Discount Britax Frontier 90 Booster Car Seat

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These new seats are replacing a Frontier 85 and a Marathon that were junked because of total lost car accident last Saturday. Both of the old seats performed as designed, and kept my kids safe during a nasty accident. Just got both of the new Frontier 90's installed, and road tested. The kids love them, and I like that Britax fixed the few minor problems from the Frontier 85. The Clicktight systems is great, and easy to use. The bottom cushion does not come unhooked like with the Frontier 85. Britax makes great car seats, and are well worth the money and piece of mind.

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We recently purchased the Frontier 90 in Cactus Flower for my daughter due her meeting her height max on her convertible car seat. Even though she is 5, I was not ready for her to move up to a shoulder strap only seat due to my belief that kids should be harnessed for as long as possible. I did a lot of research and was intrigued by the click tight technology as well as the ability to harness her for much longer than other seats (58" Harness max!!). We have had this seat for a few weeks now and it is amazing! My daughter is tall but skinny for her age (40lbs and 48 inches tall) and this seat is a great fit. After about a week she was able to get herself in and out of the harness without assistance (only needing me to pull the strap tighter). My 3 year old son has also used this car seat and it works so well for him we are purchasing another in red for him. He is 40 inches tall and 40 lbs.

Pros:

Click Tight Technology: Seriously easy to do and will give you a rock solid install on your first attempt. This alone is bringing us back to purchase another for our younger son, who has a perfectly decent car seat that is a pain to install.

Extended harness: I really believe in keeping kids harnessed for longer and this will get you there!

Easy the change harness height: We already had this feature on her old car seat, but I have to say it is a must when looking at options! This makes it easy to switch between kids or when you notice they have gotten too tall for their current position.

Fabric: I like the feel of the fabric and it seems easy to clean on the spills it has faced already.

Comfort: My daughter says the seat is comfortable and she likes that it has two cup holders to hold toys or snacks for the road. She also has no issues falling asleep in the seat on long car rides to my in laws house.

Cons:

HEAVY... even my husband was shocked! Don't tell yourself you will be lugging this across the airport on your back... I can't even imagine! We won't be moving it much from car to car, so this isn't a big deal for us. It may be an issue for some, so just letting you know!

The release button for the harness straps is a bit far back than typical. Three inches or so back into the fabric of the seat. Once you find it you are good, but my child sized hands take putting my pointer finger the entire way in to push and release. My thumb is too short to access the release button.

I am not really phased by the cons I listed and really feel this is an amazing seat. I think the one star review got a defective seat as my daughter is very tall for her age and still has plenty of room to grow in the harness (another 10 inches to be exact!).

Buy the seat... you won't be disappointed!

Update 7/8/2013: We now have three of these seats. One in each Cactus Flower, Onyx, and Congo. We love these seats so much, but I must say that from a cleaning aspect I really like the Cactus Flower print as well as the Congo print. We have been considering sending back the Onyx one and trading for another Congo. The only reason is that the Onyx print is a velour type fabric everywhere it is solid black and it already is collecting dust as well as being more difficult to clean spills. We still love these seats, but wish the Onyx had come in a more nylon type fabric like Congo.

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With the clicktight system Britax has finally leveled the playing field with Römer, its European partner company. Maxi Cosi has had a similar clicktight system in European car seats for a decade, yet American car seat manufacturers were slow to catch on.

When I first moved to the U.S. I could not believe how incredibly tedious installing a car seat with the lap-shoulder belt could be. Here I was, kneeling into our Boulevard trying to get the belt as tight as possible only having to release it because I was nto able to close the red or blue interceptors (or whatever you call them). I kept telling my husband that the Maxi Cosis we had in Europe were a breeze with the level system which would tighten the lap/shoulder belt for you.

I installed our Frontier today and what a breeze it was. Thread it through and push the back down *click* and the seat does not move. Quick and easy!

