mish
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This week I went to Washington DC to the Safe Kids Conference. There was a manufacturer update, so I will go through what everone said. Most of it is repeated, but some is new I think.
Graco
They are moving to Atlanta, if anyone cares about that. They talked about the new Snugride 32, and it is shipping now.
Nautilus-2 new colors!! The one we already saw and another one that I think is blue and tan. They showed a pic, but it was really fast. I went up to their booth, but the copy of her presentation that she printed was messed up, and you couldn't tell. I do know that it has quilted fabric and gracopedic foam. She said she thinks it will be 169.99.
Clek
Nothing new here. I did see the Oobr close up, and I'm not that in love with it. I think my expectations were a little too high. I will need to see it more. There was a huge line, so not much time to look at it at their booth.
Evenflo
They talked about the new symphony. I installed this seat and it is awesome with LATCH. I know it only harnesses to 40 pounds, but I really think it is a good seat. The only problem I saw what that when I was messing with it the straps twisted.
All Evenflo seats are now being side impact tested to 2 times the federal standard. It is now being marked on the seats. The are also putting the name and model on the stickers with model number and date of manufacture! Also, she said all of their seats will start having the new alligator clip LATCH hooks.
The Embrace is being transitioned to totally front adjust. I almost fainted with excitement about that news. Last, all seats will be shipping with longer tethers.
Sunshine Kids
They had the new Radian XT. Russ was sick, so he didn't really talk about it. I did go to the booth and see it, and I like it. I don't have any new information on it though.
RideSafer
They said they have a new design coming. They didn't talk about it though. I won one!!
Roosevelt
I don't know much about this seat, and he just described it. I think it is a great special needs seat.
MiaModa
The Viva Supreme is a new seat (I think it is new anyway). The harness slots will be 6,8,10, and 12 inches. The canopy is three sections, with a zipper, so you can move it to cover the baby better. It has a full body infant insert. I looked at this seat and really liked it.
Chicco
Nothing new about the KeyFit. They showed the Strada booster. It is going to come in the Fuego color and a blue and gray color. The blue color was kind of nice. It will start shipping in the first quarter of 2009. I like the seating portion of this seat. It is kind of contoured for a kids legs. I don't really know how to describe it. It seems to kind of slope back and it has a little hump at the front that the kid would put their legs around. It really isn't exaggerated at all though. It looks comfortable.
Combi
The combi shuttle has a new base. The belt path is seriously awful. You buckle the seatbelt, then it goes under the base on one side then kind of comes up and hooks onto it. I can't quite describe it. Suffice it to say I will never be recommending that disaster of a seat.
Combi has a new convertible seat called the Coccoro. It rear faces to 33 pounds and forward faces to 40. The good thing about this seat is that it is small. It only weighs 11 pounds and is narrow. They showed a picture of getting three across in a corolla. They will be shipping this seat with child id stickers on it. It has lockoffs for forward and rear facing, with an extra wide belt path. It comes in a lot of colors.
In 2009, Combi will be coming out with a whole new product line with higher weight harnesses. WooHoo!!
Britax
I don't think their was anything new. On the Safe Kids recertification website their will be a link for a Britax tech website. It might already be up.
The First Years
The most exciting news didn't come up in the session, but at the booth. They are coming out with a high weight harness combination seat. I think they will have more info at Lifesavers.
The True Fit is going to have two different recline indicators. One for young babies and one for older ones.
The infant seat handle is going to start rotating forward to act as an anti-rebound bar. I thought that was pretty cool.
Dorel
They are going to start putting color coded labes on the 3 in 1 seats. One color for RF, on for FF, and one for Booster. They will be much easier to read. SAlso, I think everyone knows this, but the handle can now be left up on all infant seats and that is retroactive.
Thats it. If you read that far, congratulations!
Graco
They are moving to Atlanta, if anyone cares about that. They talked about the new Snugride 32, and it is shipping now.
Nautilus-2 new colors!! The one we already saw and another one that I think is blue and tan. They showed a pic, but it was really fast. I went up to their booth, but the copy of her presentation that she printed was messed up, and you couldn't tell. I do know that it has quilted fabric and gracopedic foam. She said she thinks it will be 169.99.
Clek
Nothing new here. I did see the Oobr close up, and I'm not that in love with it. I think my expectations were a little too high. I will need to see it more. There was a huge line, so not much time to look at it at their booth.
Evenflo
They talked about the new symphony. I installed this seat and it is awesome with LATCH. I know it only harnesses to 40 pounds, but I really think it is a good seat. The only problem I saw what that when I was messing with it the straps twisted.
All Evenflo seats are now being side impact tested to 2 times the federal standard. It is now being marked on the seats. The are also putting the name and model on the stickers with model number and date of manufacture! Also, she said all of their seats will start having the new alligator clip LATCH hooks.
The Embrace is being transitioned to totally front adjust. I almost fainted with excitement about that news. Last, all seats will be shipping with longer tethers.
Sunshine Kids
They had the new Radian XT. Russ was sick, so he didn't really talk about it. I did go to the booth and see it, and I like it. I don't have any new information on it though.
RideSafer
They said they have a new design coming. They didn't talk about it though. I won one!!
Roosevelt
I don't know much about this seat, and he just described it. I think it is a great special needs seat.
MiaModa
The Viva Supreme is a new seat (I think it is new anyway). The harness slots will be 6,8,10, and 12 inches. The canopy is three sections, with a zipper, so you can move it to cover the baby better. It has a full body infant insert. I looked at this seat and really liked it.
Chicco
Nothing new about the KeyFit. They showed the Strada booster. It is going to come in the Fuego color and a blue and gray color. The blue color was kind of nice. It will start shipping in the first quarter of 2009. I like the seating portion of this seat. It is kind of contoured for a kids legs. I don't really know how to describe it. It seems to kind of slope back and it has a little hump at the front that the kid would put their legs around. It really isn't exaggerated at all though. It looks comfortable.
Combi
The combi shuttle has a new base. The belt path is seriously awful. You buckle the seatbelt, then it goes under the base on one side then kind of comes up and hooks onto it. I can't quite describe it. Suffice it to say I will never be recommending that disaster of a seat.
Combi has a new convertible seat called the Coccoro. It rear faces to 33 pounds and forward faces to 40. The good thing about this seat is that it is small. It only weighs 11 pounds and is narrow. They showed a picture of getting three across in a corolla. They will be shipping this seat with child id stickers on it. It has lockoffs for forward and rear facing, with an extra wide belt path. It comes in a lot of colors.
In 2009, Combi will be coming out with a whole new product line with higher weight harnesses. WooHoo!!
Britax
I don't think their was anything new. On the Safe Kids recertification website their will be a link for a Britax tech website. It might already be up.
The First Years
The most exciting news didn't come up in the session, but at the booth. They are coming out with a high weight harness combination seat. I think they will have more info at Lifesavers.
The True Fit is going to have two different recline indicators. One for young babies and one for older ones.
The infant seat handle is going to start rotating forward to act as an anti-rebound bar. I thought that was pretty cool.
Dorel
They are going to start putting color coded labes on the 3 in 1 seats. One color for RF, on for FF, and one for Booster. They will be much easier to read. SAlso, I think everyone knows this, but the handle can now be left up on all infant seats and that is retroactive.
Thats it. If you read that far, congratulations!
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