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I haven't researched convertible seats yet, so I'm more throwing this out there to see if it makes sense-- would it be better to get a seat that would work well for travel (I hear about the combi corroco one?) for your car? That way you have it if you travel but can use it every day for the short trip.

We only have one car anyway so we will just be getting whatever fits!

@lawbee11: Oh good to know. Shows how much research I need to do

@lawbee11: we have the evenflo as our spare convertible car seat. Our primary car seat is the Diono Radian which is super heavy. We bought the Evenflo when we traveled across the country to visit family bc we had such a bad experience with using the rental car company's car seat on a previous trip (disgusting, old, completely worn of padding, expensive)...it was cheaper to buy the evenflo than to rent a car seat.

It is SUPER lightweight...like I can't even compare to our Diono...but that makes it easy to move around and AWESOME to travel with. It is easy to install and my LO had no problems with it. It has a nice shape to it...not huge or bulky and I felt like my LO was kind of cradled in it more than in her Diono. Ours is an older model I think (we bought it in 2012) but I really like that the angle adjuster is attached to the car seat. I felt like it fit great in the rental car, in my husband's Prius, and in my car. The reason I think it's so much cheaper is it's quite a bit smaller than the Diono so I could see my LO outgrowing it a lot sooner. Right now I'm using it in my car with the Diono so we can do pick up and drop off for a friend's LO who is 3 years old and she fits comfortably in it (but she's kind of a peanut). There is still tons of room with the two car seats in the back

@lawbee11: it was super highly rated when we bought it in 2012 so they must be doing something right

@sandy: Good to hear! I think when we have #3 we'll get a slimmer convertible (aka $$$) to rear face so we can puzzle all the seats together.

@lawbee11: omg AND diapers.com has a 25% off everything coupon going on right now! That makes the seat only $145 I think.

@lawbee11: I feel dumb because I just reread the thread and you already mentioned the coupon hehe Yeah: I'd DEF pass on the Safety 1st. Trust me. I *tried* to love it (because I got it for $99) but there was just too much to hate about it. I'd stick to either the First Years of the Evenflo!
oh p.s: the blue one is (can be) girly too! and the black and white polka dot one. My mom bought E the blue one and it is more like an aqua color. So pretty. I think it may be easier to sell later on down the road if you had a gender neutral seat, just food for thought.

What about the Cosco Senera (sp?) that everyone raves about? It's cheap and ppl say it does its job. I don't have personal experience with it, but am considering in purchasing for DH's car since he only does pick up a few times a week.

@lawbee11: We have the safety first guide 65 that we bought specifically for airplane use/travel. We used it in mexico and it seemed fine! I didn't install it at all (other people did) but it seemed relatively easy to install with a seatbelt. It was also only $80 at walmart, and I like that it seems padded and comfy for lO.

@Alivoo01: we looked at the cosco scenera as well and TBH it seemed Soooo cheap (I mean it is, but it seemed cheap). Mainly because there was zero padding in it--I can't imagine it would be comfy, but then again we were looking for something for travel so wanted it to be as comfortable as possible.