Madorski

So this has been discussed a couple of times, I know.

I have a little one on the way, beginning of February. We have a SCab and I will need to install the seat.

This is my dilemma:

We've been taught that the safest mounting point is with a LATCH system.

However, the safest location is always the inboard or centre position.

LATCH anchors are only on the outboard positions in the truck. It's not recommended to use tethers exceeding 11" IIRC which means you can't use the outboard anchors to mount to the centre.

Clearance isn't an issue, it will fit fine in either the centre or outboard positions.

Do I mount in the centre with the belt, or outboard with the LATCH tethers?

Discuss!

zchannel1

Congrats on the new one! Mine came in November. I tried mounting the baby seat in both locations and ended up using the belt in the center. I was able to get it locked down and just as tight using the seatbelt in the middle as I could using the latches, so I don't see any issue with it. It took a while using the belt getting it to feed through the seat base and locked down, but I'm satisfied with it.

whitescrew77

Put the wee one in the center, hands down the only right answer!!! A t bone collision can happen from either side. Puts the most truck around all 4 sides of baby seat. Junior lives to fight another day.

21RRF150

iTrader: (1)

When my 1 year old was just born, the infant seat had to go in the center spot. I couldn't have it on either side, because my wife and I were way too close to the dash to be comfortable or safe with the airbags.

When he grew out of it (which was fast at 5 months old) the newer bigger seat won't even fit in my truck. Well it can, but I cannot have a passenger. That seat needs to be all the way forward. Once he turns around to forward face, maybe. But when he comes with me in my truck, I usually have no passengers. So my next truck will be a super crew.

Papa D

Center. Always center. Like whitescrew77 said, put the most truck around him/her. The center is about as safe as it gets in an accident, as long as everyone else is buckled and you don't have anything that can fly around and hit them during a hard impact or God forbid a rollover.

In my Accord, I would put my knee in the seat and yank on the belt. That thing had zero chance of moving. Don't just pull on it when using a seat belt. Put your weight into it, so it can't move around at all.

Pool Runner

We have two boys 2 & 4 years old. I had my 2011, Scab when the youngest was still rear facing and found the Scab was plenty of space. I put my youngest in the center using both the Latch & seatbelt as an added cushion. And put my oldest in the forward facing on the outboard position.


BTW, the Scab is still enormous size wise. I could have still got by with my Scab today, I just WANTED an Screw.

O.C.D.

I use the center with a seat belt and the side latch connections as well. I figure he is not going anywhere. Plus the center makes sense - all around better chance in the middle.

The hard part is hoisting him into position when outside of the truck. That gets really tiring.

slowrey

I just went through this with a new booster seat for my 18 month old daughter. Since Ford only put in 2 latch positions outboard and Recaro stated that I could not use the latch attachments from the outboard because they are 25"+ width whereas the standard for latch is 11". I used the seatbelt.