Snugride 32 or Radian XTSL for air travel?

[Unregistered]

I was hoping to find another thread that might help me decide, but couldn't, so I thought I'd just ask myself.

My son will be 10 months (he's 9 now), weighs 17 lbs and is 24.25". We have a Snugride 32 from when he was little and the Radian. He mostly sits in the Radian for car travel and occasionally the SR.

We will be taking a couple of short flight trips this summer and I don't know which seat will be better to fly with. We will also be driving once we get to the destinations. Both seem to have their minuses (and I don't like either for different reasons!).

If we take the Snugride, would you suggest getting a snap and go system? That sucker is heavy!! I would probably just wear the baby in the airport.

Any advice would be so appreciated. We're pretty nervous about flying with him!

 

[xursusmaritimusx]

i would take the SR32 since he still fits.

will you have any rolling carry on luggage?

what i did in the past was use a luggage strap to strap my SR to the back of my carryon. then i wore my DD through the airport.

if you arent bringing a rolling carryon, a cheap luggage cart does the trick as well.

or if you arent bringing much carryon and you have 2 adults traveling, someone can just carry the car seat.

i miss the days of traveling with an infant seat. i found it so much easier!

 

[Unregistered]

i would take the SR32 since he still fits.

will you have any rolling carry on luggage?

Yes, I suppose we could just strap it on the luggage. The only bummer would be if we got tired of carrying him! I was thinking that we should take advantage of the east of the infant seat while we can. I guess that's the good thing about him still being small!

Thank you for answering me (and you're in King County, too...we're in Tacoma!).

 

[jess71903]

SR32, hands down! It will be easier to deal with on the flights and has a better potential for being an easy (baseless) install in cars at your destination, too. Just wear him in the airport!

 

[DahliaRW]

Yup, SR32.

 

[ketchupqueen]

I'd totally do the infant seat and snap and go over the Radian, especially since it's unlikely you'd be able to use the Radian rear-facing on the plane.

 

[xursusmaritimusx]

Yes, I suppose we could just strap it on the luggage. The only bummer would be if we got tired of carrying him! I was thinking that we should take advantage of the east of the infant seat while we can. I guess that's the good thing about him still being small!

Thank you for answering me (and you're in King County, too...we're in Tacoma!).

you're welcome.
do you have a cheap umbrella stroller?

i loved using the snap and go stroller so thats def still an option!

and i grew up in tacoma
im just a lil north now in des moines.

 

[Unregistered]

Looks like the snugride wins!

do you have a cheap umbrella stroller?

i loved using the snap and go stroller so thats def still an option!

We do have an umbrella stroller that was pretty cheap (although I hate using it as I'm used to a Bob!). Do you think that we could attach the seat somehow?

I'm kind of scoping out craigslist for a snap and go. Maybe one will turn up there.