The choice of car seat for a child - the mission is extremely responsible, because it protects your baby during travel and - God forbid - emergency situations. Therefore, we advise, firstly, do not strive to save on it, secondly, do not take the first things that carefully, and carefully examine all the criteria.
Necessary weight category
First of all, children's car seats are divided by the parameters of the child: age, weight and growth. At the same time, it is necessary to understand that the determining figure is still weight, since the body weight may not correspond to age indicators.
Installation features
Until the year, the car seat is usually established against the direction of movement (with a mirror - so that the driver's face is visible to the driver), after the year - in the direction of movement.
It is also important to decide whether your children's chair in the car is equipped with the ISOFIX system (Isofix) is a special rigid fastening, which is essentially a pair of brackets that are inserted into the anchor brackets of the automotive body. However, it is worth finding out if you need for this attachment in your car.
An alternative to ISOFIX - Fastening Latch (American Standard), in which there is no metal frame and brackets, which greatly facilitates the weight of the chair. The mount is carried out with the help of durable belts, which are fixed by the carbines to the brackets in the back seat of the car.
There are also models with a retractable stubborn element that ensures fixedness of the car seat at frontal blows.
Remember: up to 12 years old to fasten the heir only safety belts is not enough - you need a car seat
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Belts
In the car seat, the child is fastened not to a standard seat belt, but the fasteners of the chair itself. They are different: one-, three or five-point. The most secure, of course, are the latter - they provide the load distribution throughout the case of the child in the event of an emergency, which ensures a smaller probability of injury.
There are also modifications with additional anchor belts - they are equipped with a carbine and a special strap or behind the seats head restraints, or on the baggage semi as another point of fixation.
Choosing a model, note that all the locks are conveniently and quickly opened with adults (for quick extraction in the event of an accident), but the child did not have the opportunity to open them himself.
Frame
The framework of a children's armchair can be aluminum or plastic. The first option is definitely expensive and is considered more secure due to strength. However, if you choose an armchair from high-quality plastic, then it may well move in strength with aluminum - this is evidenced by the results of numerous crash tests. The most cheap option is a frameless car chair. But in the event of an accident, it is unlikely to protect the baby from injuries.
Choose models equipped with a large headrest and deep side elements
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An important parameter of the frame, which is worth considering when choosing a car seat is an anatomic of the back, because the child will be in it for a long time - it should be comfortable. It is also better to acquire models equipped with a large head restraint and deep side elements - to protect against shock. If the child is already adult enough, it is better to "try" car seat before buying. And for the smallest to purchase a model equipped with an inclination regulator so that if necessary, the chair turned into a sleeping place.
Security according to standard
Choosing a car seat to the child, be sure to pay attention to the certification - a special conformity icon of international standards, it is a circle in which the letter E, as well as the numbers denoting the country certification and the number of the current standard series. Since 2009, on the territory of the European Union, this standard is ECE R 44/04. This mark means that such retention devices have successfully passed crash tests and comply with strict standards for a single European standard in the fourth edition.