[blparent] Car Seat Travel Backpack

[Veronica Smith]

I am not in the market for car seats or the like, but this is very
interesting and I will pass it on to others. Thanks for the info. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Angie Matney
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:49 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Car Seat Travel Backpack

Hello everyone,

Chuck and I have been considering car seat alternatives for when Jacob (due
in July) is a little older. There's not a ton of public transportation
around here, so we use cabs quite often. We plan to use an Ergobaby Sport
for transporting Jacob, but we were worried about what to do with the car
seat. We thought a travel system with a stroller and car seat would work
well while he was in an infant carrier, but we were worried about what to do
when he outgrew that and needed a toddler seat. 

We considered the Sit 'n Stroll, but we haven't gotten to see one of these.
I know lots of people use them, but I had misgivings. We also thought about
an Orbit Baby travel system, which does allow you to dock a toddler seat
onto the stroller, but we didn't relish paying $900 ($720 after using some
coupons we had) for the stroller and infant seat, then another $350 or so
later for the toddler seat. Also, the stroller had handle bars, and we were
concerned about pulling it without having a handle that we could grip in the
center.

On Friday, my sister took us to Buy Buy Baby, where we found the product
that, at this point, looks like it will solve all of our problems. It's the
JL Childress Ultimate Car Seat Travel Bag. It was $50 in the store; they
accept those 20% coupons from Bed, Bath and Beyond, so we got it for $40.
Its purpose is to facilitate checking your car seat when you fly. Here is
some info about the bag from the product description on Amazon (where it's
currently selling for $35.54):

  a.. Car seat travel bag features padded, adjustable backpack straps for
carrying comfort 
  b.. Fits Britax Marathon, Boulevard, Roundabout, Decathlon and Diplomat,
also fits Recaro, Evenflo, Cosco, Century, Eddie Bauer,etc 
  c.. Water-resistant, heavy-duty fabric cleans easily and protects car seat
from moisture 
  d.. Measures approximately 18 by 19 by 33"

It holds our Britax Chaperone car seat with room to spare. While carrying
the car seat in a backpack might be a bit bulky, we feel it's the best way
there is for us to transport the seat. We also like that we have the
flexibility to choose whatever toddler seat we want when Jacob is older.

So I thought I'd mention this, in the event that others might be facing a
similar conundrum. Here's the product link from Amazon: 

http://www.amazon.com/Childress-Ultimate-Seat-Travel-Black/dp/B0009RNXNA/ref
=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1304256396&sr=1-1


Angie

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