Comments on: Product Review: Convertible car seats

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:06:34 +0000

I’m not sure it the store Big Lots is nation-wide, but I bought all three of my car seats there. They are brand new, with very recent manufacturing dates. I bought the Cosco Alpha Omega convertable for $80 while the EXACT same model at a large chain store was $160!

By: Sadia

Sadia — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:10:34 +0000

We have Britax Marathons, and I will swear on anything that they saved my daughter’s life in an accident. In fact, we escaped with just one teeny tiny scratch on her chin, even though the door was crumpled in on her carseat.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:29:52 +0000

Thanks Enail5, that is a great website and makes me feel even better about the Radians. We actually bought both the 65′s and 80′s. The 65′s for the hubs car and 80′s for mine. We figure they will use the ones in my car more and longer so we got the 80′s with the extra head and body pads. I love these seats! For convertable carseats they aren’t huge but still feel very safe. They are able to be top tethered in the rear facing position for added support and you can push the front seat as far back as you can and almost “wedge” the car seat in without effecting the safety. Plus they are narrow enough that a third person(adult) can sit in the seat next to two radians. 4 out of 6 of the twin moms in our small group bought them and are very happy. I was also able to get them all on sale with a little research. I paid $212 for the 80′s and $169 for the 65′s.

By: Enail5

Enail5 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:16:03 +0000

This is an interesting website that lists the toxic levels in car seats: http://www.healthycar.org/home.php . It’s made us reconsider buying the Roundabout in Onyx.

By: SusanR

SusanR — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:03:32 +0000

You didn’t mention the Graco Comfortsport at all. These are working great for us and the price is right. I wouldn’t recommend them if your twins are on the larger side, because the upper weight limit is 40 pounds. But these seats will last my peanuts a good long while.

By: KidsFacePainting

KidsFacePainting — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:17:03 +0000

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By: Mom of Twins

Mom of Twins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:43:13 +0000

The Evenflo Triumph goes up to 50lbs now. It has gotten the same safety ratings as the Britax but is much cheaper.

All of the car seats have to pass the same safety checks so don’t feel bad if you are reading this and you can’t afford any of the 5 britax seats mentioned. There are a lot of others out there.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:27:30 +0000

We have Britax Marathons and so glad we didn’t go for the other one that holds the bigger kiddos because we’ll be ready for the boosters when they are ready. These seats were very comfy for our 1200-mile trip. Got ours reasonably priced through BabyAge. Great deal. Great seats. Like a good wedding photographer, I felt good car seats were actually a good investment.