Hi, I'm getting ready for a long road trip, and my daughter is complaining that she'd rather be in the Graco Turbobooster I keep around for babysitters than the Britax Frontier 85 seat which I've been using in harness mode for the past 3 years. She is 7 years old, neurotypical, 49" tall, and just over 61lbs. I was thinking that rather than the Turbobooster maybe the compromise is to put the Frontier in booster mode. The owner's manual says to keep the child in harness mode as long as possible, but that seems kind of crazy with the high weight/height range it supports. Is there any good safety reason to keep her in harness mode, or is booster mode so equally safe that a shaky reason like "all her peers are in boosters" is justification enough to switch?
Honestly, I've found the Turbobooster so delightfully easy to deal with that I'm tempted just to use that instead, except I have the idea that the Britax must be safer just because I spent so much more money on it (but Britax directions always leave me feeling insecure that I installed it correctly...I just stumbled upon the warning that versa-tether--whatever that is--must be used when we hit the 65lb mark). Sometimes I think the simple-to-use option is inherently better than risking that the fancier seat is not being used properly.
Thanks for your advice!
Honestly, I've found the Turbobooster so delightfully easy to deal with that I'm tempted just to use that instead, except I have the idea that the Britax must be safer just because I spent so much more money on it (but Britax directions always leave me feeling insecure that I installed it correctly...I just stumbled upon the warning that versa-tether--whatever that is--must be used when we hit the 65lb mark). Sometimes I think the simple-to-use option is inherently better than risking that the fancier seat is not being used properly.
Thanks for your advice!