2011 City Mini Double Shoulder harness straps: Those of you who have the city mini, if you have older kids who don't like the shoulder harness how did you remove them?
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We took off the top hooks, un-threaded the whole strap, put the waist clip back on, re-threaded through the little sliding length adjuster. You will have some strap still dangling, because it is long, but it is working for us and way easier to load and unload our twins. They would hate being strapped down! This is on the 2009 version, but I think the straps are the same. Does this make any sense to you?
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My son just turned 3, is the 30th percentile so you have a reference. The strap is in the closest position and I should move it forward as it seems too far back to the point where it is in line with him. With that said, it does not pull tight up on him or seem to squish anything, but the shoulder straps are adjusted perfectly. So it's not like there is slack in the shoulder straps to make it looser on the center one. I just honestly haven't moved it forward yet as we just got this car seat. I hope this helps
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I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never waiting for a booster or space for one when we dine out. I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never... » Read More I'm not sure I would call it a shoulder strap? It would be one of the chair straps extended, instead of extend this strap, I use it around the perimeter of the booster to secure the flap. I've purchased this seat 6 times for friends and family. We own 2 for our twins and think they are fantastic. Started using the seats when the twins turned 7 months. Now they are 2 and carry their seats in by the small handle. As they've gotten older we don't worry about securing the shoulder straps, and you can kind of fold the top over to fit a "lower" backed chair... Love it, we are never waiting for a booster or space for one when we dine out. « Show Less
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i bought an additional harness to leave attached to the booster seat.. its a little larger on my min pin, but goes over clothes etc.. the front adjustment is a good fit, the "stomach" adjustment is a little loose (she weighs less than 6 lbs) but she stays put.. this is the harness description i got on amazon:Cosmos ® Black Color Polyester Dog Safety Vehicle Belt Harness with Soft Sponge Cushion - Smallpaid less than $8 and had prime shipping, it also has the ability to "buckle" into a seat belt receiver in the car and the strap is adjustable enough to allow the dog to move freely and you don't have to take the harness out of the car.. i leave clipped to the "back" clip on the booster seat.. i bought an additional harness to leave attached to the booster seat.. its a little larger on my min pin, but goes over clothes etc.. the front adjustment is a good fit, the "stomach" adjustment is a little loose (she weighs less than 6 lbs) but she stays put.. this is the harness description i got on amazon:Cosmos ® Black Color Polyester Dog Safety Vehicle Belt Harness with Soft Sponge Cushion - Smallpaid less than $8 and had prime shipping, it also has the ability to "buckle" into a seat belt receiver in the car and the strap is adjustable enough to allow... » Read More i bought an additional harness to leave attached to the booster seat.. its a little larger on my min pin, but goes over clothes etc.. the front adjustment is a good fit, the "stomach" adjustment is a little loose (she weighs less than 6 lbs) but she stays put.. this is the harness description i got on amazon:Cosmos ® Black Color Polyester Dog Safety Vehicle Belt Harness with Soft Sponge Cushion - Smallpaid less than $8 and had prime shipping, it also has the ability to "buckle" into a seat belt receiver in the car and the strap is adjustable enough to allow the dog to move freely and you don't have to take the harness out of the car.. i leave clipped to the "back" clip on the booster seat.. « Show Less
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I bought my FP Space Saver High chair approx. 3 years ago. I purchased these straps and they do fit... I had to use pliers to pull the waist straps through the slots as these straps are a bit wider. Also, the shoulder straps on the lowest slot on the high chair and adjusted to the smallest length are still a little loose on my baby. She is 5 mos and about 14lbs. I wouldn't trust the straps to hold her in without the tray at this point, but I know it wont be long and these will fit fine. I contacted Fisher Price and they sell the replacement shoulder straps but not the crotch strap/buckle. Overall I am happy so far with this purchase. I bought my FP Space Saver High chair approx. 3 years ago. I purchased these straps and they do fit... I had to use pliers to pull the waist straps through the slots as these straps are a bit wider. Also, the shoulder straps on the lowest slot on the high chair and adjusted to the smallest length are still a little loose on my baby. She is 5 mos and about 14lbs. I wouldn't trust the straps to hold her in without the tray at this point, but I know it wont be long and these will fit fine. I contacted Fisher Price and they sell the replacement shoulder straps but not the crotch strap/buckle.... » Read More I bought my FP Space Saver High chair approx. 3 years ago. I purchased these straps and they do fit... I had to use pliers to pull the waist straps through the slots as these straps are a bit wider. Also, the shoulder straps on the lowest slot on the high chair and adjusted to the smallest length are still a little loose on my baby. She is 5 mos and about 14lbs. I wouldn't trust the straps to hold her in without the tray at this point, but I know it wont be long and these will fit fine. I contacted Fisher Price and they sell the replacement shoulder straps but not the crotch strap/buckle. Overall I am happy so far with this purchase. « Show Less
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Hi yes, I have it on a City Mini (2009 version) and it fits fine. Works great though I have to say the handle of the Mini makes it hard for my daughter to stand on it. She stands on the inside of the handles. I think, in general, these boards work better with McClaren types of strollers where the handles are separate.
