Summers Infant Prodigy

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 25, 2011

So I guess I have a little bit of an update...even though i'm a bit confused

in my baby talk magazine it says the Prodigy infant car seat is here!

so I kinda got a little excited and went on the website

well it will be HERE this summer

http://www.summerinfant.com/Products/Travel/car-seats/Prodigy-Infant-Car-Seat.aspx

So it went from January, to March, to Summer 2011...at this rate we'll be lucky if it makes it here by christmas

SusanMae · Feb 26, 2011

It looks like the base has a built in "mighty-tite" of sorts. Interesting.

Susan

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

Yeah and apparently the harness tightens to your child every time you place them in the seat...I will be very interested to get my hands on this piece of technology

SafeGuard 1-Adjust harness system, the straps automatically conform to your baby’s body for a perfect fit every time.

hrice · Feb 26, 2011

If those features actually work and it fits small babies I'm in love! Every.single.baby I see in a bucket has crazy loose straps.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

hrice said:
If those features actually work and it fits small babies I'm in love! Every.single.baby I see in a bucket has crazy loose straps.

Yep me too...I will own one whether I need it or not at the time

hrice · Feb 26, 2011

I thought of a few more features that could make this seat near perfect.

1-scale built in to base that auto weighs baby when the seat is engaged onto the base and alerts parents when they are nearing and at the weight limit

2-infinate slide harness so straps are always at the correct height

3-A line indicator of some sort 1" from the top of the shell that reads "Do not use if baby's head is above this line"

I look forward to seeing a convertible seat with the installation and auto harness features!

brelza · Feb 26, 2011

hrice said:
I thought of a few more features that could make this seat near perfect.

1-scale built in to base that auto weighs baby when the seat is engaged onto the base and alerts parents when they are nearing and at the weight limit

2-infinate slide harness so straps are always at the correct height

3-A line indicator of some sort 1" from the top of the shell that reads "Do not use if baby's head is above this line"

I look forward to seeing a convertible seat with the installation and auto harness features!

#3 is one thing I LOVED about the fisher price boosters I had long ago. They had a minimum and maximum shoulder line so it made it super easy to know when it was outgrown or grown into.

LISmama810 · Feb 26, 2011

eyeslkethesky5391 said:
SafeGuard 1-Adjust harness system, the straps automatically conform to your baby’s body for a perfect fit every time.

I wonder if that's the same technology that was used in the SafeGuard Child Seat. If so, it got much of the slack out but didn't actually conform to the kid. You still needed to do a little more adjusting.

I can see how people who don't know better would automatically think it was fine (like people relying on Britax's inaccurate "click" system), which could be potentially dangerous. But I'll wait to see the seat, of course.

TechnoGranola · Feb 26, 2011

eyeslkethesky5391 said:
Yeah and apparently the harness tightens to your child every time you place them in the seat...I will be very interested to get my hands on this piece of technology

SafeGuard 1-Adjust harness system, the straps automatically conform to your baby’s body for a perfect fit every time.

I took that to mean there was no need to adjust harness height, not that you wouldn't have to tighten the harness straps.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

hrice said:
I thought of a few more features that could make this seat near perfect.

1-scale built in to base that auto weighs baby when the seat is engaged onto the base and alerts parents when they are nearing and at the weight limit

2-infinate slide harness so straps are always at the correct height

3-A line indicator of some sort 1" from the top of the shell that reads "Do not use if baby's head is above this line"

I look forward to seeing a convertible seat with the installation and auto harness features!

The line indicator would be great...but if they tried to put a scale on it I can only imagine how much it would cost

hrice · Feb 26, 2011

eyeslkethesky5391 said:
The line indicator would be great...but if they tried to put a scale on it I can only imagine how much it would cost

Yeah...just dreaming.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

hrice said:
Yeah...just dreaming.

I will be very interested to see the seat...I'm really unsure about the tightening thing though

hrice · Feb 26, 2011

eyeslkethesky5391 said:
I will be very interested to see the seat...I'm really unsure about the tightening thing though

Yeah I worry about how well it will function since parents would rely on it. Same thing with the proper install indicator.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

well it just seems really stinking similar to the mightytite...and what if it stretches the webbing to tight and breaks it? I know only time will tell but I'm curious

Kecia · Feb 26, 2011

Darren, Heather and I got to see and play with a late-production protype at ABC and it's an impressive seat with some really innovative features. The rachet mechanism is very similar to a mighty-tite so there is always the possibility that someone will really get carried away with it and damage their vehicle seatbelt. But the electronic feedback on the display screen will light up with a little smiley face once it's "tight enough" so hopefully that will encourage people to stop right there and not tighten it too much further. I don't know what will happen if you just keep tightening it beyond a resonable point. I'd love to see something on the display screen that lights up to warn the installer that they've gone too far (make the smiley face turn red?) but I also believe that you can't idiot-proof everything on the market.

But imagine how odd that would be? Too-tight installation misuse! How would we even teach techs to check for over-tightness? <hmmm...food for thought>

As for the harness height adjuster, this is the same technology that IMMI used on it's rear-facing only ambulance seat - the SafeGuard Transport. You still have to pull the front adjust strap to tighten the harness but as you tighten it you're also lowering the harness height to the child's shoulder level.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

Kecia said:
Darren, Heather and I got to see and play with a late-production protype at ABC and it's an impressive seat with some really innovative features. The rachet mechanism is very similar to a mighty-tite so there is always the possibility that someone will really get carried away with it and damage their vehicle seatbelt. But the electronic feedback on the display screen will light up with a little smiley face once it's "tight enough" so hopefully that will encourage people to stop right there and not tighten it too much further. I don't know what will happen if you just keep tightening it beyond a resonable point. I'd love to see something on the display screen that lights up to warn the installer that they've gone too far (make the smiley face turn red?) but I also believe that you can't idiot-proof everything on the market.

But imagine how odd that would be? Too-tight installation misuse! How would we even teach techs to check for over-tightness? <hmmm...food for thought>

As for the harness height adjuster, this is the same technology that IMMI used on it's rear-facing only ambulance seat - the SafeGuard Transport. You still have to pull the front adjust strap to tighten the harness but as you tighten it you're also lowering the harness height to the child's shoulder level.

OH that is so cool...ur so lucky to be able to play with one

DaniChildcare · Feb 26, 2011

The auto adjust feature seems great, but my biggest concern would be malfunction. What if it malfunctioned while a baby was IN the seat? Would it auto shut off or something? Sound an alarm?

SavsMom · Feb 26, 2011

I wonder how much it will cost and what is the weight limit on the seat? With all that technology in the seat I could see it having a pretty good price tag - and if thats the case I certainly hope it will be a 35lb weight limit as well so you could get good use out of it.

It does look very cool.

eyeslkethesky5391 · Feb 26, 2011

SavsMom said:
I wonder how much it will cost and what is the weight limit on the seat? With all that technology in the seat I could see it having a pretty good price tag - and if thats the case I certainly hope it will be a 35lb weight limit as well so you could get good use out of it.

It does look very cool.

4-32lbs

and will retail around $179, So not as bad as some other products we know of

http://carseatblog.com/7552/another-new-product-summer-infant-prodigy/

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