Safe Anti-Escape – Winner, Baby Products Association Innovation Award. Crash tested UN ECE R44 / UN ECE R129. Stop Wriggling Out, Stop Driver Distraction

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We also asked different insurance companies whether using car seat accessories might affect your chances of putting through a claim for a damaged car seat in the event of a crash. This is what some of them said. M&S Bank There are numerous child car seat accessories available to buy from the major baby retailers and online. Our car seat testing experts were concerned that this could potentially increase dangerous amounts of pressure on the soft area of your child’s abdomen in the event of a crash.

The 5 Point Plus Anti-Escape System is an innovative solution to prevent your child from wriggling free from their child-seat harness in forward-facing seats with 5 a point-harness.

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Also, in an accident, there's a real danger that the forces of a crash would cause the mirror to come loose and hit someone. These harnesses are the more robust of the only two harnesses approved for safe use in car seats in the UK. All other additions (other than these and the BeSafe) are deemed an unsafe addition to car seats. At CalmFamily we consider safety as paramount because keeping our precious babies safe is one of 3 key roles we have as parents (ask us about the other two sometime). With this product you can feel calm and reassured that your little escape artist is secure and in their safety seat where you left them, leaving you free to drive and sing along to your favourite tunes. Sadly they do not quieten your child. We can’t have it all. Description Some manufacturers make cup-holders that clip on to the side of the seat, and some seats have cup-holders built in. The main body of the 5 Point Plus is made from 3-D spacer fabric that reduces heat build-up, allows consistent air circulation and provides high moisture transfer.

However, we'd strongly advise you to be careful what you go for. Car seats are crash-tested in the way they are designed to be used, and adding accessories such as chest clips or seat covers that aren't approved by the manufacturer could compromise the seat's safety and/or void the warranty. The issue with child car seats is that, even with a correctly ­fitted harness, a toddler can easily push their arms under the harness straps. Toddlers wriggling their shoulders out from their car seat harness is a common problem and renders the car seat ineffective in the event of an accident. This is a plastic clip that’s attached to the integral harness to hold the straps together, ideally at chest height. It’s designed to stop your child slipping their arms out of the harness. The vehicle safety-belt MUST be worn over the top of our harness unless they are exempt for medical reasons. For more information on viscous injuries please readViano’s and King’sresearch in Biomechanics of Chest and Abdomen Impact, as well as other research within the area.

5 point plus harness retro-fit accessory

Although the technology exists, none of the regulations around the world utilise the sensors that could measure the dangerous loads arising from the chest clip and compression. The image below shows the Q3 crash dummy.