Regent - side impact protection?

diaperjoys · Sep 6, 2007

We're looking to keep our kids harnessed as long as reasonably possible. And, so far, the Regent is the only thing that we're getting a good installation with (we tried the radian and the como too).

So, it looks like the Regent is the winner, but I'm just a little concerned about side impact protection in this seat. The seat itself is so shallow, there is not much in the way of a physical barrior there. And when I do a web search on regent+side impact, all I get are bunny trails on the Boulevard and the Companion.

Should I be concerned about SIP and the Regent?

Thanks!

southpawboston · Sep 6, 2007

well, if this helps any, i would take a 5-pt harness and no additional SIP than a booster with a ton of SIP, any day. the harness itself restrains the body and head from hitting the car's interior. the SIP is just icing on the cake. add to that the fact that there is no testing in the US to the effectiveness of "true" SIP, it's just conjecture that it helps.

Defrost · Sep 6, 2007

I agree... it just seems to me that the width alone is SIP on the Regent. Their heads are going to have to travel really far to hit something in that seat, unlike on a narrower seat, yk?

diaperjoys · Sep 6, 2007

I thought the purpose of SIP was to give the head something soft and energy absorbing to hit in a side impact crash. Less a concern of the head hitting an object, and more keeping the oblique head excursion from occuring. But maybe I just don't understand the purpose of SIP.

joolsplus3 · Sep 6, 2007

diaperjoys said:
I thought the purpose of SIP was to give the head something soft and energy absorbing to hit in a side impact crash. Less a concern of the head hitting an object, and more keeping the oblique head excursion from occuring. But maybe I just don't understand the purpose of SIP.

It's probably that the marketing is confusing... all the SIP labeled seats have heaps of extra head padding (even if it's only soft) to give the illusion of better protection. It's the harnessing itself that does most of the protection in a side crash.

ThreeBeans · Sep 6, 2007

southpawboston said:
well, if this helps any, i would take a 5-pt harness and no additional SIP than a booster with a ton of SIP, any day. the harness itself restrains the body and head from hitting the car's interior. the SIP is just icing on the cake. add to that the fact that there is no testing in the US to the effectiveness of "true" SIP, it's just conjecture that it helps.

This, precisely.

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