If you’re like me, you wonder daily if you spend as much time in your car as you do sleeping. Our cars need service regularly (and, I suppose, so do our beds, if sheet-changing counts). But our cars themselves come with maintenance schedules: what about the safety equipment we put inside them? Car Seat Maintenance:
Anybody who has ever met more than one child knows that kids are all different. They’re different sizes, different shapes, and have different personalities. For some kids, their differences make it more difficult for their parents to restrain them in the car. Luckily in the US we have a lot of options for kids who have special considerations.
Britax has maintained a strong following with their ClickTight convertible and combination car seats – ClickTight is a feature that makes most installations a breeze! We have watched the ClickTight product line grow from the now-retired Frontier and Pinnacle to a variety of combination and convertible car seats including the Boulevard and Advocate. That product
The Issue WAYB has issued a recall for their Pico. The aluminum tubular frame on the Pico’s headrest can break, allowing the headrest to detach. The Fix WAYB has not yet issued a fix or remedy for the issue. Contact their customer service at 1-888-924-9292. Full Text of the Recall: NHTSA Campaign Number: 19C001000 Manufacturer ForB dba
Our Facebook group is a hopping place! With over 300,000 members, our admin team works around the clock to answer your questions, provide recommendations, and keep the peace in a swiftly-moving environment. We also receive hundreds of private messages each week, our messages team works tirelessly to respond quickly and accurately. This article has grown
When it comes to being a child passenger safety technician, good resources are invaluable. With the immense amount of information available to us, it is impossible to remember it all! Over the years, we have compiled articles that include linked sources and studies, printable PDFs, tools and charts, and easily referenced guides for both CPSTs
Maxi-Cosi Magellan Multimode Car Seat Review Canada A team of reviewers spent a good bit of time with the Maxi-Cosi Magellan when it was first released in the United States. Through a lot of trial and error, they found there’s a pretty specific group of families who would find the seat a great option —
If you follow our Facebook Page or visit this website, you shouldn’t be surprised that preventing hot car deaths is a cause that is near and dear to us. We are huge supporters of anything that can help prevent hot car deaths, so we jumped at the opportunity to try out the Clever Elly. The
I co-teach a short introductory car seat course on a regular basis. We explain why car seats are important, discuss best practices, and then take the expectant parents out to their cars to install their car seats. We demonstrate installations in the classroom using our test bench. I mention all of this because we’ve found
When we saw Maxi-Cosi’s new Kore Pro i-Size high back booster seat we knew we wanted a closer look! It’s one of only a small handful of i-Size boosters currently on the market in Europe, and it has some cool features that looked really intriguing. Luckily, Maxi Cosi was kind enough to send us one
