New Britax Canadian User Guides

crunchierthanthou · Jun 18, 2008

I did a quick seach and didn't see this posted yet.

They're up on Britax's site.

Frontier

Boulevard

Diplomat

QuassEE · Jun 18, 2008

hey, you just made Trudy's day!

canadiangie · Jun 18, 2008

:thumbsup:

crunchierthanthou · Jun 18, 2008

I did have Trudy in mind when I posted this.

I can't wait for her to comb through them.

I just skimmed the Frontier one, but here are a few things that stood out to me.

-it has the "assume 40 lb limit" in the vehicle doesn't state a UAS limit
-the LBP instructions were included
-65 lb harnessed limit and 40 lb booster minimum, but we knew those already.

tiggercat · Jun 18, 2008

Wow. Very clear on the 32in RF limit on the BLVD. Ick.

TechnoGranola · Jun 18, 2008

Thanks. Of course I am disappointed about the 32" and 30 lbs still there for RF (which we all knew would still be there). I also think we should be talking to Britax about raising the FF requirements which are currently 1 year, 20 lbs AND 29".

QuassEE · Jun 18, 2008

Looks like Britax is offering up free tether anchor kits for people with pre-drills. Page 13 of the Frontier / Page 8 on Adobe. I wonder if I can call and ask for a few?

I can add them to my kit of shelf liner, Marathon recall kits, pool noodles and chalk.

-Nicole.

snowbird25ca · Jun 18, 2008

crunchierthanthou said:
I did have Trudy in mind when I posted this. I can't wait for her to comb through them.

I just skimmed the Frontier one, but here are a few things that stood out to me.

-it has the "assume 40 lb limit" in the vehicle doesn't state a UAS limit
-the LBP instructions were included
-65 lb harnessed limit and 40 lb booster minimum, but we knew those already.

You know I've been checking for them every day hey? (or Monday to Friday anyways.

)

Thanks for posting them, I'll get through them tonight and will definitely post my thoughts. :thumbsup:

QuassEE said:
Looks like Britax is offering up free tether anchor kits for people with pre-drills. Page 13 of the Frontier / Page 8 on Adobe. I wonder if I can call and ask for a few? I can add them to my kit of shelf liner, Marathon recall kits, pool noodles and chalk.

-Nicole.

Worth trying. Britax has always provided CDN parents with 1 free TA kit per seat if they call and request it. I'm not sure how many parents have ever taken advantage of it, or if they would send out more than one, but never hurts to try. :thumbsup:

snowbird25ca · Jun 19, 2008

So I read through the manuals and there's not really anything surprising in there... the Blvd manual really is just the MA manual with the Blvd specific stuff added in and the MA specific stuff removed, same for Diplomat.

Frontier is quite similar to the US manual - although I'm very impressed with the section about how to decide whether to try LBP or SBP, and the illustration/explanation of LBP is very good.

I will admit I'm nervous about the frontier showing up in stores. I have to wonder about returns and how that will affect stores carrying it... carseat returns are expensive to TRU because they don't resell the seats.

QuassEE · Jun 19, 2008

You just totally outed me in public. Because I had the Marathon when it first came out in the US 6 years ago, I've never read the Canadian manual cover-to-cover, but I still consult it when need be {the three different sets of belt routing instructions...} I'd never seen the offer of the TA kit, as a result.. I wonder if it's metric or imperial?

-Nicole.

snowbird25ca said:
Worth trying. Britax has always provided CDN parents with 1 free TA kit per seat if they call and request it. I'm not sure how many parents have ever taken advantage of it, or if they would send out more than one, but never hurts to try. :thumbsup:

hipmaman · Jun 19, 2008

snowbird25ca said:
I will admit I'm nervous about the frontier showing up in stores. I have to wonder about returns and how that will affect stores carrying it... carseat returns are expensive to TRU because they don't resell the seats.

Well, carseats at baby boutiques are final sale - no return, no exchange. Zellers has 90 days return policy. TRU, I would imagine 90 days too? Sears, I think I remember it as depending on the condition and the reason of return but I think it's less than 90 days.

snowbird25ca · Jun 19, 2008

QuassEE said:
You just totally outed me in public. Because I had the Marathon when it first came out in the US 6 years ago, I've never read the Canadian manual cover-to-cover, but I still consult it when need be {the three different sets of belt routing instructions...} I'd never seen the offer of the TA kit, as a result.. I wonder if it's metric or imperial?

