Children's car seat – guarantee of safety of the child during the trip on the car. To choose the special holding device, it is necessary to consider not only quality of a car seat, but also the child's weight, his growth.
It is impossible to guarantee full safety for the little passenger during the movement. However by means of a children's chair it is possible to avoid or reduce bruises and injuries in case of an emergency. To choose a car seat, it is necessary to consider the child's weight, first of all. Its growth and age – already minor indicator, because all children different therefore surely pay attention to weight category of a product.
On a chair for the child there has to be an ECE R44/04, R44/03 badge that testifies to compliance of model to standards of the European standard of safety.
Groups of children's car seats
There are five main groups by which automobile chairs for children are divided:
- 0 – it the holding devices of type of cradles which are installed perpendicular to the course of the movement such chairs are created for kids since the birth and about half a year which weight is no more than 10 kg; - 0+ – car seats for children since the birth about one year, are suitable for passengers weighing less than 13 kg, installation type – a back in the direction of a car; - 1 – for children from a year to 4 years, are established by the person in the direction of travel, as well as all subsequent groups, it is optimum for the child with a weight in the range of 9-18 kg; - 2 – for kids of 3-7 years and weighing 15-25 kg; - 3 – weight – 22-36 kg is suitable for school students aged up to 12 years. Upon purchase of a chair to provide reliability of fixing of the little passenger, do not make the choice for model "for growth". Only transforming products which suit children of different age at the expense of an opportunity "to grow" together with the child can make an exception.
Nuances of the choice of a car seat for the child
For fixing of the kid have to be younger than three years on a car seat soft belts of five-dot type and Y-shaped are provided. They will not squeeze internals of the child even if he sleeps. Choosing a chair, be guided by features of inside of the car. Today distinguish several systems of fastening of the holding devices. The chair can be fixed by means of standard seat belts, also the Isofix system which assumes fastening of a car seat by means of brackets is distributed.
When choosing a car seat of a certain brand surely ask the seller to provide data of crash tests of these products or look for the relevant information on the thematic websites.
The chair with a possibility of adjustment of situation that the child could sleep in way will become an optimal variant for trips to a long distance. It is convenient to use also automobile chairs with tables, holders for small bottles. For the smallest purchase of a safe chair with the mini-mobile – the bright toys capable to entertain the kid will become the good decision.