Need purchase advice of "extra" car seat for toddler

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rachelrernst

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I upgraded this year from a Graco ComfortSport to a Britax Boulevard, and love it. My 2 year old sits in this and I planned on getting him into a different seat when our baby, due in August, outgrows his/her infant seat.

In the meantime, Grandma wants a seat to put in her car to transport the toddler on a weekly basis--let's say 1x per week, but, it would be good also for her to have a seat in her car for emergencies.

Option 1: Make due and switcheroo the Britax Boulevard seat from my car to Grandma's car whenever she is going to take the toddler out.

Option 2: purchase a new seat for Grandmas car
2A: should it be a lower-cost seat, maybe a Cosco??
2B: should it be a higher end seat such as one that could work for a 2 year old now but also goes up to a higher weight limit... the seat I would have waited to buy until later such as the Britax Regent that goes up to 80 pounds?

THANK YOU!!
 
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my3girls

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You will get better answers if you tell your child's weight and how far he is away from which harness slot you are using on the BV. The Regent is a GREAT seat, but if $ is an issue, and your child is on the small side, something cheap (but with a 40 lb limit :() that always gets recommended is the Cosco Scenera, I've had one for about 4 months and it's decent.
 

Victorious4

Senior Community Member
It might be more cost effective long term (& safer) to buy the Regent for Grandma's car -- that's what we did :rolleyes: Then I felt like I wasn't spending "extra" $ since I would definitely use it as her primary seat in my vehicle eventually anyway....

However, you might want to get the OK fram Grandma & assurance that she's not going to try to uninstall/reinstall it -- because it is heavy & can be tricky for many of us until we're used to it, especially someone who's not used to using carseats (it quickly became the easiest seat for me, though & I've heard the same from other Husky/Regent owners!)

Otherwise, I think the Cosco Scenera would be a fine spare seat choice for Grandma to keep -- RF until 35#, FF to 40# then backless booster to 100# ... or the least expenisve good option is the Cosco Scenera :)
 

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