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[Tig-uan]

While I agree I do note that every child seat I have seen says not to install it rearward facing
(Which of course isn't an issue if the kids are not in a child seat).

While I agree I do note that every child seat I have seen says not to install it rearward facing
(Which of course isn't an issue if the kids are not in a child seat).

I think this means not to install the child booster rear-facing into front-facing seat. To install the child booster front-facing into front-facing seat and then to turn the whole thing 180 degress backwards, I do not think this is what the warning is about. you can confirm this point by looking up the German multivan broushure, it offers an optional intergrated booster in the middle of the row, that can be turned reawards. If there was any problem with that, I'd think that would not be a factory option.

Personally, I have been convinced by articles like the below:

Almost three-quarters of parents choosing the wrong child seat - Telegraph

"Professor Lotta Jakobsson, senior technical specialist for injury prevention at the Volvo Cars Safety Centre, said: “We strongly recommend everyone to have a rear-facing child seat for their young children. All children should travel rear-faced until the age of three, and preferably four. The differences in anatomy between adults and children are profound."

The heads of babies and young children comprise up to 25 per cent of their total body weight, compared with 6 per cent for an adult, making them more susceptible to head and neck injuries. In a frontal collision – the most common type – the neck is subjected to very high and concentrated forces if in a forward-facing seat. In a rear-facing seat, these forces are lessened because they are distributed over the whole of the child’s back and head. "

[The_Hawk]

I agree that kids are safer when rearward facing, as I think just about anyone is really, since impacts are better dissipated across the body.

Thinking about it a little more it may have even been something I read in the owners manual about not turning the seat with a child seat in place... again I agree that it's probably the safer option but I'm sure I've read it somewhere. This will drive me crazy so I will have to pull out the manual and find it now

[Cristian G]

I think this means not to install the child booster rear-facing into front-facing seat. To install the child booster front-facing into front-facing seat and then to turn the whole thing 180 degress backwards, I do not think this is what the warning is about. you can confirm this point by looking up the German multivan broushure, it offers an optional intergrated booster in the middle of the row, that can be turned reawards. If there was any problem with that, I'd think that would not be a factory option.

I think the biggest problem in our wide brown land is that the child seats are not designed to be fitted to seats rearwards facing.
I know when my last daughter was born I looked into fitting her capsule in the first row and rearwards facing, but the fitting instructions and OEM stated not to. While the capsule is rearwards facing, it should not be fitted rearwards.

I also saw that image, but was advised by the dealer that is was not an option available in Australia.

[Scarfies]

1) olambo: I might be interested in the Goodnight package - if you decide to separate it.

2) we regularly rear face with a forward-facing install by swiveling the captain's chairs. The very latest Britax models (finally) include ISOFIX and they work beautifully; we looked hard for evidence/instructions to the contrary and didn't find anything. (Kids are 3 and 1).