Great except I didn't get the cup holder and for te price I should have received every thing.

this is my first purchase with Albee Baby, and it was terrific. The car seat arrived the day they stated it would, and in perfect condition. I had researched several other car seats and I am highly impressed with my choice. This car seat is for my 17 month grandson for front facing and for a 2 month old grandson rear facing. Some may feel spending almost 300.00 for a car seat is too much, yet i believe you need to ask yourself: if spending 300 will save the life of a loved one, isn't it worth it?

Easy to install

Heavy due to metal frame, but thats expected. Yes, I said metal! Super compact so it fits in my sedan. Does fold flat for carrying.

Well made. Easy to install. My three year old seems to be very comfortable after asking me to give our last car seat to "another kid". Very securely fastened to seat. I will be buying another one for my son. Very impressed with the product and worth every penny.

I bought 3 radians so that I could fit 3 across in my Santa Fe. The seats are very sturdy and seem to be comfortable and protective. The Plum color is nice, and the fabric is soft, I will say tho, that this color/fabric seems a bit thin. It doesn't seem like it would wear very wellI had thought/hoped it would be more like the Cobalt one that I ordered which seems a bit thicker and a little more water resistant. As for travel, it has a couple of contradictory features, on the plus, it folds up (however I most reviews I read said that the optional strap is flimsy and breaks), but on the minus, it's very heavy compared to the other seats we have. Overall, I would recommend it, mainly if you are trying to fit 3 across and/or if you want a seat that will grow with your child.

This frame Is not just made out of plastic it is made out of steel also. It is very well-made and very sturdy the kids seem to like it and it's comfortable plus don't upper weight limit is really high. We know someone who installs car seats professionally and she said these are the best out there.

This car seat was purchased as a hostess gift for a baby shower I am giving for my niece. She and her husband have done extensive research, and determined this was the car seat they would select to protect their baby in the event of a car accident. It is also a convertible car seat, and will last until their daughter is 120 lbs. I had tried to purchase from two other stores, but they were out of stock. This item was a better price and was in-stock at Albee Baby's website. It arrived in a timely manner and we have pulled it out of the box to "inspect". The baby is not due until January.

This is our 4th Diono RXT. This is a great seat and Diono has wonderful customer service. The rear facing limits are high enough to keep your child safe well into their 4th year! The install takes a bit of getting used to, but then it takes seconds to do. We love our Dionos!

Perfect size for my 5 year old and 3 year old. They love sitting next to each other.

My son and daughter-in-law do exhaustive research on anything they want for their children. This seat gets very good reviews. I bought one a while back for them and the year and a half old loves it. She is so much more comfortable. The memory foam padding is even in the padding of the harness. It is easy to adjust and grows with child. One huge feature is that the seat is narrow enough so that 3 seats can be mounted across in many minivans and small SUVs which is a big deal if you have three children 3 years and under! I just bought another one for the three-year-old.

I love love love this car seat ..... It's super luxury,super safe and easy to install also bought the diono seat protector and angle adjuster ..... The seat cover is super soft and mainly what I like about this seat is the impact absorbing foam on the straps I feel my daughter is the safest she can be and I would recommend this seat to any one;) well worth the money.

These are very solid heavy and sturdy seats. My boys are 3 and 4 and they will be in them for a long time! Plus we are able to fit three seats in th back of our SUV. I feel very safe knowing they are in these! Love them!

I am very impressed with the quality of this product. I was so excited to finally find a car seat that I felt safe putting my baby into. Not only that but this carseat will last for the rest of her car seat life! That was a huge selling point for me. I would recommend this product to absolutely everyone in fact I have been recommending it everybody I know. I really really really love this car seat! After purchasing this seat for my daughter I went and bought one for my son too. Love it!

Really impressed with this seat. My grand daughter is obviously more comfortable and doesn't mind being in the seat. The mounting system is excellent and the harness is very adjustable and extra cushioned. The seat is long in the backwards position, so it does require the car seat in front to be moved forward.

Bought 2 of them and fit just great and love how they r not huge and bulky!

This is in my husband's car as we figure we'll use it less often so it was better to spend money on one seat that would go all the way from rear to forward to booster. It's no easier or more difficult to buckle in the baby. My only suggestion is that I found the instruction booklet not as useful for the installation. I spent most of my time on the internet looking up installation videos rather than using the booklet. We haven't had to use it yet for flying but we did like that it has the ability in case we take any trips.

I love this

Love the seat. Albee Baby shipped it out quick. Easy to purchase!! Great experience!

We purchased our first Diono seat for our son a couple years ago and loved it. We purchased a this seat for our daughter. Albee Baby has the best prices. Service was great and fast delivery. I would highly recommend this seat for everyone. I feel it is the best and safest seat on the market.

We bought this car seat the (2012) last March for our then 8 month old. I did extensive research both online and in stores. I read a few great reviews given by EMT's and Firefighters who saw first hand how well these seats handled a crash and bought the same seat for their kids because of it. We love the ability to fold up the seat and sling it over your shoulder for travel. The cover washes up well and isn't too hard to put back on. We just bought another one for our little boy arriving in May.

