Travel vest ?s

bourriquet76

New member
We fly home to Canada at least twice a year. I typically fly alone with my 5 year old & 2 year old. My husband may join us, but he usually flies in & out alone.

At home, both kids are now in Regents. We also have a spare Turbobooster for the 5 year old and a Safety First Apex for the either to use. I have access to a Scenera as well when we are at home (my MIL's).

For travel, are the vests worth the money? Which ones? Will any of them fit a 36" 28lb 2 year old? How about a 43.5 " 37lb 5 year old?

We have a KidsFlySafe for the plane, but I love the idea of bringing vests instead of car seats for at my parents' house. Dragging 2 car seats and 2 kids is a little difficult and the car seat choices in Canada are lacking for what I want (and too expensive to justify for a part-time, twice a year spare seat).

Many thanks!
 
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joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
The smallest travel vest, the Small Ridesafer, is from 35 pounds and up, it should probably work fine for your 5 yo (it'd be great in the middle with a lapbelt only and a top tether, since we know Canadian cars have top tether anchors...), but for the 2 yo, you really need to just bring a seat. Depending on how long your visits are, it may well be a good choice to get a Graco Platinum Cargo or Evenflo Chase, they have tall top slots and harness to 48/47 pounds, you could get quite a few years harness use out of it and then use it as a booster.
 

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