Rivian Mom
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Been meeting a lot of Rivian owners lately, and recently, I met a mom who drives the R1T and has 3 little kids: an eleven-year-old, a nine-year-old, and a six-month-old, two boys, and one sweet little sister. The eleven- and nine-year-olds are both out of their boosters and looking forward to sitting in the Rivian and being able to see out the windows. Any mom who has been through this stage before knows that you cannot put two boys next to each other for long hauls, which I'm well aware of, lol, so she wanted the five-month-old to sit in the middle in her rear-facing car seat, which is a good thing, but the sides did not fit.
The six-month-old is gradually getting to where this smaller rear-facing car seat is not going to work for her much longer, so she thought instead of buying another one of those for the Rivian, she bought the next size up that will be both rear and forward-facing till she is around four years old. I did a little personal research and found that the clek Foonf was extremely well-built and safe. This chair will absolutely not fit anywhere but the center seat when in rear-facing mode; it is too big, and the front seats become unusable when moved too far forward to accommodate it.
Here are some issues she encountered...
So her Rivian R1T does NOT have LATCH points for the middle seat...
The LATCH points are available on either side but not the center; the center does have a Tether point to use behind the headrest along with the side positions. So what can she do to secure her seat in the center? She tried to use the inboard LATCH point from either side seat to secure the chair first. That worked as far as fixing the chair correctly and securely, but it caused an issue for her boys in their seats. The LATCH strap coming into their space was manageable. The problem was that the passenger seat side could not use the seat belt buckle; it was being blocked and covered by the LATCH strap. So, with three children in the back, that would not work; if it was just using the center for one child, it would not be an issue.
The seat also had a fixed LATCH system that she was not able to use as intended in the center seat.
So she thought about another option, which was to thread the center seat belt into and through the chair following the manufacturer's instructions. She wasn't really happy with this setup, as she liked the secure feeling that comes from clicking on the LATCH system, but it is still safe, so it was usable. Unfortunately, the seatbelt threading caused the same issue; it covers the connector for the passenger side seatbelt.
You can see that the belt goes over and across the click point for the boy's seat; he wrestles with it every time.
There was still so much space available for three in the back seat, even with the center position filled with a car seat.
The smaller rear-facing seat fits pretty well behind the passenger seat, positioned comfortably for a six-footer.
The six-month-old is gradually getting to where this smaller rear-facing car seat is not going to work for her much longer, so she thought instead of buying another one of those for the Rivian, she bought the next size up that will be both rear and forward-facing till she is around four years old. I did a little personal research and found that the clek Foonf was extremely well-built and safe. This chair will absolutely not fit anywhere but the center seat when in rear-facing mode; it is too big, and the front seats become unusable when moved too far forward to accommodate it.
Here are some issues she encountered...
So her Rivian R1T does NOT have LATCH points for the middle seat...
The LATCH points are available on either side but not the center; the center does have a Tether point to use behind the headrest along with the side positions. So what can she do to secure her seat in the center? She tried to use the inboard LATCH point from either side seat to secure the chair first. That worked as far as fixing the chair correctly and securely, but it caused an issue for her boys in their seats. The LATCH strap coming into their space was manageable. The problem was that the passenger seat side could not use the seat belt buckle; it was being blocked and covered by the LATCH strap. So, with three children in the back, that would not work; if it was just using the center for one child, it would not be an issue.
The seat also had a fixed LATCH system that she was not able to use as intended in the center seat.
So she thought about another option, which was to thread the center seat belt into and through the chair following the manufacturer's instructions. She wasn't really happy with this setup, as she liked the secure feeling that comes from clicking on the LATCH system, but it is still safe, so it was usable. Unfortunately, the seatbelt threading caused the same issue; it covers the connector for the passenger side seatbelt.
You can see that the belt goes over and across the click point for the boy's seat; he wrestles with it every time.
There was still so much space available for three in the back seat, even with the center position filled with a car seat.
The smaller rear-facing seat fits pretty well behind the passenger seat, positioned comfortably for a six-footer.
