I got my 3-across!

Dillipop · Jan 9, 2011

I got my 3-across today in our 05 elantra without an infant seat! Woohoo!

FFing RA50 for ds2 (4.5yrs), RFing Coccoro for dd (11 weeks), and OS parkway for ds1 (7.5).

And I needed to get the infant seat back into my car, so in our 99 Buick Century we have-

FFing Husky for ds2, rfing Companion for dd, and HB turbo booster for ds1.

And the leftover seats I didn't use (well, 4 of them anyway.)

Corey_Proud_Daddy · Jan 9, 2011

Dillipop said:
And I needed to get the infant seat back into my car, so in our 99 Buick Century we have-

FFing Husky for ds2, rfing Companion for dd, and HB turbo booster for ds1.

And the leftover seats I didn't use (well, 4 of them anyway.)

That infant carrier is installed improperly, you need to raise the handle to the level of the back of the carrier to provide more structural support for the seat according to the manufacture.

carseatcoach · Jan 9, 2011

No, the Companion requires the handle to be in that position.
http://www.britaxusa.com/uploads/cms/file/Companion_P231400_R5.pdf

Dillipop · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
That infant carrier is installed improperly, you need to raise the handle to the level of the back of the carrier to provide more structural support for the seat according to the manufacture.

The infant seat is a Britax Companion. It is required to have the handle all the way down like that per manufacturers instructions in the car. Different infant seats have different rules for where the handle must be. Some must be down like mine, some need to be left fully up, and some have multiple positions that they can be in in the car.

Judi · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
That infant carrier is installed improperly, you need to raise the handle to the level of the back of the carrier to provide more structural support for the seat according to the manufacture.

Really?

I am reading the manual differently. Page 11.

http://www.britaxusa.com/uploads/cms/file/Companion_P231400_R5.pdf

Please someone tell me if I am reading this incorrectly.

ETA: Oops, slow internet.

Corey_Proud_Daddy · Jan 9, 2011

Judi said:
Really?

I am reading the manual differently. Page 11.

http://www.britaxusa.com/uploads/cms/file/Companion_P231400_R5.pdf

Please someone tell me if I am reading this incorrectly.

ETA: Oops, slow internet.

I thought it was a Graco. I am sorry. It would seem that the structural integrity would be improved by my advice... However I'm sure Britax knows better.

babyblue_sp · Jan 9, 2011

I'm really confused on that seatbelt with the Coccoro...

Judi · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
I thought it was a Graco. I am sorry. It would seem that the structural integrity would be improved by my advice... However I'm sure Britax knows better.

http://download.gracobaby.com/ProductInstructionManuals/ISPC090BB.pdf

Page 10. A,D, and E, if I am reading correctly, are in car positions.

B and C are not re-enforced for in car. They are just to catch, if the handle wasn't locked to carry.

Dillipop · Jan 9, 2011

babyblue_sp said:
I'm really confused on that seatbelt with the Coccoro...

The seatbelt routes around the back of the seat, much like a European seat. Having the seatbelt routed like that will help prevent over rotation, I think. However, the coccoro is the only convertible seat on the US market to use this configuration.

canadiangie · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
I thought it was a Graco. I am sorry. It would seem that the structural integrity would be improved by my advice... However I'm sure Britax knows better.

Even if it were a Graco, that position on a SR22 (position D/E) IS allowed. If it were a SafeSeat or Graco SR32 or 35 it would still be allowed (position D).

What you are thinking about is position C on a SR22, lowered to the back of the carrier, which is not permitted. (neither is position B)

babyblue_sp · Jan 9, 2011

Dillipop said:
The seatbelt routes around the back of the seat, much like a European seat. Having the seatbelt routed like that will help prevent over rotation, I think. However, the coccoro is the only convertible seat on the US market to use this configuration.

Thats pretty cool. (I obviously haven't been lurking for awhile!)

MissAllyLou · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
I thought it was a Graco. I am sorry. It would seem that the structural integrity would be improved by my advice... However I'm sure Britax knows better.

An easy way to tell that Dillipop's infant seat is NOT a Graco is by the anti-rebound bar up against the back of the vehicle seat. There are only two companies in the US that make infant seats with the anti-rebound bar (Britax and Compass).

Corey_Proud_Daddy · Jan 9, 2011

MissAllyLou said:
An easy way to tell that Dillipop's infant seat is NOT a Graco is by the anti-rebound bar up against the back of the vehicle seat. There are only to companies in the US that make infant seats with the anti-rebound bar (Britax and Compass).

I am completely aware of the Britax rebound, but I only glanced at he pic ... thanx for the tip none the less.

Starlight · Jan 9, 2011

Other easy ways to distinguish between Britax and Graco seats would be the different base, different handle shape, lack of large grey circle on the handle, red "buttons" - as opposed to grey ones - that move the handle between positions, the vastly different shapes of the stickers, lack of giant red handle on back of seat to remove from base - and of course, the rebound bar. Surely I'm missing some others?

Corey_Proud_Daddy · Jan 9, 2011

Starlight said:
Other easy ways to distinguish between Britax and Graco seats would be the different base, different handle shape, lack of large grey circle on the handle, red "buttons" - as opposed to grey ones - that move the handle between positions, the vastly different shapes of the stickers, lack of giant red handle on back of seat to remove from base - and of course, the rebound bar. Surely I'm missing some others?

When did this turn into a carrier identification thread?

carseatcoach · Jan 9, 2011

That the poster stated it was a Companion?

StPaulMom · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
When did this turn into a carrier identification thread?

I think it began when you identified the carrier...incorrectly.

Corey_Proud_Daddy · Jan 9, 2011

I do wonder how the handle being out in the air would not be better then it bracing the back of the carrier from the cars front seats. More energy absorbing it would seem...

MissAllyLou · Jan 9, 2011

Corey_Proud_Daddy said:
I do wonder how the handle being out in the air would not be better then it bracing the back of the carrier from the cars front seats. More energy absorbing it would seem...

Some aren't reinforced and would shatter upon any sort of impact, giving another chance for injuries that wouldn't have been there before. The idea of child safety restraints are to eliminate and prevent injuries.... so the handle positions, in my eyes, would be another piece of the prevention part.

Starlight · Jan 9, 2011

hey, isn't there a thread somewhere where the handles, their positions and the reasons for them have been discussed? maybe w/ crash test data that indicates why things are as they are?

it seems a shame to continue to derail Dilli's excellent 3 across in this way.

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