Britax Frontier 85 questions

Does anyone know if three Frontiers will fit across on the second row of an SUV? What about one Frontier and two Marathon 65s? Also, does the Frontier require it to be tethered when installed in harness mode with a seatbelt? Thanks!

Questions 1 and 2, I don't know. The Frontier does not require the tether if the child is under 65 pounds. Above 65 pounds, the tether is required.

I think it would depend on the SUV, but I highly doubt that you could get 3 across in most SUVs.

Thanks for the info on the tether. I have a 06 Land Rover LR3. I currently have two marathons and one roundabout on the second row. I just didn't know if the frontier would puzzle in the middle between two Marathons, although I would prefer to replace the marathons and roundabouts with frontiers.

Yeah, the Frontier is pretty wide, and though I haven't tried it to know for sure, my guess is the arm rests are just too high for it to puzzle well with a Marathon.

All answers here:

http://carseatblog.com/5751/britax-frontier-85-review-its-all-new-is-it-for-you/

Really good and COMPLETE review. Read it last week. Looking for a combo myself, and if I recall correctly, they say 3 fit accross.

Unregistered said:

All answers here:

http://carseatblog.com/5751/britax-frontier-85-review-its-all-new-is-it-for-you/

Really good and COMPLETE review. Read it last week. Looking for a combo myself, and if I recall correctly, they say 3 fit accross.

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Yeah, the founder of our board wrote that. He specifically says:

The width may be an issue for fitting three child seats across one row of seating, so you would have to choose the other restraints carefully

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I doubt they'd fit across a Land Rover three across, or with a big Britax in the mix.

How old and heavy are the kids?

Wendy

I just got back from BRU and the Frontier did not install tight enough by itself in my LR3. This car is PAIN fit a seat if it's not high on a base like the older Britax. So I'm back to Radian's. We have two of them - 80 SL. I just got off the phone with Russ at SKLP. It sounds like the clearance area around the latch bars is not enough in the car but seatbelt install still a problem. He suggested trying with locking clip. I've taken the car and seats to a senior tech and she could not get them tight but she didn't try the locking clip either. She works at a store that sells seats so I think she may have just wanted to sell me more seats! So we will try the locking clip this afternoon.

Here's the stats: #1 is 4.5 yr, 41.5-42 inches, maybe 39-40 lbs. #2 is 26 months, 37.5 inches (outgrowing the roundabouts, long torso), 28 lbs. #3 is 26 months, 37 inches (long torso), 28.5 lbs. #2 and #3 are twins.

I do not want to put #1 in a booster. He is not ready and prefers a harness after sitting in a booster at the store.

So I'm down to 3 Radians across if we can get them installed correctly once #4 outgrows the Marathon or #2 and #3 outgrow the Roundabout. #1 is not happy in the Marathon and rides in a Radian 80sl in all other cars.

Any help in the Radian install?

Did you try the Frontier with the long belt path?

Wendy

I'm pretty sure I tried only the short path. I was at BRU with the two year olds sitting a stroller in the parking lot, cold, windy, etc. We were able to get a better install on the Radian using the locking clip but it was more difficult! We will try the long path on the Frontier and the Prosport maybe next weekend when kids go to Grandma's and we have time to play. I'm still thinking about getting two more radian's even though they don't convert to a booster since the combo seats are so wide.