ellies mom
11-03-2007, 10:54 AM
DD needs new seats. We have already decided on the Regent for my car and I'm trying to decide between the Marathon and Radian 65 for DH's car. This seat will be our "travel/carpool" seat so it also has to fit in other cars, although I'm pretty certain the vast majority will be equipped with LATCH.
DH has a two door Honda Civic. His car doesn't have LATCH nor does the seatbelt do that retracting lock thing. Because the car seat will be coming in and out of his car, I don't want it to be a huge hassle to put back in. And I also want it to be easy to install in a variety of cars.
I've heard that the Radian can be a royal pain to install with seat belts, but that it is fairly easy with LATCH. Would having to deal with repeated seatbelt installations be a deal buster for the Radian? Or something that is worth sucking up for its other features (folding for travel, longer life, etc?)
DH has a two door Honda Civic. His car doesn't have LATCH nor does the seatbelt do that retracting lock thing. Because the car seat will be coming in and out of his car, I don't want it to be a huge hassle to put back in. And I also want it to be easy to install in a variety of cars.
I've heard that the Radian can be a royal pain to install with seat belts, but that it is fairly easy with LATCH. Would having to deal with repeated seatbelt installations be a deal buster for the Radian? Or something that is worth sucking up for its other features (folding for travel, longer life, etc?)