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Camama
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Hi mamas,
I have a few questions...
#1 - we have an evenflo triumph advance. It was never fun installing it rear facing, but now that he's forward facing I've noticed a few issues.
a) our 2000 toyota forerunner has no anchor in the middle seat and the lap belt slides and won't lock (how is that safe for a passenger??) so I had to put it on the drivers side with a three point belt. When I tighten the belt, I can't get it tight enough (it's tight enough that the car seat doesn't move when wiggled, but I still feel it needs to be tighter). Where the seat belt comes out of the car seat near the buckle, it will only tighten to a certain point and then the buckle and car seat are in direct contact and I can't get any more through.
b) they retrofitted an anchor in the back on the floor but it's not in the middle of the car seat, it's more to one side, is this ok??
c) how do you solve that tilting problem? the car seat is in but when you tighten the belt it tilts to one side?
#2 - we're thinking of using this seat for our next baby and would have to get him a booster anyway so we're considering getting a car seat that doubles as a booster. what is the consensus on the best combo seat? I like the graco nautilus so far but I'm curious what others think. keep in mind that this needs to have a side impact feature since I can't put it in the middle.
#3 - I was watching the videos of car seat testing on transport canada and was quite shocked. I was always under the impression that the britax was the best of the best but when I saw the videos it showed some of the britax booster seats actually BENDING during impact shoving the dummies' heads into their laps, and it says this exceeds canadian safety standards?? how can this be? I know all seats have to meet minimum standards, but it appears from the videos that some are MUCH safer than others. now I'm more confused than ever.
#4 - my mother in law wants to get a car seat for her car for the odd time she takes him, but obviously nothing too expensive. it would also have to be a drivers side car seat so side impact is important. any recommendations?
I have a few questions...
#1 - we have an evenflo triumph advance. It was never fun installing it rear facing, but now that he's forward facing I've noticed a few issues.
a) our 2000 toyota forerunner has no anchor in the middle seat and the lap belt slides and won't lock (how is that safe for a passenger??) so I had to put it on the drivers side with a three point belt. When I tighten the belt, I can't get it tight enough (it's tight enough that the car seat doesn't move when wiggled, but I still feel it needs to be tighter). Where the seat belt comes out of the car seat near the buckle, it will only tighten to a certain point and then the buckle and car seat are in direct contact and I can't get any more through.
b) they retrofitted an anchor in the back on the floor but it's not in the middle of the car seat, it's more to one side, is this ok??
c) how do you solve that tilting problem? the car seat is in but when you tighten the belt it tilts to one side?
#2 - we're thinking of using this seat for our next baby and would have to get him a booster anyway so we're considering getting a car seat that doubles as a booster. what is the consensus on the best combo seat? I like the graco nautilus so far but I'm curious what others think. keep in mind that this needs to have a side impact feature since I can't put it in the middle.
#3 - I was watching the videos of car seat testing on transport canada and was quite shocked. I was always under the impression that the britax was the best of the best but when I saw the videos it showed some of the britax booster seats actually BENDING during impact shoving the dummies' heads into their laps, and it says this exceeds canadian safety standards?? how can this be? I know all seats have to meet minimum standards, but it appears from the videos that some are MUCH safer than others. now I'm more confused than ever.
#4 - my mother in law wants to get a car seat for her car for the odd time she takes him, but obviously nothing too expensive. it would also have to be a drivers side car seat so side impact is important. any recommendations?