tarynsmum
Senior Community Member
First, Rue to whoever thought last night was a good night for the site to be down. Rue to you I say!
Anyway, DH, DD and I went to BRU to by a new baby gate. I always walk the car seat section, well, you know why. I'm friendly with the Baby Gear section manager (or something like that, I'm not sure what her actual title is). She saw me and waved me over to where she and a man were talking. A man in a Britax shirt
Yep, I happened on a time when the Britax rep just so happened to be in the store I was caught so of guard that I couldn't think of what to ask so basically I asked what he could tell me that I didn't already know (P.S. he knows Sarah Tilton and speaks with her often, and is familiar with our board. He said "oh, yeah, car-seat.org! :thumbsup
Anyway, so he told me about the Boulevard C.S. (yeah, yeah), the Advocate (yep heard all about it). So then I ask him, "so what's this new infant seat I've heard talks of?"
It's tentatively called the Chaperone (he said the name might change, he didn't know), that it was at the ABC expo but that they weren't really showing more than a prototype. He couldn't show me pics or anything (although I did peruse his little binder, but didn't see any secrets).
Stats:
30 lbs, 30 inch limits
Anti-rebound foot
Headrest like the BLVD (not like the old Companion)
No rethread harness, but not a turn-knob like the BLVD. More like the Frontier, he said
6 harness slot positions
5 cover choices, (couldn't tell me what colors, but said that he saw 2 he would consider 'girly')
Will be introduced at the same time as a new stroller, that may or may not be packaged as a travel system as well (the stroller and car seat will fit, and match, but they haven't decided if it'll be packaged to sell as a travel system or not, but that they were 'seriously considering it')
He wouldn't give me even an inking of price.
Should be coming out next Spring-ish? No set date that I could discern.
Hope that helps people, I squeezed out all info I could, and my friend now has my cell number so she can call me when he's scheduled to drop by again. He said he would be coming back before Christmas.
Oh, and Frontier should be coming to BRU at some point.
Anyway, DH, DD and I went to BRU to by a new baby gate. I always walk the car seat section, well, you know why. I'm friendly with the Baby Gear section manager (or something like that, I'm not sure what her actual title is). She saw me and waved me over to where she and a man were talking. A man in a Britax shirt
Yep, I happened on a time when the Britax rep just so happened to be in the store I was caught so of guard that I couldn't think of what to ask so basically I asked what he could tell me that I didn't already know (P.S. he knows Sarah Tilton and speaks with her often, and is familiar with our board. He said "oh, yeah, car-seat.org! :thumbsupAnyway, so he told me about the Boulevard C.S. (yeah, yeah), the Advocate (yep heard all about it). So then I ask him, "so what's this new infant seat I've heard talks of?"
It's tentatively called the Chaperone (he said the name might change, he didn't know), that it was at the ABC expo but that they weren't really showing more than a prototype. He couldn't show me pics or anything (although I did peruse his little binder, but didn't see any secrets).
Stats:
30 lbs, 30 inch limits
Anti-rebound foot
Headrest like the BLVD (not like the old Companion)
No rethread harness, but not a turn-knob like the BLVD. More like the Frontier, he said
6 harness slot positions
5 cover choices, (couldn't tell me what colors, but said that he saw 2 he would consider 'girly')
Will be introduced at the same time as a new stroller, that may or may not be packaged as a travel system as well (the stroller and car seat will fit, and match, but they haven't decided if it'll be packaged to sell as a travel system or not, but that they were 'seriously considering it')
He wouldn't give me even an inking of price.
Should be coming out next Spring-ish? No set date that I could discern.
Hope that helps people, I squeezed out all info I could, and my friend now has my cell number so she can call me when he's scheduled to drop by again. He said he would be coming back before Christmas.
Oh, and Frontier should be coming to BRU at some point.