I like this car seat because we can take it on the airplane with us but its base isnt elevated at all so my son can't see out of the window in the car like he can in his other car seat which is frustrating for him and for me. I do like the fact that it is nice and sturdy and the buckles are very easy to use and it is a nice compact car seat its not huge which is also a nice thing seeing as most car seats take up half of the seat. But if I could do it again I would probably have gotten something different.

Albee baby was awesome and had the best prices of any I found on the web. Their service was quick, and I LOVE this car seat. It was easy to install, the pattern is beautiful, and it's the last car seat I have to buy for my baby girl, so I'm happy.

This seat is so easy to get my 21 month old daughter in and out of. She loves the freedom of her legs, too. The only thing "bad" about it is the long pieces of belt left hanging and the lever to loosen the straps isn't as easily accessible as I would like. We had the Britax Boulevard 70 before and are selling it because we would love to get another of the Diono for our other car.

Love this car seat - have the same one for our almost 3 year old. Like all the toddler seats it is tricky when rear-facing - fits in the middle, or when the seat in front is not pushed all the way back, and it is heavy making it not fun to travel with on an airplane, but the narrow profile is great and it is so safe. When we needed one for our second child it was an easy choice. The folding flat(ish) feature makes it easier to store.

I was pleased to find such a high-quality car seat for the lowest available price on Albee Baby. I cannot believe how quickly it arrived. We will be sure to shop Albee Baby again.

I love this product. It does take up a lot of room rear-facing, so I bought the Angle Adjuster (good for children over 1 year old and with good head control) and that has worked wonderfully. If you have a small vehicle and will not be able to use the angle adjuster when rear-facing, this may not be the best choice. Also, the chest clip is huge! It barely fits on my small (18 lbs.) 1-year-old daughter's shoulders. I cannot imagine it fitting well on a newborn. Those few negatives aside, I do love this seat. It has great weight limits, and feels really sturdy. If you plan on using it as a post-infant seat carseat, it should suit your needs for years to come. I also like the fold option on it because we plan on traveling by plane somewhat frequently. It will be much easier to lug through the airport than a non-folded carseat. Also, Albee Baby was great. It arrived at my home less than 5 days after I ordered it.

Excellent product, robust and beauty. Comfortable for the baby just 2 weeks born and hope still the same when he growth.Something heavy but strong.

I was debating between this one and Britax 70 Convertible and went with this one. It is definitely more narrow than most and very sturdy. I purchased one for my truck and loved the ease of installation and how safe it is. I have another in my car. It is expensive but worth the money in return for the safety it provides.

I was thrilled to find a seat with a great safety rating that will last for 10 years! we have bought at least four different seats for our 5 year old and several for our 3 year old, so i was determined to do it differently with our new baby. we have a pilot with 3 kids in the backseat, so the size of the radian was also a huge plus. we can easily fit all three seats. it is nicely padded and seems very comfortable. the fabric is soft, yet durable. we have only been using it a few weeks, but so far, i really like it. my only complaint is tightening the straps. i have a terribly difficult time getting it tight enough to fit a 6 month old. a small negative outweighed by all of the positives. i would have given it 4.5 stars, but it only allows for entire stars in the rating.

This is our second diono. This car seat is safe and easy to install. I agree with other that say the carseat is heavy, however, now that we have two, we don't have to worry about switching it between cars. My son likes the seat and I take comfort in the fact that he is safe. Will purchase again when baby 2 comes along

I had to get 3 carseats in the backseat of my car: 2 RF, 1 FF. I did a LOT of research and apparently this is the narrowest seat available on the market. I got it for FF my 3 1/2 year old. This seat is amazing! It is way narrower than any other seat I looked at, fits great in my car, but does not feel cheap or flimsy in the least. I found it very easy to install and the latch buckles are great (I only had the alligator style previously). The seat installs more solidly than any other seat I have seen.... doesn't budge! I'm glad I got the more deluxe version with the headrest: looks better and I think is more comfortable. Cons: It doesn't have much of a recline so her head sometimes flops forward, but she doesn't complain! It is VERY VERY heavy; you'll need some muscles if it will be transferred between cars frequently. I love the color, but am not a huge fan of the material: its kind of a suede material. I think the blue/red look like a shinier material and would prob stay cleaner better. Overall it is TOTALLY worth the price!!!

No compliants! Bought for second car and to use on airplane. Great seat.

My daughter loves her chair! She constantly cried in her carrier carseat but as soon as we switched to this one she stopped. I love the safety features on this chair and I love the purple color. The only thing I don't like is the weight, it is a bit heavy but I guess it means its more durable? I totally recommend this chair to anyone and wish I'd bought it first!

We purchased this car seat for my 3 year old. We had to give her old seat to her little brother. I has worked perfectly and is well worth the money. We'll be able to use it for many years!

