Car Seat Test Drive: Britax
Carseats are some of the most important baby products that parents will need. In this episode of Gear Daddy, Daddy Troy gets a tour of the latest ...
Baby Car Seat Testing & Regulations
When you start choosing a child safety seat for your transportation, identifying the best baby car seat brand isn’t difficult anymore. Currently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration performs crash tests on all baby car seats. In other words, car seats today are safer than in years past, and each one has been tested. A fact which you must realize, though, is that the simulated crash tests involved seats which had been correctly anchored and the simulated passengers were properly strapped in the seats. If youare unable or unwilling to correctly harness your child into the seat, the crash test findings won’t mean much in your situation. Another nice option would be Britax Companion Infant Car Seat .
So while all child seats must meet basic safety standards, there are some seats that are in fact safer and more straightforward to use than others. You could read reviews from parents who own and use the seats and you’ll find brands such as Graco, Britax, Chico, Peg Perego, Baby Trend, and Evenflo. Each of those brands are routinely tested and predictably pass the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tests, but some are less complicated to install in your auto and are easier to use.
Survey results suggest that nearly 80% of car seat owners don’t know how to install the seats properly. Nearly all of those same people can’t strap in their children properly, either. The result is that far too many children are not completely secured in their own vehicles. As a matter of fact, injuries could result from an ill fitting harness during an accident. So you should look at whether these baby seats meet the required safety standards, as well as whether that particular seat will be anchored in your auto easily, and whether you know the way to harness your child safely. A good alternative is Britax Companion Infant Car Seat .
There are quite a few government and civic resources in your area that would love to help you get a good baby seat as well as help you install the seat properly. You could find some 15 to 20 minute demonstrations on the proper way of setting your baby into a car seat properly. If you are not sure when it comes to how to use a new car seat, check out what’s offered in your area and see which organizations can explain it to you.
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