Random question re: Rear-Facing Weight Limits (Britax Convertibles 33 lb. limit vs. Cosco Convertibles 35 lb. limit)

Momto1bigkiddo · Mar 10, 2007

I know it's probably a rediculous question, but I just have been wondering for a long time.

Why do the Cosco convertibles rear-face to 35 lbs., but Britax convertibles only rear-face to 33 lbs???

I wish Britax could up their rear-facing limit to 35 lbs!

Why can't Britax engineer their convertibles to go up just 2 more lbs.!? Did the Britax convertible seats fail when used with say a 35 lb. child crash-test dummie?

Anyone know?

Wishful thinking.

joolsplus3 · Mar 10, 2007

All 30 and 33 pound rf limit seats are currently tested with the 34 pound 3 year old dummy, but Cosco adds a 2 pound (maybe one pound now...it used to be a 33 pound 3 yo dummy, it got fatter in the last couple years, lol) weighted vest on it's dummy so it can have a higher RF weight (Cosco cuts so many corners in so many ways, it's astounding they went above and beyond the limits in this case

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CDNTech · Mar 10, 2007

joolsplus3 said:
All 30 and 33 pound rf limit seats are currently tested with the 34 pound 3 year old dummy, but Cosco adds a 2 pound (maybe one pound now...it used to be a 33 pound 3 yo dummy, it got fatter in the last couple years, lol) weighted vest on it's dummy so it can have a higher RF weight (Cosco cuts so many corners in so many ways, it's astounding they went above and beyond the limits in this case )

Wouldn't this mean that all 30 and 33lb seats are technically passing at 34lbs? Why not just label them all as 34lbs then?

Jen in Canada
Aiden 03/28/02, FF Radian
Mikkel 05/05/05, RF Marathon

joolsplus3 · Mar 10, 2007

They used to all be labeled to 30, then the IVillage board caught wind of that and the president of Britax (oh, he was SUCH a gem of a man...) changed to 33..I guess it was just convention or 'better leave people some oops room in case they don't weigh their kids every day and go over the limit'... the 34 pound dummy came around after he left Britax, and the current management is not so receptive to change

CDNTech · Mar 10, 2007

joolsplus3 said:
They used to all be labeled to 30, then the IVillage board caught wind of that and the president of Britax (oh, he was SUCH a gem of a man...) changed to 33..I guess it was just convention or 'better leave people some oops room in case they don't weigh their kids every day and go over the limit'... the 34 pound dummy came around after he left Britax, and the current management is not so receptive to change

Change is good... I don't always understand why people find that concept so difficult

Good to know about the 34lb dummy though.

Jen in Canada
Aiden 03/28/02, FF Radian
Mikkel 05/05/05, RF Marathon

Momto1bigkiddo · Mar 11, 2007

Thanks Julie! That is very interesting. I hope one day Britax will re-test with the fatter dummie, lol. A 35 lb. RF limit would be sweet!

Evenflo needs to get on the ball, the 30 lb. RF limit on the Triumph stinks! My son was 32 lbs. at 13 months, when I looked in our Triumph's manual and realized he was 2 lbs. over the limit I turned him FF.--I wish I had known about Cosco's 35 lb. RF limit at the time, he could have possibly rear-faced close to another year in the Scenera!

--he was 36 lbs. at 24 months.

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