SPB - Can you put a # to my angle?

snowbird25ca · Oct 27, 2007

For curiosity sake, can you tell me what the angle of my ds's radian is?

Thanks so much.

edited to add: Only a carseat tech drives around with a piece of pool noodle pre-cut the right length.

Kat_Momof3 · Oct 27, 2007

I'd say 30-35*... not 100% sure without whipping a protractor out and putting it on my screen... but 99% sure.

Lara · Oct 27, 2007

Kat, SP has a program that'll do it

southpawboston · Oct 27, 2007

i get 31.5 degrees.

OTOH, i'm getting 49.6 degrees for your FFing MA...!!! i know there are no real guidelines regarding FFing recline angles, but after that recent thread about neck angle strain, i'm wondering if that's too much?

steph · Oct 27, 2007

Wow it looks more than that.

SPB, do you mind checking mine

(out of curiosity)!!

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Thanks!!!!!!!!1

southpawboston · Oct 27, 2007

you're at 37.3.

steph · Oct 27, 2007

Thanks!!!!!

crunchierthanthou · Oct 27, 2007

snowbird25ca said:
edited to add: Only a carseat tech drives around with a piece of pool noodle pre-cut the right length.

lol, I saw that on the radian thread where you posted that and was going to make a joke about you being a tech.

snowbird25ca · Oct 27, 2007

southpawboston said:
i get 31.5 degrees.

OTOH, i'm getting 49.6 degrees for your FFing MA...!!! i know there are no real guidelines regarding FFing recline angles, but after that recent thread about neck angle strain, i'm wondering if that's too much?

Thanks so much.

I was guessing I was in the 35* neighborhood. It's on the edge of too upright for ds, which is why I was wondering.

The MA is in upright mode, we have a sloped seat though combined with the requirement of the seat back being reclined when carseats are installed. I don't think it will install any more upright than that, although I'm surprised that it's that reclined.

I've been debating switching the kids' seats to see if I could get more recline with the MA for ds... I've been watching him and sometimes he gets head slump & sometimes he doesn't... if it was more consistent it'd be a much easier decision.

snowbird25ca · Oct 27, 2007

crunchierthanthou said:
lol, I saw that on the radian thread where you posted that and was going to make a joke about you being a tech.

LOL. It got left in my truck after I visited a friend who had had a baby. Ds played with it on the way home & I promptly forgot about it being in there. And then decided I might as well leave it in there for the time being - never know when I might need it.

mykidsmylife · Oct 27, 2007

Not only tech do it.. I have one also. LOL. I keep it b/c I still install a lot of seats for friends and stuff. I have them cut up in my van and some in the cellar. LOL. And I have a full size one in the cellar.

Defrost · Oct 28, 2007

Oh, would you mind checking this one?

Not sure which pic will work best, so here's two:

Mama! · Oct 28, 2007

myboysmylife said:
Not only tech do it.. I have one also. LOL. I keep it b/c I still install a lot of seats for friends and stuff. I have them cut up in my van and some in the cellar. LOL. And I have a full size one in the cellar.

me too. I always have about 3 sections of pool noodles cut and ready to go, plus packing tape in the glovebox

southpawboston · Oct 28, 2007

the regent is around 39.1 degrees.

i want to go out to my car now and measure the YS's angle. it's always been somewhat reclined, even in upright-mode.

Defrost · Oct 28, 2007

(FTR, it's a Husky.)

Thanks! That wasn't as bad as I thought. I'm just REALLY not used to my FF seats being at all reclined.

I'm pretty sure that's fairly accurate, too, as I took care when I took the pic to keep everything as level as possible.

azgirl71 · Oct 28, 2007

Mama! said:
me too. I always have about 3 sections of pool noodles cut and ready to go, plus packing tape in the glovebox

In the back of my truck I have a whole rubbermade tub with pre cut noodles, tape, scissors and a screwdriver. I also have a bag with all sorts of fliers, 3 different seat check forms, 2 different Recall lists, AAP booklets, Latch manual, measuring tape and growth chart, a scale, and my course manual. There is probably a few more things I left out.

joolsplus3 · Oct 28, 2007

As for the MA, try just looking at the angle of the shoulderbelt lockoff...that's definitely more upright than 49 (that's what I usually look at for RF ones) http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/joolstag/?action=view&current=DCP00312.jpg (that's the unofficial hand method of measuring, lol, assuming a 90 degree angle at thumb and forefinger, the lockoff is more than a 45 degree diagonal upright...)

southpawboston · Oct 28, 2007

even when i use the lockoff, it's only 3 degrees more upright... the seat is still 46.6 degrees if you use that reference point. but the reference point i've been using is the crease in the shell, which pretty much mirrors the angle of the seating surface.

snowbird25ca · Oct 28, 2007

I ended up switching the seats. Dh didn't have *quite* enough room in the front seat with the radian reclined further - and let me tell you what a hard thing it was to try and get it reclined further.

So we're going for a drive here right away & I'm going to take another picture and post it. I'm sure I've got the MA reclined enough for ds now, but I still love seeing those #'s.

And the Radian is ff'ing beside it now, so it might be fun to put a # to it too since it's shell starts out so upright to begin with. I was able to get the MA slightly more upright in that center position with a little extra effort though, and I'd have no qualms about continuing to use it there like that.

I'd still really rather have ds in the Radian, but until he handles being at a more upright angle better, we'll just leave as is & hope that dd doesn't outgrow the MA before then.

snowbird25ca · Oct 28, 2007

Ok, so here's the end result of tonight's changes:

Level ground

Sloped (home)

And dd's seat (although I realize looking at it it's not a square on picture

Level ground

Sloped (Home)

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