twinkletoes
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we popped into buy buy baby and I tried my dd out in the Clek Oobre, the seat belt fitted her perfectly (lap and shoulder) however, dd was slouching in the seat (which I didn't realize) and when the sales person asked her to move her bottom back, her knees were not able to bend over the front of the booster without shuffling her bottom forward.. so I am assuming dd is still too small for this booster as it would be easy for her to slouch.. esp. since she was slouching as soon as she sat in the seat..
we didn't get to try the Graco Turbobooster as we were rushed for time and did try out the Britax Frontier 85.
They also had the Graco N but the sales person was trying to sell us on the Britax (explaining about it's shock absorbing shell which takes some of the crash force away from the child, but also because the latch system is 'better' (his words) on the Britax and said a customer had the latch clip on the Graco N brake..and then proceeded to show us how the latch was better on the Britax etc..
now, we have the Cosco Scenera with the same latch as the Graco but we use a seat belt install in dh car until we realized we needed to tether it - it's been made redundant right now..
we also have a blvd which we love for it's ease of install...and yes, the latch is lovely on that seat.
now - I was wondering if we are best off with a high back booster that can tether and latch; such as the Graco GN or Frontier 85 and I wanted to know if there is a weight limit for the latch on these seats? (I am assuming there is in harness mode, but not in booster mode?)
also, would you choose a rigid latch or a felxi latch? I don't know if dd will fit the Clek if we wait for her to outgrow her cosco seat? but if she did, then the Clek would be a nice choice -
I was a bit worried about the rigid latch and that's when the sales person told me that Britax seats take some of the impact in their bases, away from the child.. so that's why I tried dd in the Frontier in the end :/
basically, we are going to install the blvd in dh car once he gets the tether retrofitted (its on order) and have the cosco seat in my car since it doesn't install well in dh's car without having to tighten it after each journey.. the Britax fits great in both cars. (I've actually yet to try the cosco scenera in my car though)
I was wondering if you are allowed to borrow the outboard latch for center seat use in a cosco scenera? we can in our ford focus wagon and Britax blvd.. I can't find my scenera Instructions off hand.. but my car manual say's I can if the car seat manu say's it's okay to do so.
if not, then do you worry that the car seat doesn't have lock offs when using the lap and shoulder belt to install? i've also lost the 'lock off' clip that came with the seat, but wasn't ever sure what this is really for? does it act like those red clips on the side of the Britax seats?
sorry for the long post - it's all so mind boggling.
TIA
we didn't get to try the Graco Turbobooster as we were rushed for time and did try out the Britax Frontier 85.
They also had the Graco N but the sales person was trying to sell us on the Britax (explaining about it's shock absorbing shell which takes some of the crash force away from the child, but also because the latch system is 'better' (his words) on the Britax and said a customer had the latch clip on the Graco N brake..and then proceeded to show us how the latch was better on the Britax etc..
now, we have the Cosco Scenera with the same latch as the Graco but we use a seat belt install in dh car until we realized we needed to tether it - it's been made redundant right now..
we also have a blvd which we love for it's ease of install...and yes, the latch is lovely on that seat.
now - I was wondering if we are best off with a high back booster that can tether and latch; such as the Graco GN or Frontier 85 and I wanted to know if there is a weight limit for the latch on these seats? (I am assuming there is in harness mode, but not in booster mode?)
also, would you choose a rigid latch or a felxi latch? I don't know if dd will fit the Clek if we wait for her to outgrow her cosco seat? but if she did, then the Clek would be a nice choice -
I was a bit worried about the rigid latch and that's when the sales person told me that Britax seats take some of the impact in their bases, away from the child.. so that's why I tried dd in the Frontier in the end :/
basically, we are going to install the blvd in dh car once he gets the tether retrofitted (its on order) and have the cosco seat in my car since it doesn't install well in dh's car without having to tighten it after each journey.. the Britax fits great in both cars. (I've actually yet to try the cosco scenera in my car though)
I was wondering if you are allowed to borrow the outboard latch for center seat use in a cosco scenera? we can in our ford focus wagon and Britax blvd.. I can't find my scenera Instructions off hand.. but my car manual say's I can if the car seat manu say's it's okay to do so.
if not, then do you worry that the car seat doesn't have lock offs when using the lap and shoulder belt to install? i've also lost the 'lock off' clip that came with the seat, but wasn't ever sure what this is really for? does it act like those red clips on the side of the Britax seats?
sorry for the long post - it's all so mind boggling.
TIA