Question Booster recommendations

My daughter is 4.5, 35 pounds, and about 40 inches. She's currently FF in a chicco nextfit. I also have a six week old. I was thinking that when I'm ready to move the baby out of his infant seat (sometime within the next 6 months probably), that I'd give him the nextfit and get my daughter a harnessed booster. She's not even close to outgrowing the nextfit, so is there any benefit to keeping her in it as opposed to a harnessed booster? I'm ok with buying another convertible if it's safer.
Otherwise, I was thinking of getting her a pinnacle or a frontier. What are the boosters that everyone loves?? I've spent the past five years learning about infant and convertible seats lol, this is new territory for me! I'm open to recommendations! We have an 08 Prius. I'd like it to be fairly easy to install, but we won't be moving it around hardly ever. Since it's just the two of them in back, size isn't really a concern either. I do prefer a harness that doesn't need to be rethreaded every time.
Thanks!!
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A combination seat (what you're referring to as a harnessed booster) is a perfectly good option for your daughter. A convertible is only safer than a combination seat in harness mode if you use it rear facing.

I think a Frontier/Pinnacle is probably overkill, given your daughter's size. Unless the baby is huge and you'll be handing it down to him, anyway.

An Argos would probably be worth looking at, if you want a no rethread harness.

lgenne said:

A combination seat (what you're referring to as a harnessed booster) is a perfectly good option for your daughter. A convertible is only safer than a combination seat in harness mode if you use it rear facing.

I think a Frontier/Pinnacle is probably overkill, given your daughter's size. Unless the baby is huge and you'll be handing it down to him, anyway.

An Argos would probably be worth looking at, if you want a no rethread harness.

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Thanks for your reply! And yes, a combination seat lol. The Argos looks really nice, thanks for the recommendation! What do you mean by the other two being overkill? Do they have extra things meant for younger kids?
Thanks again!
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No, they're awesome for really big kids. They have the tallest top harness height on the market, and they're huge. They're great for giant impulsive 5 year olds, average size older SN kids who can't sit properly in a booster, 9 year olds who fall asleep on long trips, etc.

We got pioneers (similar to Frontier) for our twins & promptly retuned them and bought 2 Graco Argos seats for them. I liked the type of latch connectors on the Pioneer, but my kids hated everything about that seat for some reason. We've been really happy with the Graco Argos (for reference, my kids are 35-36 lb, 43" & will be 5 in 2 weeks)

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J2 is about the same size & age as your DD. When we had to get a new seat I went with a Britax Pioneer. I hate it. J2 hates it. I keep trying to sell it to friends so I can go buy something else, but probably prefacing a sale with, "I hate this seat so much... Wanna buy it?" isn't a great sales pitch

Anyway, all that to say it is kind of overkill for that size (and it's smaller than a Frontier!) - J2 has SO much space in the seat. I got it based on the idea that if he takes longer than average to learn to sit properly in a booster it would still last him. But if I drive without him it rattles and drives me nuts, he says it's not very comfortable, and the straps have come undone within the seat before.

I know many people with an Argos or Nautilus who like them quite a bit. J2 has a hardcore love affair with Diono Radians, which we have in DH's car, so personally if I can get a new seat I'll get another one of those (because he's small, and it will still last him to booster age, even though it is a convertible not a combination seat), but if he didn't cry for "blue seat" all the time I think I would go with an Argos.

Thanks everyone! I'm so glad I decided to check here first. You guys always come through!!
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