Got my new CA - diff. crotch buckle

Madeline410

New member
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I LOVE this cover IRL, it's Silverleaf. It's really slick looking!


But the crotch buckle is different from my Harvest CA. Wonder why they changed it.. and which one I'll like better. I haven't used it yet, so no action shots.

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Harvest (DOM 7/09)


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Silverleaf (DOM 1/10)
 
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bobandjess99

Senior Community Member
Is the belt wider than the new buckle tongs?? Those look like the OLD aoe harness/buckles. Which, to be honest, I LIKE the bigger, square push button, but the belt always twists and gets kink in it because the openings in the buckles are narrower than the actual harness belt.....which creates issues.
 

Madeline410

New member
Yes, the harness cinches in a tiny bit in the new tongs. My Harvest straps never twist, even with the wider opening. I worry that with them being narrower and having that metal edge exposed, they will fray over time. I think the circle button looks funny, but it's easy to use.
 

bobandjess99

Senior Community Member
That's silly. As mumch as i hate the tiny little round button, it's worth it to have the nicer straps in the wider tongs, so the belt doesn'ty fold over on itself and bunch up. Over time, that bunching uo leds to massive twisting and just general annoyance. It's the onething I hate about my older AOE.
 

Carrie_R

Ambassador - CPS Technician
Yeah, that does look like the older buckle. Interesting. Wonder if they've gone back to that style, or if they found some old stock? LOL.
 

Mae

Well-known member
My nephew's Harvest CA has the new buckle --



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Lemme go find the DOM.

DOM is 8/13/2009

Hm, I wonder why they changed...?
 

canadiangie

New member
I think it's just a Dorel thing. Lots of seats in the line-up, lots of components to choose from, most of which are pretty universal.
 

Mae

Well-known member
That's the old CA buckle. The new one is square, more like their older buckles on other seats.

Yeah... that's what I meant. :p

When I first read the thread, I read it backwards; I mixed up the captions, so I thought the square buckle was the Harvest, and then I guess I ASSumed the roundish was the Silverleaf -- I didn't see the caption underneath the picture (I usually put my captions above my pictures). Then when I went to add my picture to my post, I saw what she really meant and I apparently never fixed my original post.

Make sense? lol
 

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