scatterbunny
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Yesterday Judi and I (and another tech friend) met and teamed up for a KDMF install. We had a blast! 
The mom was wonderfully patient, it was definitely a challenging scenario: 8yo disabled, 5yo and 4yo, all over 40 pounds, one Britax Regent and two Sunshine Kids Radians in a 1995 Land Rover Range Rover with center lapbelt and leather interior.
We had to play musical carseats for awhile. Mom wanted the Regent in the center with Radians outboard, and at first that seemed workable, but the Regent would not hold tight with the required short belt path in that center lapbelt. It slid forward easily every time, no matter what tricks we tried.
So we moved the Regent outboard behind the passenger and it went in rock-solid, very easily. With the recline mode engaged on the Radian and using Aidensmom's tip of not pushing BACK so much as just DOWN while tightening, the Radian went in solidly in the center. The other Radian outboard (with locking clip) was a challenge, but eventually with two sets of hands we got it in, too.
Judi has the pics, she'll post them soon.
All in all, it was a very rewarding experience, and I hope to be able to help the foundation in the future.
Between the recipient family's 4yo (the only child who was able to come), my 6yo and the other tech's 9yo and 3yo we had four kids to keep amused, so Judi brought out a bunch of seats from Baby Depot (where she works, and where we were doing the installs) for the kids to try out. That, plus her laptop with photos of her puppies, kept them busy the whole time.
The mom was wonderfully patient, it was definitely a challenging scenario: 8yo disabled, 5yo and 4yo, all over 40 pounds, one Britax Regent and two Sunshine Kids Radians in a 1995 Land Rover Range Rover with center lapbelt and leather interior.
We had to play musical carseats for awhile. Mom wanted the Regent in the center with Radians outboard, and at first that seemed workable, but the Regent would not hold tight with the required short belt path in that center lapbelt. It slid forward easily every time, no matter what tricks we tried.
So we moved the Regent outboard behind the passenger and it went in rock-solid, very easily. With the recline mode engaged on the Radian and using Aidensmom's tip of not pushing BACK so much as just DOWN while tightening, the Radian went in solidly in the center. The other Radian outboard (with locking clip) was a challenge, but eventually with two sets of hands we got it in, too.
Judi has the pics, she'll post them soon.
All in all, it was a very rewarding experience, and I hope to be able to help the foundation in the future.
Between the recipient family's 4yo (the only child who was able to come), my 6yo and the other tech's 9yo and 3yo we had four kids to keep amused, so Judi brought out a bunch of seats from Baby Depot (where she works, and where we were doing the installs) for the kids to try out. That, plus her laptop with photos of her puppies, kept them busy the whole time.
