I just got my little guy a new RXT in Cobalt to replace the CCO he is going to outgrow soon (he is a giant baby). The CCO will be the seat in Nana's car since she will be part time childcare this Summer and I don't trust her at all to deal with a Radian. Anyway, the RXT came with the largest strap covers I have ever seen! They are grey with memory foam in them and go above and below the chest clip. I have had a few Radians before this one and never seen anything like these strap covers. I tried him in the seat once and I CANNOT get the harness remotely tight enough with those beastly covers on. What do I do with them? Is there a trick or strategy to use to get the harness tight? Can I get the regular strap covers?
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Holy humungous strap covers Batman!
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Genevieve
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I talked to Allana about this and they were designed help and/or reduce head excursion. If I'm remembering right, they took them off the US models because they were so unpopular and were still able to pass testing without, but had to keep them on in Canada to pass the transport Canada testing.
canadiangie
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And in Canada they are optional for rear facing, and mandatory for forward facing.
tiggercat
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My kid just unvelcroed the strap covers and took them off. Voila 3 inches of slack!
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Jessica61624
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Are you in Canada?
aept
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Diono will send you the smaller covers if you request them. I have extra "old" covers from our crashed seat so I didn't actually have them send the old covers, but they offered to do so when I called about asking if the big ones were required now. (They are not in the US.)
It took me a while to get used to them but I think I like them ok now. Although I know what you mean about making it hard to tighten the harness!
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It took me a while to get used to them but I think I like them ok now. Although I know what you mean about making it hard to tighten the harness!
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Nope, in Seattle. So are they optional or required in the US (for RF and FF)?
tiggercat
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I would contact Diono in case they've changed their minds, but my understanding is that the big strap covers are always optional in the USA.
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