I have not actually received the car seat yet but my parents ordered it off of our registry as part of the mixx travel system.

I went to a store where they had demos showing the install and explaining the differences between the URBN and the AIRE and I thought the URBN seemed to offer for travel flexibility and honestly the base seemed wasteful if it’s not significantly safer. Especially since the whole car seat will only be able to be used for like a year. Then we would move on to a sturdier, long term, convertible car seat.

I see people complaining about how much of a pain it is to take a baseless car seat in and out, is it really that bad? In the store it looked easy. I don’t drive very often. I also don’t take Ubers or taxis very often. I just thought it would be nice to have the option to install it in someone else’s car if we needed to.

Maybe it’s not a big deal and the car seat is good enough? I guess as a FTM it looked streamlined and innovative compared to the base seats, but I don’t know how it plays out in practice. I don’t want to have to ask for the gift from my parents early so that I can return or exchange it within the 30 day window. I hope I’m just overthinking.

Trying to figure out the best carseat model for us. I had previously liked the Pipa lite, but that doesn't seem to be in the lineup anymore. Which is more similar, the Pipa Rx or the Pipa urbn? And for folks who have the urbn, do you like it? It comes in a package deal with the stroller I like, so I'm leaning that way.