Buyer's Guide: Child Car Seats

Buying a child seat is one of the most important purchases you'll make. A correctly fitted and installed child seat can save your child's life in an otherwise life-threatening crash.Why use child seats? Car crashes are sudden and violent. Your arms cannot hold on to an infant ot child during a collision. But a certified, correctly-installed child seat can. Drivers must ensure that all infants and children are properly secured in certified child seats. The child seat you should use.... 1)meets safety standards 2)fits your child 3)has a harness system that is easily attached and adjusted. STAGE 1: Infant Seats ...

When we bought our first car seat we gave very little consideraton to the practicalities of buying a seat that fits our car correctly, we just bought what we could afford and what looked nice. We were aware that a baby seat needs to be fitted securely into the car and suffice to say that by luck more than judgement, our first seat did fit our car at the time beautifully. It was only when we needed to replace that original car seat through wear and tear that we realised the full extent of the pitfalls that line the way to choosing the correct seat for your car. It is true that not all seats are suitable for all cars. It is also true that no professional body has ...

This opinion has two parts the first about the Evenflo Medallion V car seat and purchasing, installing and using a car seat. We got two of these seats when the twins were 5 months old. We researched many seats before deciding on this one. I converted the weight to approximate metric measures. THE CAR SEAT WE PURCHASED The Evenflo Medallion V is a convertable infant/toddler car seat. It has removable padding to accommodate infants. The seat is good for up to 30 lbs (13.5 KG) in the rear facing position. It can be turned around to face forward when the child weighs 20 lbs (9 KG) until they weigh 40 lbs (18 KG). It cost $129 but I do not know ...