Yikes!
Consumer Reports' most recent round of testing rear-facing, infant car seats go beyond the current federal safety standards for seat performance in a collision. The government tests seats in front crashes of 30 mph, but Consumer Reports simulated front impacts of 35 mph and side impacts of 38 mph (the same standards used for car safety testing). The results in this more stringent environment were dramatic, with 10 of the 12 seats either twisting too far or coming out of their bases.
Here's how the seats fared in Consumer Reports' tests:
The Good
Baby Trend Flex-Loc Adjustable Back
Graco Snugride with EPS
The Bad
Chicco KeyFit
Peg Perego Primo Viaggio SIP
Compass I410
Evenflo Embrace
Britax Companion
Graco SafeSeat
Safety 1st Designer
Combi Centre ST
Evenflo Discovery
Eddie Bauer Comfort
Read the full (and scary!) report here:
Consumer Reports-Child Safety Seats
Wow. That is pretty scary. Do you have one of the good ones, or bad ones?
I have a Graco Safe Seat, not the SnugRide with EPS. Oh well. He'll only be in it for a couple more months then we'll decide where to go from there. He's only 2" from the max height limit and will need a convertible carseat soon!