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We have a Ford Fusion and a honda cr-v and we both love our Foonfs. They're narrow and sit up higher, so E's always been a happy camper in them. She freaking HATES the backup Safety 1st seat in MIL's car. She can't see out the window, I guess

Love love love my Foonf. Worth every penny - especially considering she will use it every day for at least 4 years. I will check out the Fllo also when I need another convertible for this LO, but I would buy another foonf in a second. My mom has a Britax Pavilion in her car and it sits so low that LO can't see out the window nearly as well as she can in the foonf

We have the Diono Radian and DS likes it. It's comfy and will be the last seat he ever uses since it converts to a booster later on!

DH has a Evenflo Triumph in his car, and DS is okay in there also. It's definitely not as comfy as the Diono, but he'll nap in it.

We have a Chicco NextFit and DS loves it. We have the Cosco Scenera NEXT for DH's car and travel and it works great with some aftermarket strap covers bc they were rubbing DS' neck.

We have the maxi cosi pria which I don't love, and the chicco nextfit which I like a lot better. The Pria's in my car, so I can't wait until I can switch him to a booster with a 5 point harness.

@charlotte: Awesome! DS is currently in the Diono in the middle, and I'd like to put our Chicco KeyFit next to it, but it seems a lil tight. Good to know it fits well!

We have a Foonf in my car and a Graco MyRide65 in Hubs' car. The ONLY reason we have Foonf is because I won it at Mommycon; otherwise we'd have a 2nd Graco. I have gone back and forth on my worship of the Foonf, but am now firmly in the "I wish we could afford another one when LO2 will need one." D loves it compared to the Graco because he sits up high and can see perfectly out the window. My only complaint is that there isn't a cupholder, which the Graco has, although you can buy one after-marker from Clek; I just haven't bothered to spend the money.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: The straps are a lot tougher to use than the Nextfit's are. The Pria's constantly get stuck that last half inch or so and I feel like it's really tough to get it safe. There are mornings when I am SWEATING trying to get it tight enough. Meanwhile I used DH's Nextfit last weekend and I was amazed at how smooth the straps glided on his.

The other problem I have with the Pria is the straps are constantly getting twisted. I heard from another Pria user that theirs does this too. By twisted, I mean the part that snaps into the crotch buckle is either flipped around or partially flipped. It happens all the time, and half the time I don't realize it until DS is already strapped in (which believe me isn't easy at 21 months!) and then I have to undo him, figure out which one is messed up, and then fiddle with the strap and try to get the thing turned around. It sounds silly and like this should take 2 seconds, but it's actually fairly labor intensive.

The seat is also really difficult to loosen. There's this hidden button that you just have to feel around for, and then sometimes the straps get stuck and won't come loose.

The pros of it are, it has a small foot print and isn't that bad to install. But DH vastly prefers uninstalling and reinstalling his Nextfit. The Nextfit is also much easier to loosen and to tighten. The Nextfit is the only other convertible seat that I have experience with. But if I could do it all over, I'd just get two of those.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: we have the pria 70 and really like it. DD is still rear facing at over 3.

OP- we also have the graco mysize65 for DS (1) and really like that as well.

we have a Grand Cherokee and use the Diano Rainer and A is very comfortable in it.

we have the foonf in one car and the Guide 65 in our smaller car. I like the foonf as the seatbelt doesn't get twisted and will likely get another in the future.

LO doesn't seem to have a preference though, he goes happily into both. we got the Guide 65 to use for plane travel too as it's less bulky and wasn't too difficult to install.

@ShootingStar: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @CRGmama: We also have the Maxi Cosi Pria 70 and have the same issues with it. I'm hoping the straps loosen up over time as she gets bigger (~20 lbs and will be 1 year on Friday), but for now I pull on the straps from the back of the seat to help tighten, since she's rear-facing (for another couple years at least). I don't know what I'm going to do when we eventually have to switch her to forward...

We have the Nextfit. LO likes it and it seems like she can see just fine but it is such a PITA to clean. I haven't let LO in the car without pull ups get as a result. I'm not sure what I'll get for LO2.

Another chicco nextfit fan. We had an Acura TL when we got it and it took up the least space front to back RF. the straps did take a week or two to loosen up so I could tighten it easily. C is 2 and average height and still fits great RF and doesn't complain getting in so that's a good sign. And it is so easy to install with LATCH. It's a little more difficult with a seatbelt but once you do it a couple of times it's pretty quick and easy.

I really wanted to like the diono radian, but when we tried it in the middle seat in the Acura it blocked my vision. I think the angle adjuster would have helped but we really liked the nextfit so just went with that.

@MRSJX3: c looks out the window no problem in our nextfit.

Oh and I agree with @Corduroy: that it is a pain to clean. BRU sells a version with a zip off cover that's like $50 extra. C has only thrown up once in the car but I would have gladly paid $50 that day to have it zip off.

@snowjewelz: it's only come up once and we have been using it for over a year. And I have never removed another convertible car seat cover so I don't know how much worse it is, I just know that knowing there is a zipper option made me really sad I didn't have it. But hopefully you won't have issues!!