We are trying to buy 2 new car seats for our nanny's car. A sentence I'd never thought I'd ever write, but daycare is no longer an option, and so the nanny starts in 2 weeks!
She drives a 2010 Ford Focus with latch. These carseats will be dedicated for her car, but I expect she will want to take them out on the weekend (being young and single!) so paramount importance for us is ease of solid installation, as it will probably happen frequently. We live in a climate with snow/ice easily 6 months out of the year. I worry our kids are most likely to be in an accident in her car not ours.
Main requirements are:
Easy/secure installation
5pt harness for as long as possible
Kids are currently both forward facing
DD: 5yro, 30 lbs 43 inches (Britax Pioneer 70)
DS: 2.5 yro, 30lbs, 33 inches (Britax Marathon)
So after tons of research... I'm down to two harnessed boosters
Evenflo SecureKid 400DLX with securelatch (http://www.amazon.com/Evenflo-Secure...+securekid+400)
-self tightening latch attachements
-can seatbelt install once kids are 50lbs (will be AWHILE)
-seat is lighter weight
-cheaper (about $150 ish online at amazon)
Britax Pioneer 90 with SureClick http://www.amazon.com/Britax-Frontie...tax+pioneer+90
-easy install with seatbelt (at least seems that way watching online videos)
-heavy ~25lbs
-about $265ish online, MSRP is $330
While cost is our least important factor, I'd like to at least capitalize on deal to blunt the pain of buying two more seats (just bought DD's harnessed booster 2 yrs ago, and expected to be done buying carseats for a long, long time)
Anyone have a favorite who has actually used these (better yet has a ford fusion for fit info??). While I like our marathon, our frontier irks me as the seat cover is always sliding off. Kids are good about sitting upright in seats, and they won't sleep in the car (or anywhere, but that's probably a bitching post I could write).
Poll coming!