So my husband says I get to choose a car seat. Any car seat I want. This is a blatant bribe for getting through something difficult for me that I don't want to do but that has to be done. Price is not an object (though reasonable is better, I can get what I want. I may take some time shopping around and/or waiting for a deal.) I probably will find a use for any seat I get, even if it waits a year or two; besides personal use I lend out seats, kids' friends and friends' kids ride in my seats when visiting, and I do presentations on seats and might use them for demos, etc. So nothing I get will probably get no use, unless I end up not liking it at all. Help me choose!
Seats I really want and have a concievable immediate use for:
True Fit Premiere (although I plan on getting this anyway to bring the next baby home from the hospital in, so I can probably wait on this and see if better covers come out)
MyRide (though I'd like better covers on this, too, really, and it's unlikely any child of mine will ever make it to 40 lbs. in this seat before outgrowing by height, and I've already got plenty of tall-shelled seats)
SafeGuard GO
Radian XT
Multi-Tech (or possibly other Swedish seat, though I kind of waffle on the example I'd set using one, as a tech) vetoed by my husband
Seats I kind of want and have a concievable immediate use for:
Recaro Signo (though I only kind of liked the Comos I had so I'm not sure why I even want this at all)
86 Y harness (my dad has lap belts only in his car... But I do already have an RSTV. And either way he'd have to have tether anchors put in, and I already have Radians I can use in his car.)
Recaro Young Sport
Roundabout 50 (I just really like the Pistachio cover...)
Safety 1st Avenue (the Sears boy pattern-- but I already have an Uptown)
Nautilus
Seats I kind of want but really have no concievable use for:
Combi Coccoro
Combi Shuttle (I don't even like infant seats! But I kind of really want one just to play with and stuff)
Mia Moda Viva (see note on Shuttle above)
Sunshine Kids Monterey (wouldn't be able to use a booster for another year or two at the bare minimum)
Parkway Slide Guard (ditto-- but I want one just because I want to play with the ASC)
For reference, seats I already have (or will very very soon) include:
Radians
Uptown
Sceneras
Apex
SafeGuard Child Seats
Regent
RSTV
Boulevard
Oh, and I have a European Chicco seat that I don't use, but let my kids put their dolls in. And possibly a few more I'm forgetting...
Things I like in seats: versatile (note this does not necessarily mean I need a convertible, I also have 2 kids too big to rear-face unless I get a Swedish seat), small/portable, ease of use, unique features (such as unique belt paths, ARBs, etc.), nice colors on covers (I'm kind of over pink though and like green, blue, and red a lot as well as just neat patterns.) I don't have to have all of those, though. If any seat has 2 or more of those, I'll probably be happy with it.
So. Votes? Arguments in favor of, against? Insanely jealous and hate my guts? Think I'm a wasteful spoiled brat and should suck it up and deal with it? Input of any kind?
Seats I really want and have a concievable immediate use for:
True Fit Premiere (although I plan on getting this anyway to bring the next baby home from the hospital in, so I can probably wait on this and see if better covers come out)
MyRide (though I'd like better covers on this, too, really, and it's unlikely any child of mine will ever make it to 40 lbs. in this seat before outgrowing by height, and I've already got plenty of tall-shelled seats)
SafeGuard GO
Radian XT
Multi-Tech (or possibly other Swedish seat, though I kind of waffle on the example I'd set using one, as a tech) vetoed by my husband
Seats I kind of want and have a concievable immediate use for:
Recaro Signo (though I only kind of liked the Comos I had so I'm not sure why I even want this at all)
86 Y harness (my dad has lap belts only in his car... But I do already have an RSTV. And either way he'd have to have tether anchors put in, and I already have Radians I can use in his car.)
Recaro Young Sport
Roundabout 50 (I just really like the Pistachio cover...)
Safety 1st Avenue (the Sears boy pattern-- but I already have an Uptown)
Nautilus
Seats I kind of want but really have no concievable use for:
Combi Coccoro
Combi Shuttle (I don't even like infant seats! But I kind of really want one just to play with and stuff)
Mia Moda Viva (see note on Shuttle above)
Sunshine Kids Monterey (wouldn't be able to use a booster for another year or two at the bare minimum)
Parkway Slide Guard (ditto-- but I want one just because I want to play with the ASC)
For reference, seats I already have (or will very very soon) include:
Radians
Uptown
Sceneras
Apex
SafeGuard Child Seats
Regent
RSTV
Boulevard
Oh, and I have a European Chicco seat that I don't use, but let my kids put their dolls in. And possibly a few more I'm forgetting...
Things I like in seats: versatile (note this does not necessarily mean I need a convertible, I also have 2 kids too big to rear-face unless I get a Swedish seat), small/portable, ease of use, unique features (such as unique belt paths, ARBs, etc.), nice colors on covers (I'm kind of over pink though and like green, blue, and red a lot as well as just neat patterns.) I don't have to have all of those, though. If any seat has 2 or more of those, I'll probably be happy with it.
So. Votes? Arguments in favor of, against? Insanely jealous and hate my guts? Think I'm a wasteful spoiled brat and should suck it up and deal with it? Input of any kind?
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