Pinnacle Clicktight Cool Flow Collection
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Web ID: 8285541Unsafe - impossible to tighten the harness belts.
We purchased 2 of these seats for our 4 year old twins. We hoped these would be the last seats we ever bought but after a few months, we stopped using them for safety reasons. We tried this in a Sienna mini-van, a Ford Expedition and a Toyota Land Cruiser. NONE of these cars permitted the harness to be tightened properly because the strap is just impossible to pull. Everyone complains, Britax does nothing. These have been collecting dust in the garage as they are unsafe to use.
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EASY install & safe
I just bought this item. It is super easy to install. I did install less than 15 mins. It is a little heavy but seems pretty safe for my kid. My kid said, it is comfortable to sit in it.
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Safety concerns
I loved how easy this car seat is to install but it has some serious safety issues. But I will start off with the pros Pros: It is easy to install and move from car to car when we visit family my mother has a bigger car then we do so we often put the seat in her car. It’s bulky so i guess its both a pro and a con i love that it is bulky around the head i makes me feel my child is safe.but it does take up a lot of room but my child’s safety comes first. My son loved how comfortable it was and it fit him wonderfully Cons: My son is two her old reach around the seat and unbuckle it “which he did at 75MPH in a spot that is impossible to pull over cause we were on a narrow mountain road. I live where it gets cold so 9 months out of the year he has to wear slightly think coats or more layers we could not retighten the straps if we had to loosen them which we did and my husband couldn’t tighten them down no matter how much we tried. He was literally pulling the tightening strap hard enough that the bottom of the seat slightly came off the the bottom of the seat. And he isa firefighter and a correctional officer If and when we has to move the car seat there is a u shaped bar the holds the bottom part of the straps in the lift up part of the seat but its not a fully closed u there is a space and i under stand that its there for when its just a high back booster seat but when i had to move the car seat into our rental car part of it unknowingly slipped off and we didn’t notice it was like that until after a 45 minute drive to our home. It is hard to adjust the head in the car i had to pick up my 4 year old nephew and i had to put him in this seat well that was a pain cause I couldn’t get it to re adjust to him and then back again and we have a heated garage so it would not have been the cold cause i was fighting it and him at his school in 25 degree weather and let me tell you that is not fun. My husband is a fire fighter in our town and he is a correctional officer and we have a friend who is a cop and a mother to older kids and I explained to her and him the problem that we determined for us it was unsafe. I love britax but I sadly had to return it. It just was not safe. We ultimately had to exchange it for a different brand, and we have used them my sons whole 2 years of his life. And i have recommended their car seats to my friends and my own sister who’s son is three months younger then my son. But this was the first seat of theirs that i did not recommend for her son. `
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Great
My kids love it. They say it’s so comfy . Great car seat and most important I feal safe driving.
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Great in harness mode, not in booster
I got 2 of these over the past year and they are fantastic in harness mode. Super easy to install and the kids sit much more upright. Yesterday, we switched it from harness to booster mode. It was a little confusing at first, but not bad once I got going. The problem is that even though my daughter surpasses the minimum requirements (she’s 7.5, 48.5”, 46lbs and the seat requires 45” and 40lbs) the vehicle seat belt will not retract on its own after buckling her. We have to manually feed it back in. The head rest has to be low in order for the belt guide to sit at her shoulder, which causes too much friction to allow the belt to slide through. Even with the headrest raised up all the way, it still does not retract smoothly. I called customer support and they were incredibly nice and understanding, but only told me that the belt does that because it is not compatible with our vehicle. The manager also then informed me that this can happen with small children in booster mode, and that it gets better as they grow and the headrest can be lifted above the shell of the seat. So if you’re looking for just a larger 5 point harness seat, I would definitely recommend it. If you want to use it for a booster seat as well, I would not recommend it, unless you don’t plan on switching your child to booster mode until they’re about 55” tall, then it might work.
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Very difficult to tighen straps!
Have been using these seats just over one week. The seats are VERY easy to install but are VERY difficult to tighten. Have seriously thought of returning as I only have to install one time, but must fight to tighen the straps enough to ensure my grandchildren are safe several times each day.
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Impossible to latch after using for about a year
We bought this car seat about a year ago. At first, it worked fine, but now the latch that allows you lock the seat belt down to secure the car seat has become impossible to snap into place. Even with the seatbelt out of the way it has to be slammed into place to get it to secure. Extremely disappointed given the cost of this car seat. Poor quality and design.
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Best car seat for toddlers
Love, Love, Love, this car seat. My son hated his car seat at around 3 he said he wanted a big boy seat that wasn't so big. I got him this seat and he loved it. We had it for a year and it was still like new. I am buying our 2nd one now due to the other one being unsafe after being in a car wreck.
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