Need to buy a new seat (or turn my 14 mo old FF)

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Synchro246

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #1

Need to buy a new seat (or turn my 14 mo old FF) UPDATE

Mick's outgrowing his Roundabout RF.

Mick is 14 months and about 28-29lbs. Seamus is 3.5 and 41 lbs.

Here's what we've got going on now:
Main vehicle: Regent/RF Roundabout Secondary vehicle:FF Boulevard (only for Seamus--1 mile at a time about once a week)

My origional impulse was to get a Marathon (I already have a spare cover--Barnum--that I got because I wanted a MA) and then I'd have the MA and the Reg in my car and the BV and the RA in my mom's car.

But then I thought it would be more cost effective to just put Mick in the BV RF in my car and get another Regent or a Frontier for my mom's car.

THEN I thought that maybe I've been off this board too long and I should just ask for a recomendation.

TIA

 

Last edited: Aug 22, 2008

Mommy2Marcus

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #2

What about putting the BV RF in your car & buying a Nautilus for your moms car?? Since he only rides in it very rarely then the Nautilus is more cost effective & a great seat!

 

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Synchro246

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #3

OOooh, I totally forgot about the Naughty. What's the top harness height on it? I can't remember. Seamus has about an inch left in the Boulevard. I'll measure his torso tomorrow. I'll have to see if I can get to the BRU or WM to see it in person.

 

Mommy2Marcus

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #4

It is about 18.5 I believe. It is a good seat! I really like it. I do know that it will harness longer than the MA or BV. It also converts to a HBB & LBB when the time comes, but if he has more than an inch in the BV then he will have loads of room in the Nautilus!

 

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tanyaandallie

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #5

Wow. He must be super duper tall if he is outgrowing the RA by height at only 14 mos. My ds, small for his age, fit rf in the scenera until he was 3+! I agree that I'd put baby in the BV rf in your car and buy a Nautilus. Much less expensive option.

 

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Synchro246

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• Aug 11, 2008

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He's pretty tall and it's a lot of torso. I was suprised when I noticed how close to an inch he's getting in it. IIRC Seamus outgrew it RF somewhere around 18-20 months. Really, he could have just had a spurt recently and he might hover 1.5'' below the top of the shell for another 4 months. He hasn't gained weight in over 6 months.

The GN is about $60-70 less than the on-sale Regent, right? Does anyone know if the Frontier will be a part of the Sept sale and for about how much it will be?

 

cryswilkins

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #7

tanyaandallie said:

Wow. He must be super duper tall if he is outgrowing the RA by height at only 14 mos. My ds, small for his age, fit rf in the scenera until he was 3+! I agree that I'd put baby in the BV rf in your car and buy a Nautilus. Much less expensive option.

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My DD outgrew it about the same age.

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Aug 11, 2008

• #8

hey stranger

it looks like the Frontier will be $249.99 in the september sale- which is also the new MSRP for the Regent.

 

mommyto2angelgirls

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• Aug 14, 2008

• #9

i would get a nautilus for the second car and put the boulvard rf in your car. then if not planning on another soon sell the roundabout. even if you are planning on another at that point you could get a marathon. assuming you used the ra from birth with seamus it stills has a little over 2 years of life left. you could probably get about $75 for it. that would cover half of the nautilus.

 

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Synchro246

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• Aug 14, 2008

• #10

Thanks everyone for your imput

I think what I am going to do is wait until the last possible moment (when Mick has actually outgrown the RA RF) and switch him to the BV. Then I will buy--probably the Nautilus, though if the house has sold by then I may go a spendier route. I'm going to take S to BRU this week and see if he likes the GN.
Thanks again!

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Aug 14, 2008

• #11

most Targets have the GN in store now too. :thumbsup:

 

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Synchro246

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• Aug 14, 2008

• #12

Oh cool! Thanks

I've also gotten two offers for buying a used Regent or a Radian 65. Decisions decisions.

 

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Synchro246

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• Aug 22, 2008

• #13

Ok, here's what I did. I bought a Radian 65 from a friend and then I came across an Uptown at biglots so I bought that too. Now I have one more seat than I actually need, but whatever. If the Radian is too skinny for my chunks my friend who has string-bean children said we could try trading her MA for the Radian if I needed.

Thanks everyone again