elle7715
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The 'new' Evenflo Titan got me thinking about weight limits. My impression is that they didn't change the seat at all, they just retested it with a heavier test dummy. Is that correct?'
Sunshine Kids has also said that they will eventually be testing the Radian with a 35 lb dummy and *hopefully* they'll up the RF weight limit from 33 lbs to 35. So it seems that the companies are noticing that consumers want seats that will accommodate higher weights. What the consumer wants the consumer gets...so now they're retesting seats.
The new Britax seats (Diplomat, Advocate) have 35 lb RF weight limits, while the Marathon/Decathlon/Boulevard still have 33 lbs limits. I'm guessing this is just because they've tested them with a 35 lb dummy, not that they've changed their design in some way. Do you think with enough consumer demand they would retest the MA/DC/BV seats?
I find it hard to believe that a tethered RF Marathon wouldn't perform better than a Scenera in a crash. Anything is possible I guess, but Dorel gets to put the 35 lb limit just because they took the opportunity to test it for 35 lbs. Just like Evenflo gets to put the higher weight limit on the Titan without changing a thing. Can't Britax do the same thing?
I suppose I should add a disclaimer here...I'm not in any way suggesting people should go over the listed weight limits. I don't want my children to be the crash dummies. I'm just asking a hypothetical question and wondering if Britax would retest if the demand was high enough.
Sunshine Kids has also said that they will eventually be testing the Radian with a 35 lb dummy and *hopefully* they'll up the RF weight limit from 33 lbs to 35. So it seems that the companies are noticing that consumers want seats that will accommodate higher weights. What the consumer wants the consumer gets...so now they're retesting seats.
The new Britax seats (Diplomat, Advocate) have 35 lb RF weight limits, while the Marathon/Decathlon/Boulevard still have 33 lbs limits. I'm guessing this is just because they've tested them with a 35 lb dummy, not that they've changed their design in some way. Do you think with enough consumer demand they would retest the MA/DC/BV seats?
I find it hard to believe that a tethered RF Marathon wouldn't perform better than a Scenera in a crash. Anything is possible I guess, but Dorel gets to put the 35 lb limit just because they took the opportunity to test it for 35 lbs. Just like Evenflo gets to put the higher weight limit on the Titan without changing a thing. Can't Britax do the same thing?
I suppose I should add a disclaimer here...I'm not in any way suggesting people should go over the listed weight limits. I don't want my children to be the crash dummies. I'm just asking a hypothetical question and wondering if Britax would retest if the demand was high enough.
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