SNS Platinum or Meridan... or Turn-a-tot?

[Ellee05]

Have been looking at carseats, and originally I was thinking of the turn-a-tot as we have a 4WD and it seems so much easier (having two friends who rave of them), but then I can't seem to go past the SNS seats, have been looking at the Meridian AHR Retractor and tonight found the Platinum AHR Retractor, the only real difference I can find is that the Platinum has built in speakers... can anyone tell me if this is worth anything or just a gimic? When we drive, apart from running around small town, we will be driving a min of 5hrs to get anywhere so I'm willing to spend the $$ on a car seat but wasn't sure if these of any use. Seems to be only $30 difference.

Any recommendations or advice would be much appreciated Thanks in advance

[feeb]

we have safe and sound meridian retractor and love it. no issues or complaints

When we were looking shop assistant said to us that one with speakers was a waste of money as otherwise pretty much same seat.

[AndiE]

We've got the SNS Meridian too and love it. It's easy to operate and DS seems very comfy in it.

Andie

[Captain]

I have a Meridian and found it great. We used it until DD1 was nearly 3 and now it is in use again. A plus with buying SNS is the great service they have. When I was preparing the seat for DD2, I found a broken part. I rang SNS who send out the new part free of charge!

[childondaway]

We hve purchased the Safe 'n' Sound Meridian also, the shop assistant told us the only difference was the speakers and no one really uses them. The only other thing I would suggest is perhaps to look for a manual not the retractor, there seems to be alot of ppl who have the retractor who say you end up manually fixing it anyway and that way you are making sure the baby is secure yourself, the retractor one is set..

Best Of Luck with your decision.

[luey]

I love the Meridian. I looked at the platinum but decided we didn't need the speakers. WE live 600km from 'the big smoke'. What I like about the Meridian is that it has the AHR and when DS sleeps he doesn't get the floppy head on shoulder thing. The AHR holds his head up. It does still drop a bit but not too bad.

With the Turn a tot I think you can only use the turn feature while the child is rearward facing? I may be wrong but I thought I read something about using a turn a tot in a 4wd was a bit more difficult due to the way it anchors?

Good luck