IIHS NewsThe Orbit Baby Infant Seat is a unique infant seat that’s less an individual seat than a system. When you buy the infant seat you are also buying the stroller, starting you on the path toward stylish products with a green twist. This is a rear-facing only child restraint for kids birth-22 lbs. who are [...]
Let me preface this review by saying “Finally, something that Consumer Reports and I can agree on!” In case you missed it – they recently rated the KeyFit and KeyFit 30 as the two best overall infant carseats among the models they tested. Now, if you follow this blog, you’ll understand how unusual it is [...]
Today the IIHS released the results of its second round of booster seat fit tests. They tested 60 seats and grouped the results into 4 performance categories – Best Bets, Good Bets, (Questionable or Inconsistent) and Not Recommended. All the tests were conducted using the 6-year-old Hybrid III dummy which weighs 51.6 lbs, has an overall height of almost 45″ tall, and a seated [...]
Chances are you’ve come to the blog to read a carseat review at least once. Perhaps you’ve seen our dismissals of the Consumer Reports carseat ratings and the NHTSA Ease of Use ratings and thought to yourself, “Well, they’re biased. They want us to come read their reviews and clicky-click on their links. I’d rather [...]
In re-entering the infant seat market, Britax has done a nice job with the Chaperone. My 7 month old has been using the Chaperone periodically for the past 6 weeks (don’t worry – he’s not unrestrained the rest of the time – just using his Chicco Key Fit 30) and overall, we both like the [...]
Vehicle seat belts are designed to fit an average 160 lbs. man, not your average 4-10 year old child. That’s why we have booster seats. A booster seat raises the child up so that the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt falls across the bony hips, not the soft, easily injured abdomen. High back boosters, [...]
Continuing with their consistently Duggar-esque nomenclature, Magna Clek recently welcomed it’s newest–and largest–baby yet, Oobr. Baby Oobr follows on the footsteps of older siblings Oto (now discontinued), Olli, and Ozzi. Clek boosters have thus far been famous for four things: rigid LATCH attachments, Paul Frank fashions, hefty price tags, and being the cutest little things to [...]
In the November 2009 issue, Consumer Reports listed the Cosco Scenera as one of their Top Products. Does the Scenera qualify as a “top product?” It was introduced as a replacement to the Cosco Touriva back in 2005. It’s a convertible seat that’s basically tried and true: it has reliable belt paths that are easy [...]
The Zeus 360 is the newest convertible carseat from Combi and it replaces the original Zeus Turn model. It is currently available in Licorice or Chestnut fabrics. The Zeus 360 is rated from 5-33 lbs (and up to 36” tall) in the rear-facing position and from 20-40 lbs (and up to 40” tall) in the [...]
We’d like to do more full new car reviews. After all, the vehicle is at least half of the equation when it comes to protecting children in motor vehicle crashes. Of course, the problem is that it’s a lot more difficult to obtain review samples of cars than carseats. Someday, perhaps a wise, new media marketing exec will [...]
