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[Mesoam]

I know some of you have rat ass kids might as well get a cool seat for them,

http://babyage.store...llerid=19682891

I was told this was a pretty good deal

[Matty Moo]

That's a good deal.

Make sure the cover comes off easily, they get nasty real quick and you'll need to be able to take it off easily. Also think about if it's going to stay in the same car all of the time or getting moved constantly. 17lbs doesn't sound like much until you start moving it between cars.

We had an Eddie Bauer one of some brand that we used for 5 years. It was similar to that and heavy like that one is. Between that and the cover being a bitch to take off I was glad when I was able to get rid of it.

[ErikS]

XC60 came with them built in , but I would definitely go Recaro for the 850 for a matched set.

[NEU]

Mesoam, on 13 January 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

I know some of you have rat ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD kids might as well get a cool seat for them,

Don't worry Trav, you might have a little ginger of your own some day... And yes that's a good deal! I need their convertible seats before I can put him in one of those. I keep joking with my wife that all I want in my car is a Recaro, she keeps saying Britax...

ErikS, on 13 January 2012 - 02:50 PM, said:

XC60 came with them built in , but I would definitely go Recaro for the 850 for a matched set.

My '00R has them too.

[gdizzle]

I've already got one, best seat ever. Daughter was comfortable for 10 hours straight in the car w/ 0 fussing. She's a bad ass and deserves a bad ass seat.

NEU, on 13 January 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

Don't worry Trav, you might have a little ginger of your own some day... And yes that's a good deal! I need their convertible seats before I can put him in one of those. I keep joking with my wife that all I want in my car is a Recaro, she keeps saying Britax...

Britax is nice too, but the recaro is soooo nice. We had Ellie forward facing at 10 months because she was so big, she couldn't fit in her britax carrier anymore and the recaro seat is freakin huge and wouldn't fit in the subaru rear facing, so forward it was and it makes life 1000 times easier.

And since we're keeping score, my '98 T5 has them too.

[BtownVolvo]

Mesoam, on 13 January 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

I know some of you have rat ass kids might as well get a cool seat for them,

http://babyage.store...llerid=19682891

I was told this was a pretty good deal

O_O

Could it be? Has sleeping your way up the corporate ladder finally bitten you in the ass??

[831t5r]

Quick google search seat is 71.99 on babycatalog.com with 'free shipping on orders over 49 bucks', but they add standard shipping fee of 7.95??...might pick it up since my kid is turnin 3 and needs a booster

[NEU]

Seb turns 10months today, he's a HUGE kid too! We jokingly call him Bibendem. We still like the 35lb infant carrier, we got the bigger version so we could hang onto it a bit longer the the 25lb carriers. We like the fact that we can strap him in the nice warm house then take the carrier out to the cold car (like I did today), swap it between both of our and my parents cars and use it with stroller. But his chunky feet are dangling over the edge of it and soon he won't be able to fit.

When we get the convertible we'll probably still keep him facing rearward till he's 2 since that's the new recommendation.

[Mesoam]

BtownVolvo, on 13 January 2012 - 04:33 PM, said:

O_O

[gdizzle]

NEU, on 13 January 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:

Seb turns 10months today, he's a HUGE kid too! We jokingly call him Bibendem. We still like the 35lb infant carrier, we got the bigger version so we could hang onto it a bit longer the the 25lb carriers. We like the fact that we can strap him in the nice warm house then take the carrier out to the cold car (like I did today), swap it between both of our and my parents cars and use it with stroller. But his chunky feet are dangling over the edge of it and soon he won't be able to fit.

When we get the convertible we'll probably still keep him facing rearward till he's 2 since that's the new recommendation.

Yeah, but it's a huge PITA. Rear facing takes up so much room.

[scumcity14]

1 more month and no car seats in this household...

[Matty Moo]

scumcity14, on 14 January 2012 - 01:01 AM, said:

1 more month and no car seats in this household...

Lucky man.

Back when I was growing up we didn't have car seats. You sat in the back and kept your mouth shut or one of the two parents sitting up front would crack us. If the car had to stop, a serious ass-beating was about to go down.

All the cool people had sweet pimped-out conversion vans...not us though. Since mom and dad both worked for Chrylser, we were always cruising around in the finest 70's and 80's iron Chrysler was putting out at that time, which means it was some shitty Aspen, Volare, Challenger or LeBaron.

[scumcity14]

Matty Moo, on 14 January 2012 - 04:56 AM, said:

Lucky man.

Back when I was growing up we didn't have car seats. You sat in the back and kept your mouth shut or one of the two parents sitting up front would crack us. If the car had to stop, a serious ass-beating was about to go down.

All the cool people had sweet pimped-out conversion vans...not us though. Since mom and dad both worked for Chrylser, we were always cruising around in the finest 70's and 80's iron Chrysler was putting out at that time, which means it was some shitty Aspen, Volare, Challenger or LeBaron.

I remember riding on the floor of my dads truck going on 300 mile trips in the early 70s..funny how shits changed..