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13 Baby Car Seats Earn Best rating in Consumer Reports' crash tests.
34 tested in laboratory crash seat child safety by an independent organization hired by Consumer Reports only 13 of these seats toward the back got the best of the best score Sixteen baby seats earned the highest rating of intermediate and five received based on the lowest note the infant seats tested had a fixed base and a removable carrier.
While some parents believe that paying extra for an expensive car seat will keep them safer child in an accident, the Consumer Reports crash test results show that additional cost doesn t equals increased safety seats Baby range tested 55- 440 the seat 55 of the Evenflo Discovery 5 is the highest score, but the car baby seat Photo orbit baby G2 above, that sounds up to 440 received the base score.
Orbit Baby infant seat had not been alone in its ranking four car seats have won the base score.
Both Evenflo Snugli and car seats separated from their bases in the crash tests, the New York Times reported SnugRide experiences Graco Classic Connect cracking in the base, and baby orbit and car seats Maxi-Cosi nominal base because the head injury risk was higher than other tested baby seats.
Base does not mean dangerous, Jennifer Stockburger, director of operations at Consumer Reports Auto Test Center in Connecticut, told the New York Times We Are not going to say, Don t buy this child seat.
All car seats sold in the U S must meet the safety standards of the Canadian Motor Vehicle, and automakers seats certify their compliance.
For collision-based tests for baby, Consumer Reports updated its testing parameters, which increases the simulated vehicle speed to 35 mph from 30 mph to install the car seat facing the rear on a seat bench using a cushioning material found in a vehicle in this case a second row 2010-11 Ford Flex It also added a seat back simulated test.
Consumer Reports said its crash test and classification represent an additional margin of protection that these car seats offer beyond federal standards.
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