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Never could figure out how Britax has yet to make their seats pass without them, however every other seat on the market can !?!?!?! Or is it more along the lines that it didn't pass back then so they added them, marketed them as a patented safety feature, and now would look strange taking them off??
Just an honest question...it has always drove me nuts that all my other seats can do just fine without them. I hate those things!
It was only the Super Elite that acutally failed the head excursion testing. The HUGS reduced that enough that it passed and Britax started putting them on all their HWH seats. Would the others fail without them? Who knows if they've even been tested that way. I doubt they'd fail given that the FPSVD didn't require them. Yes, it had a lower weight limit, but only in labeling since most kids don't make it to 65 in the similar Britax seats. What I do know is that they're required ff and apparently function well enough that they allowed the seat to pass and Britax feels strongly that all their HWH seats must use them.
Never could figure out how Britax has yet to make their seats pass without them, however every other seat on the market can !?!?!?! Or is it more along the lines that it didn't pass back then so they added them, marketed them as a patented safety feature, and now would look strange taking them off??
Aren't we assuming they won't pass without them? What if they just make the performance MUCH better than without them? If no one's actually seen the crash test data that says Head Excursion is 33 inches without HUGS, then we can't be sure that the seats will fail without them. (Same with the Regent Advisory...it does 'better' with the recline bar and the new install instructions, that doesn't mean it 'fails' with the old ones, right?).
Britax says HUGS™: Britax HUGS, Harness Ultra Guard System, are soft pads that gently cushion the child's neck and chest and work to reduce forward head movement in the event of impact.
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