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Child Car Seats - do you know where a good website review is?

Oct 25, 2006 by BigBoy | Posted in Newborn & Baby

Hey all...do you cognizant of where I can find a review on what the safest car seats available are? Looked around and the only one I can find is 'Which' and to get the review costs 80 quid for a subscription!

Really looking for an equitable web review on the safety of all the seats available and the ease of use of each seat.

Any help greatly appreciated.

By the way I'm in the UK so American websites are not any use as seats argue here.

Ta....

Hi there.

Can't you get a release 'trial' subscription to Which? I did it about 6 months ago for exactly the same reason and it was really good. They had pictures from crash-tests which were honestly useful.

If they've knocked that dodge on the head now, you could team up with some of your friends from your local hippy parenting gang (I don't know if you've joined any of them) and share the cost of a subscription for a couple of months.

As an alternative, there's a quarterly arsenal called 'baby gear' or something similar. It is JUST a review of baby and toddler equipment. They review different groups of products in full so the latest difficulty might not focus on car seats, but every issue goes through the top 10 of every item you might wish to buy.

If all else fails, this is what I remember from the Which? website:
- don't buy the car-bottom that looks like a carry-cot. It smashes into a million pieces in an accident.
- most of the stage 0 car seats are very similar in visualize and safety features. The more expensive ones tend to feature accessories like sunshades rather than leftover safety measures.
- if you've got isofix in your car, it is a bit safer than non-isofix seats provided its fitted properly.
- the convertible manipulate 1/2/3 type seats can be less rigid than the single stage ones.
- for stage 1 make sure the incumbency has its own straps and doesn't use the seatbelt.
- the most important thing is that the seat doesn't move at all when properly fitted in your car - so ones that have arse-belt tensioners can be good because they stop the seat from wobbling around.

All of the major makes performed well, but I do recall Britax coming out well (and that's what I ended up buying).

Good luck

car-seat and booster seats with good expert review!!?

Mar 03, 2009 by jmari | Posted in Safety

I have a 3 year old son 51lbs and 42 inches and a 1 year old 23lbs and 29.5 inches fancy... they both need new car seats can anyone tell me of any good car seats and booster seats with good expert review?? safety and price =).. thanks

Refuge really comes with 'ease of use'... because any *correctly used* carseat brand should protect your issue.

There are a few types of carseats that will be safer, *longer*... the longer you can keep your child in a 5 point harness the ameliorate (even adult race car drivers still use them!). Also the longer you can rearface a child the better... every accelerate 'up' in carseats brings the safety *down* a notch. (Why rearfacing: http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx )

For those reasons I would second a 'combination' (forward harness now, booster later) seat from this list for your 3 yr old: http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/Over40.aspx And a 'convertable' cradle (rearfacing now, forward facing later) for your 1 yr old. You could go with a cheaper convertable now and a nice combo seat with a important harness weight later... or a nice convertable from the high harness weight listing above now and a 'dedicated' booster later.

For my very budget strapped family... we have gone with the very cheap Cosco Sceneras from the habits they outgrow the infant carrier to the time they outgrow the Sceneras. Then we plan to buy Graco Nautilus to use hoe they outgrow boosters at 8-10 yrs. (Boosters are needed till they can pass the '5 be on the qui vive test': http://www.carseat.org/Boosters/630.htm )

The Nautilus in particular has been recommended to me by *many* car seat techs (the *natural* experts in my book). Britax is also highly recommened by them because they have added features that make them very easygoing to use correctly and to use for a longer term (high harness weights)... but Britax is just too priceless for us. Any seat installed and used correctly is very safe... you just may have to be a bit more dilegent in being *sure* you have installed it well.

One inanimate object that is *not* a good idea is any seat that claims to be "the only seat you ever need"... because boosters *are* needed to around 8-10 yrs old and most carseats *die* in 6 yrs! You will be buying another seat or using it past when it is safe to use anyway.

Hope some of that helps!

ETA: Consumer reports are *not* car bench experts. They are 'generalists'... they don't let anyone else 'in' on their testing proceedures so there is no way of knowing if *they* installed the seats correctly or tested them in a reasoned manner. I would ignore anything they say about carseats.

Anyone have opinions on these 2 car seats?

Jul 22, 2009 by animal_mother | Posted in Toddler & Preschooler

I cannot make up one's mind between these two:
Graco My Ride 65 or Evenflo Triumph Advance Premier.

Both seem like good car seats. I've pore over all the reviews online. Do you have personal experience with either one of these that may sway my decision one way or another? Thanks.

we have the evenflo achievement advance and it is wonderful. I used it for my older son and I went to purchase another but ended up getting the evenflo follow and moved my older son to it (its for 20-100 lbs) and moved my baby to the triumph we have

the only thing i dont like about it is its Large but it also makes me feel the child is safer. We took my older son on a 26 hour car trip when he was 14 month and he rode the whole way and only fussed the last hour (we stopped a few but to eat but otherwise he was in the seat. It is very padded and comfortable.