New britax 70's

VCSdadBear · Nov 14, 2010

This is probably a dead horse, but given the issues surrounding the old britax seats not doing so well in Canadian tests I am curious as to whether this was addressed in the new britax's? Anything that indicates that Britax was aware and developed the new ones knowing the issues that were at hand?

SafeDad · Nov 14, 2010

If you are referring to the research testing done by Transport Canada, I would doubt that this is directly addressed since it was not any type of data that could be used to compare carseats or evaluate their performance in a scientific way.

Indirectly, it is quite likely that all manufacturers do internal testing to the most severe NCAP pulse (usually referred to as the Toyota Echo pulse). This is theoretically similar to forces observed in research testing done by Transport Canada and NHTSA when they crash test vehicles with child seats in them. So, in that regard, I would expect most new models to perform better than previous ones designed before such testing was common. I do know Britax touts their Safecell technology for energy and head excursion management and they also have a totally different system that re-inforces the shell in the new design. Whether or not that improves real world crash performance and injury/fatality numbers, we may never know. Unfortunately, there is no reliable testing in North America that allows us to compare the safety of one child safety seat to another.

MissAllyLou · Nov 14, 2010

Here Is a link to the new technology Britax engineered for their new line of seats.

I personally haven't seen anything stating that the new technology was to address the old seats, but the new seats' bases are completely different from the old style. Hope this helps!

New britax 70's

VCSdadBear

New member

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

MissAllyLou

New member

Car-Seat.Org Facebook Group

Sponsors

Forum statistics