Need thoughts about buying an Apex65!

MustangMama · Jan 24, 2009

SO I'm pretty sure DD is getting an Apex65 tomorrow

and DN

and maybe grandma.....

I saw some at Big Lot's today for $85 with a coupon from biglots.com for an extra 20% off makes it around $68 :thumbsup:

I don't know if you guys remember the thread I posted a few weeks ago about my brother not being able to find a HWH for his autistic daughter, but this is right up his alley!

I am going to help him fund a new seat for her if I can talk him into it! He should be thankful taxes are around the corner! LOL

drlynne · Jan 24, 2009

I would say no don't get one. If you can get a Frontier I would suggest getting one of those instead. I have a Frontier, Apex65 and Regent for my just turned 6 year old. He is 44 inches and 41 lbs. He is right at the shoulder height in his apex but has plenty of room left on the frontier. The regent is just too darn big, I haven't even been able to use it.
Big lots does have a good deal on them though I have to agree but if you get one she just may grow out of the harness fairly soon.

Lynne

*Spoiledinmyhouseofblue* · Jan 25, 2009

I am really really considering getting an apex for Logan, but I tried him it it at BRU today and it just looks weird to me...he looks so little in it. He kept saying, "Mommy, this seat is NOT comfy". I was thinking with the coupon this could be for the grandparents house.

Hubby, thinks we should just install and unistall the Nautilus when they want to keep them overnight. Makes sense since it is only like once a month and the nautilus is a piece of cake to install.

I think it is a nice seat though, especially if their torso's are pretty small(which I believe your little girl's is, right?). What about DN? I remember the story, but can't remember her size.

abarnes6 · Jan 25, 2009

I went back to find your post and you say the neice is 48lbs but didn't say how tall she is (or give any indication of her being short/tall in torso area). Considering how limited money is for your brother, I would buy it if I was in your situation.

My 5yo (10/03, 70lb, 4'2) is in an Apex and he has no complaints about comfort though it's not very cushy.

ETA - Doh, I read that to mean you were buying your brother the Apex65 for his DD, not for yor own.

mykidsmylife · Jan 25, 2009

Johnathon is just starting to outgrow his at 49-50"... We have had it for like 2.5 years I think. I like it. I have had no complaints with it. Well other then it being a pain to install in some cars, but it always ended up working out.

ketchupqueen · Jan 25, 2009

I have one (got it for 65 at Big Lots) and honestly while it is "cushy" compared to them I like my Radians much better. If that's all he can afford and it will fit her, go for it. It will last for a little while (if he has headrests) and keep her safe in the meantime. But I found it hard to adjust, the harness seemed short, and it was harder than my Radians to install in the car I was using it in with a large 4 year old. If you can possibly do something else I would. But like I said it's not awful; I just don't love it.

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

*Spoiledinmyhouseofblue* said:
I think it is a nice seat though, especially if their torso's are pretty small(which I believe your little girl's is, right?). What about DN? I remember the story, but can't remember her size.

They're the same size!

And regardless, even if we an get a year out of one fro my DN, that will get her closer to being a booster safely :thumbsup:

But I bet with both girls we can get about 1.5-2 more years out of one!

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

abarnes6 said:
I went back to find your post and you say the neice is 48lbs but didn't say how tall she is (or give any indication of her being short/tall in torso area). Considering how limited money is for your brother, I would buy it if I was in your situation.

My 5yo (10/03, 70lb, 4'2) is in an Apex and he has no complaints about comfort though it's not very cushy.

ETA - Doh, I read that to mean you were buying your brother the Apex65 for his DD, not for yor own.

Buying one for both probably......LOL.....sorry if I confused you!

DD needs one for DH car so I can give her booster to my sister.

DN needs one for her Dad and Grandma's car.

Her torso is short ~15"

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

ketchupqueen said:
I have one (got it for 65 at Big Lots) and honestly while it is "cushy" compared to them I like my Radians much better. If that's all he can afford and it will fit her, go for it. It will last for a little while (if he has headrests) and keep her safe in the meantime. But I found it hard to adjust, the harness seemed short, and it was harder than my Radians to install in the car I was using it in with a large 4 year old. If you can possibly do something else I would. But like I said it's not awful; I just don't love it.

UGH I totally forgot he doesn't have head rests!!

GRRRRRRR :thumbsdown:

Ok so maybe just DD is getting an Apex

and Grandma if she will buy one.

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

How does it do as a booster?

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

Bumping......going shopping @ 2:30ish.......anybody know how it does as a booster??

*Spoiledinmyhouseofblue* · Jan 25, 2009

I thought I heard mix reviews on the booster. Does good and does bad. LOL!
I know that didn't help. I tried Michael in on yesterday at BRU and he looked good in it as a booster.

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

okie dokie.....i think i am going to buy one regardless. it will match dh car.

i will have to post pictures of us putting them together and installing them in our different cars

mykidsmylife · Jan 25, 2009

If the seat is 36" tall it can be used in the highest harness setting w/o a headrest..

It is a really wide booster.Johnathon is tall and skinny. I won't use it as a dedicated booster. But it makes a great booster for hefty kids.

The seatbelt does fit him exactly how it should though when in booster mode. He has used it a few times as a booster in dh's car...

MustangMama · Jan 25, 2009

DN is a hefty kiddo so I think it will be an acceptable use of a booster for her.

myboysmylife, you say 36"? Is that from the bight of the seat to the top of the seat?

What if a seat doesn't have a headrest but is really tall? Like my Mustang? Is that acceptable form of a headrest?

mykidsmylife · Jan 25, 2009

Yup bight to top needs to be 36"

If the mustang from the bight to top is 36" then to use it at the top position is fine.

Kat_Momof3 · Jan 25, 2009

becky129622 said:
DN is a hefty kiddo so I think it will be an acceptable use of a booster for her.

myboysmylife, you say 36"? Is that from the bight of the seat to the top of the seat?

What if a seat doesn't have a headrest but is really tall? Like my Mustang? Is that acceptable form of a headrest?

basically, it's not that it needs an actual headrest, but the fact that the apex's headrest is a "comfort feature" (as told to us by dorel people) and is not reinforced for safety. Therefore, it is outgrown the same as a backless booster.

So just think of it as a backless booster with a really tall comfort feature.

ketchupqueen · Jan 25, 2009

Except that it's outgrown the same way in harnessed mode-- has to have support behind it, whether headrest or seat back.

Kat_Momof3 · Jan 25, 2009

yeah... I meant that, when harnessed, to still look at it as a backless booster... not just when it's a booster

ketchupqueen · Jan 25, 2009

Oh, gotcha.

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