Two of the most influential characters in modern American advertising history were recently inducted into my favorite museum, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Vince and Larry, the crash test dummies from the ‘80s and ‘90s made it cool to wear seatbelts by showing us with humor how dangerous it is to [...]
Booster seats are an important step after a child outgrows a harnessed seat because they aren’t big enough to fit into an adult seatbelt. 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, like [...]
My impressions: The Maxi Cosi Rodi XR is very sturdy seat with nice deep headwings. The cup holder is excellent, one of the best designs I’ve seen, it’s easy to install and remove and the design makes it very stable – thus far we’ve had NO spilled drinks, and most cups & water bottles fit. The seat [...]
Last year it was so hot in Paw Paw, we decided to go again! This time, I needed a couple models for comparing the new Britax Marathon 70 to the current Britax convertibles. A couple moderators from Car-Seat.Org joined me again and I also asked a couple forum members from the area who had expressed [...]
Did you know that there are optimal positions for your outside mirrors? Most of us learn to drive thinking that as long as we glance in our side mirrors and can see the vehicles in the lanes next to us, we’re doing great. But those mirrors serve a purpose to help us see in our [...]
I’m here today at the BebePaluzza show in Schaumbug/Chicago, Illinois. Britax and Harmony appear to be the only child safety seat manufacturers represented at the show, but it did offer me a chance to see the new Advocate 70 CS. On the original Advocate CS, the unique side impact cushions made access to the seatbelt lockoffs [...]
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