NicoleCPST
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What is the smallest/ youngest you would use and RSTV? Question is for a friend, they are going on a plane trip and then renting a car to drive an hour or do to visit family.
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Brigala
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If I remember correctly, the manufacturer's minimum age is 3.
If the child fit the vest properly, I probably would be willing to use it for a 3 year old with the top tether for trips if for some reason my 3 year old was not going to be rear-facing anyway.
It comes with a nice head cushion thing to help with resting in the car. I'd definitely bring that along.
If the child fit the vest properly, I probably would be willing to use it for a 3 year old with the top tether for trips if for some reason my 3 year old was not going to be rear-facing anyway.
It comes with a nice head cushion thing to help with resting in the car. I'd definitely bring that along.
The old-style vest has no age minimum, but doesn't tend to fit until close to 40 lbs. I would (and have) put a close-to-40-lbs. 2 year old in it (for very limited use, not every day.) But then, it has a lockoff in the shoulder; the new-style doesn't, though I hear the wiggling ability is not as bad with the tether... Basically, I'd use it for a kid who has outgrown RF or is old enough that I'm ok with part-time FF, as long as it secured them enough that they couldn't wiggle, and it's a good fit.
macmomma
New member
I gotta follow this thread
Oh my- 40lbs minimum???
We are going to Europe next yr for my moms 70th birthday... I was hoping to purchase 2 small vests (can they be used on airplanes too?) for traveling. I real can't/ don't want to take car seats since I will be flying alone and also have to take the train from Frankfurt to my mom's house. Two kids, luggage and car seats- no way
Oh my- 40lbs minimum???
We are going to Europe next yr for my moms 70th birthday... I was hoping to purchase 2 small vests (can they be used on airplanes too?) for traveling. I real can't/ don't want to take car seats since I will be flying alone and also have to take the train from Frankfurt to my mom's house. Two kids, luggage and car seats- no way
InternationalMama
New member
I gotta follow this thread
Oh my- 40lbs minimum???
We are going to Europe next yr for my moms 70th birthday... I was hoping to purchase 2 small vests (can they be used on airplanes too?) for traveling. I real can't/ don't want to take car seats since I will be flying alone and also have to take the train from Frankfurt to my mom's house. Two kids, luggage and car seats- no way
The new vests have a 30 lbs minimum and fit smaller kids better than the old vests, but they also have the 3 year age limit, which the old one didn't have.
They can't be used on the plane. You could consider a CARES harness for the plane, but I think the official stated height limit on that is 40 inches. So they may not overlap much in the size of child they work for.
ETA: But remember in Germany the car isn't going to have a top tether. (Not sure why that is desired, but since two posters above mentioned they would want it I thought I would point that out.)
The actual, technical minimum on the older vests is 35 lbs. and one year. It's just that most kids, depending on shape, won't actually fit properly until between 37 and 40 lbs.
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