?re: changing a convertible seat to a booster - Page 2

[angie3096]

Unfortunately I think the cheapest you are going to find is the Apex, and the best price I've seen on it is $100.
This is why the 3 in 1 pisses me off so much. They sell for about $150. But a parent can buy a Cosco Scenera for $40, and then later an Apex for $100, their kids will be a lot safer and they'll be money ahead. It's aggravating the way Cosco suckers parents into wasting money on this seat by advertising it as "the only seat you'll ever need". It's really unfair to people with limited budgets.

[ThreeBeans]

Originally Posted by Neldavi

We have a`'97 suburu outback station wagon - no LATCH. Budget is hard to pinpoint - I don't even know the range of pricing without checking ... I don't want to say something ridiculously low and be scoffed at . But really, we don't have expendable income, it would come out of savings. Is $50 ridiculously low?

I've got bad news for you I'm not scoffing

There are combination seats in the fifty dollar range, but all of them max out at 40 lbs for the harness, which doesn't do you any good.

The CHEAPEST seat that has a nice tall harness (17 inches) and a greater-than-40 weight limit (65 lbs) is the Cosco/Safety First Apex/Biltmore which runs between 90-130 depending on cover/sales. It converts to a booster up to 100 lbs. It's a great niche seat, but you MUST HAVE HEADRESTS to use it. If you don't have headrests, it's not an option, unfortunately.

Do you have headrests?

[Neldavi]

Originally Posted by ThreeBeans

Do you have headrests?

yes, on the side seats, not the middle, which is where I've had him, with dd rear-facing on the side. But I guess he could sit on the side, that would be an ok trade-off.

[lil_stinkyfeet]

If you have headrests you can get the Apex. I had to do that with my dc. My dd was 40lbs at 3years and now my 2.5 year old is fast approaching 40lbs. As long as it will work with your vehicle the apex would be a good buy for you.

I got mine on albee for $100

[lil_stinkyfeet]

Originally Posted by angie3096

Unfortunately I think the cheapest you are going to find is the Apex, and the best price I've seen on it is $100.
This is why the 3 in 1 pisses me off so much. They sell for about $150. But a parent can buy a Cosco Scenera for $40, and then later an Apex for $100, their kids will be a lot safer and they'll be money ahead. It's aggravating the way Cosco suckers parents into wasting money on this seat by advertising it as "the only seat you'll ever need". It's really unfair to people with limited budgets.

: It is WRONG!

[Sandrine]

I would so love to know what you would do if you had a 50lbs child who's only 3yrs old. Plus you have no $$ to spend for a better carseat that has the 5pt harness for over 50lbs. They have no choice to be in a booster. This is what happen to my friend. She had no choice to put her child in a booster seat at this age. She didn't want to but there was/is no other carseat here that she could have bought.

There is no rule about putting a child under or even over 4yrs old in a booster. It goes with the weightand/or height.

[lil_stinkyfeet]

Originally Posted by thepeach80

If he is under 40# and his shoulders are under the 4th set of slots (PLEASE check the back of your seat to see), then he is fine in the harness. If he's using the 5th set of slots, it needs to be a booster ASAP.

My ds is using the 5th slot on the Eddie Bauer High Back Booster? He is just under 40lbs and is almost 2.5. I was waiting until 40lbs to move him to the apex b/c dd is in it right now. What is the reason that he can't be using the 5th slot?

[lil_stinkyfeet]

Originally Posted by Sandrine

I would so love to know what you would do if you had a 50lbs child who's only 3yrs old. Plus you have no $$ to spend for a better carseat that has the 5pt harness for over 50lbs. They have no choice to be in a booster. This is what happen to my friend. She had no choice to put her child in a booster seat at this age. She didn't want to but there was/is no other carseat here that she could have bought.

There is no rule about putting a child under or even over 4yrs old in a booster. It goes with the weightand/or height.

I would have spent the cheapest amount I could have which is $100 dollars and gotten a carseat that harnesses to 65lbs.

Not having the money isn't an excuse for me, I would have saved up, borrowed from friends whatever it takes.

[angie3096]

Originally Posted by Sandrine

I would so love to know what you would do if you had a 50lbs child who's only 3yrs old. Plus you have no $$ to spend for a better carseat that has the 5pt harness for over 50lbs. They have no choice to be in a booster. This is what happen to my friend. She had no choice to put her child in a booster seat at this age. She didn't want to but there was/is no other carseat here that she could have bought.

The Kyle David Miller Foundation provides HWL seats to low income people in need.
http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/pages...y_for_Help.htm

[Sandrine]

Originally Posted by lil_stinkyfeet

I would have spent the cheapest amount I could have which is $100 dollars and gotten a carseat that harnesses to 65lbs.

Not having the money isn't an excuse for me, I would have saved up, borrowed from friends whatever it takes.

I never saw any seat in Canada that had harnesses to 65lbs. To 47lbs was the max i ever saw. Please don't say that Britax do make seats up to 65lbs with harnesses because we can't get them up here.

Originally Posted by angie3096

The Kyle David Miller Foundation provides HWL seats to low income people in need.
http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/pages...y_for_Help.htm

That's looks like a great site but it's not available for canadians.

[angie3096]

Ya know, in most cases Canadian lawmakers are MUCH more sensible than Americans. The one exception is carseats! I don't get why it was just THIS YEAR that 65lb seats were approved to be sold in Canada. And the Regent is still not allowed there. I just don't get it. You have my sympathies, in that respect.
Not that America is a WHOLE lot better. Here you can't get a seat that rearfaces past 35 pounds. In the Netherlands they go to 50! I don't get why that is. I would SO LOVE for those 50lb rearfacing seats to be available here...

[an_aurora]

The Kyle David Miller Foundation does not just supply Regents. They also have Radian80's, called the Radian Premier in Canada. It's only rated to 65 lbs in Canada, though.

[Sandrine]

It still doesn't mean that it's available everywhere in canada. I never saw it here.

[angie3096]

I've heard Canadian Tire is a popular place to get them.

[alegna]

Originally Posted by Sandrine

I never saw any seat in Canada that had harnesses to 65lbs. To 47lbs was the max i ever saw. Please don't say that Britax do make seats up to 65lbs with harnesses because we can't get them up here.

The marathon will now be labeled for use up to 65lbs in Canada as well as the radian.

-Angela

[an_aurora]

You can always order them online, too.

[the_lissa]

Someone told me and the ministry of transportation site seems to suggest that the law is that children must be in a boost between 40 and 80 pounds, and cannot be in a harness past 40 pounds. It's stupid.

[angie3096]

I think that is the way it used to be in Canada, but Canadian techs on other boards have told me that just recently (like in the last few months) they have started allowing kids to be harnessed in Canada until 65 pounds.

I agree that to put any limit on how long you can keep your own child as safe as possible in the car is, as you said, stupid. That's about the ONLY reason I can be thankful I don't live there!

[alegna]

Originally Posted by the_lissa

Someone told me and the ministry of transportation site seems to suggest that the law is that children must be in a boost between 40 and 80 pounds, and cannot be in a harness past 40 pounds. It's stupid.

That's the way the law was. It was recently changed.

-Angela

[the_lissa]

Can you help me find a source?

Of course, I can ask DP to ask his colleagues at the Ministry of Transportation.