Question MyRide or TrueFit?

DD is nearly 4 months old and already 26 inches long, so I need to move her from her infant seat yesterday. Time to go shopping!

I think I have the new carseat narrowed down to these 2--I really like the reviews on both, but here are my needs & questions for any of you who are really up on carseats!

1. How easy is the cover to remove & wash? DS's old carseat was impossible, so when he got sick in it, it was NASTY. I want machine-washable and easy to remove & put back on.

2. How easy is it to adjust the straps when baby is in the seat, either RF or FF? If there are difficulties, what are your solutions?

3. How easy is it to adjust harness height? DS seems to be a very fast grower, at least in height!

4. Will the seat puzzle with DS's Nautilus? He's five & FF, and I have a 2001 Chrysler Town & Country. The kids sit together on the half-bench directly behind me.

Anything else you think I should know about either seat:twocents:? Many, many thanks!:thumbsup:

Elizabeth
Mom to Stuart & Anne, student, unemployed educator, and displaced FL girl!

1. The cover on the True Fit has snaps in order to remove it, this also keeps the cover in placey. The cover on the MR65 is like the rest of the covers out there, placed on with elastic on little hooks (some of the covers were also slipping off in them at first).

2. I only have experianced the TFP for RF'ing and it's easy, I haven't done a regular TF. For the MR65, the couple of times I've done it on my girlfriends seat, it was easy also.

3. The True Fit is easy - it has no re-threading harnesses and you pull out the handles on both sides and slide up or down. The MR65, you have to disconnect the harness from the splitter plate (able to do RF'ing without uninstalling it, have to uninstall the seat for FF'ing) and for slot 1 it is in the top loop position, for slot 2&3 in the middle loop position and on slots 4&5 the bottom loop position (there are different loops in the harness for the MR65 that apply to each position that the harness is in).

4. Have no idea....I have puzzled the TFP with multiple seats in a 92 Suburban....but that's not much help to ya.

Here is my DD RF'ing in both seats (she'll be 4 in Oct, 33 lbs and 39 inches long with a 15-16 inch torso - the girl is ALL legs. She's not harnessed in on the MY65 due to I just set her in there to take the pics and didn't want to play adjust the harnesses and remove the infant insert, so she's sitting on the infant insert - actually in both pictures she's sitting on the infant insert. Without the insert with the TFP, she's on the 2nd slots)

MR65
RF'ing


FF'ing installed on the bench at the store


TFP


Here's my DS in these seats. The MY65 he was around 6 weeks old without the infant insert installed on a bench in the store. The TFP with the infant inserts installed in my Suburban he was around 3 months old - headrest on the TFP is removed and it's at around a 42 degree angle

MY65


TFP


HTH some and hopefully someone can tell you about the puzzeling in the T&C

This is to respond to swtgi1982's comment. My Graco infant seat says a child has outgrown that seat at 26 inches long--since the infant seat is ONLY RF, the issue is total length. I figure I can get away with it for a few weeks yet, but I don't want to push it. If Graco has said "26 inches" then we're going to move her from her infant seat ASAP--even though I see very large, very long children still riding in those infant seats! I saw one little boy in the store the other day who nearly overflowed from the seat--I'm not going to do that.

So, that's why I mentioned that DD is already 26 inches long, and why I'm asking for votes/opinions on these 2 seats. Thanks much!

Elizabeth

I was just giving you information you can do with it what you want, but it was just good intentioned information. Both my kids were "tall" too so I was just sharing what I was told by a car seat tech, when my DS was in the same position but had still 2 inches above his head. Just trying to let you know you will be ok if it takes you a few days to find a new seat. That is all. Both my kids were four months as well when they out grew this seat as well. Mine was never by height though they had long torsos and outgrew it by the one inch rule.