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Quinn likes his lower and I'm fine with it. He puts it just below his nipples, still on his ribcage. The Radian chest clip just irritates his neck too much when it's an inch or two higher in the perfect spot.
I think the difference is that a bigger kid has about 4" of space considered correct and littles need that clip spot on, KWIM?
I'm not concerned with the placement in any of the pictures that have been posted. They all seem to be in the "nipple level" range. There's definitely a bigger target to hit when you're talking about an older kid vs. a younger kid.
And looking at this picture posted by AETJ115, if that clip were any higher I'd say it was too high.
Has anyone ever found data describing chest clip injury? It's one thing to assume that a low clip will hurt the guts, but does it happen in real life? Seems to me most of the force is going to be on the shoulders, and putting hundreds of pounds of force onto a strap makes it as hard or harder than a piece of plastic that's down low where the forces are less. I suppose I could google, but if anyone has a link handy, I'd love to see it.
Brigala said:I'm not concerned with the placement in any of the pictures that have been posted. They all seem to be in the "nipple level" range. There's definitely a bigger target to hit when you're talking about an older kid vs. a younger kid.
And looking at this picture posted by AETJ115, if that clip were any higher I'd say it was too high.
Jessica61624 said:This is a bad picture. This is where the clip ends up a lot. It's not that low imo.
And if its here where I like to see it she cries that the straps are too tight and she can't breathe.
Has anyone ever found data describing chest clip injury? It's one thing to assume that a low clip will hurt the guts, but does it happen in real life? Seems to me most of the force is going to be on the shoulders, and putting hundreds of pounds of force onto a strap makes it as hard or harder than a piece of plastic that's down low where the forces are less. I suppose I could google, but if anyone has a link handy, I'd love to see it.
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