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Hi, I'm in New Zealand and my oldest boy is almost 5. He is currently FF in a Safety 1st Complete Air 65, and is happy harnessed. He has almost outgrown that seat by height (he is 114kg and 115cm tall, long torso, headrest / harness at highest setting with not much room to grow).
I have always heard 'keep them harnessed as long as possible' and believed it was safer than moving to a booster with seatbelt, so had planned to buy a high backed booster seat that could harness and then progress to seatbelt (probably a Radian).
But, I contacted Hakan at carseat.se about RF our baby (just turned one), and he mentioned that in Sweden after children turn from RF at age 4 or so, they go straight into a high backed booster with seatbelt, and that in Sweden harnessing at that age is not considered safer than the seatbelt and could be considered less safe, and harnessed boosters are not even available.
Can anyone point me to research or evidence about the safety benefits of harnessing FF beyond age say 4.5 or 5? If it is safer, I will buy a harnessed booster. If there isn't any benefit harnessing at age 5+, I'll get a good quality high backed booster for use with the seatbelt.
Thank you, Sarah
I have always heard 'keep them harnessed as long as possible' and believed it was safer than moving to a booster with seatbelt, so had planned to buy a high backed booster seat that could harness and then progress to seatbelt (probably a Radian).
But, I contacted Hakan at carseat.se about RF our baby (just turned one), and he mentioned that in Sweden after children turn from RF at age 4 or so, they go straight into a high backed booster with seatbelt, and that in Sweden harnessing at that age is not considered safer than the seatbelt and could be considered less safe, and harnessed boosters are not even available.
Can anyone point me to research or evidence about the safety benefits of harnessing FF beyond age say 4.5 or 5? If it is safer, I will buy a harnessed booster. If there isn't any benefit harnessing at age 5+, I'll get a good quality high backed booster for use with the seatbelt.
Thank you, Sarah