What seat is this?

SusanMae · Feb 15, 2008

Trying to help someone out. It has the wal-mart cover for a scenera, but it's different.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj36/merissalucas/carseat003.jpg

joolsplus3 · Feb 15, 2008

Touriva. Same cover as Scenera, but only 3 harness slots.

SusanMae · Feb 15, 2008

Thanks Julie! You're so smart.

Now where is that chigago tribune article....

Susan

joolsplus3 · Feb 15, 2008

Which one, the notches in the head area? Didn't apply to those newer seats, I don't think

(that one is pretty new, I think it was the old gray shells with the notches?) But find that article and post it here!

SusanMae · Feb 15, 2008

Found It!!! (gotta love google)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-carseats-special,0,7167915.story

ProudMomof5 · Feb 15, 2008

I have two tourivas with that same cover, and both have the hidden notch. Its scary.

joolsplus3 · Feb 15, 2008

Ugh, I wish I were right on that detail...thanks for clearing that up, proudmom!

CaseyRN · Feb 15, 2008

Wow that article was interesting. Thanks for the link! Glad they did away with the indentation since we bought a scenera 6 months ago!

NZ Child Restraints · Feb 15, 2008

Since I heard of the accident, i always strip new car seats and check out the shell, rub my hands down the back & sides, then put the cover back on and check for bumps...

spokaneCPST · Feb 15, 2008

ProudMomof5 said:
I have two tourivas with that same cover, and both have the hidden notch. Its scary.

Interesting! Do you know the dates of manufacture on yours with the notch? I have a Touriva with that cover, DOM June 06 that doesn't have notches. It would be interesting to try to narrow down when the shell change took place.

ProudMomof5 · Feb 15, 2008

spokaneCPST said:
Interesting! Do you know the dates of manufacture on yours with the notch? I have a Touriva with that cover, DOM June 06 that doesn't have notches. It would be interesting to try to narrow down when the shell change took place.

One is 1/25/05 and the other is 5/25/05.
I am just glad someone pointed this out to me. I had NO clue!

Kecia · Feb 15, 2008

It's interesting that you have a Touriva with a DOM of 5/25/05 and it has the notch. I have one with a 5/10/05 DOM that came from Mercury Distributing and it doesn't have the notch. The shell inside is completely smooth. Obviously they were transitioning to the modified shells at that point but still had older shells with the notch that there were shipping out too.

I have pictures of an older Touriva shell with the notch somewhere. If I can find them, I'll post them.

Kecia

Kecia · Feb 15, 2008

Okay, found them. This Touriva was actually the OHS version which utilized the notch. Not sure what the DOM was but the seat was replaced at a check event and I destroyed it after I took the pics.

Kecia

spokaneCPST · Feb 15, 2008

Thanks for the dates from both of you and the pictures, Kecia.

Mommy090804 · Feb 15, 2008

We have a Canadian Regal Ride DOM 01JUN2005 has the same three harness slots, and it has the "notches".:thumbsdown: It has been temporarily retired as a very spare seat if needed. I am incredibly annoyed at the whole situation. IMO, the seat wasn't that great and I was glad to find an "excuse" to buy DS a Radian Premier

ProudMomof5 · Feb 16, 2008

What is the purpose of that notch anyway? I mean I guess it "kinda" makes sense with the OHS, but mine was not the OHS version.. it looks like there is absolutely NO reason for it at all.
Its just dumb.
Oh well, I don't care.... I wanted the pink sceneras anyway.

niccig · Feb 16, 2008

I think they re-use the shell model for the OHS and the non-OHS seat, so that's why the notch is there. I had one too, it was an August 2005 DOM. I cut it up using my heavy garden by-pass loppers. I was really surprised at how easy it was to cut the plastic between the harness slots. I used the same destruction technique with a 8 year old evenflo infant seat, and the plastic between the harness slots was more difficult to cut as it was thicker. I replaced the Touriva with a Como - that seat has it's issues, but I know that I can't cut it with my garden tools.

NZ Child Restraints · Feb 16, 2008

I'm convinced that they use recycled plastics it's just so thin and nasty.

Yes all the shells are the same and the over arm is added on, or not.

crunchierthanthou · Feb 16, 2008

ProudMomof5 said:
What is the purpose of that notch anyway? I mean I guess it "kinda" makes sense with the OHS, but mine was not the OHS version.. it looks like there is absolutely NO reason for it at all.
Its just dumb.
Oh well, I don't care.... I wanted the pink sceneras anyway.

like the PPs said, they use the same shell for both OHS and 5 pt harness. Now they attach the shield arm to the outside lip of the shell instead of having notches. Here's a side view of a 5 pt scenera. The shield would connect to the large circle.

Kecia · Feb 16, 2008

FWIW, the Century Accel which later became the ComfortSport had similar notch issues. When Graco finally added EPS foam to the CS that masked the problem. However, if anyone has a pre-EPS foam ComfortSport or even an old Accel lying around they should peel back the cover and take a look at the sides of the shell near the head area.

Kecia

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