The Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), along with other European club cars, has analyzed 28 child restraint systems in its 2009 report. The tests consist of knowing safety through frontal and lateral shocks, as well as ease of use and comfort.
Although they do not offer too high sampling, it can serve as a guide. Regarding the results, they are not too comforting. Of the chairs evaluated, 11 have obtained the assessment of “satisfactory”, compared to 3 valued as “unsatisfactory” and 5 “Very unsatisfactory”. No chair got the "Very Satisfactory".
The report evaluates four large groups: safety, ease of use, comfort and features of use, the first two groups being the most important at the time of the final evaluation. The results this year show an increase in “suspensions”, even when compared to last year's report, in which 40 models were evaluated (and there were only six suspensions).
The two models analyzed in group 0 (up to 10 kilos) only reach the “acceptable” rating. From 0 to 13 kilos, the best rated models have been Emmajunga First Class, Bébé Confort Streety.Fix and Bébé Confort Streety.Fix + Streety.Base. From Group I (9 to 18 kilograms) the best rated have been Römer Safefix plus TT and Maxi Cosi Tobi, although only three models are analyzed.
AdvertisingThe SRIs that cover three groups (I, II and III, from 9 to 36 kilos) do not offer too many guarantees, and none reach the level of “satisfactory”. Of the systems of group I and II (15 to 36 kg) analyzed, Cybex Solution X-Fix, Concord Transformer and HTS iZi UP X2 are satisfactory. In total, 29% of the analyzed SRIs suspend.
Although the evaluation system of this 2009 child retention systems report It is quite complex, both the small number of models analyzed, and the presence of brands not too popular in which countries, make us take this table as a guide. And, above all, to consider how is it possible to get to market chairs that do not fulfill their function well.
