Car seat with inbuilt harness up to 26kgs.....

tan- just thought i'd share my experience with you. i bought an s n s hi-liner for ds1. we got the H harness and it is such a pita when you are getting them in and out of the car- kinder drop offs, shopping etc. i absolutely hated it and ended up taking it out after about 2 weeks. it did my head in! then we had ds1 in the hi liner with the adult seat belt and he complains constantly that the seat hurts his back. long trips are almost unbearable. just thought i'd tell you what we've been going through, hence my interest in importing a radian. it is such a dilemma!

My DD1 is in the HiLiner, when i bought it i fitted it with the Protects harness they virtually insisted i get with it in the shop, i could not get a fit i was happy with (DD1 is narrow shouldered) so i stopped in at a safety day at another Baby Shop and had the fit checked, they confirmed it was not great and i was advised to dump the harness and just use the adult belt.

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I got that from Britax. Had a lovely conversation with a rather rude woman there when I was researching bigger seats for DD2 about 5 months ago. She kept refusing to give the weight and age limits for the seats, would only give me the shoulder heights! lol Ended up speaking to her supervisor too. End result was that they were changing the guidelines from ages to height.

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This is from Safe n Sound's Facebook page re height markers after quite a few people were worried about having to forward-face their babies too soon,

Safe-n-Sound: Hi ladies, we understand that this is confusing and as a result we have revisited this issue. If your child reaches the shoulder height marker to move forward facing and are under 12kgs that we are confident that you can keep your child in the rear-facing mode up to 12kgs. If your child is above 12kgs and still under the shoulder height marker then they can still confidently remain there until they reach the shoulder height marker to move them. Please feel free to call us if you would like to discuss this in further detail.
9 December at 14:52

They have also said that the seats have not changed in construction since the introduction of the height markers and are tested to the same weights as prior to the change, for forward-facing and rear-facing limits. This was back in December though so for any newer models it would be worth checking. They are usually very helpful on their Facebook page.

Just updating! We got a S&S hi-liner for DD in both cars to use with the normal seat belt, the clip holder and anti sub clip all make it fit her wonderfully. DS being shorter and just under 18 kgs got a MR, which we have already as well so it's all worked out!

Tan how does the anti sub clip work?

You hook the middle of the lap part of the belt into it so they can't slide under the lap belt bit in an accident ITMS. It sort of keeps them more upright than sinking their bum forward. Comes standard on the HiLiner and when you convert the MR its got one too.

I was going to mention the anti submarine clip also. we have a maxi rider used with normal car seat belt and clip. i

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if you get it from NZ like we got our Radian, it only cost $18 to ship TWO Radians :)

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Hi Shanti, I was wondering if you could PM you experience with the Radian, I am thisclose to buying one a friend of mine has three I just wanted a second opinion. How do you like them? Do they feel secure in the car? What colours do you have and what does the fabric wear like and feel like?

this thread has been great answering my questions. I have a tall 2 yo nearly out of a 4yo seat, and in all my searching radian seems the way to go, price ($406 Imported) design, height, and Aus laws will change next year for isofix apparently!