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Posted: Jan 08 2007 at 11:55am | IP Logged Quote fsuadamson
This was sent to me today and I thought I would pass it along in case anyone else was interested and missed it on the news.

Most Infant Seats Flunk Crash Test
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2772070

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Posted: Jan 08 2007 at 10:39pm | IP Logged Quote Bookswithtea
This is really scarey. I'm surprised they test at such low speeds. Thank you for posting this.

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Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 12:07am | IP Logged Quote teachingmom
I just read the article and was happy to find that the new carseat we received for my 3 month old is one of the two good ones -- the Graco Snugride.

Quote from the article: "The only seats that passed all the tests were the Baby Trend Flex-Loc and the Graco SnugRide with EPS expanded polystyrene foam both selling for about $90. "

What do you think "with EPS expanded polystyrene foam" means? Any idea?




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I think it would be the type of paqdding used under the seat cover.. and they did mention that most of the seats failed because of coming off the base.. it's a bit of a pain but you can buckle them in without the base.

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Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 9:14am | IP Logged Quote mary theresa
This is scary! We have a Graco -- I hope its a Snugride! Now I'd better go check!

JodieLyn wrote:
it's a bit of a pain but you can buckle them in without the base.


Really? How?
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Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 10:15am | IP Logged Quote kingvozzo
teachingmom wrote:
What do you think "with EPS expanded polystyrene foam" means? Any idea?

I read somewhere (after reading the CR article) that that's the foam used in bike helmets.
I'm just getting ready to buy one of those 2 car seats for our new baby.
It is awfully scary that none of the other seats were even able to be recommended. Yikes!

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Posted: Jan 09 2007 at 12:30pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Depends on the seat.. though I have recently heard that some can't be.. but there is a place to catch the belt when you take it across the feet of the carseat on all the ones I've had. Probably need to check the directions for the particular carseat.

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