LuckyFins3Lil'Fish
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I'm sure someone here has heard of it or seen it (I'm probably the last to see it, lol).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-PQtn3xDlo&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-PQtn3xDlo&NR=1
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fyrfightermomma
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Why can't we have videos to show how to install seats! 
I find it interesting that here we are very against side facing seats except for preemies that MUST be in car beds, but it seems they are fine with it and even encourage it for newborns. Anyone know why?
I find it interesting that here we are very against side facing seats except for preemies that MUST be in car beds, but it seems they are fine with it and even encourage it for newborns. Anyone know why?
NotJUSTamom
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:scratcheshead::question:Boy oh boy that seat confused meeee? What is that for? Premature babies and for term babies? Is it saying that you can use it as a car-bed for term babies as well?
:question:Boy oh boy that seat confused meeee? What is that for? Premature babies and for term babies? Is it saying that you can use it as a car-bed for term babies as well?
NannyMom
Well-known member
Why can't we have videos to show how to install seats!
I find it interesting that here we are very against side facing seats except for preemies that MUST be in car beds, but it seems they are fine with it and even encourage it for newborns. Anyone know why?
Isn't it only because our seats have not been crash tested side facing?
Lara
New member
:scratcheshead:
yep. the crash test videos of that thing (or a previous model of it) with it set up like a car bed are horrific.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdBRPiNJC7s
Its not horrible as a regular RF seat though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWq6U77Jphc
LISmama810
Admin - CPS Technician
Not quite the same thing, but this one also allows babies to lie completely flat. (Though it appears to install rear-facing, not side-facing.) Someone called my co-worker the other day and wanted her to help her install it (she had bought it while living in Europe). Co-worker told her good luck finding a tech to help you.
Is lying flat a common feature of European infant seats?
Is lying flat a common feature of European infant seats?
Synchro246
New member
Ooof! That's a baby dumper. Remember that reality show with the inventors and the one guy invented a roatating infant seat that spun for the crash? That might not be bad for laying down light weight babies.
mum2two
Active member
Some Europeans often use carbeds for full term babies for at least 3 months. A gal here who was from Denmark was using a carbed with her daughter (she did have a Snugride which she used to bring her DD home form the hospital here) but really felt that the baby should not be in the infant seat until older and told me that in Denmark that's how they do it.
They NEED to take the car beds off the market (or at least only use them for very, very specific circumstances) and replace them with a seat like this for preemies who have breathing problems-- rear-facing but allows an infant to lie flat! WHY is no one developing this??? If they showed comparison crash videos to NICU staff they could corner the market!
Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
I've seen that video before - where is the harness? The dummy doesn't appear to be harnessed. If you look, you can even see the slot for the crotch strap after the dummy is practically ejected from the seat, and it's empty.
It also doesn't appear to be correctly installed. Look at the seat belts - they're not even close to tight before the crash.
Mama!
New member
Yk , my nephew had a car bed as an infant. It was on Swing, and it rotated either flat or into a V shaped seat that held them more upright. It cost a pretty penny in a boutique in 1996, and my SIL put her newborns in it as a carbed. It strapped in sideways.
Anybody remember what I'm talking about?
OT, when I worked at BRU in the late 90's, I had a mom of a SN boy call and she was frantic for a carbed. Her ds had some horrible medical condition that required him to lie flat all the time, and if you raised him up at all he screamed and screamed.
I told her about that swing and wished her the best. None of the store employees even had an idea of a bigger seat. The carbed only went to 20 or 22 lbs
Anybody remember what I'm talking about?
OT, when I worked at BRU in the late 90's, I had a mom of a SN boy call and she was frantic for a carbed. Her ds had some horrible medical condition that required him to lie flat all the time, and if you raised him up at all he screamed and screamed.
I told her about that swing and wished her the best. None of the store employees even had an idea of a bigger seat. The carbed only went to 20 or 22 lbs
Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
Cosco Dreamride? Sounds just like the one we had... Here it is in upright mode:
Ours came with a swing, too.
Synchro246
New member
Yeah, the swing would take away the rotation that causes the baby-dump.
Lara
New member
I've seen that video before - where is the harness? The dummy doesn't appear to be harnessed. If you look, you can even see the slot for the crotch strap after the dummy is practically ejected from the seat, and it's empty.
It also doesn't appear to be correctly installed. Look at the seat belts - they're not even close to tight before the crash.
If you look at the OP's video, they show the kid in the car with it like a car bed with just that belly belt thing. I'm not sure if thats how its supposed to be or not...I'm trying to find a manual for the thing online!
ETA I found the manual for the Matrix Pro which I think is the previous model of this seat. And in car bed mode, you strap them in with that belly belt thing and thats it! You use the regular harness when its upright and rear facing. yikes.
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Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
Yep - it was actually a pretty nice carseat for the time; I always liked it. The only thing I hated was the 3-point harness. But used upright/RF, it was very narrow and easy to install, and the back was nice & flat which was great for my refluxers who otherwise hated infant seats.
My son Fighter was in it when we got t-boned, in fact.
Holy crow...
yeah, THAT would be a problem. How in the world did it ever get to market with a design like that??The Roemer (Britax) infant car seats I've seen in Germany have installed pretty much the same way, with the shoulder belt routing all the way around the back of the seat.
They do make ones with bases for the German market, also.
I usually leave infant car seats in the car if they're installed without a base, it's a lot easier that way!
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