Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-k.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-k!dba From: dba@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (David Anderson) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.consumers Subject: Re: Recommendations on Infant Car Seat Message-ID: <229@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 10:29:32 EST Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-k.229 Posted: Mon Jan 14 10:29:32 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 05:41:48 EST References: <539@dataio.UUCP>, <698@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.kids:857 net.consumers:1649 Based on the recommendations of several friends we tried out and bought the Century 200 car seat, and 18 months later we are still convinced that it is wonderful. This car seat is simple enough that you can almost operate it with one hand. There is a padded piece attached to shoulder straps that you pull down over the child's head and click into place in the child's crotch. There are no straps to feed anywhere, nothing to hold out of the way. The car seat installs very easily (using only the seat belt), and we are often switching it from one car to another. This is also one of very few car seats with FAA approval (marked right on the seat), which means that you can use it with your child on an airline flight (provided that you pay for a seat for the child, which you'll have to do if he/she is over 2). We also have a Dyn-O-Mite infant seat, which is nice, but kids outgrow it at about 8 months, so I don't recommend getting anything so small. Another suggestion: go to a discount house that carries many car seats and try putting a child into them all. You'll find that many of these "one step" car seats are not as simple to operate as they look.