanks!
I have nearly 3 year old twins who are around 28 lbs. and on the tall side. They're in Marathons in our Sienna (which is the car they're in the most) and currently in Fisher Price Safe Embrace seats in our Subaru Legacy. I'm totally happy with the Marathons and figure they'll last in those seats for a good while. But while they still fit in the FP seats, I think they'll outgrow them by height fairly soon. I'm also just spoiled by the Marathons and find the harness adjustment on the FP seats to be a big pain.
So, I've been thinking about what I can get to replace the FP seats. I was hoping to find a combination seat that would keep them harnessed for at least a few more years and then serve as a good booster. I've seen the Recaro Young Sport online and would love to be able to get those, but they're just too expensive for our current budget. I'd ideally like to spend less than $300 on both seats together.
The other complication is that I have an 11-yr-old who is only recently riding without a booster. If I could get the twins' seats narrow enough to make it possible to fit all 3 kids into the back seat that would be wonderful. The car is not all that big but I have in the past managed get a Marathon, a Roudabout, and a Star Riser Comfy installed well together back there. We'll be replacing this car within the next couple of years, we hope (it has a lap belt in the middle and no head support in the back seat), but we're stuck with it for now and, for those rare times when one of us needs to transport all 3 kids, it would be great to have them all as safe as possible.
So I guess my questions are: (1) What are the best options out there for me to consider given my current financial and space constraints? (2) Should I just get something cheap and adequate for now--maybe a couple of Graco Cargos?--and hope something better comes along by the time they get either too tall or too heavy for those? (3) Is there something coming out relatively soon that I should hold out for?
Thanks!