To make the best use of the straps onto the luggage, is there a weight limit (car seat + child's weight)? What can you tell from your experience?
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It all depends on the luggage. We had it strapped to a carry-on size because well, you carry it and the car seat with you on the plane. My son is 30 lbs and the car seat is maybe 10 and it was awkward, but it worked. Our luggage was also soft sided so a hard sided might support more weight, but I wouldn't do more than 50-60 without first doing a test run at home.
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My daughter weighs 34 pounds. I don't think this is completely meant to work with a kid in it, but I have used it this way. Also, I tend to use it with a carry on bag vs. a full size suitcase. The fuller the bag the better so it does not collapse.
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I don't think that the weight would matter for the strap, it is more what your luggage can handle. The strap is very sturdy, and I would think it could handle any size child that still fits in a carseat. The limitation would be if the suitcase can handle the weight. The last time I used this my son weighed probably 30 pounds, and we have average size/weight car seats. There was no problem at all with it.
1264201
I have this pet carrier, it's pretty strong but I'm not sure exactly of your question and what you are wanting to do? What do you mean by luggage straps and a seatbelt?
357487
If the child is light enough (i.e., no more than 23 lbs.) it should not be a problem. My 4-year old grandson (who weighs 32 lb.) wanted to be pushed around in it and the rubber around the wheels came off. I can only assume this happened because he was too heavy. This is the only time the rubber came off despite great usage, but with no one riding in it. I don't think that it's really designed for "passengers", other than toys or stuffed animals. My 2-year old grandson loves to "load it up" with all of his toys and animals and push them around.
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If you review the available accessories (purchased seperately - listed here on Amazon for $7.99), you'll find a carrying strap. Ihave no personal experience with the carrying strap, but I believe you can hook on 1 or 2 straps to carry the carseat on a single-shoulder or as a backpack.
487397
No, you are not allowed to use aftermarket product on your car seat straps. It can compromise your child's safety because the aftermarket parts were not crash tested with the seat. It could also void your car seat warranty.
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Yes There are a lot of straps but secure and it will lay back really far. I fit my Eddie bauer carrier carseat in. You can have the four month old in with just the straps or switch bigger kid to little side and put carrier in big side like I did at first.
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I used the chair on a lightweight adult, perhaps 120 pounds or so. Not sure what would be different for a small child, but the chair might be too large without a car or booster seat. There is a seatbelt on the chair to help secure a child seat.
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Weight limit is 40 lbs. Which means I could carry my four year old if I wanted to - but I would not - I am still carrying my one year old in it and have a new baby coming anytime who will be carried in it. Sorry I do not have a secure answer on the age limit. I think that it really would depend on your child and how long you both feel comfortable wearing and being worn in it.
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I think you could wrap luggage straps around it and put a seatbelt through the luggage straps without it collapsing in, so long as you didn't pull the straps so tight that they would squeeze the sides. I'm not sure that it would hold up to much pressure in the event of an accident or being packed in too tightly with other things. Also, after a couple of months, we threw ours out because our 10 pound shorkie could escape from it. Then she liked to jump on top of it and urinate and it is hard to clean. She doesn't like to be confined when she's home alone....
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I would not know if it would attach to your carseat but this is what the straps looking for since it only has three-hole ring. one on the top, two on the side. Therefore you would need on your carseat: - tether and LATCH for attaching to the first hole on the middle top and the lower tether (LATCH) for the two side holes. so i dont know what else can cause problem in attaching carseats to the luggage. well someone else might know better =D i also purchase this for a long travel reason (US to asia pacific). which is as far as your trip too. =Dgood luck!
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I use mine with a toddler seat, but I'm not sure how it may work with an infant seat. A toddler carseat has openings in the back allowing you to feed the straps through and secure. If an infant seat doesn't have that, you wouldn't be able to secure it to the travelmate. The website may have more info, but I absolutely love it with our toddler seat and it makes a huge difference when getting through the airport. Practice attaching and detaching before hitting the airport, so you can do it quickly.
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We purchased a converter strap called the "traveling toddler" from Amazon. I think it was under $20, which allowed us to strap this car seat directly to our rolling luggage. We were very happy with the way that it worked. And it even fit down the aisle of our Southwest Airlines flight. Although it was a very tight fit. Definitely practice hooking and unhooking the strap at home without a child in the car seat before you travel or it will be a nightmare in the security line. But after everything is adjusted and you practice 1 or 2 times it's very easy and quick to attach and detach.
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Supposedly it is for children 5 to 65 pounds. I wouldn't recommend it though only because it doesn't recline as far back as the infant car seats. It also is not portable. You would have to take the baby in and out of the seat at each stop. I would highly recommend an infant seat for the convenience. It is a great car seat though!
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I have used this car seat on the plane with no issue. It's heavy and hard to maneuver, though, and I used a big car seat bag to carry it onto the plane.
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My daughter is very tall also, 100% for her age group. At 18 months and 35inches, she is at the next to the top shoulder strap. The manufacturer recommends turning it forward facing when they reach the top strap holder. I just asked our pediatrician at our 18 month check up what we should do when she reaches that point as I am sure it will be soon, and before she is 2 which is the law in CA. His response was to turn her around when she reaches the top strap even if it is before age 2 as she will then be big enough. That being said we bought this carseat for traveling. It is the smallest and lightest carseat we could find. She seems very comfortable in it. The bottom strap to attach it via car latches does not adjust on both sides which makes getting a perfectly tight fit impossible. It has good safety ratings but in comparison to the Britax carseat we use for every day, it really doesn't seem as safe or tighly secured in the car. Hope this helps.
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Their website says infant and toddlers. I don't think there's a weight limit. My husband has jokingly sat in it and it was fine. No problems for our infant to use it afterwards either. :)
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I'm not sure exactly how long the straps are, but my daughter is almost 5 and a half...she is about 40 pounds and I haven't had any issues with the straps being too tight. I used this with her last year and didn't have to adjust the straps this year when she used it for the first time. We love this product and highly recommend it!