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wintotty · Oct 6th, 2009, 04:50 PM

I'm using Graco Snugride 32 for my 7 months old daughter, but she can't stretch out her legs anymore in it. So I'm considering buying a convertible car seat and wondered about a few things.

We have 3 cars and use 2 cars to driver her around, so we have 2 car seat bases, which works great. Now I don't see any convertible car seat base on sale..........so does this mean I have to buy 2 convertible car seats if I want to use 2 cars? That seems rather expensive (like $600? for Britax Marathon).

How are you guys dealing with this issue? I can try to use only 1 car, but it'll be very inconvenient.

Swanky Mama Of Three · Oct 6th, 2009, 04:51 PM

we've always just used one car while the kids need to be in car seats.
DH drives his to work, if we go somewhere as a family, as we often do, it's in my SUV.

vhdos · Oct 6th, 2009, 05:03 PM

Yup, we drive two cars, have two kids, and have purchased 4 convertible car seats. Expensive? Yes! But it's worth it to have the safety and convenience.

everything posh · Oct 6th, 2009, 06:59 PM

We also had two convertible car seats. One for our car and one for my sister's car. It just got to be such a hassle taking out and putting a car seat in every time we wanted to go somewhere! I got lucky though, the convertible car seat I liked was brand new on Ebay for much less!

wintotty · Oct 6th, 2009, 10:17 PM

Hmmm.....thats too bad. Oh well, we probably have to buy 2 car seats then.
So Britax is the way to go for convertible car seats? It seems like they have the best rating.....should I buy 2 same car seats or get different types if we are buying 2?

Swanky Mama Of Three · Oct 6th, 2009, 10:45 PM

we've always used Britax and I swear by them!

ShopGirl647 · Oct 8th, 2009, 12:58 AM

I will be buying another 2 soon which will equal to 4 for two cars when I return to work. My 3 yrs old will be using the brand new ones- a 2 in 1 convertible forward facing only so it is at a cheaper price starting from $100 each. 2nd DS will be using the two existing one which is a 3 in 1 - can be rear or forward facing (these are usually more expensive - but scout out for sales) I was able to get mine for $129 each but three years ago. We have no other choice as DH will be dropping them off at daycare while I pick them up after work which means different schedules but I consider it as worthwhile purchases for the sake of convenience!!!

KC1984 · Oct 8th, 2009, 08:07 AM

I have a convertable, we only need x2 car seats though.

Oct 6th, 2009, 04:50 PM	#1
wintotty OP Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,859	Convertible Car Seat Question I'm using Graco Snugride 32 for my 7 months old daughter, but she can't stretch out her legs anymore in it. So I'm considering buying a convertible car seat and wondered about a few things. We have 3 cars and use 2 cars to driver her around, so we have 2 car seat bases, which works great. Now I don't see any convertible car seat base on sale..........so does this mean I have to buy 2 convertible car seats if I want to use 2 cars? That seems rather expensive (like $600? for Britax Marathon). How are you guys dealing with this issue? I can try to use only 1 car, but it'll be very inconvenient.
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Oct 6th, 2009, 04:51 PM	#2
Swanky Mama Of Three Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas Area Posts: 42,783	we've always just used one car while the kids need to be in car seats. DH drives his to work, if we go somewhere as a family, as we often do, it's in my SUV.
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Oct 6th, 2009, 05:03 PM	#3
vhdos Member Joined: May 2007 Location: NC Posts: 3,144	Yup, we drive two cars, have two kids, and have purchased 4 convertible car seats. Expensive? Yes! But it's worth it to have the safety and convenience.
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Oct 6th, 2009, 06:59 PM	#4
everything posh Member Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago, Athens, London, San Jose!! Posts: 1,666	We also had two convertible car seats. One for our car and one for my sister's car. It just got to be such a hassle taking out and putting a car seat in every time we wanted to go somewhere! I got lucky though, the convertible car seat I liked was brand new on Ebay for much less!
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Oct 6th, 2009, 10:17 PM	#5
wintotty OP Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,859	Hmmm.....thats too bad. Oh well, we probably have to buy 2 car seats then. So Britax is the way to go for convertible car seats? It seems like they have the best rating.....should I buy 2 same car seats or get different types if we are buying 2?
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Oct 6th, 2009, 10:45 PM	#6
Swanky Mama Of Three Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas Area Posts: 42,783	we've always used Britax and I swear by them!
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Oct 8th, 2009, 12:58 AM	#7
ShopGirl647 Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,209	I will be buying another 2 soon which will equal to 4 for two cars when I return to work. My 3 yrs old will be using the brand new ones- a 2 in 1 convertible forward facing only so it is at a cheaper price starting from $100 each. 2nd DS will be using the two existing one which is a 3 in 1 - can be rear or forward facing (these are usually more expensive - but scout out for sales) I was able to get mine for $129 each but three years ago. We have no other choice as DH will be dropping them off at daycare while I pick them up after work which means different schedules but I consider it as worthwhile purchases for the sake of convenience!!!
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Oct 8th, 2009, 08:07 AM	#8
KC1984 Member Joined: Mar 2008 Location: In my own little World Posts: 967	I have a convertable, we only need x2 car seats though.
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