Why I *LOVE* unrealistically high harness weight limits

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
They just CAN'T be misused based on weight. (well, they can, anything is possible, but it'd be by a very tiny minority, compared to the huge numbers of 45-50 pound kids shoved into 40 pound seats because parents think harnessing is safer at any cost).
It's like having a nice over-engineered seatbelt in your car. No, most of us DON'T need seatbelts that can restrain a 300+ pound person, but do you want to have to fret and worry and weigh yourself and your riders if they start making seatbelts that only hold an average sized person and nothing more? No. You don't want to have to worry about it working, it just works. Same with seats with 'unrealistcally' high weight limits. If we're ever thinking "I just wish they'd make a seat that fits at least some kids to 65 or 80 pounds" then it's entirely possible we simply don't know enough kids. There are plenty of them, and we can't judge weight limits on seats based on our own small sampling of kids we know, IMO.

Anyway, that's just my deep thought of the day :)
 
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Tara

New member
ooooooo Jools has gone so deep today


I completely agree though. Much better to 'err' to the side of unrealistically HIGH harness weight limits. :thumbsup:
 

bombedier

Senior Community Member
Hear Hear! Another reason why the foundation donates the 80 vintage of Radian rather than the 65. :thumbsup:
 

carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants
I don't disagree, but I would love it more if more parents understood about when seats are outgrown by height.
 

bombedier

Senior Community Member
I don't disagree, but I would love it more if more parents understood about when seats are outgrown by height.

At least with the Radian, there is that little bit of leaway with allowing the shoulders to above the top slot. I didn't think of it in those terms beforehand, but your point just brought that home.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
Yeah, that's true. I used to drive behind a kid in our old neighborhood in a low seatback Jeep in a convertible seat that his head was completely above the top... there really does need to be more warning about how seats are outgrown by height...:thumbsup: (I'm sure he was also well above the weight limit, and no top tether... so many issues there... :()

Anyone remember the old FP Safe Embrace booster? It had minimum and maximum shoulder height lines on the cover, it was *genius*!
 

bombedier

Senior Community Member
That is genius! The Nautilus with the weight limit stamped on the pad is a step in the right direction again.
 

sirrahn

Active member
Anyone remember the old FP Safe Embrace booster? It had minimum and maximum shoulder height lines on the cover, it was *genius*!

Hey, I still have one of those! That was a cool feature :thumbsup:

I don't *think* it's expired yet, but I should probably check it next time we're at the IL's. They almost never drive the kids, but it lives in their garage just in case. They also have my Grow with Me somewhere. I should probably let DD2 take it out for a spin for old time's sake before it needs to be trashed;)
 

tjham

New member
I really miss the old FP seats. The Safe Embrace convertible remains my all-time favorite seat.

Then you'll be jealous of me!
I'm still using TWO of them, DOM 2001! (good to 2009)
The worst part is, I originally had 3 of them and stupidly TOOK ONE BACK :rolleyes: !
 

mcomommy

New member
I like because it means I don't have too weigh my child all the time, they will get too tall before weight anyhow.
 

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