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My DD was 35 lb and 4 yr when we moved her to a combination harness to booster (booster with 5 pt harness). She still uses the harness right now. We also have her in a convertible car seat in another car since she has not exceeded weight or height limits, but will probably get another harness to booster soon since its a lot more roomy. We passed her old convertible (all mentioned here are britax) down to DS.

@purrpletulips: we have a britax frontier 85 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0038W0JI0. We also have a frontier 85 sict in the grandparents car. It's like th frontier 85 with side impact. I'm happy with both. I think there are only a few brands that make the combination booster with harness. I think recaro is another one.

@Mrsbells: I'm not a car seat expert, but seems like the high weight seats could be useful if your child stays within the height range of the seat. You could potentially use the convertible for quite a while and only have to buy a standard booster once the height is maxed out. In our case, we needed to pass down the convertibles to DS, but wanted to keep DD in a harness so we opted for the combination booster, which will convert to true booster when she maxes out the weight limit. What is a chapter seat that you are referring to?

I got a Graco My Ride 65 which is a 65lb weight limit. It was about $120.

I think there is a Cosco one that WalMart carries that has a higher weight limit that is well rated.

DD is 5 yo and still just 40 lbs. She's in a Diono Radian which is a convertible/high back booster, so she's in a 5 point harness too, and will be for a loooong while I think.

But she does use a travel booster when in cabs (when we travel) or in her friends' cars for playdates.