snowbird25ca
Moderator - CPST Instructor
I got off the fence of indecision and decided to just get a TF rather than wait to check out the Frontier.
I think I've passed my obsession on to my kids because dd was amazingly excited about the seat coming in the door, and they argued about who got to sit in it. I barely had the seat out of the box when ds started trying to climb into it - on top of the infant padding and all - it was even buckled up still.
The seat fits both kids well, the harness is set for the slots that ds would use if he was ff'ing - I'd had them set for dd so just took his pic that way. It's nice and wide in the bum area and dd was able to quite comfortably bend her legs and pull them right up into the seat. Based on her just putting her head to the side, it looks like it'll have decent sleeping support, but I of course won't know that for sure until she falls asleep for real in it. :thumbsup:
I only tested the seatbelt install rf'ing to see how the lock-offs were. I didn't have any difficulty with them, although the seat was admittedly quite upright for the test install - I'll need a pool noodle if the seat is used rf'ing. Dd says she wants to ride "backwards" for a trip, so I might do that. She's technically 1.5lbs under the weight limit. (Yay for Canada's first 35lb rf'ing seat since early 2004. :thumbsup: )
When I installed it ff'ing, I found the seat to be reclined quite similar to how the MA reclines when installed in my truck. I have very sloped seats though, so I don't expect it would be quite as reclined on flatter seats. Ff'ing I installed it with LATCH and it went in as easy as I'd expect a LATCH install to be.
Here's some pic's with both kids, and then in the truck. I included a couple of the silly pic's too. Feel free to ask questions.
As for how I like it, I like it well enough, but I'm not over the moon about it. I think the EFTA still wins out just slightly, and if it had higher weight limits in Canada I'd probably re-sell the TF and just get another EFTA. I'm a real fan of the infinite adjust harness and knobs though, so that's probably partly why. :thumbsup:
I think I've passed my obsession on to my kids because dd was amazingly excited about the seat coming in the door, and they argued about who got to sit in it. I barely had the seat out of the box when ds started trying to climb into it - on top of the infant padding and all - it was even buckled up still.
The seat fits both kids well, the harness is set for the slots that ds would use if he was ff'ing - I'd had them set for dd so just took his pic that way. It's nice and wide in the bum area and dd was able to quite comfortably bend her legs and pull them right up into the seat. Based on her just putting her head to the side, it looks like it'll have decent sleeping support, but I of course won't know that for sure until she falls asleep for real in it. :thumbsup:
I only tested the seatbelt install rf'ing to see how the lock-offs were. I didn't have any difficulty with them, although the seat was admittedly quite upright for the test install - I'll need a pool noodle if the seat is used rf'ing. Dd says she wants to ride "backwards" for a trip, so I might do that. She's technically 1.5lbs under the weight limit. (Yay for Canada's first 35lb rf'ing seat since early 2004. :thumbsup: )
When I installed it ff'ing, I found the seat to be reclined quite similar to how the MA reclines when installed in my truck. I have very sloped seats though, so I don't expect it would be quite as reclined on flatter seats. Ff'ing I installed it with LATCH and it went in as easy as I'd expect a LATCH install to be.
Here's some pic's with both kids, and then in the truck. I included a couple of the silly pic's too. Feel free to ask questions.
As for how I like it, I like it well enough, but I'm not over the moon about it. I think the EFTA still wins out just slightly, and if it had higher weight limits in Canada I'd probably re-sell the TF and just get another EFTA. I'm a real fan of the infinite adjust harness and knobs though, so that's probably partly why. :thumbsup: