Hi and welcome back to the Baby Cubby!
Today we’re going to be talking about all five versions of the Nuna PIPA so buckle up!
So lets break down some of the similarities and differences between all of the models.
First and foremost, by price:
The regular PIPA is going to start off at $299.00.
Then we have the PIPA Light and the PIPA RX which are both $349.00,
so a $50 price increase.
And then over here we have the PIPA Light LX and the PIPA R,
which is going to be another $50 increase so you're looking at $399.00 there.
So there's a couple questions that parents kind of ask themselves to decide between the different models.
The first, and I think one of the most important is going to be the the weight.
There’s a lot of different weight disparities between each of the seats.
So the PIPA RX and the regular PIPA are going to be the heaviest.
The PIPA RX being about 8 pounds and the regular Pippa being about 7 1/2.
And then we get into the Light models:
so, the regular PIPA Light, the PIPA Light LX, and the PIPA Light R
are going to be about 5.3 to 5.7 pounds respectively.
The dream drape is going to add a little bit of weight on this one. But otherwise you’re losing about two pounds between those different models.
This is mostly going to be because of how you would install the car seat.
With the PIPA RX and the regular PIPA, you can use these car seats with or without a base.
You can see right here that there’s a little seat belt installation piece.
With the PIPA light models, they actually removed that piece to kind of save some weight.
So with those models, you need to install it with the base at all times meaning you cannot install it with the seatbelt.
However, you can purchase multiple bases.
So if you just have two cars that you’re using and you still want to get those lighter seats
(for example with twins that might be in your best interest),
Then you can purchase separate bases to install in your separate cars, making it super easy.
So like I mentioned before, the dream drape does adds a little bit of weight, but it is a really cool feature I think.
So basically it looks like this.
It’s going to be a piece of fabric that actually tucks and zips up into the car seat, or you can bring it down.
It attaches to the car seat by these little magnetic pieces that attached to the side.
It has this mesh paneling to make sure there’s still a lot of circulation in the car seat.
But it is a really awesome alternative to third-party car seat covers,
which you should not be using while your car is in motion.
So this kind of gives you the option to still have some coverage so you’re not getting too much sun,
baby you can sleep easy without having to compromise on safety.
As you can see some of these had the dream drape and some of them don’t.
So the regular PIPA will have the dream drape, the PIPA RX will have a dream drape, as well as the PIPA Light LX.
In addition to the dream drape, the PIPA RX and the regular PIPA are going to have what’s called the peekaboo window.
So as you can see here there is just like a little extra mesh paneling.
All of the other car seats do not have that. So as you can see, it just has a regular hood right here.
So that just adds a little more circulation and is a little extra feature.
So as far as fabric and colors, between the different models there is going to be a variety of different fabrics as well as colors options.
So it kind of varies between polyester, jersey knit, and wool for the different fabric options that come with the different models.
And all of them kind of have their own variety of color but they are all going to be very neutral colors.
So you're going to see a lot of white, gray, black, and blue.
So out of the box, these different models are going to come with different bases.
As well, the regular PIPA, the PIPA Light and the PIPA LX will come with the regular Nuna PIPA base.
Where as the PIPA RX and the PIPA Light R are going to come with what’s called the relaxed bace.
So these are the two different bases. This is the regular base, this is the relaxed base.
Pretty much the biggest difference is this is going to have one flip foot which means one position for recline.
Whereas this one has four different recline position, that you can adjust using this button.
The Pippa relaxed base is also going to have a few more positions with the load leg.
It has 17 verses 12 on the regular PIPA. It also has this anti-rebound piece of it which kind of adds a little bit of stability as well.
Something to consider is that this relaxed based weighs about 18 or so pounds,
whereas the regular bass weighs about 14 pounds.
So it’s not as ideal to carry around with you or switch between cars.
However, I do think the feature of being able to adjust makes it more usable in most vehicles,
and makes it a lot, a lot easier to install and I think that it’s worth it.
Another difference between the two is that the relaxed bass is going to have a little bit more versatility with the latch.
The latch system does kind of pop out and you can tighten it against the car whereas with the regular base,
its not going to have that availability so in some cars you’ll find that this latch doesn’t really quite reach the car
and it’s really hard to install so I think that does makes this base, again, just a little bit more convenient.
With both bases, the installation is going to stay super easy. You're just going to click it right in.
And you're ready to go!
So when you were looking for an infant car seat, give Nuna a look!
As you can see, there’s a lot of different variety between their different seats.
They really cater to a lot of different lifestyles, a lot of different needs of different parents within each model.
Giving you a lot of variety to really pick and choose what’s important to you.
Whether that’s you need a really light seat for traveling or you don’t, you just need something pretty basic,
there’s a lot of options for you here. I think they have really fantastic fabrics, they are very high-quality,
and they are some of our favorite seats.
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If you want to learn a little more about all these different models, check out this playlist we made going into depth on each different PIPA.
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