Some have commented on the release button being located too far inwards. Well, I actually do think that Britax changed the location of the release button deliberately. A few days ago our 2,5 year old son managed to unbuckle himself in the Boulevard while driving. Mind you, this is pretty much impossible with European car seats and a huge flaw in Britax's design. No child riding in a 5 point harness under the age of 5 should be able to unbuckle herself. Yes, I know, it's convenient when your child can get in and out of the seat himself, but a 3 year old should not manage to unbuckle himself in the first place. This has absolutely nothing to do with whether your child is well behaved or not; we all know that even the most obedient children have their moments and I certainly wouldn't want one of these moments to occur while I am driving. I'd rather have a release button that is more difficult to reach and a buckle that is harder to open than the convenience of my 3 or 4 year old being able to unbuckle herself.

So far, there is nothing that I do not like about this seat. It even reclines :D

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I am a mother of 4 children ages 3 months, 2, 4, 6. My husband and I have bought many car seats. The 2 brands that we have been happy with are Graco and Britax. My favorite seat that we have bought is the Britax Roundabout 2008. I was expecting that some of the things we like about the Roundabout would also be true for the Frontier 90.

The following things that I was excited about with the Britax Frontier 90, are a little disappointing.

1. Click-tight technology, it is pretty easy to install with the seat belt. However, once it is installed, it is a little hard to release the click-tight latch.I had to push rather hard and ended up breaking a fingernail and my finger tips are a little sore from squeezing to release the seatbelt. Also, I wonder if using this type of installation for a long period of time (2+ years) if it will damage the seat belt of the car.

2. Height Adjustable straps, For some reason I cannot adjust the height of the harness straps while the seat is installed. I was hoping that I could do this and my 2 older kids could both use this seat with an easy adjustment before getting buckled in the seat. But I have to uninstall the click-tight seatbelt AND the back tether strap to slide the head rest and harness straps up or down. Not very easy when you are in a hurry to buckle kids in and get somewhere.

3. Ease of use..Tighten the harness straps...it is very difficult to tighten the harness straps and get a good fit. Other reviews stated that the release tab was difficult to use, but I did not find this to be the case. It was the opposite for me, getting the seatbelt tight enough to be safe.

4. The buckle that is supposed to flip forward so you don't have to dig around for it is big and bulky. My son still tends to sit on it and I cannot reach down and pull it out. I have to make him get out of the seat and flip it out and hold it in place while he climbs in. This may be because I have it fully reclined, but it seems to not be as helpful to me.

THINGS THAT I DO LIKE...

1. In my mini van, The seat reclines enough to allow my son to sleep without his head flopping forward. But I also have to recline the seat of the van. In a Toyota Corolla, where the actual car seats do not recline in the back of the car, my son was sitting more up right, even with the Frontier 90 fully reclined. He did not fall asleep in this car, so I cannot say if his head flopped forward or not.

2. I like that it has 2 cup holders.

3 I'm sure it is very safe if it is installed correctly and the seat belt/harness is tight enough. But it is VERY heavy.

4. It looks nice and takes up less space compared to our Graco Nautilus

5. My 4 year old son can buckle himself in (this is a big plus for me w/ 4 kids in car seats) but cannot unbuckle himself.

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I've always consider safety #1 and this seat seem to provide it.

Although my child can use a booster seat with the seat belts, if you search online about safety concerns with seat belts, you'll definitely want to put your child to a 5 pt harness as long as possible. And when they go over 90lbs, this seat also support booster using seat belts.

I think Britax is the only brand that makes seat supporting higher weights with 5 pt harness.

Pros:

-Easy to install in cars. Latch system if your car has it. Most cars do now.

-Easy to adjust.

-2 cup holders and armrests.

-5pt harness for up to 90lbs.

Cons:

-Size is big and not as portable to a booster.

-Price, but you can never put a price on safety for your child.

-my child complained about the buckle cover rubbing against the legs when wearing shorts(one piece with the buckle which can not be removed unlike the Frontier 85).

I do also own a Froniter 85. Some upgrades made to the 90 were:

-Able to adjust tilting on the bottom.

-A place to store the latches on the back

-buckle adjustment can be made from the front without flipping underneath the seat to adjust.

-5pt harness from 85lbs to 90lbs.