Seat belt clip extender
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Seat belt clip extender
Installed a booster seat sandwiched between two other car seats. Problem is that it's almost impossible for my son or even me to reach in to buckle the belt on the booster. It's too tight.
Has anyone used this product to extend the seat belt clip?
http://shop.hidcountry.com/Seat_Belt...0extension.htm
Has anyone used this product to extend the seat belt clip?
http://shop.hidcountry.com/Seat_Belt...0extension.htm
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This twangy dude claims to have invented the concept. Judging from how they show the pregnant woman buckling up in a configuration that would not only cause her to loose the child, but make her a paraplegic in a heavy crash, I'm not sure they are as much for safety, as they are for larger people avoiding tickets, and gaining some comfort from the shoulder belt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOVEUmjDvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOVEUmjDvs
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I had a similar problem a few years ago when the kids were younger.
I bought a Britax Husky that is permanently belted in and has it's own 5 point harness for the child. I think it is rated to right around 100lbs. This way the kid can hop in and buckle up without having to dig for the belt. I'm guessing it is a lot safer then just a booster.
The only problem we had was my son saying he was in a big baby seat.
I bought a Britax Husky that is permanently belted in and has it's own 5 point harness for the child. I think it is rated to right around 100lbs. This way the kid can hop in and buckle up without having to dig for the belt. I'm guessing it is a lot safer then just a booster.
The only problem we had was my son saying he was in a big baby seat.
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I had a similar problem a few years ago when the kids were younger.
I bought a Britax Husky that is permanently belted in and has it's own 5 point harness for the child. I think it is rated to right around 100lbs. This way the kid can hop in and buckle up without having to dig for the belt. I'm guessing it is a lot safer then just a booster.
The only problem we had was my son saying he was in a big baby seat.
I bought a Britax Husky that is permanently belted in and has it's own 5 point harness for the child. I think it is rated to right around 100lbs. This way the kid can hop in and buckle up without having to dig for the belt. I'm guessing it is a lot safer then just a booster.
The only problem we had was my son saying he was in a big baby seat.
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Sorry, I can't see any fifty or sixty pound kid tolerating a five point harness that is used correctly, meaning with only a finger's width of space between their body and the strap, and their shoulders permanently pinned against the seatback. Unless you loosening the pull-strap every time the kid gets out, and you were reaching back and tightening it up when they got in, the seat was being used incorrectly, and all apparent safety benefits go out the window. Think of how frustrating it is when your shoulder belt retractor locks at a stop sign or something? I don't think there are many eight year old boys that will go for that. A good booster is designed to reposition a child, so the safety systems engineered into your car can protect them. Like the extender above, adding additional points of failure and misuse into a system that is already working, in my opinion is less safe.
I remember in our neighborhood there was a kid who's mom made him wear a bike helmet. I'm sure his mom thought she was making him safe. Thinking back to all the bullying, teasing and beat-downs the poor guy got over it, I wonder if he ever recovered from all that safety?
I remember in our neighborhood there was a kid who's mom made him wear a bike helmet. I'm sure his mom thought she was making him safe. Thinking back to all the bullying, teasing and beat-downs the poor guy got over it, I wonder if he ever recovered from all that safety?
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I agree the seat belt extender is not safe. But you guys think the seat belt clip extender could also be problematic (see image below)? There is no way to connect the seat belt when 3 car seats are in the 2nd row.
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I have been wanting a solution for this as well as I have two boosters and three kids total in my second row. I long for a day when they can buckle themselves!
I don't think that buckle extenders with or without belt webbing portion are any less safe than the factory arrangement, provided they are used correctly. If the parts are made to the appropriate standard and the fit when buckled fits the torso correctly, then there should be no issue.
I started working with peparts.com who is a local mfr of seatbelts for vintage cars but then got busy. I think they will make them to spec and they use OEM spec hardware, etc.
I'll try to call them again and report back what I find.
I don't think that buckle extenders with or without belt webbing portion are any less safe than the factory arrangement, provided they are used correctly. If the parts are made to the appropriate standard and the fit when buckled fits the torso correctly, then there should be no issue.
I started working with peparts.com who is a local mfr of seatbelts for vintage cars but then got busy. I think they will make them to spec and they use OEM spec hardware, etc.
I'll try to call them again and report back what I find.
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I just don't get it, what is with you guys? Have you never heard of duct tape? Just tape 'em to the seat, about a half a roll each for your average eight year old. The nice part about the 60/40 is you can get around the back of the seat, and if they want to be next to each other you just put them both on the 60.
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I just don't get it, what is with you guys? Have you never heard of duct tape? Just tape 'em to the seat, about a half a roll each for your average eight year old. The nice part about the 60/40 is you can get around the back of the seat, and if they want to be next to each other you just put them both on the 60.
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haha. I use the
method. they seem to buckle just fine on their own.
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I don't think that buckle extenders with or without belt webbing portion are any less safe than the factory arrangement, provided they are used correctly. If the parts are made to the appropriate standard and the fit when buckled fits the torso correctly, then there should be no issue.
Correct fit is always the key.
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I just don't get it, what is with you guys? Have you never heard of duct tape? Just tape 'em to the seat, about a half a roll each for your average eight year old. The nice part about the 60/40 is you can get around the back of the seat, and if they want to be next to each other you just put them both on the 60.
Sorted.
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Come to think of it, the GL has the rear moonroof reminiscent of the Vista-cruiser from the '60s. Maybe I should just put the seats down and let them flop around in the back like the good old days of our youth???
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When I was very young and we lived in Buffalo, a friend of my mother's was driving myself and my brother in her square-back VW. He was in the back seat and I was in the floorboard of the front seat. She turned left at a four-way stop and I heard her yell, and then the back of the car swung around with a tremendous crunch. None of us was seriously hurt (some guy started going through while reaching for gum in his glove box) but my brother said he was tossed around like a pinball in the back seat. I was probably five at the time, maybe six, certainly the age a kid would've been in a booster seat, and my brother is two years older than I am.
Proper restraint is your very best bet against injury in a collission.
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booster buckle
Haven't used that one, but I got one at boosterbuckle.com. Works great and is long enough for 3 booster seats in the back.
Installed a booster seat sandwiched between two other car seats. Problem is that it's almost impossible for my son or even me to reach in to buckle the belt on the booster. It's too tight.
Has anyone used this product to extend the seat belt clip?
http://shop.hidcountry.com/Seat_Belt...0extension.htm
Has anyone used this product to extend the seat belt clip?
http://shop.hidcountry.com/Seat_Belt...0extension.htm
