Wellardmac

My wie is 5'2" and she had plenty of legroom when the Recaro was behind her... all depends on how long your wife's legs are and how much legroom she "needs" I never really got any complaints from my wife.

Ray S

Will the seat be rear facing or front facing?

ryangambrill

Front facing.

Ray S

If front facing space is not too large of a problem from what I have seen.

However on our rear facing Graco seat my wife (who is not large 5'4", 112 lbs) is forced very far forward.

Nicolaasdb

I must be a giant and my son must be to (6'1 and 5'8) because I could NEVER drive with a baby seat behind me or must have a baby without legs and my son has to sit with his seat all the way to the front to give the 2 yr old in the back a little leg/foot space and she still has to put her feet on the sides of the back of the front seat..or her baby seat has to sit so straight up that I am afraid she is going to fall over......is this because I have a cab?? my babyseat is a britax marathon with the bottom taken off

Wellardmac

I've no clue... I'm 5'11" and have no leg room issues at all with my son's Britax Parkway behind my seat... in fact I didn't even re-position the seat when I moved him from the passenger side to the driver's side.

ryangambrill

Is it possible to go from the Roundabout directly to a booster seat? The reason I was looking at the Recaro was that it could accept a larger weight.

Wellardmac

Sure. Unless you're pushed for space you can keep using the Recaro until you hit the booster seat stage. The only reason that I bought the Britax in addition to the Recaro was that I needed a smaller seat that would fit behind the driver's seat and make space for a rear facing infant carrier behind the passenger seat.

ryangambrill

What is the age and weight for the booster?

Nicolaasdb

wellard did you take out the backseat??

Wellardmac

The weight range is 30 to 100lbs and the height range is 38 to 60 inches.

Although these seats were discontinued by Britax last year you can still find them in the supply chain and pick them up for a good price.

Wellardmac

No, I've not changed anything. If you look at post 24 in this thread

https://rennlist.com/forums/6285099-post24.html

You'll see my current set-up... the britax is behind my seat and the graco is behind the passenger seat.

ryangambrill

My son was 32 1/4" back in Feb. Last week he weighed 30lbs. He is 17 months old. I think I am going to go with the Britax Roundabout for the time being and then move to a booster seat like shown above when he gets closer to the 40 lbs mark.

Wellardmac

I wouldn't expect him to be ready for the Britax Parkway until he's closer to 3 yrs old.

ryangambrill

I just ordered the Britax Roundabout. Then when he gets closer to 3 yrs or so, then we will look into the Parkway.