sirrahn
Active member
I just broke a long dry spell of no carseat buying and got a Clek Olli for my 10 yr old. He's been complaining about his booster off and on for a while. He's been in a SR/C forever and we tried a few other boosters a few months ago and none of them were liked for various reasons and so he said he'd rather just stay with what he had.
He's at least 4'7" and about 75lbs and very close to passing the 5 step test in DH's car and the 3rd row of our van, but he's been riding in the second row and I still *really* don't like the lapbelt fit on him there since the seats are deeper and I think a little higher.
Anyway he's been complaining again and putting his legs into all sorts of weird contortions trying to get comfortable so we looked around online and he decided he wanted a Camo Clek. He's been using his SR/C backless for a while and at this stage, I have no problem with that.
We just got it today and oh, no, it looks *short*. He sat in it briefly and said it was really comfortable and felt fine, but I'm a little concerned that he was just trying to get back to playing Wii I do really like how it makes the belt fit him...nice and low on his hips and the shoulder belt was perfect.
I think the fact that it doesn't slope down helps, but I'm a little concerned that it's not going really be a solution. I have no clue how I missed the 13.5" seat depth before I shelled out $90 for a backless booster (It was at least very impressively packaged and came with a carry bag LOL!)
Anyway...anyone want to comment on this seat for big kids or have any other suggestions if this isn't going to work? We also looked at the Combi Dakota, but we went for padding as that's been one of his big complaints. He did not like the mesh seat on the Air Booster.
TIA!
He's at least 4'7" and about 75lbs and very close to passing the 5 step test in DH's car and the 3rd row of our van, but he's been riding in the second row and I still *really* don't like the lapbelt fit on him there since the seats are deeper and I think a little higher.
Anyway he's been complaining again and putting his legs into all sorts of weird contortions trying to get comfortable so we looked around online and he decided he wanted a Camo Clek. He's been using his SR/C backless for a while and at this stage, I have no problem with that.
We just got it today and oh, no, it looks *short*. He sat in it briefly and said it was really comfortable and felt fine, but I'm a little concerned that he was just trying to get back to playing Wii I do really like how it makes the belt fit him...nice and low on his hips and the shoulder belt was perfect.
I think the fact that it doesn't slope down helps, but I'm a little concerned that it's not going really be a solution. I have no clue how I missed the 13.5" seat depth before I shelled out $90 for a backless booster (It was at least very impressively packaged and came with a carry bag LOL!)
Anyway...anyone want to comment on this seat for big kids or have any other suggestions if this isn't going to work? We also looked at the Combi Dakota, but we went for padding as that's been one of his big complaints. He did not like the mesh seat on the Air Booster.
TIA!