britax multitech

[charlotteG]

hello,

i have some questions about the multitech.

my two children are actually in the duologic. now we will perhaps buy a new car, but the duologic cannot be installed in this car. so i'm thinking about to take the multitech. but i'm not sure.. can the child really longer be rearfacing in the multitech than in the duologic? i think, that my children can sit in the duologic till the age of 5,5.

till which age or kg the multitech can be used rearfaced?

and is this seat the same like the evolva 123? in crashtests, the evolva is only "middel", not very good. anybody has crashtestresults from the multitech?

thank you in advance for your answers

[lenats31]

If your children will make it to 5,5 years old in the DuoLogic, then they´ll be a teenagers before they outgrow the MT

The MT is the reverse version of the Evolva. The MT has beltguides where the Evolva has cupholders. It RFs to 25 kg. FFs with the 5 point harness to 18 kg and then from 15-25 kg as a highback booster seat. Also the MT has a long steel stability leg (footprop)that goes from the back of the seat to the car floor + two tether straps that you fasten to the front seat runners or the front seat bights.



Due to all these differences I don´t think you´ll find any similarities in crash test results. The MT is a dedicated RF car seat all the way. The Evolva is a dedicated FF seat which harnesses to 18 kg and works as a highback booster seat from 15-36 kg. The orientation of these two seats alone - makes a world of difference in crash test results. Both seats are easy to install.

If I had to make a choice between the two seats, then it would take me less than a split second to choose the MT.

Lena

[charlotteG]

If your children will make it to 5,5 years old in the DuoLogic, then they´ll be a teenagers before they outgrow the MT

The MT is the reverse version of the Evolva. The MT has beltguides where the Evolva has cupholders. It RFs to 25 kg. FFs with the 5 point harness to 18 kg and then from 15-25 kg as a highback booster seat. Also the MT has a long steel stability leg (footprop)that goes from the back of the seat to the car floor + two tether straps that you fasten to the front seat runners or the front seat bights.



Due to all these differences I don´t think you´ll find any similarities in crash test results. The MT is a dedicated RF car seat all the way. The Evolva is a dedicated FF seat which harnesses to 18 kg and works as a highback booster seat from 15-36 kg. The orientation of these two seats alone - makes a world of difference in crash test results. Both seats are easy to install.

If I had to make a choice between the two seats, then it would take me less than a split second to choose the MT.

Lena

thank you for your answer! but i can not understand all (do you speak german? ) what is "beltguide" and "cupholders"?

so, the multitech is rearfacing till 25kg? on the webside of britax i saw, that you have to turn him around to forwardfacing? Bilbarnstolar - Kombi bilbarnstolen, Multi-tech vår senaste bilbarnstols nyhet. Bilbarnstolen är godkänd för barn mellan 6 mån - 8 år. Först bakåtvänt och sedan framåtvänd and why the evolva is till 36kg and the multitech till 25kg forward? where is there the difference in the seat?
is the mutitech only with 5point harness?

the seat-shell of the multitech is 62cm, expandable to 68cm. also when it is used rearface (the 68cm) ? the duologic seat-shell for exemple is 63cm.. so why i think that perhaps my daughter can also sit as long in the duologic like in the mulittech.. do you know what i mean?

and is the multitech very firm in the car? like with isofix for exemple?

[lenats31]

I read German very well, but it has been too long since I wrote anything in German - sorry.

The MT harnesses to 18 kg forwardfacing. You must use it as a highback booster seat from 18 kg to 25 kg. I am not really sure why you can´t use it past 25 kg. A rough shot at it is the footprop in combination with the lack of the Isofix. The Evolva does not have this footprop. The footprop adds some weight to car seats. This counts for the MT as well. Most people don´t buckle up a booster seat which they should. The Evolva doesn´t have Isofix either.

The Graco Duologic is an Isofix RF seat. it cannot go forwardfacing. Furthermore, Isofix has an 18 kg weight limit which you must not surpass. This seat is outgrown once your children hit 18 kg regardless of how short they are. This seat has not been tested to carry children beyond 18 kg

the MT on the other hand - is a belt-installed seat - therfore the higher weight limit. Your twins have 7 kgs more in this seat.

SO, the DuoLogic will most likely take your children all the way to 18 kg but NOT to the top of the seat.

The MT WILL take your children all the way to the top of the seat onless you have two heavy weight children.

A good exsample olf this is my own daughter. She is 117 cm tall, nearly 5 years old and weighs 20 kg.



Cupholders are used hold cups of say- soda, limonade or water.
You feed the seatbelt through belt guides.

You CAN flip the MT to frontfacing at 18 kg if the child starts to become uncomfortable in RF position. But it is not something that you MUST do.

