Diono RadianR120 Convertible Car Seat

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 17 x 28.5 inches ; 23 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 29.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B005MQR88E
• UPC: 677726167203
• Item model number: 16720
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 6,532 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
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By : Diono
List Price : $309.99
Price : $252.93
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Product Description

Color: Daytona
The RadianR120 is a highly versatile car seat that could be the only seat you’ll ever need. It comfortably seats rear-facing children from 5-45 pounds, forward-facing children from 20-80 pounds in 5-point harness, then converts to a booster for children up to 120 pounds Built for strength and safety, the RadianR120 has a steel alloy frame, reinforced sidewalls, SafeStop energy absorbing harness, thick, EPS foam panels for side impact protection and our unique Superlatch system for easy installation. The RadianR120 is NCAP crash tested, the industry benchmark for verifying child seat performance in severe accident conditions, and the only car seat rated for latch use with a child up to 80 pounds The RadianR120 sits low on a vehicle seat for easy child boarding, features memory foam padding and infant support pillows. Expandable sides and a longer seat bottom provide extra room and comfort for your growing child. One cup holder is included, with the option to add up to 4 cup holders. In addition to all this versatility, it folds flat for travel and storage, has a 10 year life, and offers amazing safety, comfort and convenience your child won’t outgrow.

 

Diono RadianR120 Convertible Car Seat

 

Product Features

• Rear facing 5 to 45 pounds
• Forward facing 20-80 pounds (up to 53") in 5 point harness
• Booster to 120 pounds
• Steel alloy frame and aluminum reinforced sides
• Infant body support cushions