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IMO, not as easy as the 5point harness seats. Depends on width of your car. It will be very hard to buckle each seat belt. If your kids are still within the requirements of the radians, get them! They WILL! I had an Olds Alero and all 3 of my radians fit with no problem. These are a bit wider. :(
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Does anyone know if you can get replacement shoulder strap pads for the citi mini double stroller? We lost one today.Thanks!
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When I was deciding on a car seat, I purchased (and returned) 4 other seats, and this particular problem (being able to reach the seat-belt release) is a deficiency of all the seats I tried that have booster or shoulder belt convertibility. While my son did release it once, I came "unglued" and seem to have sufficiently scared him from ever touching the buckle again. Additionally, I found that if I have the harness tightened appropriately (making sure he only has 2 fingers of space) he can't reach it. The biggest deciding factor for me was that my son was unable to fully free himself once strapped in properly (he was able to loosen the straps on the other brands and unbuckle and then he was out!) The Frontier 90's harness strap release button is to far in for his fingers to reach it.
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We have small kids so it didn't bother them, it's possible it would bother someone who's taller! One thing I notice was sometimes the straps were vibrating from the wind and I thought it was annoying.
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Will do! :) How funny. I am now actually looking at the Graco Quattro Tour Duo for my first primary stroller, just because it's cheaper and comes with cupholders, carseat attachments, etc. I looked at the Duoglider in the store and it was horrible, but the Quattro has better reviews and supposedly folds down 20% smaller. Looking at the measurements, it SHOULD fit... never know though. I'm going to try that one out this week. The boutique I went to to look at the City Mini actually had the Quattro Duo in stock but I just totally didn't even look at it, ha.
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I agree. There is a lot of slack in the harness. Also, your child would fit comfortably. If you go to the website for the product, I'm fairly confident that there is a video, so you could see it being actually used.
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I had the same problem. After looking through car seat installation guides online, I figured out that for forward facing seats such as this one, the straps for the harness needs to be threaded through AT or ABOVE the child's shoulder. Mine was set a little below, because that's the way we used to do it for the rear facing seats. Once I fixed that (it's now just a tad above my son's shoulder), I have no more problems tightening the harness. If in doubt, contact Britax as they steered me toward the right direction.
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The straps are in the back behind the car seat. You have to adjust each side individually. It is extremely hard to adjust when the baby is in the seat. The newer models have a pull strap in the middle front which makes it so much easier than this car seat.
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I do, I pull the seat belt up and through the bottom strap. I have 2 little dogs and 2 seats, one on each side of the back seat and I leave the arm rest down. it is very secure this way for my guys:) the regular harnesses they already had didn't work, I bought new ones specific 2 the car and we love those best, now use for our regular walks too:)
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I have the City Jogger "Elite" and I got the infant car seat adapter bar. It never "clicked" for me on the adapter so I never felt too comfortable using it so I only used it once or twice with the strap that was on the adapter. With that said, I read and looked at YouTube videos and it seemed to work for them, but not for me. However, I loved the car seat especially with the snap and go stroller. I felt it was more convenient to use the strap and go stroller anyway.However, I come from a tall family and my little one is tall so in some ways I wish I would have gotten a car seat that went up to 35 inches because my girl grew out of it by 8 months. So many opinions and things to think about but it will all come together! Good luck!
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Hi, I emailed my supplier and this was her response.. "Our covers have openings that open and close with snaps, so they adjust to any height of the safety belts. There is no need to remove manufacturer's cover, ours fit over the existing one, you just pull the straps through the openings and snap around the straps. With that said, the covers only fit on the infant car seat covers, not the convertible ones that go from infant to toddler." hope this helps.