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Where can I find a good web page with car seat ratings?
We are looking to buy a convertible car seat for our 8 month old. Who's growing out of his infant car seat. If you recognize a web page that shows ratings and all that good information please post it on here.
Thank you.
Well, you won't find a website with aegis ratings on car seats. In the United States, car seats don't receive 'ratings'. When they are crash tested they only receive a pass/abandon grade. If its on sale brand new in the US, it passed. That's all the information we are given. In that light, all car seats are safe. Some things do strike how safe they are in reality, though.
When shopping Remember these rules:
1)the BEST seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be employed correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience features DO make a difference and ARE worth the money!
2)children demand to stay rear facing as long as possible.
Turning kids forward at 20lbs/1year is an outdated practising that could cost you your child's life!
A)A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 5 times more likely to be killed or truly injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age.
B)A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at extensive risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal string can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone.
C)Current research suggests that children under the age of two years are 75 percent less appropriate to die or be seriously injured when they are riding rear facing.
D)In a recent article from Injury Prevention, it was found that the odds of Spartan injury to forward facing children age 12-23 months old was 5.32 times higher than a fag-end facing child. (Car Safety Seats For Children: Rear Facing For Best Protection; Mistreatment Prevention 2007; 13:398-402.)
3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as attainable. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can't sit virtuous for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you want to keep them in one as big as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs.
So...knowing all that, here's some about specific seats. Don't get a Graco Abundance Sport. Car seat techs call it the 'crappysport'. LOL Its a crappy seat that won't last your child very long b/c it has a really short shell. The straps misquote all the time, and if they're twisted they won't support your child in a wreck properly. They're hard to install. There's nothing good about these seats except perhaps they're cheaply sometimes. Ditto the Safety1st 3-in-1/Cosco Alpha Omega/Eddie Bauer 3-in1 seats. These are all the same company - same seat, well-grounded different covers. They stink. Hard to install, b/c of narrow belt paths. Ever tried to sweep a skinny cup by hand? Now imagine that skinny cup with pointy edges. That's what putting your hand through these to install them is like. AND they have too little a shell to really go to 40lbs. And that's another misleading thing the box says - 5-100lbs. What the box fails to mention (you don't find out until reading the vade-mecum!) is that the harness only goes to 40lbs, NOT 100lbs! After 40lbs it must be used as a booster.And they do not make good boosters. Also, most kids have to use boosters until they're at least 8 years old. Car seats perish 6 years after the date of manufacture, so no matter what they say it is NOT the last seat you'll ever need to buy...Had to edit this part now, b/c Dorel has revamped the 3-in-1s, and if make reliable you get an ALpha Omega Elite or 3-in-1 that specifically says up to 50lbs, its not a bad seat. The Triumph Advance and Britax Marathon instate a heck of a lot easier, but the AOE is an ok option as long as its the new one.
The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just particular features. The Marathon a wide open easy to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which marvellous you never again have to use a locking clip. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the money, b/c it lasts usually twice as lengthy as most other car seats lasting a baby till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Posterior faces to 33lbs, then forward to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old.
The Evenflo Jubilation Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. Top slots 17", harnesses to 35lbs tushy facing, and 50lbs forward facing. Wide open belt path, easy to install. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don't have to take the car seat out of the car only to raise/lower the straps. It has infinite harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. You tighten and unhook the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. It can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode.
The Compass Loyal Fit, same as First Years True Fit, is great too. 16.5 inch top harness slots, half inch shorter than the Britax Marathon and Evenflo Prevail Advance. Rear faces to 35lbs, forward faces to 65lbs, has built-in lockoffs, and you never have to rethread the harness to variation harness height. The headrest is removable to fit better in smaller cars.
WHY REAR FACING:
http://www.carseat.org/Resources/633.pdf
In the foreground is a pert facing seat, in the background a rear facing seat. You can see how much trauma the forward facing dummy has to endure. The tail end facing child simply rides it out.
http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/html_seiten/kisitest_2002/videos/check2002/frontcrash/maxicosipriori.mpg
Here's another video. You can see how there is NO trauma to the baby, it simply sits there waiting for it to end.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v163/jen_nah/carseats/?fight=view¤t=video06A_MGA_213_RearFace-Convertib.flv
The story of a child who suffered sober injuries from being forward facing when he could've been rear facing:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=59783
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx
http://www.car-refuge.org/rearface.html
well disney could be one or burlington could also give em a try
Does anyone know a good website to find infant car seat safety ratings?
I am looking into the Combi Zeus Convertible Car Seat but also lust after info on other infant seats. I have read recalls where some detached from the base during accidents.
I use both the rule site and Consumer Reports. You might have to join Consumer Reports online to use theirs but not sure.
www. consumerreports.com
The authority site is free. They have an "ease of use" rating on over 78 seats.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/
Click on their "issue safety seat" section on the left.
They also show you where you can get the seat put in for you. They do a great job! I recommend that!
Good Luck!
Where do you find car seat safety ratings? (please read)?
I understand online to go to http://www.nhtsa.gov/ BUT It said to click on "child seat ratings" and I could not find that irrational button!!! Can anybody direct me to the list of child car seat safety ratings? Please look at the site first before you group it in. I'm looking for the ratings for a Cosco Scenera 5 point car seat.
Thanks
Wow, they don't produce it easy to find this, do they? The only child seat ratings link I found on that webpage was ease of use, not safety. I found this:
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/family/car-seats/listing.html?source=adwords&gclid=CJ-RycaEsIwCFQlQWAodBztKSg
but it's not all that great - the best I could find was consumer reports online, but of surely you have to have a subscription...
