Hi,
I'm looking for our first booster seat, to start booster training our oldest daughter. I'm starting the search now, even though we won't be buying one for 6 months or so, because I want time to research everything.
She will be 4 yo soon, and is 35 lbs/40 inches tall. She follows directions really well, and this summer will be in Dad's car for 10 minutes a day, without her younger siblings, which would be ideal for being able to keep an eye on the training. She's currently riding in a FFing Britax Advocate CS in dad's car, and a Recaro ProSport (in harness mode) in mine. I don't want to move the ProSport, as she's really happy in it in my car, and that's the car she's in 95% of the time.
I think I'd like one with LATCH - mostly because in Dad's car, it's a 3 across, and not having to buckle it when she's not in the car will be easier - she sits in the middle since her younger sibs are still RFing. Also, it'll need to be no wider than 20".
Doing a search in this forum, I saw some discussion (from 2010) about the pros/cons of rigid LATCH for a booster. Also some info re: submarining, and the pros of the Britax Parkway for dealing with this.
So - is there any more recent info about the type of LATCH and safety? I know Recaro is coming out with a LATCH booster this spring, and Clek, any others people love? I saw the Cybex booster on sale online, but marked discontinued... Any new research on stopping submarining? Is it really an issue if the kids have the belt properly positioned? (That's the main reason we'd like to work on it this summer - Dad can check position every few minutes at the stoplights, and he won't have any other distractions in the car.)
Thanks!
I'm looking for our first booster seat, to start booster training our oldest daughter. I'm starting the search now, even though we won't be buying one for 6 months or so, because I want time to research everything.
She will be 4 yo soon, and is 35 lbs/40 inches tall. She follows directions really well, and this summer will be in Dad's car for 10 minutes a day, without her younger siblings, which would be ideal for being able to keep an eye on the training. She's currently riding in a FFing Britax Advocate CS in dad's car, and a Recaro ProSport (in harness mode) in mine. I don't want to move the ProSport, as she's really happy in it in my car, and that's the car she's in 95% of the time.
I think I'd like one with LATCH - mostly because in Dad's car, it's a 3 across, and not having to buckle it when she's not in the car will be easier - she sits in the middle since her younger sibs are still RFing. Also, it'll need to be no wider than 20".
Doing a search in this forum, I saw some discussion (from 2010) about the pros/cons of rigid LATCH for a booster. Also some info re: submarining, and the pros of the Britax Parkway for dealing with this.
So - is there any more recent info about the type of LATCH and safety? I know Recaro is coming out with a LATCH booster this spring, and Clek, any others people love? I saw the Cybex booster on sale online, but marked discontinued... Any new research on stopping submarining? Is it really an issue if the kids have the belt properly positioned? (That's the main reason we'd like to work on it this summer - Dad can check position every few minutes at the stoplights, and he won't have any other distractions in the car.)
Thanks!