Buyer Reviews

THE Swift TAKE: The Diono RadianR120 Convertible Vehicle Seat is a very decent car seat that ought to provide a large number of years of use, creating it a superior worth. I don't believe it will be the only car seat you'll ever own, but it's a quite flexible seat that covers a wide range of weight and height. It's exceptionally well produced and has a number of great features.
Full Review:
CONVERTIBLE Implies FLEXIBLE: The Diono RadianR120 is a "convertible" car seat considering it can be put to use in a few distinctive configurations and for different size youngsters. It can be utilized as a rear-facing seat for children up to 45 lbs and 44 inches as a forward facing auto seat for young children up to 57 inches and 80 lbs and up to 120 lbs when employed as a booster with the car's belts.
STURDY CONSTRUCTION: We've owned two mid-priced Britax seats, and I normally thought they had been pretty nice. But this Diono is in a complete numerous category, in terms of the sturdiness of construction and supplies.
Extended TERM Worth: This automobile seat might possibly appear pricey. (Or possibly you happen to be implemented to it by now, from the way all infant gear seems so high-priced.) But even setting aside the valuable cargo it carries - the various years you are going to be in a position to use this seat makes it reasonably priced on a per-year basis. Even alot more so if you have one other child who can get a great deal more use from it.
FOLDS TO A COMPACT SIZE: A single of the attributes I like about this vehicle seat is that it folds to a compact size. To me, that would be most helpful for when I wanted to move the seat, or store it in the automobile to make room to put the rear seats down to carry cargo. With two Britax Roundabouts in the back seat, I've occasionally run out of room for cargo. I can not truly fit 2 regular automobile seats in the front seat to make space in the back when I have a lot of cargo unexpectedly.
THE CATCH - It's HEAVY: Sounds great, correct? The ideal vehicle seat. What is the catch, I wondered. I realized when the box arrived and I picked it up. The tradeoff for an exceptionally sturdy, folding seat is that it is heavy. They say it really is 23 pounds, which is 6 pounds heavier than the Britax Roundabout. That could possibly or may not sound like a lot to you, but I'm pretty sure the smiling young woman carrying it like a backpack in the picture is saying "Honey, can you take this off my back now? Please?"
That may very well matter if you travel by air in those early years when your automobile seat starts to appear like a member of the loved ones simply because it goes everywhere with you. It depends on your travel style. And possibly no matter if you get a ride to and from the airport on both ends.
Perhaps NOT YOUR 1st Auto SEAT: Personally, I'm not sure this would have worked properly for us as an infant seat. We got a lot of use out of a snap-in technique with a manage that let us carry the sleeping baby in and out of the car, plugged into a stroller, could be implemented in a restaurant or friends' house, and so on. Also, the add-in component that Diono gives for infants appears a tiny modest, there is not a lot to it.
Perhaps YOUR SECOND Car SEAT, Maybe NOT: As mentioned, if you travel a lot with a car seat, the weight of this seat could possibly be a bit significantly. Also, the seat height is relatively low, to accomodate bigger kids. That indicates a 2 year old in all probability won't be in a position to see substantially but door and sky from the seat. (The base of the Britax Roundabout we have is elevated rather a bit.) Not a enormous deal, but for amusement and doable vehicle sickness, a slight benefit goes to a greater seat for smaller sized young children.
NOT A SPACE HOG: This Diono seat takes up only one seat, unlike the Britax Roundabout that really takes up a little a great deal more. (It mainly wasn't a issue for us, but when in a whilst we essential to squeeze an adult between two Roundabouts and it was fairly awkward.) If you need to have to have three automobile seats, this one particular plays well with other people - it is not trying to take up component of the subsequent seat more than.
INSTALLATION: If you've installed a car seat prior to, this a single is substantially the identical. The tether to the hook behind the rear seat was a little way more awkward than average, but they are always a bit awkward.
Remember to put your weight on the seat and then tighten up the belt to the LATCH hooks, to get the seat as firm as you can.
BOOSTER? Because my young children are not booster age yet, it took me a little whilst to figure out what that meant. Instead of employing the built-in auto seat harness, you use the lap-and-shoulder belt in the auto to hold bigger kids in the seat. (The LATCH connectors on the vehicle should not be put to use to hold the weight of your child once your kid gets larger - over 80 lbs.)
CUP HOLDER! There are four spots (2 on each and every side) where you can put the included cup holder. The seat is narrow enough that we can put it on the door side of the seat, to permit space for a little booster in the middle seat when we are carrying 3 young children in the back.
DIONO? Who? They've been about for a few years as Sunshine Kids. I'm not familiar with either enterprise, but the Diono RadianR120 is a rather great, thoughtfully designed car seat. They certainly seem to know what they are carrying out.
REGISTER: Register your child products with the manufacturer, so they can obtain you if there is a recall.
WATCH THE HEIGHTS: We've found our children outgrow the heights just before the weights - if your children are like that, be positive to keep an eye on the height limits for your auto seats, to maintain them secure. It seems all producers show the weight limits prominently, but make the height limits hard to get.
Preserve YOUR Child REAR FACING: Finally, Google a tiny on the positive aspects of keeping children rear-facing past the minimum age of 1 year and weight of 20 pounds. If it works for you, it's the secure way to go. We tried to stick it out until age 2, but finally decided that the carsickness was a lot more of a hazard than facing forward. So as with all parenting choices - do what works most beneficial for you and your youngster, they are all numerous.

I will say, this seemed like a especially good sturdy seat. I liked the following items:
1. The fact that it is great from birth (assuming the newborn truly fits properly in the seat) all the way via booster age.
two. The 45 lb rear facing weight limit
3. Steel frame
four. It is a extremely narrow seat which is wonderful for conditions exactly where parents want to get three car seats across a back seat.
What I don't like the following:
1. Diono not too long ago changed from the Sunshine Youngsters name after some definitely negative publicity around their LATCH connectors coming loose though the seats were installed. I also heard a ton of horror stories around the negative buyer help parents received for the duration of this. Things like becoming told they had been as well fat to install the seat and had broken it, parents returning connectors only to have the exact same ones returned to them and becoming told these had been the new fixed ones, getting lied to by customer service, and so on.
2. I hate that Diono/Sunshine Children claims these Super Latch connectors are great to 80 lbs. To be secure, each the LATCH connector and the automobile LATCH require to be rated to the greater weight and, at present, there are no vehicles in the US rated over 48 lbs. So, this is fairly misleading and potentially risky knowledge.

 

Diono RadianR120 Convertible Car Seat