zactayaus
Well-known member
I really do like this seat but I hate, hate, hate buckling ds into it. He uses this seat RF'ing in the center of dh's 2006 Chevy Silverado (crew cab). He only rides in it 2-3 times a week.
Let me see if I can explain the problem. Not only is it hard to get him up and over the side of this seat, I can barely get the crotch buckle done up because of ds's huge thighs and apparently long legs. His knees are so bent up that it makes his thighs up even higher to get the hip straps up and over them to buckle. Even if I try and straighten his legs up, which puts his feet way up high on the back of the vehicle seat (I know that's really not an issue) his thighs are up so high. Do you know what I mean? In his MA65 I'm able to throw his feet over the sides of the bottom of the seat so his thighs lay flat and there's no problem buckling. Does that even make sense? It's so hard to explain.
I don't know if I should keep it for when he's FF'ing or just sell it now. He only has about 2 inches of growth left to RF in this seat and his shoulders are just over the 2nd to the top slots. If he were FF in it now he'd need the straps on the top slots already. So I'm afraid that by the time we're ready to use it FF'ing he'll have already outgrown it. Ugh.
Let me see if I can explain the problem. Not only is it hard to get him up and over the side of this seat, I can barely get the crotch buckle done up because of ds's huge thighs and apparently long legs. His knees are so bent up that it makes his thighs up even higher to get the hip straps up and over them to buckle. Even if I try and straighten his legs up, which puts his feet way up high on the back of the vehicle seat (I know that's really not an issue) his thighs are up so high. Do you know what I mean? In his MA65 I'm able to throw his feet over the sides of the bottom of the seat so his thighs lay flat and there's no problem buckling. Does that even make sense? It's so hard to explain.
I don't know if I should keep it for when he's FF'ing or just sell it now. He only has about 2 inches of growth left to RF in this seat and his shoulders are just over the 2nd to the top slots. If he were FF in it now he'd need the straps on the top slots already. So I'm afraid that by the time we're ready to use it FF'ing he'll have already outgrown it. Ugh.