Product Description

Included as a featured gift in Extra TV's Oscar Swag Bag Goodies--the luxury gift package presented to Academy Award nominees, celebrities and VIP's! The Radian Car Seat is a truly revolutionary infant/convertible car seat. It is one of the most unique seats on the market. It accepts a child from 5-65 lbs. making it the perfect car seat. The Radian 65 car Seat is great for multiples as well. The Radian Baby Car Seat can fit 3 across most standard sized back seats. It is a convertible which is at least 2 inches narrower than most other convertible car seats. That bit of narrowness is a big difference in the Radian car seat and other convertibles. However, this Sunshine Kids Car Seat does not compromise with the child's comfort. It features 3 inches more interior should space than most other car seats. There is a base included with the Radian 65 car seat too. It has a reclining option which is perfect keeping the child comfortable on long trips. The carry case is a recommended accessory because of the weight of the Sunshine Kids Radian Car Seat.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19611 in Baby Product
• Brand: Sunshine Kids
• Model: 65
• Dimensions: 8.20" h x 18.20" w x 29.40" l, 26.50 pounds

Features

• 5-Point Safe strap safety harnes system on Sunshine Kids Car Seats
• V-Shaped tether can be used rear-facing
• Radian Car Seats are LATCH equipped for proper installation
• Sunshine Kids Car Seat features a 4 Panel system of EPS safety foam for increased safety, including side-impact protection
• Safe-Strap significantly reduces the harness load to a child in an accident

Customer Reviews

A very nice carseat for parents nervous about moving their preschoolers out of a 5-pt harness.
We purchased this carseat because my 4 year old daughter has just reached the 40 pound weight limit for her traditional 5-point harness booster seat. She is technically old enough and heavy enough to use the vehicle seat belt in combination with a booster seat, however, it just makes me nervous not to have her in a harness anymore. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I actually bought two of them and moved my 2 1/2 year old daughter into one as well.

The seat is very nice. The buckles and clips are easy to operate and the straps do not twist easily. The straps don't always lie as flat and straight as I'd like down her front, which is a geometry issue I think but I'm not sure whether it's just my daughter's size and shape or the carseat itself. They are, however, straight and flat enough that she is safe, in my opinion.

This seat is a good alternative to the Britax Regent, which costs more and is impossible to get right now. I had it on backorder for two months and finally cancelled that order and bought this one. I have not been disappointed. The harness on the Britax Regent goes up to 80 lbs and this one only goes up to 65 lbs, though I believe that Sunshine Kids is coming out with an 80 lb limit version. Still, I have a tall and skinny daughter and I checked average height weight charts and found that my daughter is likely to be 8 years old before she reaches the height and/or weight limits of this carseat, so I went with it. By age 8, she will be fine to go into the vehicle seatbelt.

One added bonus of this seat is that it takes up very little room by comparison with other seats. It has a very slim design. I have two in my backseat of my Honda Accord and there is almost enough room between them for another seat (though I haven't tried this yet so I can't be sure).

The seat cover has velcro strips to hold the straps open for the child to climb in. That's nice. But I would also like to see a velcro strip that holds the crotch-strap/buckle wide open to the front edge of the seat so that when the child gets in, she isn't sitting directly on it. I'm alays digging it out from under the girls after they have gotten into the seat.

Overall, it's a very good seat with a sturdy, safe metal-frame design. A good choice.

better than britax
We recently bought a second car and needed a new carseat. My son is 22 months and weighs 27 pounds, so we ideally wanted a convertible carseat. We have a Graco Comfort Sport in the first car but I didn't want a second one (see my comfort sport review, I wanted a carseat that is safer rear-facing). I couldn't seem to find anything I was happy with other than a Britax, but the price seemed a bit excessive. I looked into booster-type carseats that only sit forward, but my son was really too young for them, and I knew in a Britax he could still sit rear-facing. Somehow my husband came across this new seat by Sunshine kids that sounded great. We bought the last one left at BuyBuyBaby with a 20% off coupon (not valid for Britax products) for around $160.00 and installed it rear-facing in our Hyundai Elantra without any trouble. We used LATCH and attached the floor strap, and the seat doesn't budge at all. Before putting it in the car, I put my son in it to see which slot the shoulder straps should be in and where to position the crotch strap. It was very easy to install and adjust the straps. Unlike the Britax, there are 5 slots for the shoulder straps and 3 for the crotch. Even though the seat can be used for up to 65 lbs, it's not as monsterous as the Britax. It's narrow enough to allow for 2 other passengers to sit in the backseat of the car (the carseat is in the back middle). When rear-facing, the seat is in a reclined position, so my son is very comfortable. However, the back of the carseat does hit the back of the front passanger seat, so the frontseat passenger can't recline. I have no problems tightening and loosening the carseat straps so that he's buckled in safetly no matter what he's wearing. The straps don't get tangled easily, and are easy to straighten out when they do. The material is holding up very well- it still looks brand-new, besides for the pretzel crumbs! I plan on turning the seat around when he turns 2, and I'm sure I'll continue to love the seat in the forward position too. I highly recommend this seat.

Able to fit 2 in Prius plus Peg Perego SIP
Problem: 2 toddlers and 1 infant all need to fit into a 2004 Prius.
Solution: 2 Radian car seats forward-facing on each side in the back seat and a Peg Perego SIP infant seat rearward-facing in the middle. All seats are using the LATCH anchors and the Radian seats additionally are employing the headrest/seatback tethers.

Note: This setup also works in the Scion Xb.

You could probably find something other than the Peg Perego to use as an infant seat since it is really the narrow base dimensions of the Radian car seats that make this setup possible.

The only minor drawbacks I can see to the Radian car seats are the price (on the high side but still at $180 each not the most expensive seats out there) and the weight (HEAVY in comparison to others but that is the trade-off for the sturdy quality due to the steel support frame construction).