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I'm looking for any advice from anyone with experience on the subject.
Question: Which is safer (if either) and which is easier for a booster seat in a late model Toyota, to lock the seat belt or to use a locking clip?
Background Details of Questions: The two different toddler/ boosters we have come with optional locking clips to use with seat belts that allow you to move the belt some when the seat belt is buckled. Both of our Toyota's (Camry and Sienna) allow the seat belt to loosen unless you pull the shoulder belt ALL THE WAY out, until you reach the very end of it, and then let it retract (with a clicking noise as it retracts locked). If you do that, then it locks and will not allow any slack to loosen unless you push the button to release the belt. That is how we do it when using the seat belt to secure the toddler seat, and use the toddler seat's harness for the child. However, when we start using the child restraint as a booster seat, and have to use the vehicle's seat belts to restrain the child, I'm not sure if it will be better to pull the seat belt all the way out and retract it every time or to just use a locking clip. I've never used the locking clip and haven't tested it out yet. I was hoping someone might have already figured out which is safest and easiest and could share their experience with me to save me the time of testing it out myself and the potential of choosing the easier, but less safe option (if that is possible in this situation).
Thanks for any time or help you can give me.
Question: Which is safer (if either) and which is easier for a booster seat in a late model Toyota, to lock the seat belt or to use a locking clip?
Background Details of Questions: The two different toddler/ boosters we have come with optional locking clips to use with seat belts that allow you to move the belt some when the seat belt is buckled. Both of our Toyota's (Camry and Sienna) allow the seat belt to loosen unless you pull the shoulder belt ALL THE WAY out, until you reach the very end of it, and then let it retract (with a clicking noise as it retracts locked). If you do that, then it locks and will not allow any slack to loosen unless you push the button to release the belt. That is how we do it when using the seat belt to secure the toddler seat, and use the toddler seat's harness for the child. However, when we start using the child restraint as a booster seat, and have to use the vehicle's seat belts to restrain the child, I'm not sure if it will be better to pull the seat belt all the way out and retract it every time or to just use a locking clip. I've never used the locking clip and haven't tested it out yet. I was hoping someone might have already figured out which is safest and easiest and could share their experience with me to save me the time of testing it out myself and the potential of choosing the easier, but less safe option (if that is possible in this situation).
Thanks for any time or help you can give me.