LuckyFins3Lil'Fish
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My friend messaged me through FB saying this,
"why is it that once the seat is installed that the straps tighten "unevenly" once the child is seated in the carseat (I have this issue with my Marathon and Radian that my dd (3) rides in AND with my Regent and Nautilus that my ds (6 1/2) rides in--and related to that, why are they SO HARD to tighten properly in the car? I am constantly having to make my child get out of the seat, slightly adjust, put them in, take them out, adjust some more, etc... Once they are adjusted, I don't touch them, but if my husband or sitter drive them, they loosen the straps to take the kids out of their seats and then it starts all over again... what is causing this and can I do anything about it?"
I told her,
"Some seats have a continuous harness, meaning that the harness is just one big strap so it goes under the seat itself. Sometimes this causes the strap to get caught on one side or the other causing the issue you describe. On seats like the Nautilus where it's not a continuous strap sometimes it's the splitter plate (the piece the straps connect to on the back when you adjust harness position height) that is getting caught on something. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. I'll hop on to cs.o & ask there too."
So ol' wise ones, what else could be the issue? She never mentioned this the last time I helped her with her seats otherwise I would've checked things to help find the issue.
TIA.
"why is it that once the seat is installed that the straps tighten "unevenly" once the child is seated in the carseat (I have this issue with my Marathon and Radian that my dd (3) rides in AND with my Regent and Nautilus that my ds (6 1/2) rides in--and related to that, why are they SO HARD to tighten properly in the car? I am constantly having to make my child get out of the seat, slightly adjust, put them in, take them out, adjust some more, etc... Once they are adjusted, I don't touch them, but if my husband or sitter drive them, they loosen the straps to take the kids out of their seats and then it starts all over again... what is causing this and can I do anything about it?"
I told her,
"Some seats have a continuous harness, meaning that the harness is just one big strap so it goes under the seat itself. Sometimes this causes the strap to get caught on one side or the other causing the issue you describe. On seats like the Nautilus where it's not a continuous strap sometimes it's the splitter plate (the piece the straps connect to on the back when you adjust harness position height) that is getting caught on something. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. I'll hop on to cs.o & ask there too."
So ol' wise ones, what else could be the issue? She never mentioned this the last time I helped her with her seats otherwise I would've checked things to help find the issue.
TIA.