I understand that when this car seat is forward facing the height restriction is 49", but what is the height restriction when it is rear facing?
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The fit chart on the Britax website for this car seat mentions a seated shoulder height range of "Rear Facing : 9 - 16.75 inches". I always just moved my kids forward facing when their legs got too cramped after they passed their one year birthday. But I had longer kids. Hope this helps.
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The front seat is great for tall children! My 45 inches tall 5 year old still fits.
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The seat back is about 30 inches high...when all the way down - it reclines to about 45 degrees...
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Depends where the car seat is located. I drive a Corolla and find having the rear-facing seat behind me is pretty snug. I'm 5'4" and I sit fairly close to the steering wheel with the Chaperone behind me these days. When the seat was in the middle spot, there was much more space for the driver.
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Hi Claire. I have used this car seat rear facing until my youngest was almost two years old. I made ir front facing when it started to be uncorfortable to her, but she was about 22 months old then. So, I think it'll depend on how fast your child grows.
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No, children should ride facing backwards until they are two years old, and this car seat is forward-facing only. There are also height and weight requirements for this seat, and a one year old probably isn't big enough.
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According to Clek's website the height limit for rear facing is 43 inches (110cm). The height limit for forward facing is 49 inches (124 cm).
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I have a Roundabout 55 installed rear-facing with a seatbelt behind the passenger seat in my 1998 Honda Civic. It is tethered to the slider of the passenger seat. It doesn't seem to take up any more room than our Chicco Keyfit 30 did. The passenger seat is pretty far forward, but not all the way forward. This seat is super tight and secure!
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Just purchased this and it fits rear-facing in my two door with both front seats all the way back. It's pretty much impossible for my 6'2" broad shouldered husband to get our son in and out of the seat in my car but I don't have any issues. This is a non-issue since my husband doesn't usually drive my two door without me. Go to a store that carries the seat and install the floor model, you aren't required to purchase it there.
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This seat is designed to be used forward facing only. Any infant younger than one year shoul be rear facing, so this seat will only suit a child over 12 months old.
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It is law that a child be rear facing to 1 year AND 20lbs. Has been law since at least 2006. Car seat companies are not spreading lies about extended rear facing to make money. Rear facing is safer. Period. It is proven by the law of physics and the medical fact that children's spines do not fuse until they are between 4 and 6. Please stop spreading lies about car seat safety. Car accidents are the number one killer of children and the last thing we need are people working against safety with their conspiracy theories.
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The adjustable headrest has 10 positions. You can use the lowest 7 positions in rear facing mode. The maximum height for rear facing USED to be 35", but they retracted that height limit and now according to the Peg Perego website, your baby will be safe in the rear facing seat as long as his head is "at least one inch below the top of the headrest". They don't list a specific height, only a weight of 45lbs.
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States have different laws now about what age with front and rear facing carseats. AAP now says 2 years and that is what I'm going by. I was going to buy this car seat but since it doesn't rear face I went with Britax instead.
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For rear facing- 43in/50lb. Forward facing 49in/65lb. Check out the Clek website for full info- http://www.clekinc.com/foonf/
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This car seat is rather big. I imagine it would be pretty tight in a smaller car especially rear facing. We have it in a Hyundai sante fe crossover and decided to put it forward facing because of the leg room for or daughter
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Depends on how long you want to keep him facing backwards, but I'm not sure what seat you have matters for that. My boy is about 34" tall right now and his legs are a little scrunched up, but he's still good for long trips. If you are going for forward facing, you'll need a Suburban to get away from the kicking in the back of your front seat, but that has more to do with the car than the car seat.Basically, your car makes a lot more difference with the legs than the car seat. I can't imagine that this seat would give a long-legged child any trouble.
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Britax's website (I don't think I can post a link here but it's their name, then usa, .com). They have a great tool for side by side comparison for all of their seats, height & weight restrictions, etc) If I'm reading the specs right (please don't quote me on this), the height restrictions are the same (49'). It's the weight that's the big difference. It goes up to 40lb rear facing, 70lb front facing. My son is on the smaller side (he's 18 months and just now getting into 12-18 mo clothes) and I bought this seat because I knew it would last a while rear facing.