Foonf, take #2

newyorkDOC · Aug 12, 2012

KaysKidz said:
From someone who has a Radian and a FR85 cover in the wash from vomit right this moment, I can say with complete certainty that any seat that can be vomited on and not washed, would be trashed. I just had to scrub my vehicle seat and carpet from projectile vomit. There was no 'wiping' it clean. It still stinks. And I've scrubbed it 2x WITH soap and water. Can't imagine a child seat (cover) that can't go in the wash. Even vinyl...(think high chairs) all the nooks and crannies that hold nastiness....EEEEEEWWWWWW. LOL

They sell special cleaner for car seat upholstery. I just bought some at the supermarket to clean up projectile vomit across the back middle and passenger seat (well DH cleaned it not me). I have to say it worked really well.

Judi · Aug 12, 2012

Looking how the bottom cover goes on, if the rest will be the same, it won't take up much room as other covers in the wash.

safeinthecar · Aug 12, 2012

I would love to know what Vera's reaction to you showing up with Swedish seat was.

Judi · Aug 12, 2012

safeinthecar said:
I would love to know what Vera's reaction to you showing up with Swedish seat was.

Didn't bat an eye.

ketchupqueen · Aug 12, 2012

She thought mine was an interesting topic so I'm not surprised.

Judi · Aug 12, 2012

Guess she is used to us odd cso peeps.

penguingrooves · Aug 13, 2012

(sorry, late to the party, but wow!)

re: the lack of no-rethread harness, according to chris from few months ago, clek didn't want to get into any potential legal battles with the company that invented no-rethread harness technology. he wondered how other companies were getting away with though, but he wanted clek to be proper and ethical.

atw · Aug 13, 2012

penguingrooves said:
(sorry, late to the party, but wow!)

re: the lack of no-rethread harness, according to chris from few months ago, clek didn't want to get into any potential legal battles with the company that invented no-rethread harness technology. he wondered how other companies were getting away with though, but he wanted clek to be proper and ethical.

Have I mentioned lately that I freaking love this company?

And I'm not surprised that Vera didn't bat an eyelash. European seats are not really their competition, and I think they seem very proud of their product. Even if it were their competition, everything I've seen makes it seem like a company that wants what's best for their customers, so bring on the comparisons.

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Judi · Aug 13, 2012

RE: RF tethering:

From Vera,

The instructions on how to to use RF tether will not be there (in the manual) but can be obtained from us by calling customer service or downloading from our website.

embassykh · Aug 14, 2012

On Clek's facebook page they mention adding additional "enhancements" while they were waiting for the tool that caused the delay. Are the changes mentioned in Judi's original post these enhancements or is something else changing?

Judi · Aug 14, 2012

I don't think there is any other news.

Patriot201 · Aug 14, 2012

Judi said:
Guess she is used to us odd cso peeps.

Judi · Aug 14, 2012

Yes?

Patriot201 · Aug 14, 2012

Judi said:
Yes?

LOL! We're not odd... it is everyone else who is odd.

I was at a non-local BRU one day and started chatting with one of the employees. He thought I was 100% nuts for keeping kids RF past age two and that I had lost the tiny shred of sense I had when I told him I don't booster kids when they hit 40 pounds. He looked at me and said, "Oh, wait... are you one of those people off that website with all the fanatical people?" I feigned ignorance. He then said, "It's something like carseat.com" Again, I pretended to be completely unaware of what he was saying.

Apparently there are either people off a site called carseat.com OR there are people from here who frequent that store. Whoever the people are, "we" have a reputation.

soph's mom · Aug 15, 2012

Patriot201 said:
LOL! We're not odd... it is everyone else who is odd.

I was at a non-local BRU one day and started chatting with one of the employees. He thought I was 100% nuts for keeping kids RF past age two and that I had lost the tiny shred of sense I had when I told him I don't booster kids when they hit 40 pounds. He looked at me and said, "Oh, wait... are you one of those people off that website with all the fanatical people?" I feigned ignorance. He then said, "It's something like carseat.com" Again, I pretended to be completely unaware of what he was saying.

Apparently there are either people off a site called carseat.com OR there are people from here who frequent that store. Whoever the people are, "we" have a reputation.

Haha! I love it!

Judi · Aug 15, 2012

Oh, that is awesome.

Adorkable · Aug 17, 2012

so is the cover on the version2 removable or not?

bnsnyde said:
And if the fabric is THAT high tech it can deflect poop, urine, and vomit, then it's toxic.
I just asked Clek if they'd come out with a cover that's non-toxic.

yeah boy im with you on this one, would never buy a seat who's cover would not come off. and sure would like to think that i could sit my kids in something that was not so yucky right against their skin every day chemical wise

Judi said:
They are the same material as cars use. The cover should just wipe clean. My dogs get muddy paw prints in my car, and it wipes right up.

muddy paw prints are a lot easier to deal with than vomit, period.

KaysKidz said:
From someone who has a Radian and a FR85 cover in the wash from vomit right this moment, I can say with complete certainty that any seat that can be vomited on and not washed, would be trashed.

you and me both, it sounds like this was hopeful i misunderstanding about the headrest, but i would like this confirmed that yes in fact it is still removable, or its crossed off my list fast.

ketchupqueen said:
Yeah, that's one of the things that was (earlier) promised to be redesigned?

If they don't, um, that may be a deal-breaker for a lot of people.

i would cancel my order for 2 of them without thinking twice, i would whimper a lot, but not think twice.

newyorkDOC said:
They sell special cleaner for car seat upholstery. I just bought some at the supermarket to clean up projectile vomit across the back middle and passenger seat (well DH cleaned it not me). I have to say it worked really well.

great so we are adding strange drycleaning like chemicals on top of vomit, on top of strange fireproofing chemicals and then asking our sweet children to sleep up against this fabric for years???? no thank you on the special cleaner, even more than no thank you on the non removable covers. i have leather car interior for a reason and that reason is the hell of cleaning fabric.

can we have one of the Clek folks post here and put a rest to this question, its seems important to a number of folks. i have been waiting for my pre ordered Foonfs since march, i would like to know sooner rather than later if i should just cancel and figure something else out. better yet, if you are wondering whether this feature really mattered to folks, IT DOES, lease make sure when these seats ship, they ship with removable covers!

Judi · Aug 17, 2012

The cover does come off. All but the headrest.

hrice · Aug 18, 2012

Judi said:
The cover does come off. All but the headrest.

Didn't Clek even say this on their FB page a while back?

Judi · Aug 18, 2012

hrice said:
Didn't Clek even say this on their FB page a while back?

Probably. Chris told us, then I spaced it. Pretty sure it is in a thread somewhere.

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