Nuna - RAVA Convertible Car Seat

Love them. Have the Pipa and Rava.

The seats they require are convertible-Nuna RAVA. The need for advance order doesn’t make it ideal, but I have had a great experience with the Uber car seat option in DC every time I used it. We actually got the same driver several times so I think the drivers are limited/selected so it’s reassuring it’s not any random person throwing a broken car seat in their trunk.

This is what we have. Rava in my Highlander and an extend2fit in my husband’s truck

I have the Nuna rava, I bought it for my oldest and he used it after he outgrew his infant seat around 6/7 months until he was about 3.5 years old. He’s a 99%ile boy and by 3.5y, the 5 point harness was too snug in the crotch area, so we switched him to the Nuna Aace at that point. My baby is currently using the Rava and it seems comfortable for him at 9.5 months old.

I have the Nuna rava (primary family vehicle) and my husband has graco extend2fit in his truck. Both are fine seats! The biggest difference I see is in the installation. I can swap a Nuna from vehicles in 1-2 minutes, versus the install for others is more challenging (not technically, but more manual pulling to make sure it’s secure). I had no issues at all installing my uppababy mesa for my child in my vehicle at 8 months pregnant. That being said, my 99%ile height babies both grew out of the infant seat by 6-7 months… so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend investing in an expensive infant seat!

The convertible seats can fit a newborn, but the recline will be so large that the seat is no longer compact. Extend to fit is the most compact, but not at the most reclined position which is what you’d need. I’d actually look at a nuna rava, it only has one recline position which is more compact than the most reclined position you’d need on the extend to fit. Hopefully that makes sense!

Just got a britax poplar for baby #2, our daughter has a rava but it isn’t as great in Canada as it is in the US so I wouldn’t recommend. The britax is just as nice and also flame retardant free.

I have the Rava and it’s sooooo heavy! For travel we use the Cosco Scenera Next. If your toddler can walk on their own, that will be much easier. I also saw some people using “car seat dolly” things the last time I was at the airport and it looked super convenient. It lets you roll the car seat with the kid strapped in. If your seat is slim enough to fit down the plane aisle, that could be a great option.

I have a Nuna Rava forward facing behind the driver seat, and a Nuna Pipa rear facing behind the passenger. Both front seats need to move forward from where we'd normally have them to accommodate the car seats behind. I'm 6'2" and when I drive, I do need to move the seat forward a good amount from my normally position because my 4 year old would other wise have only a couple inches for her feet. There is not room to comfortably fit a third person in the middle seat of the second row I'd say. And no easy way to get to the third row with two car seats installed.

Looooove our nuna so much, we will be getting another for baby 2.

We have the Nuna Rava and I love them. They are sturdy, easy to install, and they have a little pocket that each buckle tucks into on the sides so you are not constantly digging straps out from underneath your kids butt. We also have the Graco slim fit 3 in 1 and they are fine. They do their job but I much prefer the Nuna. They are also quite expensive but as I see it, cost per use makes it reasonable.

Second this, my 3yo is off the charts height wise and we’re about to turn around the rava in my car (he wears a back brace and it prevents him from crossing his legs like most kids). We have the foonf in my husbands and we can easily get another year of rear facing in it for him.

If your gonna get a rotating seat, avoid the nuna revv. Its seat limitations for height/weight are terrible compared to the competition on rotating carseats. Evenflo 360 is pretty good, and also Cybex makes a good rotating seat. Personally as a traditional seat goes, I think the exec is simply way too pricey. I love the Nuna Rava though, I got 1 in my Bronco, qnd the evenflo 360 in my Wrangler.