In my husband's truck (not the primary family vehicle), we've been using a Chicco Nextfit forward facing. My daughter is about to outgrow it just in torso height. She is 5 years old, 45" and 55# but she's about to hit the point where her shoulders are above the top harness height. Right now she is right at the harness height, so it's not an emergent immediate need, so I'm looking for your advice on what to switch her to. I know I have a small amount of time.
Our traveling seat is an Evenflo SecureKid DLX. We could use that seat in the truck as a seatbelt positioning booster. Technically, according to the specs, she could potentially harness in this seat, however we quit using it as a harnessed seat when she outgrew Latch (it was frustrating to install, see below).
I could buy a belt positioning booster for the truck and leave the SecureKid bagged up in the garage for travel (as it is now). Or I could buy a harness to booster... I can't decide if I should try using the belt positioner yet.
The only reason I question using the SecureKid full time is that I *think* it overhangs the truck seat. It actually was the truck car seat until she outgrew Latch, and it's a pain in the butt to install with the seatbelt, so it got bagged up and put in the garage, the Nextfit got put in the truck, and in my car she's harnessed in a Britax Frontier. I don't know if overhang is even allowed with Evenflo. And even if it's allowed, I was ok with it when it was installed with Latch and tethered, but with just the seatbelt holding her and the seat in there, I don't think I trust anything that overhangs.
Hubby has a 2008 Nissan Titan Crew cab.
Our traveling seat is an Evenflo SecureKid DLX. We could use that seat in the truck as a seatbelt positioning booster. Technically, according to the specs, she could potentially harness in this seat, however we quit using it as a harnessed seat when she outgrew Latch (it was frustrating to install, see below).
I could buy a belt positioning booster for the truck and leave the SecureKid bagged up in the garage for travel (as it is now). Or I could buy a harness to booster... I can't decide if I should try using the belt positioner yet.
The only reason I question using the SecureKid full time is that I *think* it overhangs the truck seat. It actually was the truck car seat until she outgrew Latch, and it's a pain in the butt to install with the seatbelt, so it got bagged up and put in the garage, the Nextfit got put in the truck, and in my car she's harnessed in a Britax Frontier. I don't know if overhang is even allowed with Evenflo. And even if it's allowed, I was ok with it when it was installed with Latch and tethered, but with just the seatbelt holding her and the seat in there, I don't think I trust anything that overhangs.
Hubby has a 2008 Nissan Titan Crew cab.
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