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Weight recommendation for booster seats

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by forgaming:
My daughter, however, is 3 years old and only about 30 lbs. and I still have her sit in her Britax Expressway...
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Hi Terry,
Noticed you have an Expressway... just wondering, have you experienced any of the problems I/my wife did in regards to harness tightening? Just wanted to get another's opinion... Did I have an experience different from others? Is there something I/she may have been doing wrong?

Thanks!

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-SJ (former username: shinjohn)
'01 DEP EX, and I'm workin' on it! (slowly)

[This message has been edited by shindog (edited 12-06-2001).]
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LuvMyRRPOdy:
Shindog -- we have the Expressway and have had some of the issues you described. I am a fairly small woman, but I like the seat well enough otherwise to deal with it. I can get it tight, but like you mentioned, it involves constantly pulling the hugs mechanism down as I tighten (pull the tightening strapp until it stops, pull the hugs things down, pull the strap, etc.). I get it very tight this way, but it's especially tricky when my son is wearing his coat. I have gotten into the habit of having him coatless in the car regardless of the outside temperature.

Since I didn't have the Roundabout to compare it to (just a Century Smart Move which is also a pain to adjust) I didn't see the inconvenient adjustment as a deal killer, but I do worry that other less anal people (my husband, my mother, etc.) will not get him really tight in the seat b/c they won't go to the trouble. Fortunately, my husband doesn't loosen the straps either so as long as I don't loosen them to get him out, I just have to hear my husband complain about how hard it is to get him in.
I also don't really like the fact that I have to fit the buckle together before I can slide the pieces in the base -- it makes it really a two handed job (meaning my baby always has to get in her carseat before my son which means he is potentially running around free in the parking lot -- he generaly doesn't do that, but the possibility stresses me out a little).

Anyway, I can see why you would take it back given your wife's situation. I can adjust it, but not with the ease I expected from Britax given the rave reviews their products seem to get.
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Hi,
Thanks for the comments LuvMyRRPOdy!
I'm glad the seat worked out for you. All is well now, with a FP SEII happily installed in the Ody now.... I not only like the LATCH capability and the energy absorbing foam, but the wide harness straps are great too.

I know exactly what you mean about the two piece-fit together buckle design on the Britaxes. I see it as an inconvenience, but it defintely assures that the buckle is latched properly every time...

Anyhow, my thanks to the people on this board, and esp. Caviller for moderating this forum!


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-Shin John
'01 DEP EX, and I'm workin' on it! (slowly)
 
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