GRACO TURBO BOOSTER SEAT: DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW THIS WORKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK SEAT WHERE THERE IS NO SHOULDER HARNESS?
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Modern booster seats *cannot* be used without a shoulder belt. It increases the range of motion of the child's body in an accident as well as the risk of ejection and 'seat belt syndrome'. The seat should either be installed in a vehicle position with a shoulder belt, the vehicle should be retrofitted with a center shoulder belt by the dealership, or an extended harnessing seat (such as the Britax Regent or Sunshine Kids Radian 80) should be used.
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One of the best things about this seat is it's ability to have a bit of a recline. If you are able to make the rear seat recline a little (just enough so the head doesn't fall forward) the seat has an easy loosen feature just for this :) You still want them to be sitting up enough that the shoulder belt is still in the right place and useful (if needed). But they can be back a little bit and use the headrests in the booster as pillows. Hope this helps, we have had this booster for over a year now and love it :)
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The harness is a one piece and meant to be worn on both shoulders. You can adjust the back tension, but not separate the two shoulder straps. Also the straps come without a belt, which you will have to acquire separately. Aside from that, the quality is good.
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this is a booster seat, it does not anchor to your car's bench seat and it does not have its own harness. There is a loop on the side to keep the car's shoulder harness in the right place and you just use your car's seat belt/shoulder harness the "regular" way. In PA this is only legal for children age 4/40 lbs & up.
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hi Anne - this is one "feature" of the seat that completely blows me away. In our old Graco seat, our son's poor head would nod back and forth when he'd sleep. hit the breaks and his head would just bob forward, often waking him up. In these Recaro seats, they did something with the design / angle that this NEVER happens. I have no clue why but my wife and I talk about this all the time. It just works
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If your harness attaches to the seat belt attachment, it will work in the back seat. There are velcro slots in the bench seat protector that allow the harness to clip into the seat belt base. If you use it in the front seat (which I would not recommend), it will also work if you lift up the side of the protector and tuck in behind the belt attachment-but if you have airbags you likely will kill your pet in an accident
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Contact Britax. They will send you a replacement. Or you can return it to Amazon (if that is where you purchased the seat). Do NOT use the seat without the chest clip fastened. It is required to use the chest clip and it should be at nipple level or armpit level. Also if you child is rear facing, make sure the straps are at or below their shoulders. If the child is forward facing the straps should be above the shoulders. This is very important for the seat's performance in a crash.
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My baby was born at 10lb 8oz, quite a bit bigger than a typical newborn, and was a homebirth - we didn't take him anywhere for 2 weeks. When I put him in his seat for the first time, I was *really* uncomfortable with how far apart the shoulder straps are. They slip off his shoulders unless I have the chest clip higher than typically suggested - basically as far up as I can go. This is despite the infant insert padding. I've never been a fan of needing a separate car seat for a newborn, but honestly I'm not sure this seat is the best choice because of the width between the shoulder straps.
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I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never waiting for a booster or space for one when we dine out. I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never... » Read More I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never waiting for a booster or space for one when we dine out. « Show Less
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William- I returned this seat but if I remember correctly, it loops "up" & secures around headrest. Try that & see if it works. We couldn't use it, our 3 lb. baby got all twisted even with the harness in use. Good luck!
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I have always felt better to put off to one side as there isn't a headrest in the middle & the top of the booster is pretty large....it secures very snug w a shoulder belt. I think it would be too tipsy otherwise ....love mine!
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It comes with the extension peice. I have a compact SUV, my 45lb dal at first would get a bit tanggled up cuz he would go underneath the seatbelt (I do place the strap to the middle seatbelt which goes from the car ceiling, and i use the extension strap that comes with the harness. ) He soon earned not to go behind the seatbelt strap. Now he moves around & lays down the foot area in the back seat area with total ease. It protected him numerous times on few of my sharp turns and brakes. Cant say enough about using a good harness!
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Hi Lola, This Car Seat has an internal 5-point harness to secure the child in the car seat. You can install the car seat into the vehicle with just a lap belt when using the 5-point harness. If you are using this seat as a belt-positioning booster seat you can only install it into the vehicle with a lap and shoulder belt. If you have other questions, please let me know.
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Two things. First, if the seat will fit in the center of the back seat. The booster is not big nor small. Secondly, If you plan to use the bottom booster with the upper part, you definitely need a seat belt that crosses over the chest for safety. Whether you use one or two seat belts is not so much the concern as much as having a seat belt that crosses over the chest AND lap. I hope this helps. :)
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No, it has a three point harness that goes across the lap only. No shoulder straps.
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The recline helps a bit, but it's still pretty upright. My son's head will usually flop to right or left, but sometimes he goes forward. The straps hold him in until I go around a corner and his head falls back to the side :-) About typical for a harnessed booster. In his regular booster he would end up doubled over. So I'll take what I can get.
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Mine came with the shoulder strap. Since there are places to attach the strap, I would think that a universal harness would work.