As other reviewers have said - "You get what you pay for." This is a great, solid and safe seat. My 2 1/2 year old son has been in this seat in my husband's Ford F-150 since his first birthday. This is an expensive and heavy seat, but it's worth it's weight in gold - it is also the slimmest car seat out there, making it possible to fit 3 accross. We just ordered another (since there is a great sale going on) for when our 6 month old outgrows his infant car seat. It installs very quickly and easily & travels well, too. The only 'issue' I have is that it's a bit difficult to tighten the straps, but if you just slide your hand behind the seat to help them along, that does the trick.

Got this after we tried a safety first seat, which was a bear to install. The Diono is far easier to install and it's a better quality seat compared to safety first. It is very heavy, which I expected from reading other reviews. I had read about Diono and was considering it when our local fire dept chief advised that he has a Diono for his kid. That the sealed the deal. We got rid of the safety first and now have a Diono in each car. Not cheap, but you're paying for what you get.

This is a good carseat. The only suggestion I have is that for international travelers they should make a way for the various contraptions in the back to detach. It's annoying to travel with a bunch of strings hanging down. (e.g. the latch system, which doesn't exist in various parts of the world). That would make it a bit lighter. AND, the thing that we really needed with us (the clip to keep non locking shoulderbelts at bay) seems to have fallen off somewhere en-route. There could be a little bag that comes with the contraptions, or a way to organize them better). Right now the seat is useless out of the US.

We purchased this seat after it was highly praised in a European Car Magazine article. It was touted as being able to spare one the all to often necessity and embarassment of having to become a Minivan owner/driver due to having three children. This seat is suppossed to be able to fit three comfortably across the back seat of a midsize sedan. I'd bet it can, because it allows us to fit two in the back seat of our VW New Beetle (first generation, not the now overgrown PT cruiser/VW Beetle looking hybrid it has grown to become). And if your saying all car seats can do that, not without having to adjust the front seats forward to avoid being kicked in the back by your little ones. Our first child is in the 97%tile for height for a two year old, and he can't kick us that way anymore. An additional bonus, we were used to having to reach behind the restraint to properly tighten the belts, not with this seat. This seat is so easy to tighten the adjustment straps, I'd bet a feeble 90 year old with a broken wrist could still properly tighten the belts. If you read and follow the directions supplied with the restraint, it will work as it is suppossed to and do it easily.

Good product and good price!

I bought this for my 10 month old, but ended up using it for my 3 1/2 yr old! I took a long trip alone with the 2 kids and wanted to have them both rear-facing. My daughter is too big to rear face in her Britax, but she can in the Radian. She was very comfortable and could keep her toys & books on her lap easily while rear-facing. She enjoyed being "backwards" like her little brother and even wanted to stay that way for a while after the trip. I've decided to keep her in the Radian and let the baby be in the Britax, even though it's a girly print. The Radian is forward-facing now and is very easy for my daughter to climb in and out of. It installed well with LATCH in my minivan and my sister's car. It isn't a snug (unmoving!) as my Britax seat, but it is within the safety range of less than 1 inch movement. I was unable to install it with a seat belt in my minivan, but I think that's more the van's fault. It takes up a lot of room when rear-facing, so it is not for a small car. That is why we got another seat for our daughter before we had a minivan. I wanted a Radian, but was sure it wouldn't fit in our Cavalier rear-facing. If your baby is over 1 yr, you can use Radian's angle adjuster, which helps a lot. This seat is wonderful. It's very sturdy (and heavy). I like the headwings for side impact protection and my daughter leans comfortably on them when she falls asleep. I have experienced some problems tightening the straps at times, as I've heard other Radian owners have. I'm not sure what causes it, but as I'm using it now, there is no trouble. I'd rate this seat 5 stars for safety and comfort, but I can only give it 4 stars because it's not as easy to install and adjust the straps as some other seats. Once you can get that done, though, this seat is wonderful!

This seat worked out great. My child loves it. Its actually easy to tighten shoulder straps. Love that it folds for airtravel!

I have two kids in these seats one is 23lbs and 1 yr old and the other is 36lbs and 3 yrs old. The straps are hard to get adjusted tight, but since both seats are rear facing I reach around the back and help them along. The kids find them comfortable.

we LOVE this carseat in our family. We needed to be able to fix 3 carseats along the 2nd row of our 4Runner and the Diono Radian RXT is PERFECT. It comfortable, sturdy, the material looks great. WE. LOVE. IT! Get one!

My 2 year old rear facing is doing well in this seat. I ordered the pad from amazon to make it more upright but it seems to make it looser. I am still working on getting a tight fit. Overall I am happy.

Great price and quick shipment. Our 15 month old is happy in this carseat. We particularly like the Storm color because the fabric is soft and won't heat up as much as black in the summer. We have friends that have this carseat as well as other known brands and they say they prefer this one.

Easy to install, Does not take up a lot of room in the backseat and it sits low so it is easy to place child in and get them out of the seat. My daughter seems to be comfortable in it, I wonder if as she gets larger if the seat might be a little to narrow though.