True Fit Convertible Car Seat only $99.99 @ kids.woot!

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As a Licensed Child Passenger Safety Technician, and a Truefit owner, I can say that it is one of the few convertible car seats that does fit most newborns well. The combination of very low bottom slots and a very good infant insert pad make for a very good fit for newborns. The Recaro's that Woot has been selling for a while now are not good fits at all for newborns due to the height of their bottom slots.

The Truefit has 17.5" top slots which will allow your child to get much closer to the 65 lb max weight of the seat. FYI, most car seats are outgrown by height long before they are outgrown by weight. Finding seats with high top slots is paramount if you want to get the most use possible out of the seat before having to replace it with another seat that fits your child.

The Truefit rear faces (RF) to 35 lbs, and forward faces (FF) to 65 lbs. It has great seat depth and should allow most children to RF to the limits of the seat, as recommended by the AAP. Speaking of RF, you should keep your child RF as long as possible. Your child is FIVE TIMES safer RF than FF up to age THREE! My son is 26 months old and RF in his Truefit, and he has tons of room to grow in the seat! He should make it RF to age three pretty easily, unless he puts on some really unexpected pounds...

We want to keep our kids RF for so long because their neck bones do not begin to ossify, or harden, until right around age three. Until then they are more like cartilage than bone, and can stretch up to two inches in a crash. The problem is that the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 of an inch. This is known as "internal decapitation."

Children who are turned FF too early are FIVE TIMES more likely to experience this than those RF. Why? Their heads are disproportionally heavy, and in a crash are thrown forward with great force. This can cause the neck bones to stretch far enough to snap the spinal column which can result in severe spinal cord injuries or even death.

Remember, when RF the seat is outgrown when either your child's weight reaches the maximum allowed by the seat (35 lbs in this case.), or when the top of their head is less than one inch from the top of the shell of the car seat. This applies to infant only bucket seats as well. Also remember that when RF the straps should be at, or below the shoulders, and when FF the straps should be at or above the shoulders.

The plastic belt positioning clip (RF or FF) should be at the "tickle spot" right at armpit level. And yes... This is true for newborns as well. Belly clips are BAD! I don't care if you think it looks uncomfortable. It.needs.to.be.there! It is a pre-crash positioning clip and is designed to position the harness in the middle of the ribcage which is a skeletal strong point.

I'll also point out that the national average for incorrectly installed car seats is 9 out of 10! So please visit www.safekids.org and find a CPST or car seat check near you with whom you can schedule a free car seat check. You can also visit www.car-seat.org if you have any further questions regarding car seats, car seat safety/installation, or general child passenger safety issues. I post under the same username there as well.

Wineaux
Licensed Child Passenger Safety Technician
CPST (Car Seat Tech)

thanks OP. I was considering this seat before. Now i'm ready to buy.

Thanks I am in for one.