Baby Car Seat Test
01-05-2007, 06:07 PM
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For what this information is worth, take a look and see if you have a good car seat for your child.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-...tings/index.htm
While I personally thought the Graco SnugRide was not very tight (I have one and I know how to install it correctly), CR rated it well over more expensive ones.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-...tings/index.htm
While I personally thought the Graco SnugRide was not very tight (I have one and I know how to install it correctly), CR rated it well over more expensive ones.
01-05-2007, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='374162' date='Jan 5 2007, 10:07 PM
For what this information is worth, take a look and see if you have a good car seat for your child.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-...tings/index.htm
While I personally thought the Graco SnugRide was not very tight (I have one and I know how to install it correctly), CR rated it well over more expensive ones.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-...tings/index.htm
While I personally thought the Graco SnugRide was not very tight (I have one and I know how to install it correctly), CR rated it well over more expensive ones.
01-06-2007, 12:57 AM
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They seem to be rating primarily on ease of fitting and installation. Is that all that matters? Don't think so! And LATCH is not a crash protection system... it's an anchoring system.
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I'm not familiar with Consumer Reports, but it seems similar in spirit to the UK's Consumers' Organisation and its magazine "Which?" They also seem to come up with completely counterintuitive results, largely because they get non-experts to devise methodologies and do tests.
:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
I'm not familiar with Consumer Reports, but it seems similar in spirit to the UK's Consumers' Organisation and its magazine "Which?" They also seem to come up with completely counterintuitive results, largely because they get non-experts to devise methodologies and do tests.
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='374240' date='Jan 6 2007, 04:57 AM
They seem to be rating primarily on ease of fitting and installation. Is that all that matters? Don't think so! And LATCH is not a crash protection system... it's an anchoring system.
:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
I'm not familiar with Consumer Reports, but it seems similar in spirit to the UK's Consumers' Organisation and its magazine "Which?" They also seem to come up with completely counterintuitive results, largely because they get non-experts to devise methodologies and do tests.
:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
I'm not familiar with Consumer Reports, but it seems similar in spirit to the UK's Consumers' Organisation and its magazine "Which?" They also seem to come up with completely counterintuitive results, largely because they get non-experts to devise methodologies and do tests.
01-07-2007, 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Bedford530i' post='374468' date='Jan 7 2007, 03:41 AM
My 5month old daughter uses the COMPASS carseat and according to CR, the belt that attaches to the LATCH system is not reliable. They say it is better to use the car's seatbelt to attach the carseat to the car.
And your point regarding my post is?
I did not realise that LATCH used belts in any way. ISOFIX uses only rigid metal/plastic components, AFAIK.
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Looks like Consumer Reports has retracted the story. Their tests appear to have been flawed. :thumbsdown:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/tem...me=PressRelease
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/tem...me=PressRelease
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I first bought the original BMW Isofix seat. But in this seat my son didn't sit comfortable at all, actually he started crying from the moment he sat in.
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
03-05-2007, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sciarrino' post='398692' date='Mar 5 2007, 08:24 AM
I first bought the original BMW Isofix seat. But in this seat my son didn't sit comfortable at all, actually he started crying from the moment he sat in.
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
Sorry, cannot resist
J/K.I'll look at MaxiCosi to see how it goes for my son!
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Originally Posted by sciarrino' post='398692' date='Mar 6 2007, 12:24 AM
I first bought the original BMW Isofix seat. But in this seat my son didn't sit comfortable at all, actually he started crying from the moment he sat in.
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
I returned (it was no problem) to BMW, now I have a MaxiCosi PrioriFix, and my little son is very happy again to tour ....
now he sitting on a ferrari seat age up to 12 years old
I also put a cloth underneth to protect the leather seat
I think MaxiCosi is the best 1 on the market right now
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