Diono LiteClik 30 XT

There are some vehicles, like Chrysler Pacifica, that do not allow load legs to be used. The rear-facing tether on the Diono LiteClik 30 XT provides the same function as a load leg. 

At 17.5" wide, this seat could be a good option if you are trying to fit 3 car seats or 3 people in one row of your vehicle. 

While not the smallest seat front-to-back, it was small enough to fit behind the passenger seat in a Toyota Corolla while leaving enough leg room for the person up front. 

This seat is easy to install with either the seat belt or the lower anchors. The top tether is a unique feature, but I didn't find it difficult to use. The tether has a very long strap, so it should work well in most vehicles. 

4 child passenger safety technicians had trouble fitting an 8-pound baby in this seat and needed in-person help to figure it out. We hope to see the manual updated with more pictures of how to use the wedges. Without the wedges, the lowest harness height is 8", so they must be used to get a good newborn fit. 

The back of the seat, where the harness is, is covered. This makes changing the harness height more complicated than on most other seats on the market. You have to loosen the harness all the way, take the harness off of the splitter plate in the back, pull the harness through the hole on the front, slide it into the hole you want it into, push it in until it dangles low enough that you can see it, and then attach it to the splitter plate again. 

The manual that we received was not very detailed with how to use the wedges. We had trouble figuring out how to use them. We hope that future editions of this manual will be more clear. Diono has recently created a YouTube video that is helpful for this issue.

This is the only infant seat I have ever had that falls over when you put the child in it. Moving the handle to the stabilizing position before putting the child in the seat is a necessity. Without doing so, the seat will most likely fall backward, and your baby will hit their head on the floor. Unfortunately, moving the handle to the stabilizing position and back to the carry position is quite difficult as the canopy gets in the way. The canopy is required, so you may find this process tedious. 

Our model was 2 months old, 10.5 pounds, and 23". At this point, we had tried her in quite a few car seats, so she had had enough of our antics! But she got a good fit here.