mlohry
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I am making myself nuts trying to find a booster to fit our needs, it's not working!
I need a tall booster that will allow my 8 year old to be in a HB booster for a good amount of years. He will use it in the summer in our classic car, need great SIP and head support. I also wouldn't mind my middle DS using the same seat on a regular basis in our van, but we only have latch in the middle of our back row, where MDS sits, so it needs to be narrow to allow us to still fold down 40 split seat that we frequently use.
Seats I am looking at pros and cons:
PKWY SGL: like that it has latch! The SG strap would make our 86Y harness a 5 pt harness in our classic car, and it's nice and tall. Bad- the belt guide is not great for our belt system in our van. This seat does not work on the sides of our vehicle, belt will not retract, works OK in the middle row where latch is.
Monterey: like that it's nice and tall, has latch, looks comfy. Cons- frequent people saying that the wings do not stay together and our boys are skinny and would need the wings in. Also really concerned about recent issues with SKJP customer service issues if I do have a problem with the seat.
Probooster: good SIP. Cons: no latch, not as tall, tipping issues, probably would be ok with our classic car, bench seats, but tippy in our 3rd row van. Really wish it had latch, would probably solve the tippy issues.
Why, why, why is there not a perfect booster? Why can't Graco make a higher booster with latch???? That booster fits my boys so well.
Anyone know if there are any improvements coming to issues with the boosters I listed or something else coming out that would better fit my needs? I could maybe stall off until next Summer if I really had to and I knew something else was coming out to fit more of our needs.
I need a tall booster that will allow my 8 year old to be in a HB booster for a good amount of years. He will use it in the summer in our classic car, need great SIP and head support. I also wouldn't mind my middle DS using the same seat on a regular basis in our van, but we only have latch in the middle of our back row, where MDS sits, so it needs to be narrow to allow us to still fold down 40 split seat that we frequently use.
Seats I am looking at pros and cons:
PKWY SGL: like that it has latch! The SG strap would make our 86Y harness a 5 pt harness in our classic car, and it's nice and tall. Bad- the belt guide is not great for our belt system in our van. This seat does not work on the sides of our vehicle, belt will not retract, works OK in the middle row where latch is.
Monterey: like that it's nice and tall, has latch, looks comfy. Cons- frequent people saying that the wings do not stay together and our boys are skinny and would need the wings in. Also really concerned about recent issues with SKJP customer service issues if I do have a problem with the seat.
Probooster: good SIP. Cons: no latch, not as tall, tipping issues, probably would be ok with our classic car, bench seats, but tippy in our 3rd row van. Really wish it had latch, would probably solve the tippy issues.
Why, why, why is there not a perfect booster? Why can't Graco make a higher booster with latch???? That booster fits my boys so well.
Anyone know if there are any improvements coming to issues with the boosters I listed or something else coming out that would better fit my needs? I could maybe stall off until next Summer if I really had to and I knew something else was coming out to fit more of our needs.