It's here, but does the angle adjuster really have magical abilities...

Very excited to receive the angle adjuster!!  There was no one else home and I was so keen to try it out I took The Monstar out to the car with me while I played with it. That was fun with him jumping in and out of the back seat and trying to get in the seat while I was installing it :)

But it was very exciting, it gave a good couple of extra inches so I even tried to install the seat in the middle, and....it is possible! No way anyone taller than me could actually drive the car, but the drivers seat goes back to my driving position. So there are some advantages to being 5'2. Very happy with being able to have The Monstar in the middle, rear-facing still and in the middle even safer again.

Bugger it! The excitement was short lived when I jumped in the car to go to the shop a couple of hours later.  I worked out that the angle adjuster gives a great upright angle for more room back to front but also adds height. So now with the seat in the middle, I can't actually see out the back of the car, using the rear view mirror or turning to look directly out.  So way too dangerous for reversing and just general driving I'd have no idea what was going on behind me. Back to the disadvantage of by being 5'2, and back to the passenger side goes the seat :(

Before the angle adjuster.

After the angle adjuster, you can really notice the height difference at the head rest.

The adjuster has allowed better leg room for the passenger, but sill not great in my little Getz. Anyone besides me, needs to concentrate on keeping their knees off the glove box area, which is where the air bag comes out in an accident. As pretty much all other regular passengers are taller than me, it's still not really practical or safe.

I am seriously considering a booster seat for me. Even now with the seat back on the passenger side, the extra height makes it so I have huge blind spot out that side of the car. I really have to turn and stretch up as far as I can to do a head check on that side.
I put a friends backless booster in and the difference in visibility was enormous. The placement of my seat belt was also much improved. The booster was a bit on the narrow side, so where the edges rise up they dug into my bum cheeks and hips a bit, so not comfy enough to drive with. I am thinking a piece of dense foam cut to size might work.

 Or it could be time for a new, bigger car...