snowbird25ca
Moderator - CPST Instructor
The very first seat I checked today - well, jointly because I shadowed the first check - was a marathon. The tech I was shadowing was very leary of marathon's. Actually told me that she wasn't comfortable with them and hated the whole rf'ing tether thing. She then tried to say the seat couldn't be installed with LATCH because the seat was sitting on top of the connectors. Of course moving the seat back fixed that problem, the seat ended up more upright, so I showed mom how to rf tether and we tethered it to get the correct angle for the way home. The tech I was working with took great care to emphasize to mom that she'd probably prefer a pool noodle.
So, anyone have any idea why some techs are just put-off with the Marathon? Just that they're not familiar with it? Rf tethering being a fairly recent change compared to ffing tethers that have been mandatory for so long here in Canada?
Also, anyone know if at anytime Britax ever required that the rf tether be used? I've never heard that, but the other tech was under the impression that it used to be mandatory, then Britax changed it to make it optional. This & her die hard belief that rf'ing seats MUST rebound is what her problems with the MA were.
She was unaware of the Radian and that it allowed rf tethering too..lol. She was saying to me Britax are the only seats allowing it, and I had to tell her about the Radian - which she'd never heard of, even though we have a recall on it here in Canada.
Anyways, anyone have any insight? Is the hesitation with britax seats common among a lot of techs? I know too many think the Regent is a waste of money and kids should just be in boosters, but what about the other Britax seats?
So, anyone have any idea why some techs are just put-off with the Marathon? Just that they're not familiar with it? Rf tethering being a fairly recent change compared to ffing tethers that have been mandatory for so long here in Canada?
Also, anyone know if at anytime Britax ever required that the rf tether be used? I've never heard that, but the other tech was under the impression that it used to be mandatory, then Britax changed it to make it optional. This & her die hard belief that rf'ing seats MUST rebound is what her problems with the MA were.
She was unaware of the Radian and that it allowed rf tethering too..lol. She was saying to me Britax are the only seats allowing it, and I had to tell her about the Radian - which she'd never heard of, even though we have a recall on it here in Canada.
Anyways, anyone have any insight? Is the hesitation with britax seats common among a lot of techs? I know too many think the Regent is a waste of money and kids should just be in boosters, but what about the other Britax seats?