[charlotteG]

I read German very well, but it has been too long since I wrote anything in German - sorry.

The MT harnesses to 18 kg forwardfacing. You must use it as a highback booster seat from 18 kg to 25 kg. I am not really sure why you can´t use it past 25 kg. A rough shot at it is the footprop in combination with the lack of the Isofix. The Evolva does not have this footprop. The footprop adds some weight to car seats. This counts for the MT as well. Most people don´t buckle up a booster seat which they should. The Evolva doesn´t have Isofix either.

The Graco Duologic is an Isofix RF seat. it cannot go forwardfacing. Furthermore, Isofix has an 18 kg weight limit which you must not surpass. This seat is outgrown once your children hit 18 kg regardless of how short they are. This seat has not been tested to carry children beyond 18 kg

the MT on the other hand - is a belt-installed seat - therfore the higher weight limit. Your twins have 7 kgs more in this seat.

SO, the DuoLogic will most likely take your children all the way to 18 kg but NOT to the top of the seat.

The MT WILL take your children all the way to the top of the seat onless you have two heavy weight children.

A good exsample olf this is my own daughter. She is 117 cm tall, nearly 5 years old and weighs 20 kg.



Cupholders are used hold cups of say- soda, limonade or water.
You feed the seatbelt through belt guides.

You CAN flip the MT to frontfacing at 18 kg if the child starts to become uncomfortable in RF position. But it is not something that you MUST do.

ok, i understand a little bit more.. but not all (my english is not very good....)

so, forwardfacing, the multitech have to be use with as booster seat with normal 3 point harness when the child has 18kg and more?
and rearfaced, the child can be attached with 5pointharness till 25kg oder 8 years for exemple?

in this moment i have my daughters in the duologic: the first has nearly 3 years and 10kg/90cm and the second 10 month/70cm and 6,5 kg. so why i think, that they can sit in the duologic till the age of 5,5 or 6, because they will never ever have more the 15kg before the age of 6 and they are not very tall. i know, that the seat back of the multitech (62cm or 68) is not really higher than the duologic seat-back (62-63cm). so perhaps the mulitech is ok for children who are heavy, do you know what i mean? i read and saw on pictures, that the headrest of the multitech is expandable to 68cm. is the possible in the rear position or only in the forward position with booster using?

and the mulittech has no iofix, doesnt it? because you are speaking about isofix... ( "A rough shot at it is the footprop in combination with the lack of the Isofix" )

what do you mean with this? "SO, the DuoLogic will most likely take your children all the way to 18 kg but NOT to the top of the seat."
. why not to the top of the seat when they have less then 18kg?

so you think, that my daughter can sit longer rearfaced in the multitech than in the duologic? (remember: she will never have more the 15kg till the age of 6)

and what do you mean with: " your twin have 7 kg more in this seat? "


ahhhhhh: i a new problem: our futur (perhaps, not sure) car isn't on the liste of the multitech! this car is on no rearfaced car lists! (qashqai)

[lenats31]

, forwardfacing, the multitech have to be use with as booster seat with normal 3 point harness when the child has 18kg and more?
and rearfaced, the child can be attached with 5pointharness till 25kg oder 8 years for exemple?

Exactly!

i read and saw on pictures, that the headrest of the multitech is expandable to 68cm. is the possible in the rear position or only in the forward position with booster using?

68 cm is for booster mode only - so forwardfacing it is.


what do you mean with this? "SO, the DuoLogic will most likely take your children all the way to 18 kg but NOT to the top of the seat."
. why not to the top of the seat when they have less then 18kg?

The DuoLogic is 63 cm, which is pretty tall. My daughter would have outgrown this seat by weight and not by height about one year ago or is it longer than that? I don´t remember. the weight limit of this seat is low compared to its´ height. The MT is 62 cm, but the weight limit and the height limit are compatiable.

Since your children aren´t big neither weightwise nor heightwise then why would you want the MT? I take it that your new car does not have Isofix points? The DuoLogic can be installed with a seatbelt. But the weight limit is still 18 kg.

There are a lot of tall children in Scandinavia by the way. My son is app 92 cm at nearly 2 years old allready. Daughter is 117 cm at nearly 5 years old.

and the mulittech has no iofix, doesnt it?

Nope, no Isofix on the MT. All Isofix seats that rearface - are rearfacing seats only - can´t go forwardfacing. But the MT install is very simple.

so you think, that my daughter can sit longer rearfaced in the multitech than in the duologic?

There is no question about that. But your daughter is 90 cm and 10 kg at 3 years old, so I don´t think you need another seat to be honest. Onless she starts gaining a lot of cm. and kg like my daughter did.

