5 pt booster with no tether?

CAPSM

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Hello, this site has proven to be such a help for me, so thank you! I have a 2016 Volvo XC90 and since my third row has no tether anchors I was wondering if there are any 5 pt booster seats that do not need a tether and can install with only a seatbelt? My 5 year old is not yet ready to be in seatbelt only booster.
 
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jjordan

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There are some that do not absolutely require the tether be used (for instance the Chicco Myfit), but using a tether increases the safety significantly. Is there any way that you can rearrange seats so that the child can ride in a seating location that does have a tether anchor?

ETA: Chicco MyFit was just an example; there are other options as well. If there's a particular seat you're wondering about you can google the manual and check. Two whose rules I know off the top of my head are Britax Frontier (requires it only above a child weight of 65#) and the Cosco Finale (requires the tether be used at all times).
 

CAPSM

New member
Thank you so much for the reply! I currently have him tethered in the second row in a peg perego convertible, we have three across in the second row. We are considering other cars (lease is up in a few months) and I wanted to see what all of our possible options are, one of them being keeping the same kind of car- so I wanted to see if we’d be able to use our third row. We do a lot of long car trips so we are Looking for something that makes it possible to use a third row.
 
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jjordan

Moderator
Got it! 3 across is challenging. If it were me, I would try putting someone else in the third row before using a forward facing harnessed seat untethered, but of course that decision is up to you!
 

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