I rescued 2 seats from the curb today!

mama_katz · Jul 29, 2012

My son told me that I was like a super hero for saving babies.

lovemybabybug · Jul 29, 2012

Awesome finds!

Kecia · Jul 29, 2012

The Evenflo "On My Way" was my first carseat for DS1 back in 1997! I still see them occasionally at check events which is always kinda scary. Thanks for getting that one out of circulation!

tallylassie · Jul 29, 2012

mama_katz said:
My son told me that I was like a super hero for saving babies.

So sweet!

Cookie Pants · Jul 29, 2012

I believe there is a 6 year expiration date for car seats because of plastic and padding degradation. Please check into that if you plan on using these or giving these to people for use.

CrunchyMaineMama · Jul 29, 2012

I rescued a 2002 Touriva OHS from a yard sale yesterday. I love it when I can make those kind of saves

I'm going to my sister's this coming weekend and we're going yard saleing in her area. I have a feeling I'll find lots of old seats based on what I've seen on CL in her area.

christineka · Jul 29, 2012

what's the dom of the snugride?

w1street · Jul 29, 2012

Nice finds. I don't see many old old seats on CL here but I know they're here probably passed from family to family...

mama_katz · Jul 29, 2012

christineka said:
what's the dom of the snugride?

2003

Jeanum · Jul 29, 2012

Cookie Pants said:
I believe there is a 6 year expiration date for car seats because of plastic and padding degradation. Please check into that if you plan on using these or giving these to people for use.

Welcome to car-seat.org.

It's very common for regulars here to post about rescuing old/used carseats from the curb but the intent is not to reuse them with their own child(ren) or anyone else's children. More on that in a moment.

It's true that carseats typically have an expiration after which they should be retired from use. Some expire after 6 years and some have longer or shorter expirations, all depending on their manufacturer's instructions. Used carseats in general even if they are not expired are also very iffy if they have unknown histories as they could have been crashed, recalled, or otherwise damaged and should not be used, just like expired seats, other than possibly for training purposes for CPST courses/training. That all said, please rest assured the original poster isn't intending to reuse the "rescued" carseats to transport children. Instead, she's actually "rescuing" them from the curb to keep someone else from grabbing them who isn't as informed about the pitfalls of expired/used carseats and who might otherwise unwittingly allow a child to use them. She presumably will either dispose of them in a way that renders them completely unusable or route them to a local to her facility that recycles the plastic and/or metal components, or possibly donate the carseats to a Safe Kids coalition who would use the old carseats only for training purposes.

Cookie Pants · Jul 29, 2012

Jeanum said:
Welcome to car-seat.org. It's very common for regulars here to post about rescuing old/used carseats from the curb but the intent is not to reuse them with their own child(ren) or anyone else's children. More on that in a moment. It's true that carseats typically have an expiration after which they should be retired from use. Some expire after 6 years and some have longer or shorter expirations, all depending on their manufacturer's instructions. Used carseats in general even if they are not expired are also very iffy if they have unknown histories as they could have been crashed, recalled, or otherwise damaged and should not be used, just like expired seats, other than possibly for training purposes for CPST courses/training. That all said, please rest assured the original poster isn't intending to reuse the "rescued" carseats to transport children. Instead, she's actually "rescuing" them from the curb to keep someone else from grabbing them who isn't as informed about the pitfalls of expired/used carseats and who might otherwise unwittingly allow a child to use them. She presumably will either dispose of them in a way that renders them completely unusable or route them to a local to her facility that recycles the plastic and/or metal components, or possibly donate the carseats to a Safe Kids coalition who would use the old carseats only for training purposes.

Thanks! I had no idea about this kind of rescue! Absolutely brilliant!

mama_katz · Jul 29, 2012

Cookie Pants said:
I believe there is a 6 year expiration date for car seats because of plastic and padding degradation. Please check into that if you plan on using these or giving these to people for use.

I rescued them before someone else picked them up and used them.

It looked like the people were moving and just putting stuff at the curb as they went. I saw the white seat from the street on our way to church and knew for sure that it was expired. Trash won't be picked up until Thursday and I didn't want to chance someone picking them up in the meantime.

I can turn them in at the fire station and they will take care of them, or I can cut the harness straps and either write on the shell not to use, or beat the shell to crap with a sledge hammer. I'm voting sledge hammer.

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