Product Description
sunshine Kids Radian Travel BagDesigned especially for the
sunshine Kids Radian Car Seat, this new bag is a backpack, shoulder bag, and carry case all-in-one! With wide, comfortable shoulder straps, it makes travel easy and clean.
When I saw this, I thought, FANTASTIC! I travel on planes with my radian carseat, and also am a member of a community carshare, so I have to carry it, and my child/stroller to and from the car each time. I had been using an over the shoulder strap, but the Radian is heavy, and it was very uncomfortable.
This backpack works well, in that it puts the weight on the two shoulders, as it should. However, the straps hook onto the main bag on a D-ring behind your neck, with big plastic hooks. These hooks grate on your neck/back vertebrae. Badly placed. There must be many other comfortable ways to attach the straps to the main body.
The bag only fits the Radian one way, as it is totally fitted to the Radian's shape. No loose space, no manouvrability. It fits well, but exactly, which is a hassle when dealing with putting it on and taking it off quickly on planes and transferring from car to stroller. Extra space would allow to put some other items into it as well: a blanket, stuffed toy etc. As wearing this precludes carrying another bag on your back, it would be nice to have a wee bit of space, a couple pockets etc. As is, it will ONLY fit your Radian.
I have only used this to transport the Radian to and from the car on foot, and on one trip in the plane, ie to the taxi, from taxi to luggage cart, to plane and off again, and where the D ring is to attach the backpack straps, the fabric has totally pulled away from its backing. It is no longer waterproof there, and not solid. There is no reinforcement of the rather thin material at the point of attachment, and I fear it will give out completely soon. I only owned it for perhaps two months when this happened: perhaps 4 car trips and one round-trip plane ride. I would expect something made for travel to be more solid.
The zipper is also very small and not solid, and has only one slide on it, so you cannot open it from any angle, only from the end and zip it all the way around. As it fits so tightly, you have to tug to make it fit perfectly to close the zipper.
So 5 stars for the idea (what better thing for a portable folding carseat than a backpack?), 3 for the design, and -1 for the materials and construction.
I wish Sunshine Kids had put as much thought into their carrying case as they did the Radian Car Seat. It seems someone miscalculated the measurements of the car seat when creating the cover. The cover is made to fit so very snuggly that it takes my husband standing on the folded car seat while we wiggle it into the case...and forget putting the rear-facing base in the case - they simply didn't expect you take that along. The car seat has traveled with us on about 8 trips (16 flights) and the bag is already pulling apart at the seams. If you bought the folding car seat, just go buy a duffle bag with wheels to travel with the car seat.
We've been through three of these for the two Radian seats we own. Not one of them has has lasted more than two uses before a seam rips or a zipper breaks. The fit is impossibly tight and if you don't get the seat in perfectly, the zipper will not close without breaking. I finally bought a couple of $12 duffels at Target which did the job and look much sturdier. To quote another reviewer, "Nice idea... terrible quality".
While I looked for this product exhaustively and was so excited to find it, I'm sorry that I spent the extra $60 now (I had to buy 3). This product is form-fitting and has no markings or instructions to tell you which way it fits over the car seat. If, like me, you just think you can tug the zipper up over the carseat, you'll find that you are not only wrong, but you'll blow the zipper and the seam, leaving you with nothing. Skip it and just check the carseat in with your luggage if your taking it on travel....
Yes I have a radian 65. First trip with this bag, seam broke at the airport. Strap broke within a few hours. Company did send us a new one but I don't anticipate it will be any different. And we followed all instructions. Don't buy this product.
I had to return this item because the description did not indicate that it was for a specific type of carseat. I was quite surprised when I opened the package. If you don't have this brand of carseat, look at another manufacturer such as graco.
Bought this product to carry our new seat through the airport. First there were no instructions to tell you that there is only one way to make this seat fit into the bag. When we finally turned it over and a around and zipped it closed it started to tear out below the end of the zipper. On the way to board the plane the shoulder strap came unsewn from the case, causing the seat to fall on the floor and almost hitting someone in the leg. This little accident caused a bigger rip in the seam and by the time we came home we just wrapped up the case with green duct tape so that it would stay closed. Good product "in" the case - but certainly "not" the case.
Unhappy Grandma
We ordered this seat carrying case for our cross counry trip. The very first time we put our son's seat in it, the seam ripped and the whole side was exposed. When we checked it to board our flight we removed the straps like you would any other piece of luggage and upon return to us, the place where the clip to the strap fits in was ripped off. We have requested a replacement case but have not used it yet. If it is anything like our first experience, I would not recommend this product. It is a good idea and I can see how this could be a nice way to transport this rather heavy seat, but I think they should re-design how they reinforce the stitching around the strap clips and the edging.
This case fit our Radian seat perfectly (once you figure out the correct orientation, which is not immediately obvious and there are no instructions).
However, the case lasted barely half a trip. During the first half, a small tear developed where the backpack straps meet the body of the bag. It didn't look bad enough that it would cause a problem on the rest of the trip. However, when I loaded the seat for the return trip to the airport, the zipper broke making it impossible to close the bag, and thus rendering the bag incapable of holding the seat. Which made life with all of our luggage, plus a seat that I now had to somehow carry, very difficult indeed.
Note that this bag was only used transporting the seat to/from the airport, it wasn't like it was mistreated in checked luggage or something. Very disappointing.
I like the idea of carrying your carseat on your back in a backpack, but this product is not well-designed. Even after my husband and I folded our Radian 65 down completely we had a very difficult time fitting it in this bag--it was as if the bag were designed for a different seat. The zipper broke as we were trying to get the carseat into the airport. We ended up having the airline put our seat in a plastic bag and checking it with our luggage. We threw this bag away.
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About Sunshine Kids Radian Car Seat Travel Bag - Black detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6250 in Baby Product
- Color: Black
- Brand: Sunshine Kids
- Model: 10607
- Released on: 2008-12-09
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 18.00" w x 30.50" l, 2.00 pounds
Features
- Waterproof fabric keeps seat dry during travel
- Durable rip resistant fabric with reinforced seams
- Travel bag measures 30.5" x 18 x 8.25"
- Shoulder bag design also converts to backpack
- Locking zipper will not unlock during travel
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