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Kris
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Britax Marathon - Confused! Many questions...
We've just had our first experience using this carseat - please bear with all the questions!
My husband, who is a pretty smart DIY kind of guy, installed this car seat today and we used it for the first time. We're beginning to wonder whether this was a good purchase. Is anybody else frustrated with this seat?
The floating gray things on the harness, which are not pictured or mentioned in the instruction manual, push up into our infant's face/neck area when we tighten the harness. This seems very uncomfortable. The harness is looser on one side than the other, so one side is tight, the other somewhat looser. Overall we can't seem to get it as tight as it was in his Graco infant carseat. While it feels tight over his shoulder, it feels a bit loose over his chest (we can get fingers underneath easily). Is that normal?
The other thing we're wondering about is that our 6-month-old son's feet are already almost touching the backseat. He's probably going to grow several more inches before he hits 30 pounds. I can't see him fitting in this seat rear-facing that long.
Also, the harness adjuster strap is very hard to use - my husband was having difficulty tightening the straps, and he wonders if I'll be able to do it. He really wanted to get the Cosco Alpha-Omega, but I thought the Britax seat would be the safest. Now I'm wondering if we made the right choice. Our son was in tears before we could even get the harness tight (those floating things were pushing into his cheeks).
It just seems uncomfortable and difficult to use. If we keep it, we'll definitely find a local tech to check our installation. Any thoughts from other Marathon users?
We've just had our first experience using this carseat - please bear with all the questions!
My husband, who is a pretty smart DIY kind of guy, installed this car seat today and we used it for the first time. We're beginning to wonder whether this was a good purchase. Is anybody else frustrated with this seat?
The floating gray things on the harness, which are not pictured or mentioned in the instruction manual, push up into our infant's face/neck area when we tighten the harness. This seems very uncomfortable. The harness is looser on one side than the other, so one side is tight, the other somewhat looser. Overall we can't seem to get it as tight as it was in his Graco infant carseat. While it feels tight over his shoulder, it feels a bit loose over his chest (we can get fingers underneath easily). Is that normal?
The other thing we're wondering about is that our 6-month-old son's feet are already almost touching the backseat. He's probably going to grow several more inches before he hits 30 pounds. I can't see him fitting in this seat rear-facing that long.
Also, the harness adjuster strap is very hard to use - my husband was having difficulty tightening the straps, and he wonders if I'll be able to do it. He really wanted to get the Cosco Alpha-Omega, but I thought the Britax seat would be the safest. Now I'm wondering if we made the right choice. Our son was in tears before we could even get the harness tight (those floating things were pushing into his cheeks).
It just seems uncomfortable and difficult to use. If we keep it, we'll definitely find a local tech to check our installation. Any thoughts from other Marathon users?