twokidstwodogs
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If anyone has a minute, I'd love some opinions about whether to switch DD#1 to an Ollie full-time in my car, which is a Subaru Legacy.
She's is 6 yrs, 2 mos and about 49" and 55 lbs. Right now she's in a B510 with room to grow. The Legacy has side curtain airbags for rear passengers and great side impact crash test ratings, but it's not a huge car weight-wise, and she is outboard.
So I know of course about the improved outcomes with HBB over backless boosters. And she's perfectly happy in the B510. But within the next few weeks, I'll have to move the B510's headrest up to the next position. Because it's a big seat, it will take up quite a bit more space in the view from my rear view mirror (which is already obscured by a Marathon tethered to the cargo roof.) It's doable, but not terrific. Also, I'm terrible about remembering to buckle in the booster when DD#1 isn't in the car. I drop her off in a carpool lane at school, and can't easily jump out to buckle it again. (I'd LATCH the Ollie, of course.)
Given all that, what do you think about my moving her to an Ollie full-time in the Legacy? How would you balance the additional protection of the B510 over the rear vision/unsecured projectile issue?
TIA!
She's is 6 yrs, 2 mos and about 49" and 55 lbs. Right now she's in a B510 with room to grow. The Legacy has side curtain airbags for rear passengers and great side impact crash test ratings, but it's not a huge car weight-wise, and she is outboard.
So I know of course about the improved outcomes with HBB over backless boosters. And she's perfectly happy in the B510. But within the next few weeks, I'll have to move the B510's headrest up to the next position. Because it's a big seat, it will take up quite a bit more space in the view from my rear view mirror (which is already obscured by a Marathon tethered to the cargo roof.) It's doable, but not terrific. Also, I'm terrible about remembering to buckle in the booster when DD#1 isn't in the car. I drop her off in a carpool lane at school, and can't easily jump out to buckle it again. (I'd LATCH the Ollie, of course.)
Given all that, what do you think about my moving her to an Ollie full-time in the Legacy? How would you balance the additional protection of the B510 over the rear vision/unsecured projectile issue?
TIA!