Degree Rotation Scores?

Cookie Pants · Oct 28, 2012

Hey guys! I'm looking for some Degree Rotation score specs on a few car seats. I have been googling and nothing is popping up.

Orbit Baby Infant car seat G2

Cybex Aton 2 (have they released those yet?)

Nuna Pipa

Any specific thoughts, preferences, cautions against any of those seats?

Thanks in advance!

LISmama810 · Oct 28, 2012

Cookie Pants said:
Hey guys! I'm looking for some Degree Rotation score specs on a few car seats. I have been googling and nothing is popping up.

Orbit Baby Infant car seat G2

Cybex Aton 2 (have they released those yet?)

Nuna Pipa

Any specific thoughts, preferences, cautions against any of those seats?

Thanks in advance!

Hi there!

I...uh...have no idea what a degree rotation score is

Are you talking about some kind of crash test rating? In the US, NHTSA does release crash test data, but usually not for some time after it's done, and they don't do all seats each time. I doubt the Orbit and Aton have been tested yet. I've never heard of Nuna Pipa.

If you're not looking for US data, then it might be better to post in the Canadian & International Forum.

Or I might just be really dim and other people totally know what you're asking and will be along soon

Judi · Oct 28, 2012

I was thinking maybe the downward rotation?

monica-m · Oct 28, 2012

The Nuna Pipa is currently only available overseas. It will be coming to the US sometime next year. The Aton 2 will be available next year as well. Both of those seats will have foot props but since they cannot rely on the foot prop in order to pass testing even if we had access to that data, I don't know how much it would really tell us.

Cookie Pants · Oct 28, 2012

I was reading about the new Uppa Baby Mesa which has 15 degrees rotation compared to the Keyfit so that's what sparked these questions. I know the Keyfit is pretty standard in car seats so I wondered what the Aton, the Aton 2, Nuna, and Orbit's specs were or if that'd been released. I know a couple of these are still in the prototype phases but I wondered if they had any solid specs yet like the Mesa.
I assume (could be way way wrong LOL) that the rotation is the amount of twisting that occurs during a crash for a properly latched child seat.
http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/baby/uppababy-mesa-infant-car-seat-is-coming-soon/

wendytthomas · Oct 28, 2012

Rotating over 70 degrees is unsafe. Rotating under 70 degrees is safe. I don't know that I'd be bothered or care if a seat went to 50 degrees or 69 degrees. I'd rather the seat move more and less energy goes to the child, for sure.

Wendy

bnsnyde · Oct 29, 2012

So is 15 even good? That's what the Uppa Baby was, I think. Very low! But what happens to the NOOB in that case?

LISmama810 · Oct 29, 2012

bnsnyde said:
So is 15 even good? That's what the Uppa Baby was, I think. Very low! But what happens to the NOOB in that case?

That doesn't make sense to me. I thought they measure from vertical, and an infant seat is going to start off around 45 degrees initially. If it rotates another 15 degrees, that would put it around 60. Unless I'm understanding wrong, I think the interpretation in that blog post was incorrect.

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