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Here's my previous post. In short the situation is like this: DD is 5. I have a MaxiCosi RodiFix, which seems to provide good lap belt fit but is not as supportive when DD falls asleep, she does stay upright but leans to one side away from the seatbelt leaving it far out on her shoulder, I think it's simply because the RodiFix is so wide. Also I have a BeSafe iziUp Fix which works nicely in all ways except positioning the lap belt, it sits quite high imo.
I tried about bazillion different boosters in my car yesterday. About each and every one has some kind of issue fitting, either impossible to buckle or a huge gap behind the back because of Volvo's non-removable forward leaning headrests. The Recaro Milano [similar to Vivo] which I hear works in some Volvos didn't fit at all, the side of it was so close to the buckle that I couldn't get it to click in, certainly not in a way I'd be happy to repeat every day.
Cybex Solution X2Fix seemed to kinda work, not too huge gap behind the back, side wings move up with the headrest so it might be more supportive than the RodiFix, actually possible to buckle. It was certainly not as easy to buckle as the armrest-less RodiFix or iziUp, but doable; it has rigid isofix anchors and I actually pulled it away from the buckle the few milimeters anchors allow it. Here's what I'm unsure about: when buckled the top part of the buckle tongue was kinda pushing against the side of the Solution X2Fix. Is that a problem, aside from making buckling up harder? The side of the Solution X2Fix is rounded and it was only the top of the buckle tongue thouching, the rest was not.
Here are some pictures:
lap belt fit in the RodiFix:
overall fit in the iziUp; lap belt is high, right?:
bonus: DD in the Britax-Romer KidFix XP, once isofix-ed in it's almost free-standing, touching the backrest of the seat only on it's lower part; huge gap behind it's top part:
position of the buckle with the Cybex Solution X2Fix [also view from the top: http://www.car-seat.org/picture.php?albumid=286&pictureid=2262]:
same thing with the Britax KidFix SL [different shell than that of the FidFix XP]:
My options right now are:
(a) The fit with the iziUp is not that bad actually. Keep using it.
(b) DD will learn to stay upright in the RodiFix. Keep using that one.
(c) The Cybex Solution X2Fix fits fine, it's worth a try.
What do I do? And I thought boosters were going to be easy.
P.s. what do I do to make pictures appear as nice small clickable thumbnails?
I tried about bazillion different boosters in my car yesterday. About each and every one has some kind of issue fitting, either impossible to buckle or a huge gap behind the back because of Volvo's non-removable forward leaning headrests. The Recaro Milano [similar to Vivo] which I hear works in some Volvos didn't fit at all, the side of it was so close to the buckle that I couldn't get it to click in, certainly not in a way I'd be happy to repeat every day.
Cybex Solution X2Fix seemed to kinda work, not too huge gap behind the back, side wings move up with the headrest so it might be more supportive than the RodiFix, actually possible to buckle. It was certainly not as easy to buckle as the armrest-less RodiFix or iziUp, but doable; it has rigid isofix anchors and I actually pulled it away from the buckle the few milimeters anchors allow it. Here's what I'm unsure about: when buckled the top part of the buckle tongue was kinda pushing against the side of the Solution X2Fix. Is that a problem, aside from making buckling up harder? The side of the Solution X2Fix is rounded and it was only the top of the buckle tongue thouching, the rest was not.
Here are some pictures:
lap belt fit in the RodiFix:
overall fit in the iziUp; lap belt is high, right?:
bonus: DD in the Britax-Romer KidFix XP, once isofix-ed in it's almost free-standing, touching the backrest of the seat only on it's lower part; huge gap behind it's top part:
position of the buckle with the Cybex Solution X2Fix [also view from the top: http://www.car-seat.org/picture.php?albumid=286&pictureid=2262]:
same thing with the Britax KidFix SL [different shell than that of the FidFix XP]:
My options right now are:
(a) The fit with the iziUp is not that bad actually. Keep using it.
(b) DD will learn to stay upright in the RodiFix. Keep using that one.
(c) The Cybex Solution X2Fix fits fine, it's worth a try.
What do I do? And I thought boosters were going to be easy.
P.s. what do I do to make pictures appear as nice small clickable thumbnails?