Comments on: Safe harness adjustment as easy as a click – Britax Boulevard CS Review

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By: CPSDarren

CPSDarren — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:46:48 +0000

The Boulevard is a very nice, full featured convertible. I don’t think you would be disappointed. As for what is safest, that would really require trying different models. Just make sure wherever you purchase has a good return policy! There’s always a chance with any seat that you won’t like it, it won’t fit right or for some other reason just doesn’t work in your situation.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:57:46 +0000

Anyone have any experience installing this or the Advocate in a Subaru Legacy station wagon (1999)?

We are in a rural area and are stuck mail-ordering a car seat because there is nowhere within two days’ drive to try-and-buy one. We are outgrowing our infant seat, and want the best and safest for our only child!!

Recommendations?

By: CPSDarren

CPSDarren — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:32 +0000

I had no problems adjusting it rear facing, after it was installed. In fact, it seemed to me that there was more leverage to pull until it clicked. I would take a video for you, but I don’t have a click and safe model on hand at the moment. You might also try posting at http://www.car-seat.org to see what other owners have to say about it!

By: Noel

Noel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:41:35 +0000

Hi Darren,
I was wondering if you can go a little further on your response to Shawn. It seems to me that his concern is not so much as to whether he can adjust/tighten the harness correctly per se, but more specifically, as to whether you can tighten the harness in a rear-facing position by pull it up rather than straight out or down as per instruction which, according to Shawn, seems impossible when the car seat is rear-facing.
I need to get one in the next week or so and one of my concern is, since I intend to keep the seat in the car most of the time, whether I can adjust the harness after seating my baby when the seat is already positioned and snug tight in the car. Thanks.

By: CPSDarren

CPSDarren — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:47:37 +0000

If you are confident that you can adjust the harness correctly without the CS feature, then I think you would be fine with the standard Boulevard.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:14 +0000

Unless I am missing something, rear facing does not work as instructed. Per the instructions, the instructional video, and the sales person from Britax, the only way to tighten the harness is to pull the harness adjuster straight out. I actually have both the Boulevard and Boulevard CS at my house now to compare. Just a casual observation tends to point out that the new click-n-safe feature has moved the harness adjuster strap on the front farther down the front of the seat. By doing so, it is almost impossible to pull the harness adjuster in a straight out or down motion in the rear facing position. The only option is up, of which, Britax will tell you is wrong on the “CS”. After watching the instructional video for the “CS”, there are two basic shots of the harness adjuster being tightened. One is of the actual actor and child in the seat, and oddly enough the actor pulls straight up on the adjuster. The other shot shows someone pulling the strap straight out, but yet you can easily tell that this isn’t the scene in the car with the child – which leads me to believe it can’t be done per their instructions. The video of the “Boulevard” only shows one shot of the actor and child in the car and the actor pulls the strap straight up. If it is just me or my car, please let me know, but I doubt that seat backs come in that much of a variety that would allow you to pull this strap adjuster straight out in a rear facing position. That being stated, is the “CS” option truly the best option for rear facing, or should I just stick with the standard Boulevard?

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By: SallyN

SallyN — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:04:19 +0000

Just learning about the “Click and Safe” feature (we have a non-CS Boulevard that we love, and it’s time to add to our collection for Child #2).

If anything, I tend to err on the “too tight” side. Might the CS feature be useful in helping me get a feel for how much looser I can go while still being ’safe’?

By: CPSDarren

CPSDarren — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:45:36 +0000

I believe that is correct. For most parents who don’t have any problem or concern getting a standard harness adjuster tight enough, I would definitely advise to purchase a standard Boulevard, Decathlon or Marathon.

Parents who, for whatever reason, never get it anywhere remotely tight enough may benefit from Click & Safe feature.