Child car seat, carrying: the pros and cons, how to choose

Traveling by car with children - a tedious and dangerous occupation. In addition to the attention of the driver on the road, you want to monitor the status and well-being of the little traveler. Child car seat-carrying is intended to solve these problems, allowing to travel by car with comfort for parents and baby.

Since children under one year vertebral department enough strong and vulnerable, sharp jolts during an emergency stop of the machine can result in severe damage to the spine and joints and ligaments.

Choosing the most appropriate carrying crumbs enable maximum protection to move together with their parents with no restrictions on the number of trips and distance range. According to pediatricians, correctly picked-seat carrying the baby will not cause any harm and is the subject of the need for each family with young children.

application

Car seat-carrying refers to the age group "0+" for children from birth to one year. Equipped with a reversible handle for carrying the baby out of the car and into the car. Intended for the carriage of children in the car up to 12 kg from birth to 1 year.

use:

• to ensure the necessary level of protection when transporting the baby in the cabin of the vehicle,
• to reduce the risk of injury in an accident.

Unlike other types of car seats, carrying a face set against the course of the car to when braking to avoid the release of children's head forward. The reason lies in the high risk of damage undeveloped cervical spine in the frontal impact in an accident.

The location of the seat, the front passenger is carrying a back seat in the car. Adjusting the position can carry the little traveler in an anatomically comfortable position half-sitting, with backrest inclined at an angle of 30-45 degrees.

In addition to the main goal of child protection body in an accident, seat-carrying use:

• for comfortable movement of the baby out of the vehicle,
• Feeding children (as chairs for feeding)
• as comfortable rocking chairs.
• as a cradle for infants.

Device

A distinctive feature of the seat-carrying structure lies in the presence of the handle that allows you to transfer children into the cabin or passenger compartment of the machine without the need of shifting.

The basic structural elements:

• Base. In the models of car seats-perenosok provides slightly rounded shape of the base. At the bottom of the grooves are arranged to regulate the belt tension. Side ribs impart greater reliability. Special antitravmaticheskaya plate protects against damage to the groin area.
• Back. In the car seat age group "0+" backrest regulated by a special mechanism, and its anatomical shape follows the curve of the spine. The chairs with anatomical back a little traveler gets tired on the road when traveling long distances.
• Sunshield. It provides protection from sunlight, allowing the crumbs to sleep while driving, and handling.
• Carrying handle. It allows you to use the car seat out of the car for a comfortable baby move.
• Internal headrest. For safety reasons, to carry design envisages the development of the head restraint, the fixing position of the head.
• Seat belts. For baby car seats do not fit the narrow, rigid belts. For a comfortable position fixing baby chair equipped with wide belts.

• Lateral protection. It is designed to protect the crumbs from the side of injury. Setting the width of the belt takes into account the size of a particular child, taking into account the amount of clothing on it and features of the body structure.
• Protective removable cover. For children's car seats, perenosok produce special, environmentally friendly blankets made of natural fabrics, breathable and washable. Children's cases are different hypoallergenic and antistatic effect.
• Fastening seat belts. Children's car seats are fitted with three-or five-point belt system engages. Five-point system contributes to even distribution of load on the adjustment straps, protecting the body from damage small passengers in the event of emergency braking.
• Special insert for newborns. It allows you to conveniently fix crumbs, reducing the load on the spine.

Pros and cons of child car-carrying

Versatility car perenosok broadens the scope.

Advantages of child car-carrying:

• the use of carry when visiting the clinic, traveling to other modes of transport,
• use as a means for rocking or feeding children
• high level of comfort and protection of a child's body.

Disadvantages of child car-carrying:

• failure to comply with the basic requirements to devices for fixation. If it is not possible to carry adjusting backrest, headrest and no special soft inserts, gently fixing body while driving, the trip will take a lot of crumbs inconvenience.

Narrow belts fixation, incorrect adjustment conditions (too strong / weak tension) can lead to additional injury in emergency situations on the road.

