Splash
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GAH!!!!! Where is my hitting a carseat with a hammer smilie? Someone make one! NOW!
I hate this thing. I wanted to love the FN (I never will). I wanted it to install like a dream (it never will). I wanted my son to love it as much or more than his GN (dammit... got that one, now I'm screwed).
Installing it is a nightmare. No way would it ever install SBP. It does okay LBP with a lot of crying and pleading. It does LATCH with the same crying and pleading but a smidge less blood. And it's all because of that stupid block!!
I came exceptionally close to just skipping it and installing it without the block. Okay, I *did* install it without the block. And it was sooooo much easier and nicer. And I thought of leaving it that way, but of course I didn't. Because the reason I sold the Regent (which i never really liked but grew to like wayyyyy y x bajillion better than the FN) is because I could install it beautifully and easily without the bar, which is "required" for some dumb reason, and I wanted to make an honest woman out of me and use a seat the way they told me I "have" to, even though I know I'm right and they're wrong .
I just wish it would disappear, or be optional... but it's another dang prop, like the recline bar and the HUGS, that Britax needs to pass testing. I'm wondering, really, with all these required props, if Britax isn't just a cheapy shoddy manufacturer. Of course, I choose to believe otherwise. But it annoys me.
Think it'll ever be optional?
I hate this thing. I wanted to love the FN (I never will). I wanted it to install like a dream (it never will). I wanted my son to love it as much or more than his GN (dammit... got that one, now I'm screwed).
Installing it is a nightmare. No way would it ever install SBP. It does okay LBP with a lot of crying and pleading. It does LATCH with the same crying and pleading but a smidge less blood. And it's all because of that stupid block!!
I came exceptionally close to just skipping it and installing it without the block. Okay, I *did* install it without the block. And it was sooooo much easier and nicer. And I thought of leaving it that way, but of course I didn't. Because the reason I sold the Regent (which i never really liked but grew to like wayyyyy y x bajillion better than the FN) is because I could install it beautifully and easily without the bar, which is "required" for some dumb reason, and I wanted to make an honest woman out of me and use a seat the way they told me I "have" to, even though I know I'm right and they're wrong .
I just wish it would disappear, or be optional... but it's another dang prop, like the recline bar and the HUGS, that Britax needs to pass testing. I'm wondering, really, with all these required props, if Britax isn't just a cheapy shoddy manufacturer. Of course, I choose to believe otherwise. But it annoys me.
Think it'll ever be optional?