" your twin have 7 kg more in this seat? "


I thought you had twins.

Lena

[charlotteG]

, forwardfacing, the multitech have to be use with as booster seat with normal 3 point harness when the child has 18kg and more?
and rearfaced, the child can be attached with 5pointharness till 25kg oder 8 years for exemple?

Exactly!

i read and saw on pictures, that the headrest of the multitech is expandable to 68cm. is the possible in the rear position or only in the forward position with booster using?

68 cm is for booster mode only - so forwardfacing it is.


what do you mean with this? "SO, the DuoLogic will most likely take your children all the way to 18 kg but NOT to the top of the seat."
. why not to the top of the seat when they have less then 18kg?

The DuoLogic is 63 cm, which is pretty tall. My daughter would have outgrown this seat by weight and not by height about one year ago or is it longer than that? I don´t remember. the weight limit of this seat is low compared to its´ height. The MT is 62 cm, but the weight limit and the height limit are compatiable.

Since your children aren´t big neither weightwise nor heightwise then why would you want the MT? I take it that your new car does not have Isofix points? The DuoLogic can be installed with a seatbelt. But the weight limit is still 18 kg.

There are a lot of tall children in Scandinavia by the way. My son is app 92 cm at nearly 2 years old allready. Daughter is 117 cm at nearly 5 years old.

and the mulittech has no iofix, doesnt it?

Nope, no Isofix on the MT. All Isofix seats that rearface - are rearfacing seats only - can´t go forwardfacing. But the MT install is very simple.

so you think, that my daughter can sit longer rearfaced in the multitech than in the duologic?

There is no question about that. But your daughter is 90 cm and 10 kg at 3 years old, so I don´t think you need another seat to be honest. Onless she starts gaining a lot of cm. and kg like my daughter did.

" your twin have 7 kg more in this seat? "


I thought you had twins.

Lena

ok, know i understand i little bit more

Since your children aren´t big neither weightwise nor heightwise then why would you want the MT? I take it that your new car does not have Isofix points? The DuoLogic can be installed with a seatbelt. But the weight limit is still 18 kg.

because perhaps my husband will get a new car (but i keep the duologics im my car) and the car has isofix, but isn't on the list of the duologic. so i'm thinking about to buy 2 new carseats. and while i was searching i saw the multitech i thought it could be a good idea to buy a seat till 25kg. so we have in both cars two seats, this is more comfortable than to change sometimes the seats from one to another car... but its right, i could install the duologic also without isofix.

but when the headrest of the multitech is only expandable in the booster front position, than perhaps they can't sit longer in the multitech rearface than in the duologic... and i think, that the mulittech forward is the same like the evolva? and the evolva is not a really good seat:
BRITAX Evolva 123 Ultra

or is there another difference between the evolva and the mutitech forward?

but i have another problem: all the reboard seats like hts izi combi with isofix, the multitech or duologis arent compatible with the qashqai? what can i do?

[Autofil]

You should buy a booster when they are going to sit FF. The Multitech is too heavy compared to the boosters.

[charlotteG]

You should buy a booster when they are going to sit FF. The Multitech is too heavy compared to the boosters.

i'm not yet interessed to install forward i hope, that my children can sit rearface till the age of 6.

but why it is not good, to have a heavier seat forward than a normal booster? what seat would you install later forward?

[Dings]

i'm not yet interessed to install forward i hope, that my children can sit rearface till the age of 6.

but why it is not good, to have a heavier seat forward than a normal booster? what seat would you install later forward?

A regular booster seat is much lighter than a forward facing car-seat. This extra weight puts a lot more strain on the childs soft, light body.

A good booster seat is i.e Britax KidPlus or KidFix (isofix)

[lenats31]

The footprop adds weight to the MT. It makes the MT heavier than other boosters. You must buckle up the MT all the time even when your children aren´t in them.

There are boosters with Isofix. They do better in side impacts and you don´t need to buckle it up. So less risk that the booster will become a projectile in a crash.

I have an Isofix booster for my daughter. I would not use the MT for that.

Since you don´t plan to forwardface your children any time soon, why consider the Evolva?

but when the headrest of the multitech is only expandable in the booster front position, than perhaps they can't sit longer in the multitech rearface than in the duologic...

The MT has an internal harness height adjustment system. The headrest will go up with it to 62 cm. After that you must remove the harness in order to exspand it to 68 cm.

