We have a Fisher Price Safe Embrace that expires at 8 years. It’s solid as anything as anyone who has one will know – steel belt path. Anyway, we’re going to visit my brother in Portland for a week next summer and I want to take this seat and then ditch it there. It would be so convenient to only have to lug it one way. However, the seat expires on August 4, 2008. Do you think I need to plan my trip before August to feel okay using this seat?! Would it be so terrible to use it the second week of August? I know this shouldn’t matter, but it has been stored inside for at least 6 years. It got very little use. I guess I can plan our trip around the expiration date, but it seems a bit nuts.
I would never normally use an expired seat, but, rationally, it doesn’t make sense that there would be any significant difference in the seat a week after it expires vs. a week before. Also, if I don’t take it, I would have to take our main seat and risk damage to it (hidden or otherwise) which would make me uneasy. I would never take a flight with a seat I use daily – just makes me nervous. On the other hand, the FP is perfect for that as it is basically indestructible.
I would never normally use an expired seat, but, rationally, it doesn’t make sense that there would be any significant difference in the seat a week after it expires vs. a week before. Also, if I don’t take it, I would have to take our main seat and risk damage to it (hidden or otherwise) which would make me uneasy. I would never take a flight with a seat I use daily – just makes me nervous. On the other hand, the FP is perfect for that as it is basically indestructible.