My new seats

lpperry · Dec 10, 2012

I finally decided on RXT in Spring and Daytona. I love them!

I have the crotch strap in the furthest out position. Should I move the crotch strap closer for Oliver?

EmmaCPST · Dec 10, 2012

So pretty!!! What vehicle is that? Holy room between the seats!

And yeah I would move it inward one slot for Oliver, especially since those harness slots look right at his shoulders, if he slouches into that buckle they're going to be too high on him.

jacqui276 · Dec 10, 2012

Love the new seats!

I was going to comment on the room back there too! That is awesome!

lpperry · Dec 10, 2012

It is a 2012 Odyssey. There is tons of room!

EmmaCPST · Dec 10, 2012

lpperry said:
It is a 2012 Odyssey. There is tons of room!

That's awesome! How's the 8th seat for installation, pretty easy?

tinytreasures · Dec 10, 2012

EmmaCPST said:
That's awesome! How's the 8th seat for installation, pretty easy?

:yeahthatlove:
trying to decide what seat to move baby into. Love your cco which is on my short list.

Phineasmama · Dec 10, 2012

Do you have a kid riding in the CCO in the middle all the time? Isn't it hard to get them in and out of the seat?? I always wanted to put the CCO in the middle of my CRV but couldn't imagine hauling the baby in and out of the middle!

Irishmama · Dec 11, 2012

Wow! And when did your kiddos get so big?!? They're adorable, BTW.

lpperry · Dec 11, 2012

EmmaCPST said:
That's awesome! How's the 8th seat for installation, pretty easy?

The 8th seat has been great for carseats! I had a rf Evenflo Triumph Advance and a MyRide there. They were super easy to install. The CCO is ok to install, but I had to use a noodle. The CCO goes in super easy outboard. The Radian installed well rf with AA.

lpperry · Dec 11, 2012

Phineasmama said:
Do you have a kid riding in the CCO in the middle all the time? Isn't it hard to get them in and out of the seat?? I always wanted to put the CCO in the middle of my CRV but couldn't imagine hauling the baby in and out of the middle!

I used to have the Radian and CCO outboard and a MyRide center. The Myride center was nice because it was higher up. Claudia rode in that. I had to lift her over sometimes because if she climbed over the CCO, it would mess up the install.

I recently decided to put the baby in the middle because the 3 and 2 year old keep bugging each other. It hasn't been too bad with the baby in the middle. I am short and I just step up into the van, lean over a radian, and put the baby in and buckle.

cats2 · Dec 11, 2012

lpperry said:
I finally decided on RXT in Spring and Daytona. I love them!

I have the crotch strap in the furthest out position. Should I move the crotch strap closer for Oliver?

Just a question...how much does he weigh? Diono's manual specifically states that the crotch strap needs to be on the outer most setting if the child weighs more than 30 lbs. http://us.diono.com/docs/manuals/Diono_US_RadianRXT_Manual_US_Eng_122811_web.pdf page 37 of the manual.

lpperry · Dec 13, 2012

cats2 said:
Just a question...how much does he weigh? Diono's manual specifically states that the crotch strap needs to be on the outer most setting if the child weighs more than 30 lbs. http://us.diono.com/docs/manuals/Diono_US_RadianRXT_Manual_US_Eng_122811_web.pdf page 37 of the manual.

Thank you! I don't know how I missed that. Oops. He is 35 pounds.

Pixels · Dec 13, 2012

Here is what I was told when I contacted Diono:

Hello:

Thank you for your email. For a proper installation, always follow the picture for proper position. For a rear facing installation it really doesn't matter. For forward facing, the positioning does. The weight is general suggestion but I would follow the pictures in the manual on how the center buckle should be.

Thank you-

To clarify, the text of the manual is incorrect? It is very clear that the outer slot must be used for all children over 30 pounds, but you are saying I should disregard that and instead that strap position doesn't matter for rear facing, and must be at or under the child for forward facing.

Thank you for the follow-up question.

Per our engineers, the manual is correctly written and meant for the forward facing position. Albeit, not very clear, it is okay to use the buckle slot that best fits your child in the rear facing mode. As you can see from the pictures, the Radian is in the forward facing position on page 37. Buckle position is important in a forward facing position due to forward pelvic movement of a child in a frontal crash. During rear facing crash test, there is no safety concern because of the way a child moves during a frontal crash. It is much different than forward facing. If you need further explanation, our CPS Advocate is more than happy to speak with you. She can be reached at 1-855-463-4666 ext 252.

Thank you-

Take from that what you will. I encourage you to contact them yourself to see what they say.

Cryssy Jane · Dec 13, 2012

Pixels said:
Here is what I was told when I contacted Diono:

Take from that what you will. I encourage you to contact them yourself to see what they say.

I have gotten similar response when I've contacted them as well.

Kac · Dec 14, 2012

Cute kiddos!

Daytona is such a nice looking cover!

lpperry · Dec 17, 2012

Pixels said:
Here is what I was told when I contacted Diono:

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Thanks for that information!

tmahanes · Dec 17, 2012

Cryssy Jane said:
I have gotten similar response when I've contacted them as well.

I called today and was told the over thirty was for forward facing and I could use any position for rear facing.

Pixels · Dec 17, 2012

tmahanes said:
I called today and was told the over thirty was for forward facing and I could use any position for rear facing.

Which is basically opposite of what I was told. :/

Mercuria · Dec 17, 2012

Pixels said:
Which is basically opposite of what I was told. :/

Not really. They said pretty much the same thing, while saying that there's nothing wrong with the manual. They just said that the manual was correct, but is talking about FF only. Obfuscating the answer with CYA-ness.

IIRC, the manual actually says that the crotch strap should not angle sharply back while RFing, and coming from slightly under the child is okay.

Pixels · Dec 19, 2012

Mercuria said:
Not really. They said pretty much the same thing, while saying that there's nothing wrong with the manual. They just said that the manual was correct, but is talking about FF only. Obfuscating the answer with CYA-ness.

IIRC, the manual actually says that the crotch strap should not angle sharply back while RFing, and coming from slightly under the child is okay.

No, they told me to go by the diagrams only, ignoring the 30 pound rule. They told you to go by the 30 pound rule, ignoring the diagrams.

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