[s-cars] Booster seats

[yo-cello at comcast.net]

I'll second Paul's recommendation for the Britax boosters (the "Parkway" model specifically ), but they are height adjustable as the kids grow, and my kids used them up till 80 lbs (my son, anyway - my daughter still uses hers at age 7 and probably will for a couple more years.  One thing I will note is that both kids find them really comfortable, even on long drives.  The head rest was specifically appreciated and we never felt the need to move to a "no-back" booster. 



Paul 
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From: pkrasusky at ups.com 
To: s-car-list at audifans.com, "fastscirocco 2000" <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:31:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Booster seats 


Chris boosted w/o boosting: 



<<<Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:59 +0000 

From: "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com> 

I think ours was based on both. It's been a couple years now so I don't totally recall exactly when we made the switch but my daughter who's about to turn 7 is still riding in one, without the back attached to it because of her size and weight. They've been out of the "big" car seats for a while now though, even though most of those say they can accommodate kids up to 80 lbs. 

Wylie Bean 

TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com 

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-----Original Message----- 

From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:51:28 

To: Scar<s-car-list at audifans.com> 

Subject: [s-cars] Booster seats 

With our daughter about to turn 4 my wife thinks it's time to get a booster seat. 

She's been riding in a Britax seat, which I've been confident is a safe seat. 

Viewing the booset seats in the local big box store I didn't have the same 

confidence in the available booster seats. 

Should the switch to booster seat be based on age, weight or?what? 

Any particular features to look for in booster seats. 

Any known good brands? 

Chris>>> 





Chris- 



I'll echo Wylie's response, timing is fully a function of both weight AND height.  I'll add that I see alllll too many my friends/family swap out the full boosters entiiiiirely too early for them convenient little seat bottoms (tho these are also the same dolts whose seats routinely flopflop'd around back there - get a cop to install them folks until you watch/learn/become MiagiSan doin it). 

The Boy is 7 and Mr. Average height / weight (so basically still kinda small compared to alot of today's kids - don't get me goin), and he's still in a full'er (Wylie your girl is likely taller than my Mr. Ave heh heh - I can't wait to get 'there'!). 

We're fans of the convertible ones, that grow w/ the kid.  Not to cliché but had great use of Britax's infant-to-front facer before, and now their boosters that are extendable in height then convert to base-only.  Expensive yes but extremely well-built, long lasting/durable, comfortable, and ergonomically friendly/correct in fitment & usage.  Spend less overall w/ convertibles as you only buy twice not 4x. Heh, the "halos" on them are WRC lookin - diggin them. 

Anywho, HTH good luck.  We stayed away from the allure of Guy-Friendly Recaro's as they didn't seem to compare in safety/specs - better frills and looks certainly.  Speakers in headrests???  Oh my. 



-Paul 


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