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Mom to Four
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Hi Friends -
We are purchasing a used Honda Pilot. All of the headrests in the third row are missing. After reading some Pilot reviews, I'm assuming that the previous owners had children in car seats in the back. Reviews state that the angle of the headrests make it difficult to get a good installation. I have four children -- one in an Evenflo Maestro (harnessed) and another in a booster that I'd like to replace (the other two no longer need boosters). I'll put my older children in the middle row with the headrests intact and the children in car seat and booster in the third row. My child in the booster will be age 8 this summer and is very small for her age. Without the headrests on the seat, does a high back booster compromise her safety when her neck is even with the top of the seat of the car and the booster is the support from there up? I looked at the Chicco Kidfit (since it has the height adjustment at the waist rather than the shoulders/neck and wondered if that would be a safer option). I had hoped to find a Diono with a steel shank like the Radians, but it doesn't look to be the case. Since I don't have the vehicle yet, I may be assuming there is a problem that doesn't exist (maybe the actual seat back is higher than it looks in the pictures?)...but I'd like to have the seats ready when I pick it up and hoped that someone here has some experience to share.
Many thanks!
We are purchasing a used Honda Pilot. All of the headrests in the third row are missing. After reading some Pilot reviews, I'm assuming that the previous owners had children in car seats in the back. Reviews state that the angle of the headrests make it difficult to get a good installation. I have four children -- one in an Evenflo Maestro (harnessed) and another in a booster that I'd like to replace (the other two no longer need boosters). I'll put my older children in the middle row with the headrests intact and the children in car seat and booster in the third row. My child in the booster will be age 8 this summer and is very small for her age. Without the headrests on the seat, does a high back booster compromise her safety when her neck is even with the top of the seat of the car and the booster is the support from there up? I looked at the Chicco Kidfit (since it has the height adjustment at the waist rather than the shoulders/neck and wondered if that would be a safer option). I had hoped to find a Diono with a steel shank like the Radians, but it doesn't look to be the case. Since I don't have the vehicle yet, I may be assuming there is a problem that doesn't exist (maybe the actual seat back is higher than it looks in the pictures?)...but I'd like to have the seats ready when I pick it up and hoped that someone here has some experience to share.
Many thanks!