strollerfreak
Senior Community Member
Ok, I picked these up on July 5th at Recaro...we have been using them both for the past month. I will say that I do like the ProBooster better than the ProSport, but they are both well built seats.
We had installation issues with the ProSport right off the bat...it turns out after installing it in other seating positions, it's once again those super high seatbelts, that makes for really bad belt geometry with carseats. :thumbsdown:
This is after we "fixed" the issue by unhooking one side of the harness from the splitter plate, semi-installing the seat, then reattaching the harness. Prior to us doing this, the harness where the seatbelt runs across was completely covered by the seatbelt. (I still need to get a picture of this, but it's nearly 90* outside and I'd have to uninstall the Regent to duplicate this.)
Oldest kid (that fits!) first...7.5yo DS, 55lb, 48"...he is using height setting #4/4 with about 1/2" of growing room left.
Here he is buckling himself in, he really has to fiddle with it much more than he ever did with the Regent...he says he doesn't mind it, and that once he gets ahold of it, it's easier to pull than the Regent (there's that butter smooth!). Sorry it's sideways, the Monterey is right in front of him in the van so I had to video him from the side, and to get a full length shot I had to turn the camera sideways.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZMPdWouO4"]YouTube- DSCN0396[/ame]
5.5yo DD, 41lb, 44"...she was using height setting #3/4, and it was pretty much even with her shoulders. Please excuse the ice cream face...it was vacation after all...LOL
3yo DS, 33lb, 38"...it was still set at height setting #3/4, though he probably could have used #2/4
Ok...here are some comparison pictures...in two weeks I can get a comparison to the Start as well...I had to leave it with Grandma in MI because we didn't have enough room to bring all the seats back with us...LOL.
ProBooster & ProSport with the headrests extended all the way up...
ProBooster & Monterey with headrests extended all the way up, installed.
9.5yo DS, 60+lb, 52"...He is using the top adjustment on the Monterey as his normal seat. He is using the top adjustment on the ProBooster here as well, but it could actually go down on adjustment to get a better fit on his shoulders.
He is on that verge of getting too tall for boosters (whaaaaa!!!!) and he actually rides in DH's work MKT 2nd row center without one when DH has it.
...continued in the next post...too many pictures! LOL
We had installation issues with the ProSport right off the bat...it turns out after installing it in other seating positions, it's once again those super high seatbelts, that makes for really bad belt geometry with carseats. :thumbsdown:
This is after we "fixed" the issue by unhooking one side of the harness from the splitter plate, semi-installing the seat, then reattaching the harness. Prior to us doing this, the harness where the seatbelt runs across was completely covered by the seatbelt. (I still need to get a picture of this, but it's nearly 90* outside and I'd have to uninstall the Regent to duplicate this.)
Oldest kid (that fits!) first...7.5yo DS, 55lb, 48"...he is using height setting #4/4 with about 1/2" of growing room left.
Here he is buckling himself in, he really has to fiddle with it much more than he ever did with the Regent...he says he doesn't mind it, and that once he gets ahold of it, it's easier to pull than the Regent (there's that butter smooth!). Sorry it's sideways, the Monterey is right in front of him in the van so I had to video him from the side, and to get a full length shot I had to turn the camera sideways.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZMPdWouO4"]YouTube- DSCN0396[/ame]
5.5yo DD, 41lb, 44"...she was using height setting #3/4, and it was pretty much even with her shoulders. Please excuse the ice cream face...it was vacation after all...LOL
3yo DS, 33lb, 38"...it was still set at height setting #3/4, though he probably could have used #2/4
Ok...here are some comparison pictures...in two weeks I can get a comparison to the Start as well...I had to leave it with Grandma in MI because we didn't have enough room to bring all the seats back with us...LOL.
ProBooster & ProSport with the headrests extended all the way up...
ProBooster & Monterey with headrests extended all the way up, installed.
9.5yo DS, 60+lb, 52"...He is using the top adjustment on the Monterey as his normal seat. He is using the top adjustment on the ProBooster here as well, but it could actually go down on adjustment to get a better fit on his shoulders.
He is on that verge of getting too tall for boosters (whaaaaa!!!!) and he actually rides in DH's work MKT 2nd row center without one when DH has it.
...continued in the next post...too many pictures! LOL