Learning Curve’s The First Years True Fit C630 convertible seat has been on the market since the beginning of 2008 and they’ve just introduced the Premier line. The new Premier C670 models have an anti-rebound bar for rear-facing use, which rotates forward from under the car seat and rests against the vehicle seat back. This anti-rebound [...]
It goes to 40 pounds rear-facing. It goes to 50 pounds forward-facing. It also has Air Protect, “the most innovative and groundbreaking safety feature ever offered in a car seat. Developed in conjunction with Kettering University’s renowned Crash Safety Center, Air Protect™ is designed to protect children in side impact collisions, putting a state-of-the-art layer [...]
A few months ago, we praised SafetyBeltSafe USA and their tech special membership package. For those who aren’t yet aware of it, the 2009 Child Restraint Manufacturers’ Instructions with Summary Sheets with the April Revision is now available on CD. The summaries are the result of a ton of hard work. “Summaries for each seat include revised recommendations [...]
The Britax Parkway SG should be on retail shelves in July. No, it’s not the old Parkway booster with new fashions; it’s an entirely new product. The Parkway Secure Guard (formerly known as Slide Guard) is rated for kids 40 to 120 pounds and a standing height of 38 to 63 inches. The top seated shoulder [...]
If you’re a computer geek, you stay up late running raids in an online game, hanging out in chat rooms or seeking out the latest reviews on the hot gadgets. What about carseat geeks? Well, okay, we hang out in carseat chat rooms and read all the reviews on kids gear, too. We also drive hours to meet [...]
Many viewers reported being redirected to another website, apparently one hosted by our service provider on the same server as CarseatBlog. I was notified yesterday that the blog and forums at Car-Seat.Org are in the process of being moved to a new server, as the old one was apparently having some issues. Though the process [...]
Combi designed the Coccoro especially to fit in rear-facing and/or with multiple seats in smaller vehicles. It seems they did a good job. I was able to compare the Coccoro with the narrow Radian and the Britax Roundabout which has similar height and weight requirements and a comparable price.
Fit to child
The Coccoro is designed to [...]
Sometimes I feel for my dh. It’s got to be hard for him to always be tripping those size 12s over a booster seat here, a harnessed car seat there. I try to keep them out of the way, but our house has no storage. All of my unused and expired seats are in my ds’s [...]
“So what’s a beautiful soccer mom like you doing in a minivan like this?…”
No, not that kind of pickup line. My son is attending a morning summer school camp. Like many kids there, he has attended it for years. For the last couple years, it’s been held at a local elementary school in a residential neighborhood. The [...]
We just completed a certification class here last week and after a particular homework assignment (yes, I’m the mean instructor that gives homework every night), I had a bright idea.
First of all, the homework assignment on day 2 was to take home a CR instruction manual and try to find information on:
Crash Replacement
Lifespan/Expiration of CR
Does [...]