Another thing to consider is: WHERE does the seating position begin? The MT is a low seat - meaning the child sits lower in this seat in the car compared to - say - HTS BeSafe or Britax Fixway. These seats place the children high up. I know that the DuoLogic a seat in two parts: The shell and the seating which you click into the shell. It will start in recline position, which is low. BUT you must move the seating upwards as the child grows out of the baby stage in order to make room for the legs and feet.

take a good look at post: 34 which clearly shows the difference in the seating area height (from the base of the seat). This photo post shows a Britax two Way Elite 9-25 kg and the Duologic right next to each other. The small child in the Duologic seat sits somewhat higher up than her older sibling right next to her. The Two Way Elite has a 60 cm seatback lenght. But the children sit lower in it.

Look at post 40 too, with photographs of the MT and the DuoLogic right next to eachj other. Look how much higher up the child in the Duologic gets to sit compared to the child in the MT.

Hope this makes sense.

Lena

[lenats31]

Forgot to mention one thing:

When I meassure the TWE and the MT, I allways meassure the seating area. I meassure them from the center of where the child´s behind will be seated and to the top.

I never meassure the back of the restraint shell.

SO the 62 cm that I get from meassuring the MT and the 60 cm I get from the TWE aren´t meassurements of the seat shells. They are meassurements of the actual seating areas. The MT shell and the TWE shell are longer than 62 cm and 60 cm respectively.

Lena

[charlotteG]

The footprop adds weight to the MT. It makes the MT heavier than other boosters. You must buckle up the MT all the time even when your children aren´t in them.

There are boosters with Isofix. They do better in side impacts and you don´t need to buckle it up. So less risk that the booster will become a projectile in a crash.

I have an Isofix booster for my daughter. I would not use the MT for that.

Since you don´t plan to forwardface your children any time soon, why consider the Evolva?

but when the headrest of the multitech is only expandable in the booster front position, than perhaps they can't sit longer in the multitech rearface than in the duologic...

The MT has an internal harness height adjustment system. The headrest will go up with it to 62 cm. After that you must remove the harness in order to exspand it to 68 cm.

Another thing to consider is: WHERE does the seating position begin? The MT is a low seat - meaning the child sits lower in this seat in the car compared to - say - HTS BeSafe or Britax Fixway. These seats place the children high up. I know that the DuoLogic a seat in two parts: The shell and the seating which you click into the shell. It will start in recline position, which is low. BUT you must move the seating upwards as the child grows out of the baby stage in order to make room for the legs and feet.

take a good look at post: 34 which clearly shows the difference in the seating area height (from the base of the seat). This photo post shows a Britax two Way Elite 9-25 kg and the Duologic right next to each other. The small child in the Duologic seat sits somewhat higher up than her older sibling right next to her. The Two Way Elite has a 60 cm seatback lenght. But the children sit lower in it.

Look at post 40 too, with photographs of the MT and the DuoLogic right next to eachj other. Look how much higher up the child in the Duologic gets to sit compared to the child in the MT.

Hope this makes sense.

Lena

hi lena,

You must buckle up the MT all the time even when your children aren´t in them.

this i can't understand.... what does it mean? that you always have to put out the seat of the car when there is no child in the seat?

Since you don´t plan to forwardface your children any time soon, why consider the Evolva?

no, no, i don't consider to take the evolva! i just think about the multitech and because this seat is similiar to the evolva (and the evolva is not one of the best) i compared these seats to make sure, that the multitech is a good seat...

yes, perhaps my children could sit a little bit longer in the multitech.. thats why im thinking to take two multitech for our new (second) car. so we have in each car two seats and don't have to change every time when we are using the car of my husband. and when my children grow up of the duologic, they can sit a little bit more in the multitech... or i wait a little bit more to buy two new seats, perhaps there will be better seats on the market in one or two years? i don't know..

[Cathie]

I don't know much about your new car, but make sure the supportleg (footprop?) is long enough for your car. It's not really long! The one in duologic is much longer!
I've tried to install the MT in some cars where it wouldn't fit cause the supportleg was to short!

[lenats31]

hi lena,

You must buckle up the MT all the time even when your children aren´t in them.

this i can't understand.... what does it mean? that you always have to put out the seat of the car when there is no child in the seat?


yes, perhaps my children could sit a little bit longer in the multitech.. thats why im thinking to take two multitech for our new (second) car. so we have in each car two seats and don't have to change every time when we are using the car of my husband. and when my children grow up of the duologic, they can sit a little bit more in the multitech... or i wait a little bit more to buy two new seats, perhaps there will be better seats on the market in one or two years? i don't know..

That´s when the MT is used as a booster seat. It does not have Isofix - so must be belted in even tough there is no child in it. A lot of parents don´t belt in their booster seats, which makes the seats dangerous in crashes as they can easierly projectiles in crashes and hit the occupants in the car.

An empty box of Kleenex can kill a grown man in a crash. Then imagine what an unbelted booster seat without Isofix can do

Lena