Nedra
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My father-in-law has been resistant to our instructions that our daughter's car seat should be installed more tightly. When I install it in their vehicle, there is no movement, and I am certain that my father-in-law is capable of the same. When we had the car seat checked by a tech, she raved about how good of an install we had and my FIL never questioned that tighter is better. Recently, when my husband has talked to him about needing to get the seat a bit tighter, though, he has claimed that it is "all over the manual" that you shouldn't tighten the car seat too much and that there should be some movement.
I don't have the manual for the roundabout g4, but I found the manual for the roundabout 55 and couldn't find anything in it about there being a danger to a tight latch install.
Does anyone know if there is truth to what he is saying? If not, do you know what in the manual is confusing him? I already had to talk him down from FF-ing her because of that dang "only use in the rear-facing position with infants under 20 lbs..." Wording. He was convinced that she wasn't safe RF anymore and I had to talk him through the manual and point out to him that it says 5-40 lbs elsewhere.
I really want to get them a clicktight convertible to make it super easy on them, but they are resistant to change. Argh. For the time being, I'd appreciate any advice anyone can offer to help on the "overtightening" thing. FYI, I am not a bodybuilder or anything -- I never win arm wrestling matches or anything....we're not talking about an obscene amount of force, just enough to get a rock-solid install and no movement. I do "pull from the inside" if that makes sense, and my FIL is extremely resistant to that trick because it's not in the manual and wasn't used by the tech at our lesson.
I don't have the manual for the roundabout g4, but I found the manual for the roundabout 55 and couldn't find anything in it about there being a danger to a tight latch install.
Does anyone know if there is truth to what he is saying? If not, do you know what in the manual is confusing him? I already had to talk him down from FF-ing her because of that dang "only use in the rear-facing position with infants under 20 lbs..." Wording. He was convinced that she wasn't safe RF anymore and I had to talk him through the manual and point out to him that it says 5-40 lbs elsewhere.
I really want to get them a clicktight convertible to make it super easy on them, but they are resistant to change. Argh. For the time being, I'd appreciate any advice anyone can offer to help on the "overtightening" thing. FYI, I am not a bodybuilder or anything -- I never win arm wrestling matches or anything....we're not talking about an obscene amount of force, just enough to get a rock-solid install and no movement. I do "pull from the inside" if that makes sense, and my FIL is extremely resistant to that trick because it's not in the manual and wasn't used by the tech at our lesson.