Going abroad to Syria in a few weeks with DS who will be nearly 4 and over 3ft.
We have a Britax First Class Si car seat over there which is 5 pt harness and goes up to 18kgs.
DS is over 18kgs now - probably around 19kgs or 19.5kgs - will weigh him tomorrow.
The plan was to take a high back booster with us and leave it there for future trips.
However, DH pointed out that as DS is not that much over the weight limit, could we get away with using First Class Si car seat for this trip - it will be used to and from airport (not more than 20min journey) and to people's houses - all city driving and no more than 10-15mins each trip
What do you think? I personally feel that once they go over 18kgs the car seat will cease to be safe in an impact due to it not being weight tested etc but then if he's in a high back booster, he will only be secured by the adult lap belt - we don't even use a high back booster here - have a Britax two way Elite that harnesses up to 25kgs
What are your thoughts? Would the Si be safe past 18kgs?
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PussinJimmyChoos · 14/04/2010 22:55
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