snowbird25ca
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Notice the funny shape at the front of it? Those, my fellow carseat geeks, techs, and parents who are reading this, are plastic pieces that are screwed on to the original shell of the Titan. They raise the front of the shell by about 3.5 to 4" (best guess since I didn't measure,) and are really cheap looking the way they're attached.
They're a solid plastic - probably more solid than the rest of the shell. And it gives the seat kind of a futuristic looking shape... but it's quite obviously an addition to the seat and not a change in the mold.
The side of the seat very clearly says that line "MUST" be level with ground when rf'ing. And must is actually capitalized like that despite the rest of the text being normal. So absolutely that line has to be level to the ground no matter what. Now that we're seeing seats which have to pass what amounts to a rebound standard, it is going to matter whether the seat starts out more upright or more reclined and the "standard" advice that more upright with an older age is fine, is something that we can't blanketly give out unless a manufacturer is specifically stating it.
The titan still has a 30lb rf'ing limit, but I don't know what the limit is on the Titan in the US - it's possible it's only 30lbs down there? I'm still holding out hope for an EFTA with a 35 or 40lb rf'ing limit...
On the bright side - the expanding numbers of compliant seats with it only being September are very encouraging.
Notice the funny shape at the front of it? Those, my fellow carseat geeks, techs, and parents who are reading this, are plastic pieces that are screwed on to the original shell of the Titan. They raise the front of the shell by about 3.5 to 4" (best guess since I didn't measure,) and are really cheap looking the way they're attached.
They're a solid plastic - probably more solid than the rest of the shell. And it gives the seat kind of a futuristic looking shape... but it's quite obviously an addition to the seat and not a change in the mold.
The side of the seat very clearly says that line "MUST" be level with ground when rf'ing. And must is actually capitalized like that despite the rest of the text being normal. So absolutely that line has to be level to the ground no matter what. Now that we're seeing seats which have to pass what amounts to a rebound standard, it is going to matter whether the seat starts out more upright or more reclined and the "standard" advice that more upright with an older age is fine, is something that we can't blanketly give out unless a manufacturer is specifically stating it.
The titan still has a 30lb rf'ing limit, but I don't know what the limit is on the Titan in the US - it's possible it's only 30lbs down there? I'm still holding out hope for an EFTA with a 35 or 40lb rf'ing limit...
On the bright side - the expanding numbers of compliant seats with it only being September are very encouraging.