FF RN

[Carrie_R]

Too funny this thread popped up today... I'm heading out to turn my RN around as the 5yo has decided RF is no longer cool. :/ I am generally a fan of convertibles for RF, combo seats for FF and dedicated boosters, so we'll see how I feel about it. Seeing that others like it encourages me.

 

[christineka]

I love the radian both ways it faces. My kids have used it both ways. We have never had a head slump issue with it. (We have wingless radians.)

 

[VoodooChile]

Does anyone else think that "slump" has stopped looking like a word now?

 

[Kel]

Got the Trekk seat this morning. My boy's love the camo. I don't think It has any minty green color to It at all. Just several shades of grey. One of the grey's is kind of a medium dove grey. Maybe in weird lighting it could change, but it just looks grey to me...

Anyway, my 2yr old seems to really like it. He didn't want to get out of It. I think the kids are picking up my car seat fetish, lol.

It fits perfect RFing in all of the benches of my 12 passenger van. With the angle adjuster. I tried It FFing just for fun, and again perfect install in just minutes.

The head wings were all the way down all ready {I think}. He is on the 3rd slot from the bottom. When It's time to raise them, do I just reach in and pull? They seem pretty stiff? I was afraid to push/pull to hard?

I wish now it came in a Britax Caitlin cover for my baby girl, lol. Maybe if I wait awhile, they put out another limited edition that's girly?

Kelley

 

[Cryssy Jane]

A rode ff for the first time in a radian today. With the people I had in my car there would have been no way to rf two radians and still provide my 6'4" bf passenger space. Happy to report no headslump in the 80sl recline foot down.

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[zactayaus]

Here's my recently turned 3yo sleeping in his RXT. He's slept in it a million times now and has never once had head slump.

 

[Keeanh]

Dose anyone really like their RN for a FFing seat. I know It makes a good RFing seat, as I have one. But I haven't herd to much about It FFing. Just wondering?

Thanks, Kelley

I like it, and the kids sleep fine in it. 4yo rode in it FF to Disneyland, so 20+ hours of driving over 2 days. Although it looks like an upright seat, it usually installs with a gap at the back so there's a decent recline to it. It's totally incompatible with my forward-of-the-bight seatbelts in my Express, though .

Mazda Protege:

GMC Safari (Astro):

 

[Kel]

Thanks for all the pictures!!

Kelley

 

[actuallyamanda]

I didnt like ours FFing. It was hard to get a good install but I'm sure that is dependent upon the vehicle. I can see here that some ppl love it and had no problems.

 

[bnsnyde]

We use 2 FF. I like the headwings and the steel frame. The harness does not even tighten on one, almost at all, with kid or not. It's set to where she needs it, but it's annoying enough that I'll be happy to get a Frontier85 soon for her. She's also about 40 lbs. and that's Honda's limit. It's SL so I know I can still use it, but again, I think the Frontier at this point makes sense. (seatbelt in her seating position isn't really an option that's any good). And I could not get a good install with seatbelt in the back of my van, FF, so that was a huge problem. But if it was compatible, no problem.

Basically I've loved my Radians FF. I liked them fine RF, too.
Other than the harness, no real complaints.

 

[Keeanh]

I didnt like ours FFing. It was hard to get a good install but I'm sure that is dependent upon the vehicle. I can see here that some ppl love it and had no problems.

The problems that I've seen people have FF have been:

- Forward-of-the-bight seatbelts -- not much you can do about that unless you have LATCH to use instead.

- They haven't dropped down the recline foot

- They are trying to get it flush with the vehicle seatback and think there's something wrong with sliding the seat forward a bit and having a triangular space behind the seat. When in fact, that's just fine (see my pics in an earlier post).

 

[Jessica61624]

Or belt stalks that are too long. 3 twists and the latch plate still ended up on the edge of the belt path.

 

[Brigala]

My daughter's never been FF, but I used mine FF for kids I was babysitting quite a bit before DD moved out of the infant seat.

I really like the Radian for FF. It's a little challenging to install in the 3rd row of my Suburban, but EVERY car seat is challenging back there due to the forward of the bight belts and the seat geometry. And it can be done, it's just harder than in other seating positions.

None of the kids I've had in my Radians FF have had head shlump issues. Most of the time they've been in XTSLs. I've heard reports back from parents that they've begged their moms to buy seats "Like Elizbiths" - even ones that were pitching fits at home to move into a booster or ones who'd already been in boosters with their parents for a long time.

At this point I do intend to continue using my Radians for FF when my daughter outgrows them RF (which at the rate she's going will be sooner than I like ).

 

[Kel]

I thank you all again for so many responses.
We've been using the rxt for several days now and really like It. DS4 Is only 26mos, so It's still RFing. With so many loving It FFing, I'm going to plan to use It as his FFing seat. Great and easy install In my van, so that a plus!

Although, In the back of my mind I keep thinking Foofn for his FFing seat, lol.
The thing is I don't love It. But everyone seams pretty impressed with it for FFing. I like the way our xrt looks better. But, the Foofn has the honey comb? Think that's what it's called.
Kelley

 

[ketchupqueen]

Or belt stalks that are too long. 3 twists and the latch plate still ended up on the edge of the belt path.

And you couldn't get it in the belt path?

 

[arly1983]

The problems that I've seen people have FF have been:

- Forward-of-the-bight seatbelts -- not much you can do about that unless you have LATCH to use instead.

- They haven't dropped down the recline foot

- They are trying to get it flush with the vehicle seatback and think there's something wrong with sliding the seat forward a bit and having a triangular space behind the seat. When in fact, that's just fine (see my pics in an earlier post).

The bolded above.

I had never had a problem with it FFing until my MIL's 05 Ford 500 and this was what I was doing wrong. After I stopped trying to get it flush, no problems.