New Britax Combo???

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Safetyfan

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I have been reading about the Graco Nautilus. My 31/2 year old and I went and tried one out at Walmart. She said the seat was not comfortable on her head. I did notice it pushed her head slightly forward. When reading on various threads, I came across information about a possible Britax convertible coming to the market. I went to the UK sight to see about the Evolvo 123 ultra that I had heard about from the car-safety web. Seat looks awesome. It has many of the same features that the Nautilus has. However, the weight limit for the harness is only 15kg or 33 pounds. After this you are to use the seatbelt. Maybe the US version will have a higher weight limit. We have only used Britax seats and I have been so happy, I am very afraid to try another brand. I left a message with Britax US about the possibility of a higher weight harnessed seat with the side impact protection. I will let you know what I hear.

I am so happy to discover that many other mothers are as fanatical about car seat safety as I am!
 
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joolsplus3

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
Re: New Britax Convertable???

Yes, someone has heard another rumour that the new britax combo seat will go to 80...hopefully that's with the harness, but we will have to wait a few months to find out! (I'm not sure who made up the names, but convertible is the one that goes from rearfacing to forward facing, and combination/combo is harnessed to booster...confusing!)

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Safetyfan

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Re: New Britax Convertible???

Is there a way I can change my original post from Convertible to Combination? This is new territory. We have only used convertibles up till now.
 
joolsplus3

joolsplus3

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Re: New Britax Convertable???

Do you have an 'edit' button when you check your own post again? (I should know if you do...I think anyone registered does? If not I can fix it for you :) )
 
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Safetyfan

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Thank you!
What is your combo preference? My children are in the car 1.5 hours per day with the commute to work, I want a seat with the longest harness time possible and side impact protection. I was going to go with the regent, but it lacks the side impact. The regents have a lower height max. My daughter is already 41 inches tall. I do not want to purchase another seat. I am open for any and all suggestions.
 
wendytthomas

wendytthomas

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Well, the longest harness time is the Regent, hands down. It has 20" top slots and an 80 pound limit.

The Nautilus has 18" top slots and a 65 pound harness limit, then goes to a booster to 100 pounds. It can be both a high and low back booster.

The Apex 65 has 17.5" top slots and a 65 pound harness limit, then is a booster to 100 pounds. This is a high back booster only and requires support from the car behind it.

What seat is she in now and how does she fit in it (her shoulders in relation to the slots)? Also, what does she weigh?

Any five point harness offers side impact protection. The Regent is perfectly safe in that regard, nor have the wings been shown to add any safety by US testing. It makes sense, and European testing seems to indicate it, but there's nothing hard and fast in the US telling us that the US seats with wings are safer.

Wendy
 
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Safetyfan

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Still in her Britax Roundabout. Shoulder distance about 1 1/2 inch below strap. Weight 31 lbs. All of the seats I have looked at give a height max, should I be more concerned with shoulder distance? The regent was my first choice until I heard about the new Nautilus. My best friend has the Recaro Young Seat, which she loves. I thought the Nautilus looked similiar instyling with longer harness time. Thank you for the input.

Jessica
 
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Safetyfan

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Wendy,

Is part of the reason the US has not proved the side wings beneficial because they only to front end collision-type test simulations? If I recall that was the big issue with the consumer reports report on car seat safety. Many of the seats were failing the side impact and higher speed collision simulations, as tested in Europe. I think that it is interesting that Europe will not accept us standards for carseat safety. It is difficult to get an answer about this. The safety seat inspectors say any seat properly installed is better than an expensive seat and all seats on the market passed US standards.
 
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