My 8 month old is getting to the limits of his infant car seat (we have the Uppababy Aria and love it), so we’re beginning the search for a convertible/toddler car seat 🥲.
From some quick research, the Uppababy Rove and Nuna Rava both look great but they’re very pricey. Plus there are so many options on the market that I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed. I like the idea of a rotating seat but have heard mixed things about safety and a seat that eventually converts to a booster also seems appealing.
Would love recommendations - especially for seats you’ve actually used and liked. Thanks!
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Things we’re looking for:
- Rear-facing for as long as possible
- At least one cup holder
- Comfortable for the baby, especially for longer drives
- Ideally has the potential to easily switch between vehicles (happy to buy an extra base if needed - I think that’s how some of them work?)
- Good value for the price (doesn’t have to be the cheapest, just not luxury-priced for no reason)
- The car seat will primarily be used in a Kia Rondo, so want it to fit nicely
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EDIT: thank you so much everyone for your super helpful comments! We’ve ended up going with the Britax Poplar - it had soo many recommendations and we were able to go look at it in a store and it seemed really nice and easy to install/uninstall for the odd time we need to move it to a different vehicle 😊
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I’m trying to decide on a convertible car seat and overwhelmed with the options. I’m looking for something that swivels/rotates and is fairly compact. My husband and I are both tall, and already with just the infant seat installed it’s a tight fit for my legs when I sit in the passenger seat.
Features that would be nice to have would be flame retardant free (was looking at the Nuna Revv but the height/weight limit is low) and easy to switch between cars.
Does what I’m looking for exist? I took the Safe in the Seat quiz and nothing pops up with all those features. When selecting for compact and swiveling seats, only the Graco Turn2Me was given as an option, however I’ve read conflicting reports on whether or not this is truly compact.
Any help would be much appreciated 😅
ETA: now I’m second guessing the swivel feature, is that truly worth it?