MilesOnBoard
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We have a trip planned for January where we will be flying with our two boys and renting a car for a week. For our older son (4.5yrs, 40lbs) we have him FF and harnessed in a Britax Frontier and bought a Hybrid Go harnessed booster for travel. It was more money then we had initially wanted to spend on a travel seat, but it installs really easily - we tested it at home for two days - and he is well-positioned in it.
We are having a difficult time choosing a travel convertible seat for my younger son (21 months, 24lbs). He is currently RF in a Britax Boulevard. We looked at all the lightest weight seats (the Cosco Scenera - not sure that is the right name, but the RF one), the Evenflo Tribute, the SureFit, etc . While all of these seats are about 9-10lbs, they look really bare bones. We spent so much time looking into the Britax seats and feel good about the safety features. I know that all seats have to pass the same basic crash tests, but at what point is a safety feature an advertising gimmick as opposed to a must-have? i.e., side impact protection, headwings, etc.??
Also, I don't want to spend a ton of money on a secondary travel seat, but I would be horrified if I bought a crappy seat to save $30 and my son wasn't even particularly safe in it.
How do you decide this and balance it all out? Both our boys are pretty small weight-wise, but average to larger height. We won't outgrow seats by weight, but might by height.
Ideas? Advice? Are other people struggling with this too?
We are having a difficult time choosing a travel convertible seat for my younger son (21 months, 24lbs). He is currently RF in a Britax Boulevard. We looked at all the lightest weight seats (the Cosco Scenera - not sure that is the right name, but the RF one), the Evenflo Tribute, the SureFit, etc . While all of these seats are about 9-10lbs, they look really bare bones. We spent so much time looking into the Britax seats and feel good about the safety features. I know that all seats have to pass the same basic crash tests, but at what point is a safety feature an advertising gimmick as opposed to a must-have? i.e., side impact protection, headwings, etc.??
Also, I don't want to spend a ton of money on a secondary travel seat, but I would be horrified if I bought a crappy seat to save $30 and my son wasn't even particularly safe in it.
How do you decide this and balance it all out? Both our boys are pretty small weight-wise, but average to larger height. We won't outgrow seats by weight, but might by height.
Ideas? Advice? Are other people struggling with this too?
