good / bad seat check

pj2rc

New member
I went to a carseat check today ... mostly just curious, not because I really felt my seats needed checked. it was from 11-1.
First the bad:I got there around 11:15 w/ my car & my mom's. We were there almost an hour and no one else came during that time. How disappointing. The SK only does approx 2 a year. I asked how they advertise because I've NEVER heard any ads for seat check events and I've actively looked for them .. I only knew about this because i had talked to the SK rep a few months ago. .. She said they did advertise in the paper (I don't get it) and send flyers to daycares. The local fire dept does checks also by appointment. The rep said the fire dept does about 8-10 / month. So that means between the seat check and fire dept only about 150 families in the county w/ a populaion of 116,000 people are getting checked each year. .... :crying: but, if it takes that long to check 4 seats, I don't know how they would handle a big turnout? Although since we were the only ones, they probably didn't rush.

now the good: I've heard horror stories on here about people going to checks and being told they shoudn't have their kids RF or 4+ harnessed. So, I was really curious what response I would get. ..... They were really impressed and said "keep doing it!" .. they also said they never had anyone come to a check that had their seats in so good. They couldn't find anything wrong and didn't want to take them out :love:. they asked if I had considered becoming a tech. I told them I thought about it and the rep said there is a training coming in the spring, or the hospital in the next county does trainings sometimes. So, i am considering it.
 
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msg221

Well-known member
When I went throught my CPST training, we were told to take out the seats because you never know what you are gong to find behind them. I suppose that would make sense when they are FF. The instructors said they have seen some scary things on the backs of seats (duct tape holding stuff together, horribly twisted straps, etc.)
 

NannyMom

Well-known member
Yes, they are supposed to take the seats out, even if they "look" great. I had a seat that had the lower anchor strap wrapped around the harness, cuz Mom didn't know where it went. Someone on here said once they found an infant base bolted to the vehicle seat. So, you really never know what you'll find. I helped a Mom today that had awesomely tight installs. But, not tether used, and harnesses were all twisty.
 

pj2rc

New member
they did take them out, mostly because they needed to check the DOM's etc. I think they basically could tell there my seats were taken care of and I knew what I was doing.
 

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