We just got his ProBooster today and I picked him up from school with it and we ran some errands so he could try it out. He complained about it the whole time!!!
"I hate this seat. It's squishing my shoulders. It's too tight. It's not comfortable. The armrests are too small. I can't use the armrests. I don't like the fabric on the headrest. I want soft material. I'm never riding in it again. I like my other seats better."
His main complaint was that it was too tight on his shoulders and that it was squishing him. He's pretty average size and not what I would call broad shouldered or anything. He'll be 7 years old in August and is about 52lbs and 49" tall. He rides full time in a Britax Regent and FR85. He's only rode in a booster a few other times when I converted his orginal FR to booster mode for him to practice riding in for a field trip. He did great in that booster and really liked it. So now I don't know what to do. We only bought the ProBooster to be used for 8 weeks this summer while he's in summer camp. He'll ride in it every day in the camp's van to camp (~2 miles) and then a few times a week when they go on field trips. After camp's over, it will be used very occasionally for the 2 or 3 times a year his school goes on field trips. But if it's tight on his shoulders now then it's only going to get worse as time goes by. When he sat in it in the car it positioned the belt well on his lap and shoulder so there were no problems there. We also didn't have any tipping like others have complained about.
Here's some pics. Sorry I don't have any pics of him in it in the car. He was at school when I took the first pics and then I couldn't find my camera till after we had the seat back in the house.
Mazda5 captain's chair
Using the 7th out of 11 head rest positions
Close-up of shoulder area
Highest head rest position
Highest position compared with Regent
He much prefers his Regent!
And just for fun!
Any suggestions on what I should do? I'm thinking of taking him to try out some other boosters. Which ones have wider shoulder areas? Any cheaper seats? I didn't even want to spend the $110 I spent on this seat seeing it's only for 8 weeks of regular use. But I didn't want something that was hard to buckle or kept falling apart.
"I hate this seat. It's squishing my shoulders. It's too tight. It's not comfortable. The armrests are too small. I can't use the armrests. I don't like the fabric on the headrest. I want soft material. I'm never riding in it again. I like my other seats better."
His main complaint was that it was too tight on his shoulders and that it was squishing him. He's pretty average size and not what I would call broad shouldered or anything. He'll be 7 years old in August and is about 52lbs and 49" tall. He rides full time in a Britax Regent and FR85. He's only rode in a booster a few other times when I converted his orginal FR to booster mode for him to practice riding in for a field trip. He did great in that booster and really liked it. So now I don't know what to do. We only bought the ProBooster to be used for 8 weeks this summer while he's in summer camp. He'll ride in it every day in the camp's van to camp (~2 miles) and then a few times a week when they go on field trips. After camp's over, it will be used very occasionally for the 2 or 3 times a year his school goes on field trips. But if it's tight on his shoulders now then it's only going to get worse as time goes by. When he sat in it in the car it positioned the belt well on his lap and shoulder so there were no problems there. We also didn't have any tipping like others have complained about.
Here's some pics. Sorry I don't have any pics of him in it in the car. He was at school when I took the first pics and then I couldn't find my camera till after we had the seat back in the house.
Mazda5 captain's chair
Using the 7th out of 11 head rest positions
Close-up of shoulder area
Highest head rest position
Highest position compared with Regent
He much prefers his Regent!
And just for fun!
Any suggestions on what I should do? I'm thinking of taking him to try out some other boosters. Which ones have wider shoulder areas? Any cheaper seats? I didn't even want to spend the $110 I spent on this seat seeing it's only for 8 weeks of regular use. But I didn't want something that was hard to buckle or kept falling apart.