does she 5-step, and how to do 3 across?

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Maisie&BodensMommy

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #1

Am I correct in telling my sister that my niece does NOT 5 step in this picture? Niece is 8 yrs, 7 months old and "pretty tall" according to my sister. This is in the middle seat of a subaru forester that my sister is trying to get 3 across in.

Any ideas for 3 across? Kids are my niece, who is 8 1/2, and normally rides in a parkway in their minivan, a nephew who will be 7 in a month and sits in a parkway, and a nephew who is 22 months old, RF in a radian. She is wanting to switch to the subaru for the winter months, but she said she tried getting parkway, RF radian, parkway, and it didn't fit at all. The car is a 2004 or 2005 subaru forester.

 

Shaunam

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #2

No I would say the lap portion is still too high. I would try a bubble bum for the 8 year old.

 

keri1292

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #3

I would say one side of her 5 steps. The lap belt is a weird fit.

 

Phineasmama

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #4

Try the Harmony LBB from wal mart, the one that comes in pink zebra print, if that doesn't fit then I'd get a Bubble Bum.

 

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jjordan

Moderator

• Nov 18, 2012

• #5

Make sure that she knows to try lots of different seat configurations when going for 3 across. For example if PW/RN/PW did not work, did she try PW/PW/RN? Sometimes just switching the location of seats makes a big difference. Good luck to her!

 

Shaunam

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #6

Or maybe her DD will 5 step in an outboard position. That belt *is* kind of wonky. If the outboard belts are more straight across and don't slop up like that, she may actually 5 step.

 

cryswilkins

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #7

I would try her on the outside where the belt isn't so weird. The female end of the belt has a belt stalk that is miles long in the middle, which makes it fit weird.

Sent from my iPhone and probably NAK, please excuse my typos.

 

aept

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #8

Does she have an angle adjuster for the radian? Just eyeballing it, but it looks over reclined, and for a 22-month babe they might appreciate being more upright!
Agree the belt fit isn't quite right on your niece.

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Maisie&BodensMommy

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #9

Thanks all! I suggested trying the bubble bum and/or trying S in an outboard seat to see if she 5 steps there.
Hopefully one of those will work.
I do always end up having to re-install the radian RF for them. She doesn't have an angle adjuster, but she installs the seat super reclined, so I will likely be able to get it much more upright than it is in the picture.

 

Mercuria

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #10

I may be seeing things, but is that the SS on the Radian RF?

 

mlohry

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #11

Mercuria said:

I may be seeing things, but is that the SS on the Radian RF?

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I see it too.

 

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Maisie&BodensMommy

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #12

I believe it's just hanging off the rf tether, but I will check it all out when I go over this week.

 

bbartlettnfld

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #13

It doesn't look to me like the safe stop in actually in use, it looks like it is hooked on to the tether or stored UAS/Latch Anchors via the splitter plate.

 

Kac

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Nov 19, 2012

• #14

Definitely not five stepping!

That Radian looks SUPER reclined by the way.

 

Mercuria

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• Nov 19, 2012

• #15

bbartlettnfld said:

It doesn't look to me like the safe stop in actually in use, it looks like it is hooked on to the tether or stored UAS/Latch Anchors via the splitter plate.

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Thanks. I couldn't figure out where it was going, but I knew that mine gets stored under the cover (took me FOREVER to find it since the manual says to store it in a cubby). I've also never seen one installed, so I don't know what that looks like

 

Harmony96

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• Nov 20, 2012

• #16

What is five-stepping?

 

Jeanum

Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus

Staff member

• Nov 20, 2012

• #17

It's a child passenger safety checklist for determining if a child properly fits the vehicle's lap-shoulder seatbelt only without using a belt positioning booster seat: http://carseatblog.com/3966/the-5-step-test/

 

Dmcj13

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• Nov 26, 2012

• #18

I am not ok with that lap belt fit, not even close. I bet a bubble bum would work perfect, thos clips on the side pull the seat belt nice and low, but it isnt really any wider than a kids bum since there are no arm rests.