Question Is Diono still having issues with faulty Superlatch?

Unregistered · Mar 3, 2014

I am looking for a convertible seat for my tiny 4th percentile for height, 19th percentile by weight 9 mo old. She is in a Keyfit now, and it is getting to be annoying, because I always leave the seat in the car. She obviously doesn't need the height in a Radian, but I am short as well, and I need something with a low profile for easier loading into my 2005 Acura MDX. I also love the ratcheting harness of the Radians. Any other suggestions? I am also looking at the Graco Contender and MySize clones, but they seem to be on a little higher base than the Radian. Still, LATCH issues would be a deal-breaker for me.

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1mommy · Mar 3, 2014

Hmm there is the Guide 65, but the headrest can bother some children, and it can need a pool noodle for instillation at right rf level, but overall I found it a pretty decent budget erf seat.

No personal experience with either the Radian or the Graco clones, sorry. But new LATCH rules are saying a maximum of 65 pounds weight of seat plus child for the lower anchors, so Superlatch has become kinda obsolete.

Unregistered · Mar 3, 2014

I guess this is what I was referring to. I know there are new LATCH limits, but I was hoping to be able to use latch at least for rear-facing. Apparently this is the reason they switched their name from Sunshine Kids? The LATCH just comes undone with very little force.

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=176013

thepote · Mar 3, 2014

They changed the design of the latch belt. Also, they changed their name because they were expanding internationally and Sunshine Kids didn't translate well. Diono is a made up word that can be consistent among languages.

Pixels · Mar 3, 2014

It has nothing to do with the name change.

They made a change in the strap. A few people still claimed to have a problem right when the change first happened, and then all the complaints vanished.

If it slips in your vehicle, you'll know. It just won't hold tight.

Unregistered · Mar 3, 2014

Yeah! I think I've found my seat. I'll tough it out with the Keyfit a little longer, so I can safely use an angle adjuster after she is one year.

Nedra · Mar 3, 2014

Unregistered said:
Yeah! I think I've found my seat. I'll tough it out with the Keyfit a little longer, so I can safely use an angle adjuster after she is one year.

I saw on a thread here recently that diono now allows the angle adjuster as soon as the baby can sit up -- even if they aren't a year old? Hopefully a tech can confirm if that's true.

YinzerMama · Mar 4, 2014

I have had no issues with mine loosening. It seems that that particular issue has been fixed - although when I first got the seat I thought I was having that problem. I have used it in a captain's chair in an odyssey and when I first installed it it seemed I could loosen it by wiggling it back and forth hard but then I learned a trick to installing it is to recline the seat back all the way, install, and return seat back (captain's chair) to normal position, and that made it completely solid.

I have read it is OK to make the parental choice to use the AA a little younger, but have also read not all reps will say the same thing if you call. They are releasing new seats in a few months so you might want to wait on a new seat anyway just for that reason - they will have deeper sides but the base part will be the same, so still low and not much sides in the leg area.

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