i ordered this seat to replace the snugride we had for our last baby.
we had a graco snugride when we had my first son and he loved it.
the extra weight (over the snugride) did not bother me as i planned to snap the seat straight into the stroller frame and not actually carry the car seat very far.
when my daughter was born, we were given a graco snugride as a gift and found it to be very basic.
we have used different car seats in the past from chicco to graco snug ride.
my youngest was in a snug ride, but we've now moved him up to this seat.
i had the snugride, which i liked, but he grew out of it pretty quickly.
this seat is i awesome i love it and it is not much bigger than the snug ride in my opinion!!!
my first child used the graco snug ride & that now feels like a toy compared to this seat.
she had outgown the snugride we purchased when my son was born at 4 1/2months old(rated to 26 inches) and would soon be outgrowing the newer version of the snugride (now rated to 29 inches.) when i
finally, i read many reviews about the snug ride and wanted it in a neutral color.
i did a lot of research before choosing a car seat and, once settling on the snugride (based on safety reviews), i then had to decide on a pattern.
we've been using the snugride for the past 2 months now and it is very sturdy and easy to use.
we chose the graco snug ride over other car seats mainly because of its light weight and compatability with our zooper bolero stroller.
does this snugride fit into a standard airplane seat??
he often cried when he was in his graco snug-ride car seat because he always sweated and had a rash.
love the safety ratings that it got and my son finds it a lot more comfortable than the old snug ride (which he outgrew in just five months), especially with his winter apparel.
the seat is large but fit into my sub-compact as well as our snugride did.
it is much more stable than the graco snugride that we used previously and looks far more comfortable for my 9 month old.
we shopped very carefully for a carseat for our son, and once he outgrew the infant seat (graco snugride), we looked to baby 411's gear guide to see what rated best.
the graco infant snugride is continually praised for it's safety for infants.
we also have the graco snug ride swing, it also sits on there easily and he loves that also.
all snugrides with model numbers ending with 3 have esp foam.
i have used graco snugrides with all 4 kids.
he originally had a graco snug ride and it worked great too, but the decathalon is by far a suburb seat.
i've used the decathlon since she was 6 months old because she quickly "filled out" the graco snug-ride she was using.
previously we had her in a graco snugride and she didn't sleep as much in the graco.
we shopped around a lot for a convertible car seat for our daughter after she "graduated" from the graco snug ride car seat.
before he was born, we purchased a graco metrolite travel system which included a graco snugride car seat...but the weight limit on the car seat was 20 pounds.
i wish i had bought it from the very beginning instead of when my daughter turned 7 months old and outgrew her graco snug ride.
i puchased this carseat when my son christian- 18 months out grew his graco snug ride at about 11 months.
i was skeptical at first about it being to big for my toyota corolla, but it actually fits better in the middle seat then her graco snugride.
we got these when they were 8 1/2 months old (the outgrew their snugrides).
i preferred our previous car seat, the graco snugride infant car seat for ease of installation and removal (a god send during travel).
but used a hand me down snug ride infant car seat for the first few months.
our twins used to put up such a fight in their snugrides and constantly scream and cry, well those days are long gone because the marathons are so comfortable, spacious, and easy to fall asleep in!
well, i have nothing to compare it to, but so far, we really like the graco snugride.
we purchased the graco snugride in giselle for our daughter.
we purchased the graco snug ride for our third child after having worn out a previous graco with two prior children.
i bought the graco snugride in oct.
i purchased this car seat when my eight month old daughter started to outgrow her graco snug ride infant seat.
i did a ton of research on convertible infant-toddler car seats before my son outgrew his graco snugride at 4 months.
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