jujumum
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Thoughts about blow-moldes seats v.s. not?
I'm chronically thinking about dd's next carseat, and lately have been thinking heavily about a Radian, Nautilus, Safeguard, Frontier or Regent. I love the steel in the Safeguard, RN & GN for super strength with forward/rear imact crashes. The GN doesn't seem to have heavy duty sides, though; the RN has the steel bar on the side, but I'm not sure what that does. The FN & Regent don't seem to have any steel reinforcement at all, but both are blow molded plastic.
What do you all think about the FN & Regent shells vs. the others? Like it? Don't like it? Has Britax released information about this design and why they use it? Is it supposed to crumple & release energy or something? Their site says that the base is supposed to on the FN. Do you think either design makes a difference with side impacts?
Any thoughts, facts, and/or speculation?
I'm chronically thinking about dd's next carseat, and lately have been thinking heavily about a Radian, Nautilus, Safeguard, Frontier or Regent. I love the steel in the Safeguard, RN & GN for super strength with forward/rear imact crashes. The GN doesn't seem to have heavy duty sides, though; the RN has the steel bar on the side, but I'm not sure what that does. The FN & Regent don't seem to have any steel reinforcement at all, but both are blow molded plastic.
What do you all think about the FN & Regent shells vs. the others? Like it? Don't like it? Has Britax released information about this design and why they use it? Is it supposed to crumple & release energy or something? Their site says that the base is supposed to on the FN. Do you think either design makes a difference with side impacts?
Any thoughts, facts, and/or speculation?
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