Prosport VS Frontier with harness length and height?(kind of urgent)

menfusse

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I have a friend whose little boy is under going treatment for a rare immune condition. He has to take very very high dose steroids. He also has mito and low muscle tone and requires a harness for support. He's teetering between 65-70 lbs because of the steroids and fluids and he is very swollen through his torso, arms and face mainly. He's on the lower end of average height for a 5 year old. He may be getting to go home in the next couple of weeks and mom needs a seat.

She's looking at the Frontier or the Prosport because of the higher weights on the harnesses, but wants to know which would give her plenty of harness length for his weight. He still fits in a nauti by height very easily if that helps. But you have to take into consideration how much room his weight will now take up in the harness.
 
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christineka

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I read that the prosport has a longer harness now than it used to have. Not sure how much longer. The original harness was short. The frontier has a good sized harness. My ds is on the top position and has plenty of spare harness. The frontier also has to be reclined in harness mode. My older kids complained about poor head support in the prosport. (Their heads were leaning back.)
 

Pixels

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The Frontier's harness slots are a good two inches higher than the ProSport's. I *think* I remember some people saying the harness seemed a bit short on the PS, but I'm not positive. The PS is also somewhat narrow inside, so if he's very short and wide (as he is likely to be with the swelling) he may be snug, which may be a good thing if it's just snug (supportive) but not so good if he can't squeeze in. Can mom get a hold of the seats to try? I realize he is in the hospital currently, but if she can buy them, bring them to his room and try him, then return if it doesn't work, that might be best.

Don't forget the ProSport must NOT be tethered at that weight.
 

Carrie_R

Ambassador - CPS Technician
The side walls of the ProSport would be excellent for support. Unlike Christine's kids, the couple who rode in my ProSport had no problem sleeping in it, so it may be YMMV/vehicle specific.

I definitely recall the harness being on the shorter side, but I don't know how much longer the new "longer" harness is. I never had a problem with it, but the child in my seat was on second-to-top harness slots and about 46-47lbs so that's not going to be a good gauge. Because he's shorter, he will get "back" some of the harness height that would otherwise be used for the height, kwim?

The Frontier I think is a safe choice, it should fit him without a problem. If she can't try them out, I think I would go with the Frontier, but if she CAN, I would try the ProSport just for the support factor. Also, whether or not she has tether anchors would be a major deciding factor for me -- no TA = ProSport, TA = Frontier.

I have my ProSport in the living room, I will adjust it to the second-to-top harness height (probably where a lower end of average 5yo would be) and pull the harness out to its full length and reply with a pic in a few.
 

menfusse

New member
She won't be able to try either out before hand and I relayed all the info and she ultimately just decided to go with the Britax. It's the safe bet not being able to try them out. Thanks guys :).
 

Pixels

New member
Oh, the Frontier 85 requires the tether at that weight. The Frontier SICT does not require the tether. She should consider that, along with her vehicle's tether anchor weight limits, when deciding which one.
 

menfusse

New member
She has tether access so that won't be a problem, but I'll have her check the weight limits. I'm not sure if she could get her hands on a regent or not, especially being confined to the hospital so much. They live in a pretty rural area of NC, and are currently an UNC hospital.

Anything else I should suggest?
 

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