jen_salowitz
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Help me understand this safety question, please. I have a child, about 82#, who has outgrown the harness portion of the Britax Frontier. He's currently in the booster mode, but we're having another baby and re-arranging the seats a bit. Right now, his booster is top tethered as well as lower LATCH anchored so it's a rock-solid install before he climbs in and strap up with the lap/shoulder belt. Where he's moving to will have the top tether anchor, but not the lower latch. I understand that you can use *both,* but can you use just the top tether anchor then have him climb in and strap up with the seatbelt? Is that preferable to no anchor/tether points? My alternate option is to buy a Graco Turbobooster hi-back booster and put it there, but I don't really like them in comparison to the strength of the Frontier.
In this article, this quote is my concern: "In our tests of the Britax Frontier 85 toddler booster seat, installed with a lap belt and without the top tether, and tested with a harnessed 52-lb., 6-year-old hybrid III dummy, the dummy's head was at the limit for head excursion (forward movement) that would be allowed by the standard test. Additional forward head movement in a real crash can potentially expose a child's head to injury. When we tested the same seat with the top tether installed, and again with a 3-point safety belt, the head excursions were within the limits. Based on those results and recommendations from the Britax manual, we would not recommend use of the Britax Frontier 85 for older vehicles that have only a lap belt for installation and lack a top-tether anchor."
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...car-seats/higher-weight-limit-seats/index.htm
Thank you in advance!! ~Jen
In this article, this quote is my concern: "In our tests of the Britax Frontier 85 toddler booster seat, installed with a lap belt and without the top tether, and tested with a harnessed 52-lb., 6-year-old hybrid III dummy, the dummy's head was at the limit for head excursion (forward movement) that would be allowed by the standard test. Additional forward head movement in a real crash can potentially expose a child's head to injury. When we tested the same seat with the top tether installed, and again with a 3-point safety belt, the head excursions were within the limits. Based on those results and recommendations from the Britax manual, we would not recommend use of the Britax Frontier 85 for older vehicles that have only a lap belt for installation and lack a top-tether anchor."
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...car-seats/higher-weight-limit-seats/index.htm
Thank you in advance!! ~Jen