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Hi,
I've been searching these boards extensively and have found the advice posted to be very useful. It just occurred to me that I could try to post my specific question to see what people advise. We will be traveling to Seattle from Detroit (non-stop flight) at the end of July for a vacation with our 4.5 year old son. He is about 35.5 lbs (without clothes) and 40.5 inches tall. I measured his torso (sitting down) at 14.5 or 15 inches. He rides in a Britax Frontier at home, but that seat seems too big lug on the plane (though I see that people have done it). Would it make sense for us to buy a fairly lightweight seat with a 40 lb. weight limit and high top harness slots like the Safety 1st Avenue or Evenflo Chase that we could use in both the plane and in the car at our destination? He may be able to get about 1 year of use out of it unless he hits a big growth spurt. At 5 1/2 (next summer) would it be okay for him to sit in the plane without a car seat and then use a hbb for travel, or would he still be too young?
We considered the Safeguard Go but were concerned about the lack of side impact protection and that it requires a tether (and read that it is difficult to install with the seatbelt in the center seat). Also, we'd like a seat we could use on the plane. We also considered the Radian 65 but read that it might be hard to install in some cars. And we thought about the Ride Safer Travel Vest, but again are concerned about lack of side impact protection and are not sure about fit. The only other option we could think of was buying a Graco Nautilus, which I realize is only a little smaller than the Frontier he already has, but seems a bit narrower than the Frontier.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I've been searching these boards extensively and have found the advice posted to be very useful. It just occurred to me that I could try to post my specific question to see what people advise. We will be traveling to Seattle from Detroit (non-stop flight) at the end of July for a vacation with our 4.5 year old son. He is about 35.5 lbs (without clothes) and 40.5 inches tall. I measured his torso (sitting down) at 14.5 or 15 inches. He rides in a Britax Frontier at home, but that seat seems too big lug on the plane (though I see that people have done it). Would it make sense for us to buy a fairly lightweight seat with a 40 lb. weight limit and high top harness slots like the Safety 1st Avenue or Evenflo Chase that we could use in both the plane and in the car at our destination? He may be able to get about 1 year of use out of it unless he hits a big growth spurt. At 5 1/2 (next summer) would it be okay for him to sit in the plane without a car seat and then use a hbb for travel, or would he still be too young?
We considered the Safeguard Go but were concerned about the lack of side impact protection and that it requires a tether (and read that it is difficult to install with the seatbelt in the center seat). Also, we'd like a seat we could use on the plane. We also considered the Radian 65 but read that it might be hard to install in some cars. And we thought about the Ride Safer Travel Vest, but again are concerned about lack of side impact protection and are not sure about fit. The only other option we could think of was buying a Graco Nautilus, which I realize is only a little smaller than the Frontier he already has, but seems a bit narrower than the Frontier.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!