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Car seats: Graco Extend2Fit or Britax Marathon ClickTight??
Anyone use a Britax Marathon in their gen2 volt?
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It was on sale for Black Friday on Amazon for 30% off in the stone onyx colour. I saw it Friday morning and it sold out after an hour or so. I got it but haven’t installed it yet! I test fitted it in my vehicle at Snuggle Bugz before purchasing and it fit nicely as we have a small car. My first choice was Clek Foonf but it was way too big in our car.
More on reddit.comOur LO is a couple months away from outgrowing our infant bucket seat and with Canada’s most incomprehensible shopping holiday just around the corner, we are looking to save a bit of cash on a convertible seat.
I’ve narrowed my choices down to the Britax Marathon or the Extend2Fit. From what I understand, the only real advantage to the Britax Marathon is ease of installation. My family has two vehicles, so being able to occasionally switch the car seat over is a huge asset, but it just doesn’t seem worth paying double the price (or more) for that function alone. Does anyone have experience with these seats?
For reference, one of our vehicles is a 2007 Honda Fit and the other is a 2017 Honda CRV.
The Britax Marathon is the top rated car seat from The Wirecutter. I've found that site to be a bit spotty for consumer electronics but their test methodology seems OK for the child seats.
It's hard to see exactly how bulky the seat is, but this picture from The Wirecutter makes it seem pretty reasonable.
Adding to that is this cars.com car seat check. They claim to use the Britax Marathon in their testing. But the picture of their rear facing child seat doesn't match the info I see on other sites.
Sort of related is this old post from gm-volt.com. Post #12 seems to be positive. Also intriguing is post #3 though my first reaction is that the idea of removing the seat cushion is a bit crazy.
Does anyone here have a gen2 volt and the Britax Marathon they can confirm has enough space when rear facing to get a child (under the rear facing weight limit) in and out? Does anyone have pictures of one of these in a gen2 volt?