-Nicole.

Nah, not trying to "out" you. Besides, you used to live in the US.

I know a # of people that have read the manual but still missed that comment. I believe in my manual it's listed way back with the warranty info or the page right before.

I'd assume metric since TA's in the US are metric too? I only said CDN because I don't know if they provide anchors to US parents or not.

hipmaman said:
Well, carseats at baby boutiques are final sale - no return, no exchange. Zellers has 90 days return policy. TRU, I would imagine 90 days too? Sears, I think I remember it as depending on the condition and the reason of return but I think it's less than 90 days.

Sears is 60 days I believe. TRU/BRU is 45 days. I'm curious if that's the return policy for the baby boutiques around here too, I've never bought a seat at one so really wouldn't know.

TechnoGranola · Jun 19, 2008

snowbird25ca said:
I'm curious if that's the return policy for the baby boutiques around here too, I've never bought a seat at one so really wouldn't know.

I was in Calgary in January and went to several baby boutiques and considered picking up a Marathon or Radian while I was there. All of them had a NO return policy on car seats. I didn't get one though as we bought too much other stuff so couldn't fit a car seat along with us.

April · Jun 23, 2008

I know TJ's (http://www.tjskids.com/) TOLD me 10 days for a return when I bought my Apex. Tags had to be on and it had to come back in the box (but the box could be opened). But they sell used carseats too. I wonder if they are carrying the new Britaxes? I should call tomorrow to save myself the drive.

April · Jun 23, 2008

Quick, someone who can read French make sure there's no typos like the TF!

hipmaman · Jun 23, 2008

proudmomofriley said:
I know TJ's (http://www.tjskids.com/) TOLD me 10 days for a return when I bought my Apex. Tags had to be on and it had to come back in the box (but the box could be opened). But they sell used carseats too. I wonder if they are carrying the new Britaxes? I should call tomorrow to save myself the drive.

I have heard of this before too. But what kind of conditions are these used carseats? Any of them happens to be Radian with 48 lbs AND short straps? TJ Kids is the other id for PMJ distributor of the Radian in Canada, eh!

April · Jun 23, 2008

hipmaman said:
I have heard of this before too. But what kind of conditions are these used carseats? Any of them happens to be Radian with 48 lbs AND short straps? TJ Kids is the other id for PMJ distributor of the Radian in Canada, eh!

I haven't heard of anyone getting a short strapped Radian from TJ's. IIRC, CT got their Radians directly from SKJP, and not from PJM. TJ's had the 65lb Radians pretty quick after the change as well. It lists on their site that they only buy back seats that were purchased from them, are less than 4 years old, are not expired, and have no recalls. However, they have no way of knowing whether the seat was in an accident and has hidden damage. Not that I would buy a used carseat from them anyway.

QuassEE · Jun 23, 2008

The seats that TJs sells are not expired, but...ugh! I can't believe that a company that's supposedly a "baby boutique" would do something so nasty just to make a buck...then again, they've done a number of nasty things just to make a buck.

-Nicole.

Unregistered · Jun 23, 2008

For those that mentioned car seat returns. I just thought that I should mention that in Ontario Zellers has a 30 day return, TRU/BRU 45 days. Wal-Mart has the only 90 day return policy that I know of. I just returned my Misty Morning TF to Zellers and it was totally a no questions asked return. In fact I could have returned an empty box. I had the box in a cart and the cashier leaned over and scanned the box and gave me my money back without even glancing at or in the box. I was actually a little shocked. On my way out of the store a while later I saw the box still sitting by the desk where I had left it untouched and unopened. I had just returned an Apex 65 to Wal-Mart and they had the box opened and checked the seat over and checked to make sure the manual was there etc.

Jen

April · Jun 24, 2008

QuassEE said:
The seats that TJs sells are not expired, but...ugh! I can't believe that a company that's supposedly a "baby boutique" would do something so nasty just to make a buck...then again, they've done a number of nasty things just to make a buck.

-Nicole.

Do tell Nicole...you've got me interested...

New Britax Canadian User Guides

New member

Moderator - CPST Instructor

New member

New member

New member

Forum Ambassador

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Forum Ambassador

Well-known member

Well-known member

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Well-known member

Moderator - CPST Instructor

Unregistered

Guest

Well-known member

Car-Seat.Org Facebook Group

Sponsors

Forum statistics