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The Apex 65 is $89 at places. Albeebaby.com has one.
Johnathon has one and has less then a half of inch left in the harness. He is 49" and 45lbs and 6yrs.
It has to have a headrest behind it.
But the Nautilus will last almost an inch longer.
I hate to say this, but the Nauti is NOT narrow. It's quite bulky....
:doh: I can't believe I forgot about your proclivity for trying out every new seat on the market
For birth related emergencies ... could you swap cars? Not ahead of time, but at the moment if it came up. Either she comes to your house and you take her car, or you take the kids with you to the hospital (or wherever you are going) and then she comes there and takes the kids and your car.
It sounds like this seat wouldn't be used very often? Have you tried the Go?
Is the radian not working in any position in the 500?
The Nauti might not be the narrowest seat overall, and I agree it is quite bulky near the front half of the seat, especially at the armrests-but, because of the way it contours toward the back of the seat, and because of how narrow the backrest part is, it can work surprisingly well in three-across, at least with the boosters and RF convertibles I've puzzled with it. I've gotten three-across in my Ford Focus with the Nauti, and that's with three child restraints. If I only had to worry about the Nauti+another restraint+adult in seatbelt, I wouldn't sweat it.
Arly, both seats will be FF, right? Do they need to go side-by-side? Just musing, but the Nauti's widest points make it mesh better with more RF seats than FF seats.
If you didn't need to do three-across, I'd say go with the Apex and don't worry about it, but that seat is wide in all the wrong places, IMO, to work well in most three-across sedan situations. :twocents:
Not for me and I have been trying since I first got the radian. I would say I have tried 5 or 6 times total. I want to try again with DH before I give up on it.
The 500 has forward of the bight latch anchors, thats right, latch anchors. The seatbelt install is just the pits. I will have to get some pics when I try again. Maybe somebody will have some super wonderful tip for me.
Bummer I was thinking I test drove a Radian with in the 500, but I can't remember for sure now. Hmm. I wonder if we have any at the local dealer. Wouldn't they love to see my smiling face (and carseats) again
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