Safety 1st's Car Seat Video

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jun 30, 2010

• #1

This is an interview with the Safety 1st Squad's safety person about car seats. To be fair, there is some good info. She did stress extended rear-facing.

But some of it? Uh.... what?

Pool noodles to get the seat tight? Booster at 40 lbs? Loved the photo of the girl playing in the front seat. 1 OR 20?

Out of curiosity, which manual (if any) says that those seats can't go next to each other--the car or the car seat's?

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judesmommy

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #2

I'm actually impressed with the fact that she said that rear facing is safer and that you can rear face up to forty pounds.

The 1 OR 20 was probably just a slip up, but, still....

I think the part where she is changing the complete air from rear facing to forward facing and doesn't have to change where the latch straps are is bad. And the guy saying "idiot proof... but again its NICE if you read the manual." is also bad.

The part where she slides the foam in and out because she couldn't get it tight without it.... ridiculous.

 

glockchick

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #3

Holy crap! She just pops in the latch and calls it good without tightening it?!?! :thumbsdown:

 

stayinhomewithmy6

Senior Community Member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #4

Okay, ummm, what? I'm totally confused. Can you really not have those 2 seats next to each other? And what with the noodles to tighten up the install? And she latched the "toddler" seat in, but didn't tighten it? Do you think she was nervous or felt hurried and forgot stuff or it just didn't come out right?

 

murphydog77

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #5

and just to repeat

To give her some credit, I've had a camera stuck in my face a couple of times and truly, unless you are a highly charismatic person who can think at the speed of light, what comes out of your mouth can tend to be worthless dribble. I'm sure she walked away from that interview kicking herself.

OTOH, she should have had her key points (she got the rf one down :thumbsup and hit those regardless of what was happening.

Who else takes the time to heat up a knife to cut a noodle? I've never heard of that. We just twist them at events when we're in a hurry.

 

tiggercat

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #6

Wow. That is some install on the FF CA. No tether, just pop the anchors on the hooks and that's it? No mention of how to put the kids in the seats?

I wonder if she's talking about the middle seat not having it's own designated LATCH anchors but maybe the vehicle allows borrowing, and since she installed the infant seat with the LATCH anchors, she couldn't borrow for the middle?

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jun 30, 2010

• #7

Good thought about center LATCH. God forbid you use a seatbelt.

And I also completely understand being nervous and running out of time, but Safety 1st posted this on their Facebook like, "Come look at this video!" if I were them, I don't think I'd be publicizing it...

 

Cryssy Jane

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #8

I commented on this on the video actually ... she responded back that she only had a couple of minutes and that it was a VERY brief spot.

 

JerseyGirl'sMama

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #9

'never put an infant seat next to a toddler seat'

'rear-facing is 75% safer than forward'

'one year OR 20lbs'

used pool noodles to get a 'tight fit.'

I could go on and on...

 

swtgi1982

New member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #10

ShannaLeah said:

Holy crap! She just pops in the latch and calls it good without tightening it?!?! :thumbsdown:

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yea and she never puts the FF foot up, and the whole a 40lb child actually fits in that NB booster yeah right!

oh yea can not use middle seat since there is none! that van has outboard bucket seats

the booster with "A lap belt" ummmmmmm yea no mention of lap and shoulder belts necessary

 

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Ladybugmomma

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• Jun 30, 2010

• #11

I thought pool noodles were a good option to have the proper recline and get it tight? It has been awhile for me. Why is this not so?

 

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Sadierain

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• Jun 30, 2010

• #12

Ladybugmomma said:

I thought pool noodles were a good option to have the proper recline and get it tight? It has been awhile for me. Why is this not so?

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They're used to get a proper incline, NOT to make an install tighter.

 

murphydog77

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Jun 30, 2010

• #13

Ladybugmomma said:

I thought pool noodles were a good option to have the proper recline and get it tight? It has been awhile for me. Why is this not so?

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Pool noodles are used to get a proper recline angle; however, you don't use them to help get a tight installation. You must also check the carseat manual to see if a noodle is allowed when the recline foot is being used on the base of the infant seat. I know with Graco it's allowed, but I'm not sure it is with Dorel infant seats and IIRC, the foot is partly out in this video.

 

lovinwaves

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• Jul 1, 2010

• #14

I was thinking maybe she was nervous or caught off guard, but Kimberlee has been a spokesperson for quite some time now. SHE should be able to handle an interview like that. Me? Yeah, I'd totally bomb. You don't see me being a nationally known "Safety Person" though and in front of a camera for a reason

 

murphydog77

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Jul 1, 2010

• #15

lovinwaves said:

I was thinking maybe she was nervous or caught off guard, but Kimberlee has been a spokesperson for quite some time now. SHE should be able to handle an interview like that. Me? Yeah, I'd totally bomb. You don't see me being a nationally known "Safety Person" though and in front of a camera for a reason

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Me too. I have to practice and practice and practice and I still screw up, lol! We had some media training back in May and a local tv producer who was previously in the NYC market said over and over again that it's up to "you" (us) to steer the interview back to where we want it. If the reporter is taking it OT or off our message, just say, "I'm here to . . ." or "rf is safer" or whatever. If I had been doing that interview, I would have told the reporter it was too much info to cover and to cover only rf seats or only convertible seats or only boosters.

I just watched it again and something else she did I thought was good was she pointed out all the labels on the seats. :thumbsup: Sometimes we get wrapped up in talking at the parents we forget to do that and it's a good visual.

 

LuckyFins3Lil'Fish

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• Jul 1, 2010

• #16

I agree that touching onn all seats (but skipping the info for the 5step test for seat belt usage) was a too much for this short interview. It would've been better to have worked out a car seat safety series w/ the news station to individually touch on seats. She got the basic of info put out on installation only (nothing on use/harnesses) & we all know that for some parents that was more info to head in the right direction then they had before watching it.

So yes, some flub ups that drive all of us car seat crazies crazy, but she also got a little bit of good stuff out there.

And yeah, the bullets w/ the pic of the little girl sitting in the front seat playing w/ the steering wheel was sooo not a good choice. Why not a child in a restraint properly being used?