https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:42:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1798312 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:58:51 +0000 birdofafeather 1798312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if your girls are shorter, the combi is awesome. plush, small and looks nice. we have that and a foonf because our toddler is a giant and we wanted the option to RF as long as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1798153 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:10:36 +0000 catomd00 1798153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Diono radian or graco 4ever (it's new) both seem great for smaller cars from what I have researched. Britax is huge! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1797955 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:06:41 +0000 Arden 1797955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The combi Cocorro is really small (they say you can fit three in the back seat of a car), and we really like it. It's really padded and comfortable looking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1797947 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:01:27 +0000 jhd 1797947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I feel like he's secure. We use a different insert that was gifted to us to give him a little extra cushion while he's little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796562 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 06:37:00 +0000 looch 1796562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is your oldest forward facing? If so, you can go right to a Harness to Booster. That will give you some other options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796521 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 01:36:40 +0000 SAHM0811 1796521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two Radian Dionos for our girls and an infant seat for DS, so 3 across. We'll get a 3rd Diono when DS outgrows his baby seat.</p> <p>DD1 has had hers for 2 years now, and she's 6.5 yo and not outgrowing it anytime soon yet. DD2 just got hers a few months ago and is still RFing at 3 yo and 1 month.</p> <p>I just love how narrow they are... Not sure other seats would fit in our car (a small SUV) as nice. The Clek Foonf... I wanted to like it, but it was too tall for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796486 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:13:30 +0000 Ginabean3 1796486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vote for the Radian! I haven't found the angle to be an issue for LO and she's on the petite side. She can still nap comfortably in it RF. My friend has a Honda CRV (same car I have) and she has THREE of them in the back and they fit perfectly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796482 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:02:26 +0000 PinkElephant 1796482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! Ugh, it's not looking good on the passenger space. It's really just one long trip for me in the middle of the back seat of my parents' Kia (they're helping me move). Once the seats are in my car, I don't expect to have many passengers, since generally we'd want to transport a couple (like grandparents), not just one extra person.</p> <p>@jhd: thanks for weighing in on the guide 65 - I'm glad it has worked for you (and with a really little baby.). Does your little one feel really secure in it? I read some reviews that thought it was big for infants.</p> <p>@shopaholic: I'm glad to hear you like the Pria - I'm a big maxi Cosi fan. If I use the Mico for awhile before switching to two Prias, that would let me leave my two year old rear facing awhile longer (she's only 23 lbs).</p> <p>@blackbird: I hadn't considered the foonf. I'll take a look</p> <p>@tororojo: I've heard Radians are the narrowest, but had the same concern as @foodnerd81: regarding the rear facing positions. The seat seems really tall and upright for tiny kids.</p> <p>The annoying part I forgot to mention? Long term, I want to have two of the same seat. It will drive hubby bonkers if they don't match. So I can start with a capsule for now for the baby, but will out her in the same seat her sister has in six months or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796454 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:14:48 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1796454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have marathons and they are huge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796441 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:57:28 +0000 betsy616 1796441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a smallish SUV - a CRV - and use two behemoth Britax Advocates. They fit great, I was able to rear face both with plenty of room for the driver and front passenger. Not so much room, however, for a passenger in the center back seat.</p> <p>We took our Britax Marathons (from my husband's car) on vacation this summer and found the fit much tighter in our rental Chevy Traverse. The rear-faced seats were jammed against the back of the driver and passenger seats. </p> <p>The Marathon and Advocate seem to be the same size front to back, while the Advocate is wider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796437 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:51:46 +0000 tororojo 1796437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our Radian! They don't have cupholders on the side so the profile is extra narrow, making 3 across or 2 and a grownup very doable. I have also had the Radian in the middle and a Britax convertible beside it in our Corolla, and that leaves plenty of room for someone else in back. Diono sells an angle adjuster for the Radian that sits it more upright in the RF position, which made it fit better in my small car. You couldn't use it w/an infant, but in a few months you could with your younger one. (Angle adjuster is like $10ish on amazon and worth every penny!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796435 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:50:13 +0000 avivoca 1796435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really love my Graco MyRide. It's kind of wide, but the MySize/Size4Me/Fit4Me are narrower. They are also fairly compact rear-facing. Ours fits well in my Versa without making the front passenger (me) uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796423 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:17:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 1796423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard the Britax ones are pretty wide. Diono radian and foonf are the narrowest, but I found the diono to be way too log front to back rf to for in our smallish sedan. We got the chicco next fit- I think a very small adult could fit between two? There was a peg perego one that is supposed to be narrow a well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796347 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:30:49 +0000 Beebug 1796347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the britax marathon, another britax, and two Graco my ride 65's and no combination of any of them leaves room for a third passenger in the backseat of our SUV.</p> <p>Kicking myself for not paying attention to that, because it blows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796343 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:29:02 +0000 blackbird 1796343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL has a CRV and our Foonf, plus my niece and nephews booster seats all fit in the back! Foonfs can go three across so an adult could fit. But....they're expensive </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796341 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:25:24 +0000 shopaholic 1796341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure about your car, but our Maxi Cosi Pria has a Tiny Fit system which would allow your LO to be in the convertible seat from the beginning. My sister also has the Pria, and we have put both girls in the back of a sedan and the back of a 4Runner and it's doable. They are wide though. I wouldn't want to sit in between or next to them for a long ride, but it's possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796297 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:46:20 +0000 jhd 1796297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: we have the safety 1st guide 65 and I'm happy with it. I only have one LO and he's 3 months, but it's been great so far &amp; doesn't take up the whole back seat!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796279 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:29:52 +0000 MsMini 1796279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dione radians are one of the narrowest (if not the narrowest) seats on the market, so they would leave you with a lot more room for a potential passenger then the Britax seats would! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-convertible-carseats#post-1796272 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:27:30 +0000 PinkElephant 1796272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're moving, buying a car for the first time since having kids, and thus need to get carseats for DD1 (25 months) and DD2 (3 months). I'm looking for advice on what seats will fit in the back of a smallish SUV with room for an adult passenger if necessary. I think both seats will need to be rear facing to start with.</p> <p>I'm currently considering Britax Marathons (they seem to be what everyone I know has), Maxi Cosi Prias (we have a Mico infant capsule and love it), or possibly a cheaper model like the Safety 1st Guide 65, although I'm wondering if that one is as "good" as the others. The Safety 1st model seems to be the smallest, which is good in my case. My girls are petite, so I'm not as concerned with very high weigh/height limits.</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any help - I'm ordering from overseas so it's hard to take my kids into a store to try out seats, since where we live most seats sold are UK models. </p>