Britax Safe-n-Sound Platinum PRO Questions & Answers

You have to check their specs (on their website can download pdf), but australian standard is from 6mths of age. If your little one is still comfortable rear faced, its better to leave rear faced. If you look up recommendations its as long as possible (baby is comfortable). Their bodies are most safe rear faced so young in case of accident. My little one is 14mths still rear faced, she has a mirror so can engage with us. Best of luck

Thanks Kris,
My LO (4m) gets bad nausea and I'd like the option of trying both 4wd and rear facing plus if it does get better with time (which our MD suggests it might) we could go back to rear facing. My 2yo is still rear facing and fine.

Thanks for your help, ill try to find the appropriate file

Thanks
Bec

If your car has side/curtain airbags go the milenia as they will work like the platinum pro airbags.

Yes. It has them on the side. They are better than the ones on the platinum pro plus in my opinion. The pro plus ones stick out like tags where the pro are flat.
It holds the seatbelt well.

Thanks so much for answering my question. That's great news! I've just bought the Pro SICT and look forward to installing it for our 6 month old to jump into. :-)

Hi, my seat angle is 15 degrees. Thanks.

As far as I am aware it goes by the child’s height, there are markers on the seat. If shoulders are above the line the child must be forward facing.

You can adjust the tilt when it is rearward facing. This gives a little more room when it is in the most upright position. However as your child grows you will need to adjust the height of the headrest with integrated shoulder straps and this takes up even more space. We only just got away with it in our mid sized SUV but it was challenging. Good luck.

Yes. Care instructions in the britax booklet say the covers are machine washable on gentle cycle. We’ve washed ours and they still look great.

Best thing to do is go to a Baby bunting they can bring out the demo model and put it in your car to see if it fits. It may fit but take into account how far forward the passenger seat has to be to allow for a gap between the carseat and passenger seat. If this carseat means a very 'neck to knees' experience in the passenger seat, don't buy it. As your baby grows the baby seat extends so passenger seat needs to move forward more over time. I have 3 months to go till I can forward face and get legroom back.. Im using it in a BMW X3. Hope this helps!

Hi, that is extreme temperature! However, we do get the odd 40 degree days here too. In that circumstance, we would deffinately be having the ac on in the car. You never mentioned if you have an ac. To be completely honest, we always have the ac on in the car at summer. My child (baby back then) never had issues in regards to over heating.
I haven't made a complaint in regards to the head rest yet. I spoke to the store from where we purchased ours from and as it has been over two years (one year warranty) they told us we need to contact them directly. So I can't tell you how they respond in regards to complaints.
In regards to safety, we chose this seat as it was the brand that was used in our family.
Hope this helps you! All the best :))

The aircon is always on.. Due to the heat.. You would actually die without good aircon. The problem is I am seeing so many people complain of their babies overheating and they aren't in my area but major cities. So I am trying to find out if the interior padding and exterior materiel has changed recently to better accommodate this.

Totally understand you're concern, we read the reviews about the temperature when looking into the Platinum. We get our share of 40+ degree weather in Adelaide (during summer mainly). My wife owns a VW with air con in the front and rear seats and I have a Mazda with air con in the front only. On days like this in my wifes car with the air con on no problems at all, whereas with my Mazda we tend to need to have the air con up on the highest to cool the car down enough, but little one doesn't seem get unsettled in either car.

We have had no issues with our daughter in this car seat. She is now 11 months old and has always generally fallen asleep when we transport her in it.

Hi Safe N Sound Official, I went to your link for tips to keep a baby cool in this car seat and there is sweet f.a. there about this type of sweatyness that will happen in any car in an Australian summer.
What I want to know is : are Britax changing their fabrics to a cool wicking bamboo type fabric in the Platinum and the Meridien and when can we expect it if so? ... I am due in October so would like to wait to buy something thats not going to overheat my child, otherwise I will have to purchase something else.
Thanks

Very hard to use. Seems like defective design to me. Safety 1st is much better in my experience.

If that is the case, I would check how much sun is getting on the seat and her. Uv protection through tint or add on screens available through baby stores should help.

Thanks for your answer. Our car is tinted and I also use a screen however her back feels very warm after being in the seat for even just 20 minutes. Does the platinum seat comes in a different fabric at all?