Awesome Rear Facing Video from Cybex!

HayleyCPST

New member
This is a great resource for parents and car seat fanatics/tech alike.

It explains the importance of rear facing (in English!) in very simple terms, without difficult terminology that new parents or car seat newbies wouldn't know.

The only thing I can think of that is negative is that they explain FF at 9kg is horrible (showed the graph), but then rated their seat to start at 9kg FF. Not sure why, but maybe they should follow Britax and start FF limits at 15kgs!

Hope you all enjoy this and please pass it on!

(PS. does anyone know how to embed the video and make it pretty?)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFXiCzp7sqg"]CYBEX Sirona - Childsafety - YouTube[/ame]
 
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wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
I'd like to see what study they have that shows that forward facing harnessing is more dangerous than boostering. Because it would answer a lot of questions.

And they need a lower weight limit than might be recommended due to light kids. 9kg is pretty darn light, even light kids will be older than two for that, but it seems most places aim for the -3% to the 110% or something like that (hence the AAP saying to booster to 8-12 years old).

Wendy
 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
I wish they didn't talk about legs.

The seat was also very obviously designed for the European market. American parents would freak at seeing not only no chest clip, but a foot prop.

OTOH, I really want that seat...

Edit: Having looked at the seat, I can see why they mentioned the legs. The weight limits rear and forward facing are the same, 18kg. The seat swivels, has a foot prop and shield, and rear faces to 18 kg. For my lightweight kid, this would have been awesome. http://cybex-online.com/uk/carseats/sirona.html

Wendy
 

HayleyCPST

New member
Yeah I watched it again and when he said "when legroom gets too tight"...oh well

It is aimed towards the UK most likely. I too would like to see their data on using the Cybex shield booster versus the harness.
 

_juune

New member
Only problem with that Sirona seat is that it's TINY. Here a 93 cm tall 2.5 year just fits it with it's harness&headrest in top position; here it's next to a true Swedish RF to 25 kg seat. A disappointment, really :(
 

Mercuria

Active member
Based on the web site, it looks like they're saying that their air-baggish system is safer than a harness, not that a shield booster is, which makes more sense, if it inflates on impact.
 

creideamh

Well-known member
I wanted the Sirona for months til I read about the 2.5 y/o barely fitting. :( :( SUCH cool technology, though. I love Cybex.
 

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