• limited ability to replace other means for moving the moving children (walking a short distance limited).

How to use

To seat-carrying operation was safe and comfortable, the design and quality of carrying a number of requirements:

1. Reliable fixation fasteners that can keep the baby's body during emergency braking or a push.
2. Fully adjustable backrest that provides a minimum load on the back.
3. Compliance with current safety standards, confirming that the product labeling «ECE-R44 / 03" or "ECE-R44 / 04."
4. Five-point safety belt system that allows you to distribute the tension evenly.
5. Hypoallergenic antistatic textile covering made of natural material.
6. The presence of the handle, protection from sunlight for comfortable use.

Additional means of protection or comfort:

• mosquito net,
• raincoat (against rain)
• footrest with adjustment mechanism
• pillow headrest,
• warm envelope,
• apron to protect your feet,
• cup holder,
• a device for heating food on the road,
• humidifier.

The degree of necessary accessories define the parents, depending on the specific situation.

How to install

A portable device for transporting children under one year is mounted on the front or back seat in a direction opposite to the direction of the car. Fixing upstream machine is considered to be the safest, as in a frontal collision on the road fixing seat facing the direction of travel can be fatal.

In a collision of vehicles is difficult to keep the baby's head because of poorly developed cervical vertebrae and the relatively large mass of children's head.

Seat-mounted carrying two ways:

1. By using ISOFIX, additional base running in the kit. ISOFIX is placed in the seat and fixed regular car mount system (seat belt). After fixing the base, install and secure the seat. When removing the carry with a baby out of the car, the base is left on the seat.
2. Direct mounting to the car seat.

When placing your baby in a chair watching to safety belts tightly hugs the body, without squeezing it, and preventing free movement.

For a safe journey, motorists with young children take the following precautions:

1. For maximum safety, the car seat is secured in the rear seat behind the driver.
2. If the vehicle travels only mother with a baby and no one to watch out for the little passenger seat is better to fix the front seat. This will allow less distracted driving.
3. The installation of carrying the passenger seat front airbag is disabledTo avoid the risk of additional injury while deploying airbags in an accident.
4. Baby tightly fixed in position comfortable for him, and the movement start by making sure that pipsqueak not get out of the seat while driving.
5. Due to the high child fatigue on the road, road trip with the kids to carry limited one and a half hours, after which make a break.

How to choose a car seat-portability

When selecting a car seat for children up to the following parameters are taken into account as follows:

1. The high degree of protection.

Pay attention to the fixings, the width of the seat belts, the presence of additional inserts. On the construction has to be provided with a mark «ECE R44 / 03", which guarantees that the product conforms to the European safety standards. If this marking is applied, then a device for fixation of children in the car survived the full range of tests for safety and quality.

1. Ease of travel.

To travel with a toddler does not cause discomfort, back seat, carrying carefully regulated, eliminating the additional load on the back. Crumbs fix wide belts, tight-fitting, but do not squeeze the body. Protection from sunlight and overheating provides additional cover or visor.

1. Ease of use. For those who often resets the seat-portability on different cars, it is important for easy removal and fixation, which will eliminate the extra hassles while traveling with children. Reversible handle devices should be easy to transport the baby to / from the car.
2. The quality of materials used. Pay attention to the materials from which it is made. The main part of the structure must be strong, environmentally friendly, non-allergenic. Case armchairs selected from materials which freely passes air to avoid overheating or sweating baby in the car.
3. Compliance with the size and weight baby car seat dimensions.

Before buying a carrier, check that the product satisfies the size of height and weight of the baby. Pre-placed the child in the carrier, checking whether it is convenient, if parts of the body are compressed, did not get out of the chair if the crumb while driving.

1. The ability to install on the wheel carriage carrying the base. As an additional benefit will be the use of seat-carrying as a stroller.
2. Before you buy your favorite model, Get acquainted with the results of crash tests specialized automotive publications.

Requiring seat due to a necessity in terms of increased danger on the roads. Ignoring or failing to comply with this requirement often leads to sad consequences.