i need to figure out if i need to purchase a new car seat

vangelder03

New member
i have a 2006 toyota sienna
the seats i have right now
3 sunshine kids radians
2 hb graco turbo boosters
1 recaro vivo
my kids
holland 10 months 18 lbs rf
courtney 3 yrs 25lbs rf
ethan 35lbs ff
normally my kids ride in the radians
my friends kids i watch them 4 days a week
addie 3yrs weighs a little over 40lbs and rides in a graco hb turbo booster in moms car cole 5 yrs a little over 50 lbs and rides in a no back booster in moms car what would you do what seat would be the safest for each kid ?
 
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Mama Jo

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If Cole sits properly in a booster, I'd be ok with letting him sit in the Turbo or the Vivo. The Turbo would probably fit him better, if he's a bigger kid, because I've seen pics of a bigger kid in the Vivo, and don't really like the lapbelt fit. It seems to fit skinnier kids better.

Your kiddos all need to stay harnessed, and Addie definitely also needs to be harnessed.

What are the expiration dates on your Radians? That will help in deciding whether one of those needs to be replaced by another convertible before all your kids are FF.

Also, how old is Ethan?

If your Radians will get all kids to FF size/age, then I'd get something like the Graco Nautilus or the Britax Frontier. Both have higher top harness slots than the Radian and both convert to high back boosters. The Nautilus has a harness weight limit of 65 lbs, while the Frontier harnesses to 80 lbs.
 

vangelder03

New member
If Cole sits properly in a booster, I'd be ok with letting him sit in the Turbo or the Vivo. The Turbo would probably fit him better, if he's a bigger kid, because I've seen pics of a bigger kid in the Vivo, and don't really like the lapbelt fit. It seems to fit skinnier kids better.

Your kiddos all need to stay harnessed, and Addie definitely also needs to be harnessed.

What are the expiration dates on your Radians? That will help in deciding whether one of those needs to be replaced by another convertible before all your kids are FF.

Also, how old is Ethan?

If your Radians will get all kids to FF size/age, then I'd get something like the Graco Nautilus or the Britax Frontier. Both have higher top harness slots than the Radian and both convert to high back boosters. The Nautilus has a harness weight limit of 65 lbs, while the Frontier harnesses to 80 lbs.

ethan will be 5 in sept the radians were made in 08/08 ethan is on the second to last harness height on the radian
 

Mama Jo

New member
I would say then that something like the Nautilus is your best bet. You don't need another RF seat, but you do need another harnessed seat. It looks like the RN's could easily get all your kiddos to booster age.

I'd get the Nautilus over the Frontier strictly for the price in this situation. Since it's not going to be something you need full time. On the other hand, it is more of a "big kid" seat and your oldest might really like the cupholder and cubbies and you might decide to make that his full time seat and put Addie in the RN instead.

And then when Ethan is ready for a high back booster, the Nautilus will work for that too.
 

emandbri

Well-known member
How do you have the kids arranged? Do you have 7 seater or 8 seater? That would change what I would suggest.
 

vangelder03

New member
How do you have the kids arranged? Do you have 7 seater or 8 seater? That would change what I would suggest.

I have a 7 seater
i would really like the baby to be in one of the captains chair prefer behind driver
which means with the radian the seat has to be pushed way back so the seat behind that has very little leg rm
 

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