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Re: LATCH vs. No Latch in a Booster.
Hello. My almost 8-yo son just hit 70 pounds and, while I think I could continue to use his Evenflo Symphony 65 (e3/DLX) since the specs state that its max weight is 100 lbs and the height is 57" in booster mode, my husband keeps telling me "it's time" for a backless booster—that the current seat looks like a toddler seat. I keep telling him the highback boosters are safer, but he thinks I'm being overprotective and our son will be embarrassed to keep using the seat the bigger he gets. Right now the 5-point harness straps are still on our Evenflo seat - we just use the seat belt instead. But, yes, the straps do make the chair look "babyish". Still, I'd rather him be as safe as possible. As a compromise, I thought I'd replace the Evenflo Symphony with a "big kid" highback booster (the kind that never had a 5-point harness) as that would provide better protection than a backless booster.
I was just about to order the Evenflo Amp High Back Booster Seat, which got BEST BET ratings from Consumer Reports and the Institute for Highway Safety; however, it doesn't have the LATCH system. This made me wonder why, so I Googled "Is a booster with LATCH safer than a booster without?" and found your thread. After reading the earlier posts, now I'm wondering if I should even be using LATCH with the seat in booster mode. I saw an earlier comment that LATCH is only supposed to be used up to 40 lbs. Is that true??
It seems like that using LATCH would be safer than just hooking the booster on with a seat belt, so I'm really confused ... what is the safest choice?
Thank you.
Hello. My almost 8-yo son just hit 70 pounds and, while I think I could continue to use his Evenflo Symphony 65 (e3/DLX) since the specs state that its max weight is 100 lbs and the height is 57" in booster mode, my husband keeps telling me "it's time" for a backless booster—that the current seat looks like a toddler seat. I keep telling him the highback boosters are safer, but he thinks I'm being overprotective and our son will be embarrassed to keep using the seat the bigger he gets. Right now the 5-point harness straps are still on our Evenflo seat - we just use the seat belt instead. But, yes, the straps do make the chair look "babyish". Still, I'd rather him be as safe as possible. As a compromise, I thought I'd replace the Evenflo Symphony with a "big kid" highback booster (the kind that never had a 5-point harness) as that would provide better protection than a backless booster.
I was just about to order the Evenflo Amp High Back Booster Seat, which got BEST BET ratings from Consumer Reports and the Institute for Highway Safety; however, it doesn't have the LATCH system. This made me wonder why, so I Googled "Is a booster with LATCH safer than a booster without?" and found your thread. After reading the earlier posts, now I'm wondering if I should even be using LATCH with the seat in booster mode. I saw an earlier comment that LATCH is only supposed to be used up to 40 lbs. Is that true??
It seems like that using LATCH would be safer than just hooking the booster on with a seat belt, so I'm really confused ... what is the safest choice?
Thank you.