DS is 5y 3m, roughly 45#, 45", although I haven't measured or weighed him in a while. He's probably somewhere between 43 and 47, both for height and weight. DS's primary seat is a Nautilus. We just moved the harness up to the top slot as is just over the second from the top slot. We also have an old Parkway and a Turbobooster. He has ridden in both with DW and I and does well when its just him. We also have an RSTV.
He has a play date coming up where it is going to work best for him to ride in a 2008 Honda Odyssey with his friend and his friend's dad. This friend tends to bring out DS’s less predictable, more impulsive side
DW will bring DS to school in our 98 Mazda Protégé. A Nauti is installed usually installed in the center of this car. We do sometimes move it outboard if we need room for a friend. It’s a pretty easy install in any position, except the top tether can be tricky to get tightened (center only) because the anchor is so close to the seat. Any of our other seats can come along in the car.
DW can likely help with the initial install of whatever into the Odyssey. She'll do okay if its an easy install, but doesn't get practice with any of our seats and might not know how to trouble shoot if it doesn’t just go in. Friends’ dad will be in charge of getting DS into the Odyssey on the return trip to school, where DS will go home with DW in the Mazda.
We are open to sending any of our seats.
*Nautilus – would have to be uninstalled and installed twice (we do have 2 of these – one for each of our vehicles)
*Parkway (old style) – DS may or may not stay in position with a friend in the vehicle
*Turbobooster – DS may or may not stay in position with a friend in the vehicle
*RSTV – trickier to use
What would you use?
Thanks for the input.
Tina
He has a play date coming up where it is going to work best for him to ride in a 2008 Honda Odyssey with his friend and his friend's dad. This friend tends to bring out DS’s less predictable, more impulsive side
DW will bring DS to school in our 98 Mazda Protégé. A Nauti is installed usually installed in the center of this car. We do sometimes move it outboard if we need room for a friend. It’s a pretty easy install in any position, except the top tether can be tricky to get tightened (center only) because the anchor is so close to the seat. Any of our other seats can come along in the car.
DW can likely help with the initial install of whatever into the Odyssey. She'll do okay if its an easy install, but doesn't get practice with any of our seats and might not know how to trouble shoot if it doesn’t just go in. Friends’ dad will be in charge of getting DS into the Odyssey on the return trip to school, where DS will go home with DW in the Mazda.
We are open to sending any of our seats.
*Nautilus – would have to be uninstalled and installed twice (we do have 2 of these – one for each of our vehicles)
*Parkway (old style) – DS may or may not stay in position with a friend in the vehicle
*Turbobooster – DS may or may not stay in position with a friend in the vehicle
*RSTV – trickier to use
What would you use?
Thanks for the input.
Tina